Audio Hijack
Mac app that records audio from any app, input or call
Records whatever a Mac is playing: a browser tab, a video call, a microphone, or several at once with each on its own track. You build a session as a chain of blocks, so a podcast recording can capture the local microphone separately from the remote guest and process either one on the way through. Podcasters run it alongside the call software, which leaves them a local file if the call falls over. None of it caters to beginners. The block model takes a session or two to click.
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- Stephen HackettDoes it
Technology writer · 512 Pixels and Relay
Two things get captured in Audio Hijack: his own microphone, and whatever he hears through Zoom on a call.
Source: 512 Pixels: My Gear
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