Need to replace Wiretap Studio

Hi TxTom-

I've just upgraded to Yosemite and had the same problem with Wiretap Studio. Some Googling turned up Sound Siphon, an app and extension that lets you route audio between apps:

http://staticz.com/soundsiphon/

The full app is $30, but its basic component, which is all that's needed to get Wiretap Studio to work, is free. Instructions are here:

http://staticz.com/can-sound-siphon-fix-wiretap-studio-on-yosemite/

After installation (which requires a restart), instead of choosing "Mac Audio" as the input for Wiretap, you select "Sound Siphon," and you can capture streaming audio as before. Make sure you follow the instructions (you have to launch the Sound Siphon app to turn on the audio routing). You may also have to adjust settings in either Wiretap's preferences, or using OS X's Audio Midi Setup utility, though I believe the defaults should work fine.

Wiretap Studio works for me under Yosemite with Sound Siphon, at least as a sound recorder (I never much used it for editing). I consider it a short-term fix, since Ambrosia seems to have abandoned Wiretap Studio. They haven't even shown the courtesy to their customers of noting Yosemite issues on their web page, which has guaranteed I won't be a future customer. It's the least they could have done!

-Tom

Check out: Audio Hijack.

Hi - I finally solved my problem - and DOCUMENTED what I did this time! I downloaded Sound Siphon. Once installed I turned it on. The in WireTap Studio which has 2 input options I selected Sound Siphon in the top option. The other drop down I made no selection. In System Preferences I now had an "input source" option of Sound Siphon. In the Audio MIDI there is now a Sound Siphon option so I selected it there, too. Don't know if that was really relvant to stream webinars but everything is working again and I have noted what these settings are.

Hi - I followed this tip and downloaded the simple Sound Siphon software a few weeks ago when Yosemite rendered WireTape Studio non-functional. I was the able to record with WireTap Studio once again thanks to this free work-around from Sound Siphon.

Some major things on my iMac crashed and now I cannot seem to figure out the combination of settings I need in (a) WireTap, (b) System Preferences for Sound Input, and (c) Audio Midi Set Up, and (d) maybe something else I don't even know enough to know about.

I'm not knowledgable enough to understand the relationship of all these "pieces" and I am quite frustrated I didn't take screen shots of all the settings when this all worked. I haven't been happy with the other audio software options and would happily bestow Good Luck Karma on anyone who can provide a very basic "Dummies Guide" to getting WireTap Studio (aided by Sound Siphon) to work in Yosemite. I promise I'll document it this time! Thanks!

Hi Tom Loredo,

Thank you for your post. This solved my problem. I really enjoyed using WireTap Pro and WireTap Studio. It's a shame they are not updating it anymore.

Thanks so much Tom Loredo for your post. I was very unhappy that Wire Tap was no longer working for me. Now with Sound Siphon and your easy instructions, it's back to normal. Thanks!!