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Re:BlackHole Audio Driver by gjulianm on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @04:28AM (#29635592)
Last year I tried this driver (and Soundflower, and a bunch of other similar stuff) because I needed to transmit my system audio + microphone via Skype (online music classes thanks to COVID). I couldn't get it to work properly for my setup, where I wanted to listen just the system audio through my headphones but route system + microphone to Skype. I ended up buying Loopback [1], it's not cheap but it worked pretty well, it's pretty easy to use and enabled basically any kind of connection I wanted. I leave it here because it took me quite some time to find alternatives, so if anyone finds this driver doesn't cover their use cases maybe this other is helpful.

https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback

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Re:BlackHole Audio Driver by tripleSex on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @05:28AM (#29635943)
Literally tried using BlackHole with the same aim you do, but couldn't believe I was unable to route an input (BlackHole) to an output (DisplayPort, for example, in my case).

After hunting agressively on Google I was stoked when I found Apple's native, in-house solution: AU Lab.

It's actually really clutch.

https://www.apple.com/apple-music/apple-digital-masters/

https://www.apple.com/apple-music/apple-digital-masters/docs...

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Re:BlackHole Audio Driver by pirkko on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @05:41AM (#29636028)
I'm using BlackHole with Hosting AU. Great for Parametric Equalization and re-routing audio. Built on Audio Unit but easier to use.

http://ju-x.com/hostingau.html

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Re:BlackHole Audio Driver by marquis on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @06:58AM (#29636518)
I've also seen Source-Nexus, that has plugins for Pro Tools as well as VST/AU, and you can make multiple named drivers. It would work pretty well with Loopback it seems.

https://www.source-elements.com/products/source-nexus/

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Re:BlackHole Audio Driver by ck45 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @05:40AM (#29636026)
Do you mind sharing the configuration?
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