This shows how the audio will flow from block to block. When the blocks get near each other, they become connected by a line. So as I said you drag in these blocks for inputs, outputs, and audio effects. I’ll give myself partial credit for being a good teacher and being smart enough to let them drive while I watch on screen sharing, but the other 90% credit goes to Rogue Amoeba. I’ve taught two blind people to use Audio Hijack so far and they left a one-hour session knowing exactly how it works. In VoiceOver you’ll hear it say things like, “Your microphone has no input connections, one output connection to 10-band EQ at 2.75x, 2.25y”.
SOFTWARE SIMILIAR TO AUDIO HIJACK SOFTWARE
The software simply calls out to you the location of each block in x/y coordinates. If you’re visually impaired, Audio Hijack, like all of Rogue Amoeba’s software, is completely accessible. It has a blank canvas and you drag sources, outputs, and effects onto that canvas. And finally, you can pipe the output to multiple sources and even record the audio you’ve hijacked.Īudio Hijack’s interface is like nothing I’ve ever used. It then lets you pipe audio through special audio unit effects to sweeten the sound. Brief Overview of Audio Hijack Audio Hijack Sources and OutputsĪudio Hijack is a macOS app that allows you to capture audio from different sources including microphones and even applications. You may think you’d never have a need for Audio Hijack because you don’t record a podcast, but there are so many other things you can do with it that you may find a use for this awesome software. You’ll be able to download these sessions from this article and then run them yourself. After that, I want to share some of the more interesting sessions I’ve created with Audio Hijack. Now that we’ve established how important Audio Hijack is to me, I’ll give you a brief overview of what the software does.
SOFTWARE SIMILIAR TO AUDIO HIJACK ZIP FILE
Double-click the zip file to uncompress, and then either double-click each file to bring it into your copy of Audio Hijack or drag the files into the Sessions window. Download the zip file of example Audio Hijack sessions here. In fact, I’m such a huge fan that when I was at Alt Conf last year and they were giving out free drink tickets if you answered a question and I was asked, “What one app keeps you from switching to Windows?” I answered, without hesitation, Audio Hijack. I’m a huge fan of Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba.