There's also lots of info for people that stream simple things like a podcasts, but in my case you have to keep in mind I do need to hear myself from Ableton because my instrument is not producing the final sound outcome in my living room.
It should be located in the Soundflower folder which should be in your Applications folder. Soundflower OS X Alternatives More information regarding Soundflower, as well as a download link may be found at cycling74 Audacity latest version: A feature-packed audio editor Easily capture your Macs audio Authors review 5KPlayer is the first all-in-one free media player for Mac OS Authors review 5KPlayer is the first all-in-one free. Download and setup the free Soundflower Driver to receive audio from. Under the Output tab of the sound pane select Soundflower (2ch) as your sound device. Setup: Setup a MIDI IAC Driver Bus to receive MIDI messages from Ableton Live in ChucK. So, I'm a bit frustrated because I feel I have tried it all I know, and most of the info online is either very old, or made for Windows or gamers. Go to system preferences and click the sound pane. Also, I used it in trial mode before it expired, and I recorded the video from OBS and the sound of it was actually quite bad, a bit compressed and gloomy, very very different from what the Ableton output sounds.
It is $100 USD, which is absolutely too much for that and also for my budget.
Loopback offers a better alternative, because it patches the sound directly from Ableton, meaning that within Ableton I still use MOTU as input and output, therefore my headphones give me sound without latency.īut with Loopback there are 2 issues: 1. Part 1: Best Alternative to Soundflower According to our research, many people said that Soundflower is not working on Windows or Mac This is a temporary workaround until the next minor update Soundflower is a Mac OS X system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications 11, Mac OS X 10 Prism Free Video File Converter. IShow or Soundflower results in latency to my ears, which means I can't play my pieces properly. OBS Studio does not allow any interfaces that has more than two outputs which is why Soundflower or something similar is necessary. My music uses live effects, so I need to have Ableton's output in my speakers or my headphones, otherwise I don't know what I am playing, since its not just the sound of my piano.įor video, I am using OBS studio and Black Magic mini recorder connected to my Panasonic G7 DSLR camera. I play a piano (digital) and live electronics ( Ableton) via a MOTU mk3 connected to my MacBook Pro (13 inch,late 2014, Sierra 10.12.6). Doing so executes the script and removes the existing driver. Press the play button at the top of the window.
Open up the downloaded DMG file, and run the script highlighted below. I'm trying to stream a live music performance from my living room. The first step is to Download version Soundflower 1.6.6b.