BlackHole: macOS Audio Loopback Driver

Re:BlackHole: macOS Audio Loopback Driver by 12bits on Monday May 06, 2024 @10:41AM (#40275255)

Something like this should be default in MacOS. I use blackhole daily in my audio production and sound design practices. If you use a modern audio interface you might have a loopback available there.

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Re:BlackHole: macOS Audio Loopback Driver by directmusic on Monday May 06, 2024 @06:02PM (#40280022)

macOS 14.2 implemented something like this in Core Audio, but it is not user facing (and also documented extremely poorly). You can create a "Tap" that can capture audio from a particular application, or subset of applications, or an output device. This can then be added to a private or public Aggregate Device (depending on the Tap being private or public).

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreaudio/4160724-...

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Re:BlackHole: macOS Audio Loopback Driver by 12bits on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:26AM (#40282333)

Sweet! Thanks for sharing, I will keep my eyes on this.

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Re:BlackHole: macOS Audio Loopback Driver by WhyNotHugo on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @05:21AM (#40283711)

As a Linux user I'm lacking some context here. Does the default in macOS have too high latency? Or how is BlackHole different from it?

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Re:BlackHole: macOS Audio Loopback Driver by superb_dev on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @07:46AM (#40284414)

macOS doesn’t have a loopback device by default

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