AUDIO HIJACK COMPRESSOR SOFTWARE

I always thought that I could probably build a software channel strip by experimenting with Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack, but the problem with Audio Hijack is that you can’t send audio to anything other than a physical output device or the built-in Audio Hijack audio recorder module – it still requires the use of Soundflower and Soundlower Bed. It sounds great and, in a pinch, it also has an XLR input, so I can jack-it into my Tascam DR-60D or a mixer. So, I just pulled the proverbial trigger and went all-usb by purchasing an Audio-Technica AT2005USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone. On HoldĮventually, I converted to The Church of Dynamic Mics and moved to Austin where my office is much quieter than my office was in New York. That means that barking dogs, door bells and other noises that could be suppressed with a noise gate will get captured along with my voice.

However, when I’m participating in other podcasts, I have no control over the quality of my audio after it streams it’s way across the net. When I record my own podcast, effects really don’t matter – I can apply a noise gate, compressor or Sound Soap in post production before I release it. It worked, but the CPU on my 11-inch MacBook Air would max out, making the video capture almost unusable. Soundflower is the audio routing software while Soundflower Bed is the configuration tool.

I’ve wanted to go “all-usb” with my podcast setup for years but was always held back by the fact that there was no such thing as a “ software channel strip” that would work with applications like Skype, Google Hangouts or Zoom.Īt one point, I went so far as to hack one together using a combination of Soundflower (with Soundflower Bed) and GarageBand.

Audio hijack compressor