#Audacity for mac el capitan install#

Now, you can easily record any audio streamed through internet with great quality.įirst start the Audacity Recording by clicking on Record button. Or change the settings directly in Audacity itself.Leave the Output Device as Built-in Output, so that you can monitor the recording process. Either go to Audacity -> Preferences -> Audio I/O, and under Recording, change the Device to Soundflower (2ch).Under Sound Effects, disable all sound effects so that they will not interfere and spoil a clean recording process.Go to System Preferences,  -> System Preferences -> Sound -> Output and select Soundflower (2ch) as Output.

Now to capture/record live streaming audios: While Mac’s Internal Speaker has 0 Inputs/2 Outputs and Internal Mic has 2 Inputs/0 Outputs, Soundflower (2ch) has 2 Inputs/2 Outputs and Soundflower (16ch) has 16 Inputs/16 Outputs. Soundflower has two modes: 1) Soundflower (2ch) – two channel and 2) Soundflower (16ch) – 16 channel along with other configured Audio Input/Output peripherals. Soundflower icon will now be sitting on the Task Bar. Start Soundflower ( Soundflowerbed) and if required, complete the initial configuration.

Or go to Audacity -> Preferences -> Libraries and click on « Download» button and follow it from thereon.

If not click on the « Locate» button to locate it. Once installed, go to Audacity -> Preferences -> Libraries and verify whether it’s properly located.

#Audacity for mac el capitan install#

Download and install LAME MP3 Encoder as well.If required and you wish to export the captured/recorded audio stream to MP3 file format,.Download and install the excellent Open-Source Audio Editing tool Audacity.Download and install the latest Open-Source Audio Routing tool Soundflower.This following method can also be used to capture whatever sound that is played on your Mac machine. You can easily capture, record and export live streaming audio, without destroying the quality, using Soundflower and Audacity, which are free tools.