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kjhart0133
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October 25, 2015
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Can Audition record what is currently playing on my computer, e.g. iTunes?

  • October 25, 2015
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Hello all,

First time posting on the Audition Forum.  I'm a longtime poster on Photoshop and Premier Pro forums and now I'm starting to pay more attention to audio.

Is it possible to record - in Audition - whatever is currently playing on the speakers on my Mac Mini?  I'm just using the green speaker output jack on the back of the Mini to a pair of external speakers, but can Audition get the audio from inside the computer somewhere/somehow?  I've tried monkeying with the Audio Hardware input/output preferences, but no luck.

Can I just run the speaker output into the microphone input???  I have a cable that would do that, but I don't want to blow anything up .

I'm running Yosemite (10.10.4) on a mid-2011 Mac Mini with Audition CS6.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Kevin H.

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Correct answer _durin_

To route your built-in audio output to a virtual input that Audition can use to record, you'll need to download an application called Soundflower, which is free from https://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/soundflower/

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_durin_
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_durin_Community ManagerCorrect answer
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October 26, 2015

To route your built-in audio output to a virtual input that Audition can use to record, you'll need to download an application called Soundflower, which is free from https://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/soundflower/

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    kjhart0133Author
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    October 27, 2015

    Soundflower did the trick!  Thanks to ryclark and _durin_ for the links.  And thanks to the other responders as well.  I love these forums; I get such good information.

    Kevin H

    cvj83
    cvj83
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    October 26, 2015

    I'd imagine running the speaker out into the mic in might just feed back on itself if you're monitoring the signal, but I haven't tried this!

    You really should be able to get it to record using the audio channel mapping. It will depend a little on how your soundcard or audio interface is set up, but you should be able to set your default stereo input to something along the lines of 'return 1' and 'return 2'. What input options do you have in there currently? If not already, you could also try using the ASIO4ALL drivers (ASIO4ALL - Universal ASIO Driver)

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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    October 26, 2015

    Er, the OP is using a Mac - ASIO4ALL is no help at all!

    As the vast majority of us here use PCs (which also often have this difficulty, incidentally) I think you'll need to wait for a developer to tell you - they're the ones that use Macs around here.

    ryclark
    ryclark
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    October 26, 2015

    As others have implied it is all down to how the Mac's Audio and MIDI configuration is set up and what is available to select for recording there. Once that is done Audition should easily be able to select the Mac sound set up as it's source and record it.

    However you may not be able to set it up directly from the Mac's sound configuration. In which case you may have to install an extra app such as http://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/soundflower/

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