Make sure under Soundflower (2ch) “Built-in Output” is selected.

Click the Soundflower icon in the menubar.Open up Soundflower in /Applications/Soundflower/Soundflowerbed.Download Audacity, Soundflower (special audio plugin, free), and LAME MP3 Encoder (exports MP3).

Due to the fact many of you reading this tutorial either did not win the mission on MacHeist (two years ago) or you don’t want to spend $69 on WireTap Pro, I’m going to show you how to record (streaming) audio for free, with Audacity. I believe it’s important to make money as a software developer, but that’s just insane. Unfortunately, Ambrosia Software feels that it’s necessary to make WireTap Pro ridiculously expensive ($69). At first, I had no reason to use this application, then I discovered its amazing capabilities for recording line-in audio (e.g. A while ago, MacHeist hosted a mission which included some handy applications, such as WireTap Pro. Have you ever not found a song you wanted on iTunes? Annoying, right? For me, I typically find my music on SadSteve or YouTube (yes - YouTube).

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