

Go to the application that will be playing the sound you want to record.Click on the Transport menu and make sure that "Software Playthrough" is checked.To be safe you should disable the sound on any iCal alerts that may occur while you are recording, and quit any other application that may make an alert sound. Tests on a recent iMac running 10.7.2 show that Mail and TextEdit alert sounds will not be recorded with the above setup, but iCal and Yahoo Messenger alert sounds will be recorded. Some Macintosh applications are better behaved than others when it comes to alert sounds. Thus these sounds will not be recorded by Audacity. This will route some system alert sounds (such as Mail alert sounds) to the Line Out or Internal Speakers and not to Soundflower.Click on the "Sound Effects" tab, and from the "Play sound effects through" dropdown menu choose "Line Out", "Headphones" or "Internal Speakers" (whichever is appropriate for your system).The sound output of the computer is being sent to Soundflower. At this point you will no longer be able to hear what is playing on the computer.


If you obtained the 1.6.x installer, save your work in other applications, then press the button in the installer to restart your Mac. Then run through the standard installer steps.Press "Show Certificate" to review the certificate then choose "Continue". After opening the PKG file, you may see a warning that the certificate for the installer has expired.If you see a warning on OS X 10.7.5 or later that Soundflower cannot be opened due to your Security Preferences, right-click or control-click over the PKG file and choose "Open", then choose "Open" again. In the DMG itself, double-click the PKG file.
#Sound siphon in install
To install the downloaded DMG file, double-click it to mount it.Unzip the "Soundflowerbed.app" from the download, then place it anywhere that is convenient.
#Sound siphon in download
If you do not have Soundflowerbed.app: the easiest solution is to download it by clicking this link.Reboot the computer then run the "" installer as above.You should see "Done!" in the results, indicating that the uninstallation completed satisfactorily. In the window that opens, press the "Run" button. In the same "Soundflower" folder, double-click "Uninstall Soundflower.scpt" to uninstall Soundflower 1.6.x.

#Sound siphon in for mac
Soundflower is a free open source system add-on for Mac computers that allows you to route what is playing on the computer digitally back to the input without using a cable.
