![]() We needed to create the Multi-output device and install Soundflower because otherwise OS X has no way to hook up the OUT of the Multi-output device into the IN of the Aggregate Device - that’s what soundflower does.įor the visual learners among us, this is what we’ve set up:įYI: It’s possible to do this without the Multi-output device - just by selecting Soundflower 2ch as the output device in skype and then in the Soundflower Bed menu selecting “Built-in Output” under Soundflower 2ch. That’s it! Now when you record with Quicktime, it’s bringing in both the skype output and the microphone, which are mixed via the Aggregate Device we created. Click the little triangle on the right of the window that pops up, and under “Microphone” select “Aggregate Input: Inputs AND Soundflower (2ch)”. The nice thing about this is if Soundflower ever has a problem or is not loaded, the sound will still go to the speakers.Ħ) Open up Quicktime and on the menu click File -> New Audio Recording. Go to Menu -> Skype -> Preferences, then to Audio/Video and where it says “Speakers:” select “Multi-Output: Built-in Output AND Soundflower (2ch)”. Now we just need to hook up Skype and our Audio Recorder - I use Quicktime (set the recording quality to “high”, not “maximum” or you’ll get huuuge files).?ĥ) Open up Skype (if it was open, close and reopen it to refresh the list of devices). On the right, click “use” next to Built-in Microphone and Soundflower (2ch). Click on the device and rename it something like “Aggregate Input: Inputs AND Soundflower (2ch)”. On the right, click the “use” checkbox next to Built-in Output and Soundflower (2ch).Ĥ) In the bottom left click the + sign, and then click “Create Aggregate Device”. Click on the device on the left to rename it something like “Multi-Output: Built-in Output AND Soundflower (2ch)”. We’re going to create two virtual devices.ģ) In the bottom left click the + sign, and then click “Create Multi-Output Device”. We’re using soundflower to turn outputs back into inputs, and all the rest of the magic happens in the mac Audio MIDI Setup application.Ģ) Open up the Audio MIDI Setup application (comes with your mac) and make sure you see the Audio Window (Menu -> Window -> Show Audio Window). Open up Soundflower Bed, the menu bar Application that comes with it, and click None (OFF) under both the 2ch and 16ch entries. For what it’s worth, you can also just pay for a program like? Piezo?that does all this automatically.ġ) Install? Soundflower. Here’s the simplest, most failsafe way I was able to find to do that for free. ![]() ![]() The basic issue is you need to mix both the OUTPUT from skype and the INPUT from your microphone and send that to your recording program, but you want to send only the OUTPUT from skype to your speakers/headphones. FYI, it may be illegal to do so in your area without notifying the other parties. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to record Skype calls for free on a Mac, which worked for me on OS X 10.8.4.
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