Sound Control For Mac Siphon

Sound Siphon is a new app for the Mac that can turn the audio output of an application into an audio input device. Normally, when making a recording on your make, using Quicktime, for instance, you'll use a microphone for audio input. What Sound Siphon allows you to do is designate your Mac, or specific applications like iTunes and Safari, as audio input devices, then record the audio from those apps with your chosen recording app.

Jun 21, 2016  The easiest way to check whether audio is working on your Mac is to try to play any audio or video on your Mac. If you don’t hear the sound, the problem needs to be fixed on the Mac side first. You can refer to this Apple KB article for help: Troubleshooting issues with no audio.

To do all of of this, open Sound Siphon and create a new audio custom audio input and give it a name. Then, select the one or more applications that you want to include. Minecraft serevers for mac. Open your audio recording app of choice, like Quicktime, and start a new audio recording. When choosing your audio input device, the name of your custom audio input should appear in the list of available inputs. Select it, and begin recording.

When recording, there are several things you can do. You can independently adjust the levels. You can record application audio mixed as stereo, or capture each application's audio as its own channel. You can also mute applications while recording.

Sound Siphon requires OS X 10.9, and can be downloaded from developer Static Z Software as a free demo, while the full version can be purchased for $29.99.

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Hi TxTom-


I've just upgraded to Yosemite and had the same problem with Wiretap Studio. Some Googling turned up Sound Siphon, an app and extension that lets you route audio between apps:


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The full app is $30, but its basic component, which is all that's needed to get Wiretap Studio to work, is free. Instructions are here:



After installation (which requires a restart), instead of choosing 'Mac Audio' as the input for Wiretap, you select 'Sound Siphon,' and you can capture streaming audio as before. Make sure you follow the instructions (you have to launch the Sound Siphon app to turn on the audio routing). You may also have to adjust settings in either Wiretap's preferences, or using OS X's Audio Midi Setup utility, though I believe the defaults should work fine.


Wiretap Studio works for me under Yosemite with Sound Siphon, at least as a sound recorder (I never much used it for editing). I consider it a short-term fix, since Ambrosia seems to have abandoned Wiretap Studio. They haven't even shown the courtesy to their customers of noting Yosemite issues on their web page, which has guaranteed I won't be a future customer. It's the least they could have done!


-Tom