![]() ![]() Okay, that’s the hard part! Step 3: Adjust Teams’ Sound Settings Once you have this set up, you can simply go back into Audio Hijack and reopen this session. You can make these adjustments by clicking on each output module and adjusting the Output Volume. I often want my PowerPoint sound to be quieter than my voice. While you can control audio volume to some extent within PowerPoint (Low, Medium, High), setting it up in this way enables you to adjust each level independently in real-time in case someone on the other end of your Teams call says the PowerPoint audio is overpowering your voice or vice versa. Now, in case you’re wondering why we aren’t just linking the mic to that first Blackhole Output Device module, it’s because you may want to control the volume they hear from our PowerPoint and Mic separately. Once you do this, you can see the bars light up when you speak or when audio is playing from your PowerPoint. Again, click on this Output Device module and select Blackhole 16ch.įinally, start the audio session by clicking on the Start button in the lower left. Do this again, dragging an Output Device to the right of your Input mic, ensuring it ONLY links to your external mic.Then, click on this Output Device module and select Blackhole 16ch. You may have to adjust the spacing a bit here to prevent it from linking to your Input mic below. Under OUTPUTS, drag Output Device to the left of the PowerPoint source so it connects ONLY to the PowerPoint, not anything else.In my case, I’m using my Apple AirPods Pros. Click on the Output Device module and select your headphones.If you monitor your own mic, you may experience latency between your voice and what you hear. Make sure it ONLY links to the PowerPoint, not to your Mic. Under OUTPUTS, drag Output Device to the left of the PowerPoint source.Set up what YOU hear: you’ll want to be able to hear the sound coming out of your PowerPoint, but not necessarily your mic because that can create echo. Create your OUTPUTS: one output for you, and one for attendees on your Teams call. Drag Input Device into your workspace and select your microphone.In this case, it’s my External Mic.Ĥ.Drag Application into your workspace and select Microsoft PowerPoint as the Source (or whatever presentation software you’re using, e.g., Keynote).In this example, I’m presenting a PowerPoint presentation with audio via Teams, so I’ll need audio from both PowerPoint and my Microphone. Under SOURCES: Open Audio Hijack and Create a New Session with ⌘N or clicking on Session in the menu bar & selecting New Session.ģ. If you know of a good alternative, do let me know in the comments below.Ģ. Note, there may be free alternatives, but I’ve found Audio Hijack to be one of the best out there. Application audio capture app like Audio Hijack.ģ.To enable others to hear audio coming from your computer, you’ll need: But you’re in luck because I’ve found a reasonably simple workaround. However, if you call into someone else’s meeting, the option is often not available. Loopback’s idea is simple, as is its interface: Any time you have an option for a single audio input (for example, Skype’s Audio/Video preferences or GarageBand’s live-recording option), you can use a Loopback virtual audio device instead.Option to “ Include computer sound” shows when you initiate Teams meeting Loopback lets you create any number of virtual devices, each of which has a unique set of audio sources. These can be the output of an app, an audio input device attached to the computer, or even another virtual device. ![]() OS X treats each virtual device exactly as if it were a legitimate physical or app source. Loopback devices appear in the Sound system preference pane just like other audio sources. You might want to record multiple mic inputs, or mix sound playback (like background music or other audio) into whatever you’re sending into a recording or out to speakers at a live event where the Mac is the mixer. It works well with soundboards, like the eponymous Soundboard from Ambrosia Software ($50), which let you create an array of pre-recorded sounds or snippets you can drop into an audio stream (think drive-time AM radio).įast-forward to 2015 and Audio Hijack 3’s release, which was an elegantly simplified version of AHP that hid the guts well, but still had layers to dive into for more complicated features. ![]() With Audio Hijack 3, you can route and combine audio inputs, but you can’t route Audio Hijack’s output into other software. That’s where virtual audio devices come in handy. The long-running Soundflower was a lovely hack that helped for many years. It came in 2-track and 16-track versions, and let you route audio output-including from applications-into any track, and then use that as an input to any program, or even the system. ![]()
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