Can I screen record and also capture the audio coming out of my audio interface? Not a microphone, I mean the music I’m creating in protools.
iMac 27″, macOS 11.6
YES, you can.
Here is a detailed description of how you do that:
1) Install the free BlackHole Audio Driver - it is available on github.
This adds new audio input and output options that will be available in System Preferences->Sound and in menu bar.
The purpose of this is to be able to pipe the audio output from one application to the audio input of another - exactly what you need.
This alone would let you record: just set the audio output to BlackHole 2ch, and in the recording application choose BlackHole 2ch as the input.
But if you did just that, you would not be able to listen to the audio while recording.
To fix that, we need an extra step:
2) Open Audio MIDI Setup, and create a new "Multi Output Device". In this device, include BlackHole 2ch, and your headphones, or speakers.
3) Choose your new Multi Output device as output; choose BlackHole 2ch as the audio input, and record.
The audio plays through BlackHole from the source to the recording, and you can monitor through the speakers or headphones.
NOTE: when the multi-output device is selected, you can't change the volume of the speakers, so adjust it in advance to a comfortable level, before changing the output.
YES, you can.
Here is a detailed description of how you do that:
1) Install the free BlackHole Audio Driver - it is available on github.
This adds new audio input and output options that will be available in System Preferences->Sound and in menu bar.
The purpose of this is to be able to pipe the audio output from one application to the audio input of another - exactly what you need.
This alone would let you record: just set the audio output to BlackHole 2ch, and in the recording application choose BlackHole 2ch as the input.
But if you did just that, you would not be able to listen to the audio while recording.
To fix that, we need an extra step:
2) Open Audio MIDI Setup, and create a new "Multi Output Device". In this device, include BlackHole 2ch, and your headphones, or speakers.
3) Choose your new Multi Output device as output; choose BlackHole 2ch as the audio input, and record.
The audio plays through BlackHole from the source to the recording, and you can monitor through the speakers or headphones.
NOTE: when the multi-output device is selected, you can't change the volume of the speakers, so adjust it in advance to a comfortable level, before changing the output.
I suggest looking at SoundSource and Loopback - both from Rogue Amoeba, a solid Mac developer with a great track record, 20+ years on Mac platforms.
(Disclaimer: I use their products; I do not receive any compensation for suggesting or recommending them. Just a happy end-user.)
Thank you so much but is this the only way to do this? The reason I ask is that I’m trying to record videos of me mixing songs in protools and I’m constantly changing the volume. Also out of curiosity, will this work if I’m mixing at 24bit/48Khz or higher? I figured out a way to do it through zoom but I can definitely hear a difference in the audio quality while I’m recording the video, the playback sounds great but I’m just trying to find a better way.
If you mean adjusting the volume in your audio application, that should still work. If you mean changing the system audio volume, then I think you probably have, or should have, headphones with their own separate volume control.
Can I screen record and also capture the audio coming out of my audio interface? Not a microphone, I mean the music I’m creating in protools.
