Free OSX Audio Tools

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Elantric

Free OSX Audio Tools

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/

SoundSource
Sophisticated Sonic Selection

SoundSource is a tiny application for Mac OS X enabling you to switch your audio input and output sources with a single click, and even adjust their volume settings.

New in 2.5.1:
SoundSource is now fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and requires Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or higher.



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Line In


LineIn is a simple application for OS X to enable the soft playthru of audio from input devices. In simpler terms, you can use LineIn to play sound coming in through a microphone or any other device plugged in to your Sound In port, just as was once available with OS 9's "Play input through output device" option

aliensporebomb

Hallelujah and I bought some of their other software anyway - it's good stuff!
My music projects online at http://www.aliensporebomb.com/

GK Devices:  Roland VG-99, Boss GP-10, Boss SY-1000.

marcussousa

Nice!!! Thanks for the tip !!  ;)

SoundSource is a good one!

Elantric

Of course this list would not be complete unless I mentioned

Soundflower
http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/
http://code.google.com/p/soundflower/downloads/list
Free Inter-application Audio Routing Utility for Mac OS X



Free Download

Soundflower is a Mac OS X (10.2 and later) system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications. Soundflower is easy to use, it simply presents itself as an audio device, allowing any audio application to send and receive audio with no other support needed. Soundflower is free, open-source, and runs on Mac Intel and PPC computers.

Visit the Soundflower Google Code page for complete information including downloads, source, and issues. For troubleshooting, read a discussion here.

System Requirements

Soundflower 1.5.1 requires Mac OS 10.5.
Soundflower 1.4.3 requires Mac OS 10.4.
Soundflower 1.3.1 requires Mac OS 10.2.8 or later.
How To Use Soundflower

Soundflower presents itself as one of two audio devices (2ch / 16ch). The 2-channel device is sufficient for most situations.

To send the output of one application to another, select Soundflower as the output device in the first application and Soundflower as the input device within the second application.

If an application does not allow you to specify audio devices, you can make Soundflower the default input or output device inside the Sound panel in the System Preferences, or with the Audio MIDI Setup utility application.

The 16-channel device is provided for more complex routing situations, and can be used with more than two applications simultaneously if the applications support audio routing to any channel, as Max/MSP does.

Note that Soundflower's audio channels represent a global audio space. If more than one application is sending its output to the same channel, the audio will be mixed. If you want an application to send and receive audio through Soundflower, (for instance using Max/MSP to manipulate and return another application's audio) you must send and receive the audio on different audio channels or a feedback loop will be created.

If you are hearing clicks or breakups, try increasing the buffer size of both applications (set within each application).

Applications

Since Soundflower offers a straight forward method of communicating between applications on the Mac, there are a variety of situations where you can employ it.

Podcasting

Soundflower has been used extensively in podcasting by combining separate streams of audio into one source. Instead of recording an interview with Skype and only hearing one voice, Soundflower lets you publish both voices for a complete interview experience.

Cellphone

Use an application called DittyBot and Skype to access your iTunes collection from any cellphone.

Music

Record streaming audio from iTunes into Audacity, or route an audio stream from iTunes to Logic. Follow a tutorial on integrating freely available Max patches in your sound projects.

Customize Soundflower To Your Needs

Soundflower is hackable and works with other applications (see above), so there are endless possibilities. One example is a group recording via Skype described on the C74 Blog.
http://cycling74.com/2012/07/24/soundflowers-role-in-multi-track-skype-group-call-recordings/




When using Soundflower to send audio to and from applications, you may find that you are not able to send audio through another device to monitor audio output. In such situations you can use Soundflowerbed, an application that resides in the Finder's Menubar allowing you to tap into Soundflower channels and route them to an audio device.


yellow napkins

unfortunately, SoundSource is no longer available:

"SoundSource was likely our most popular freebie, and it dated all the way back to Mac OS X 10.2, and lived on to Mac OS X 10.7. Unfortunately, it wasn't viable to keep it updated with Mac OS X 10.8 and higher. We do still hope to bring back some of SoundSource's functionality at some point in the future."

:-[
VG-8, VG-99, ATG-1, GP-10, SY-1000, Kemper

Elantric


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