Soundflower AlternativesTop Audio Recorders & Audio Routers like Soundflower
Soundflower is described as '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' and is a Audio Recorder in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Soundflower for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Soundflower alternative is JACK Audio Connection Kit, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Soundflower are VB-Audio VoiceMeeter, BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver, Loopback and Virtual Audio Cable.
Soundflower alternatives are mainly Audio Routers but may also be Audio Recorders or Music Production Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Soundflower.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.
- - JACK Audio Connection Kit is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Soundflower.
- - JACK Audio Connection Kit is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Soundflower.
JACK Audio Connection Kit Features
Comments about JACK Audio Connection Kit as a Alternative to Soundflower
DavidJACK Audio is much more complicated and requires actually starting up the server for routing to take effect but it fundamentally addresses the same issue of routing which Soundflower does.
3jack is much too complicated. soundflower was so simple, just so buggy. how has nobody made a good copy of it yet...
12jack audio doesn't seem to stream screen sharing audio
-2- 25 VB-Audio VoiceMeeter alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Audio Router
- Audio Recorder
- Windows
Voicemeeter is Audio Mixer Application endowed with Virtual Audio Device used as Virtual I/O to mix and manage any audio sources from or to any audio devices or applications.
VB-Audio VoiceMeeter Features
- 16 BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Audio Router
- Audio Recorder
- Mac
BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver Features
Comments about BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver as a Alternative to Soundflower
DavidBlackhole takes off where Soundflower left off and supports modern macOS. Development is live and active.
1It is basically the same thing as Soundflower, but it works for Catalina. Nothing new to learn.
2 - 19 Loopback alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Audio Recorder
- Audio Router
- Mac
Create virtual audio devices to take the sound from applications and audio input devices, then send it to audio processing applications. Loopback is a software solution that provides the power of a high-end studio mixing board.
- - Loopback is the most popular commercial alternative to Soundflower.
Loopback Features
Comments about Loopback as a Alternative to Soundflower
Compatible with current macOS. Easy guide to setup and route computer audio for recording. Generous freemium usage before limits hit.
-12 - 17 Virtual Audio Cable alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Audio Router
- Audio Recorder
- Windows
Virtual Audio Cable is the definitive audio routing tool for Windows that lets you redirect audio streams between applications and devices on your computer. It enables you to do things like record your speaker output, send an audio stream from a DAW software to a video editor or...
Virtual Audio Cable Features
Comments about Virtual Audio Cable as a Alternative to Soundflower
DavidVirtual Audio Cable is the original and definitive audio routing app. It's for Windows only but Soundflower is the perfect Mac counterpart.
0 - 21 VB-Audio Virtual Cable alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Audio Recorder
- Mac
- Windows
VB-Audio CABLE is a Windows Audio Driver working as a Virtual Audio Cable. After installing the VB-CABLE driver, a new playback device appears in the audio device list and can be set as default device. VB-CABLE can be set as the default device, just like any regular audio device.
VB-Audio Virtual Cable Features
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- 14 Synchronous Audio Router alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Audio Router
- Audio Recorder
- Windows
Synchronous Audio Router is a software-based audio routing driver for Windows. You can create any number of Windows audio endpoints, either playback or recording, and route them using any digital audio workstation software which supports ASIO, all with low latency.
Synchronous Audio Router Features
DiscontinuedThe last version (0.13.1) was released in April 2018. Many issues in the repository going unanswered.
Opinions about Synchronous Audio Router as a Alternative to Soundflower
GTK-based patchbay for pipewire, inspired by the JACK tool catia.
- 19 AudioBus alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Audio Router
- iPhone
- iPad
With Audiobus, the revolutionary new inter-app audio routing system, you can connect your Audiobus-compatible music apps together, just like virtual cables.
- - AudioBus is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Soundflower.
AudioBus Features
Opinions about AudioBus as a Alternative to Soundflower
- 5 qpwgraph alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Arch Linux
- Flatpak
qpwgraph is a graph manager dedicated to PipeWire, using the Qt C++ framework, based and pretty much like the same of QjackCtl.
qpwgraph Features