This will require you to input your email and name to get a link to the download. However, for installation we will want to go to Existential Audio’s website to get the latest installer. Install BlackHole with the Downloadable InstallerĪs a free open source software, BlackHole is offered on GitHub and you can download the source code directly from the releases page here. If you are unfamiliar with Homebrew, you can check it out here (it’s a really awesome package manager that you can download and update software easily). However, you can also install with Homebrew. For the standard way to install, you can download the installer. In order to install BlackHole, we have a couple options.

Compatible with macOS Mavericks (10.9) to macOS Big Sur (11).

Supports 2, 16 or 64 audio channels versions.Since MacOS does not provide a native way for users to get the internal/system audio, a third party solution (BlackHole) is required.īlackHole offers a suite of professional features for grabbing audio data: It is developed by Devin Roth / Existential Audio, and is commonly used to route audio to different applications. What is BlackHole for MacOS?īlackHole is a modern, open source virtual audio driver for MacOS.

In this article we’ll go over how to install BlackHole and how we can use it to record the system audio on our M1 Macs. I’ve been in the professional audio space for quite some time now, and BlackHole is my go to recommendation if you need to access the system audio on your Mac.

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