I am still using it on my older, late 2009, 27 inch screen iMac, running both OS X Mountain Lion and OS X Mavericks to power an older, no longer available sound enhancement app.
I used soundflower to control volume and equalize the speakers of my external hd monitor. I used to chose 'Soundflower (2Ch)' as the audio output on my Mac settings and then chose the HDMI output on the SoundflowerBed app that remained on my taskbar. Soundflower Source ReadMe. Originally by ma ingalls for Cycling'74 Revised by Tim Place, 16 October 2008, for version 1.4. To build Soundflower, open a terminal window and cd to the Soundflower folder. Then follow these steps: Change directories into the Tools directory: cd Tools. Build Soundflower:./build.rb.
I am not sure if Soundflower still works with new Macs running the new macOS Sierra, though.
The problem is no developer website to download this from and you can't trust any other download sites to download it from.
Did you keep the original, last version of SoundFlower plugin available from the original developer's website before development of this plugin ended?
Nov 9, 2016 8:04 PM
Welcome to our Soundflower installation guide. Installing Soundflower on modern macOS versions can be a little complicated as kernel extensions need now to be given permissions before being loaded for the first time. So the Soundflower installer will error out on macOS High Sierra and Mojave. But this is easy to fix.
macOS 10.13 High Sierra and macOS 10.14 Mojave Soundflower Install
- Download the installer: soundflower_2.0b2.zip.
- Run it and perform the install
- The installer will tell you that it failed. This is completely normal.
- Open the System Preferences and go to the “Security & Privacy” settings.
- Click on the “Allow” button next to “MATT INGALS”.(This has to be a physical hardware click. Remote desktop connections or even local software tools like “Better Touch Tool” won’t work!)
- Run the installer again. This time it will run through without any problems.
Click 'Open Security Preferences'
Click on the Allow button and run the installer again.
IMPORTANT: If you can’t record from Soundflower under Mojave (the device is there but only silence is being recorded) make sure that you have given microphone access permissions to your recording app! macOS treats Soundflower like a microphone in this regard. Go to system preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Privacy -> Microphone -> [check mark next to your recording app]
See our blog post about this issue: https://www.fluxforge.com/blog/recording-problems-on-mojave/
macOS 10.10 - 10.12 Soundflower Install
Soundflower Mac Catalina
Because we’re getting this asked a lot: Here’s how you get Soundflower to work with macOS 10.12 Sierra and OS X 10.10 and 10.11…
As you know, since 10.10, OS X requires kernel extensions to be signed. Sadly the officially available version of Soundflower isn’t signed because it’s an open source project and - as far as we know - no one has volunteered to do the work and pay the $99 fee to obtain a signing certificate.
That’s why we have built a signed version of Soundflower which will work on OS X 10.10, 10.11 and the new macOS 10.12 Sierra.
Soundflower Mac Uninstall
Here is the direct download link: soundflower_2.0b2.zip.
Download the zip and run the contained installer. Even though not required you probably should restart your Mac to make sure everything got installed properly.
Enjoy!
Please note that we can’t offer direct support for Soundflower. We just built a version you can install on macOS 10.11 and 10.12. If you encounter any problems please contact Soundflower’s developer! You can find their project page here: https://github.com/Soundflower-Original
Soundflower Mac Download
Shameless self promotion: Have you tried Vector yet? Vector is an audio editor for OS X that is designed to fit into the space between simple audio apps and full blown studio production tools. (Kinda like Cool Edit Pro for the Mac - if you are that old school).