Soundflower Alternatives for Mac
There are many alternatives to Soundflower for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is JACK Audio Connection Kit, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Soundflower and 11 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Soundflower are Loopback, BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver, VB-Audio Virtual Cable and Wave Link.
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Soundflower alternatives are mainly Audio Routers but may also be Audio Recorders or Music Production Apps. Other popular filters includes Windows + Audio Router. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Soundflower.- Audio Recorder
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52 likes19 JACK Audio Connection Kit alternativesJACK 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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17 likes21 Loopback alternativesConfigure advanced audio routing by creating virtual devices on macOS, supporting up to 64 input/output channels. Customize and mix audio from multiple sources, including hidden ones like Siri. It offers Pass-Thru for direct sound transfers and full accessibility via VoiceOver, ideal for audio processing.
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Compatible with current macOS. Easy guide to setup and route computer audio for recording. Generous freemium usage before limits hit.
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21 likes18 BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver alternativesBlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
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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.
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38 likes23 VB-Audio Virtual Cable alternativesVB-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.
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2 likes5 Wave Link alternativesWave Link is the audio mixing software for the Elgato Wave microphones. Together with the Wave microphone, up to eight other audio sources can be mixed together and two separate outputs; a monitor mix and a stream mix are created.
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- Free • Proprietary
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7 likes12 Sound Siphon alternativesSound Siphon is a software package that makes your Mac’s audio output available as an audio input device. It enables you to send audio from one application to another where it can be processed, streamed, or recorded.
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3 likes12 Dante Via alternativesAudio routing software seamlessly connects applications to the Dante network, transforming PC and Mac inputs and outputs into sharable network resources, enabling integration with professional Dante gear and inter-device audio sharing through Dante audio over IP solutions.
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- Paid • Proprietary
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5 likes17 SoundDesk Virtual Devices alternativesThe SoundDesk Virtual Devices are connectors that you can use to route audio across apps.
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- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Mac
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8 likes19 SoundDesk alternativesSoundDesk is the easiest way to turn your macOS into a professional mixing desk.
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Like this app15 GroundControl alternativesGroundControl virtual audio drivers allow applications to pass audio to other applications with zero latency.
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Comments about JACK Audio Connection Kit as an Alternative to Soundflower
JACK 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.
jack is much too complicated. soundflower was so simple, just so buggy. how has nobody made a good copy of it yet...
jack audio doesn't seem to stream screen sharing audio