Drag in an Application block, choose the app you want to record from, and add a Recorder block. Recording audio from an app is just as easy.
The Record button turns red, an active meter appears to the right, and the path between blocks lights up and animates the signal moving from left to right.
Now click the Record button at the bottom of the window to start your recording. A faint path will appear between the two blocks, indicating that they’re connected. To complete the workflow you drag in a Recorder block from the Outputs area. To do that you’d drag in the Input Device element, where it appears as a block in the work area. Let’s say that you want to record the audio coming from your Mac’s built in mic. Those that should be connected-an input to an output, for example-do so automatically. To configure a session you simply drag in the elements from the libraries to make up your workflow. (There are also headings for Audio Unit Effects and Meters, which are collapsed by default.) To the left, the work area. Along the right side of the main window are Sources, Outputs, and Built-in Effects libraries. If you’ve ever worked in an easy-does-it graphical programming environment (Lego Mindstorm or Automator, for example) you see the wisdom of Audio Hijack 3’s session window environment. Just select the task you’d like and click Choose. Just create a new session and you can choose the kind of task you’d like to perform-pull audio from an application, record audio from a DVD, jack your Mac’s audio beyond its normal limits, record from an input device such as a microphone or audio interface, create a podcast, digitize an LP, improve existing audio, capture your Mac’s audio, record VOIP conversations, or grab audio from a web browser. This should no longer be a problem as Audio Hijack 3 includes a template chooser. If you were a person not accustomed to capturing audio you could be forgiven for launching previous versions of Audio Hijack and thinking “Now what do I do?” The app offered a lot of power under the hood, but the way forward wasn’t always clear. With the release of Audio Hijack 3, the company has taken a large stride forward in making the app both capable and easy to use. Inventive and powerful though the app was, however, its interface could be challenging to the uninitiated.
Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack Pro has been a longtime favorite of many who wish to capture sound routed through their Mac-whether from apps or audio input devices.