Free Sound Siphon Alternatives

The best free alternative to Sound Siphon is JACK Audio Connection Kit, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Sound Siphon and four of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Sound Siphon are BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver, Soundflower and SoundDesk Virtual Devices.

Sound Siphon alternatives are mainly Audio Recorders but may also be Audio Routers or Audio Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Sound Siphon.

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Sound Siphon

Paid • Proprietary
Audio Recorder
Mac

Sound Siphon is a software package that makes your Mac’s audio output available as an audio input device. It enables you to...

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JACK Audio Connection Kit
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Free • Open Source
Audio Router
Mac
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18 alternatives to JACK Audio Connection Kit
JACK is a professional sound server daemon that provides real-time low latency connections for both audio and MIDI data between applications that implement its API. The API can be used through either JACK1 or JACK2.
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JACK Audio Connection Kit Features
1. Support for MIDIJACK Audio Connection Kit includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Virtual Audio Cable
Connecting audio streams
Sound drivers
Multi Channel
Low Latency
Native application
Macro Recording
BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver
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Free • Open Source
Audio Router
Audio Recorder
Mac
16 alternatives to BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver
BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
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BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver Features
1. Music LooperBlackHole Audio Loopback Driver supports a grid of musical loops and phrases that you can trigger and manipulate in real time.
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Virtual Audio Cable
Low Latency
BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver vs Sound Siphon opinions
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easiest and free solution. In mac os settings, set imput and output to Blackhole (virtual device) and use any program like Audacity to rec the audio!
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Soundflower
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Free • Open Source
Audio Recorder
Audio Router
Mac
20 alternatives to Soundflower
Soundflower is a Mac OS X system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications. Soundflower is easy to use, it simply presents itself as an audio device, allowing any audio application to send and receive audio with no other support needed.
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Soundflower Features
Connecting audio streams
Sound drivers
Simple installation
Virtual Audio Cable
Discontinued
The project seems no longer developed. Last version, 2.0b2, released in December 2014, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

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SoundDesk Virtual Devices
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Recorder
Audio Router
Mac
14 alternatives to SoundDesk Virtual Devices
The SoundDesk Virtual Devices are connectors that you can use to route audio across apps.
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SoundDesk Virtual Devices Features
Virtual Audio Cable
Connecting audio streams
Sound drivers