You can even easily copy server settings between blocks, with Audio Hijack’s powerful Presets feature. Using multiple Broadcast blocks in one session, you can stream a high and a low quality broadcast, or in multiple audio formats. It’s also possible to manually add and update track titles, as you broadcast. The Broadcast block can be configured to automatically read track titles from supported sources, then embed them in your stream for listeners to see. If you’re streaming AAC, Broadcast will automatically work to achieve the best quality for a given bitrate by switching to the superior-sounding HE-AAC when possible. With Broadcast, you can stream in either the popular MP3 streaming format, or the more modern AAC streaming format. Broadcast can even automatically detect your server type. Stream to Shoutcast 2, Shoutcast 1, and Icecast 2 streaming audio servers. Let’s go to the bullet-point list! Multiple Server Types Of course, the new Broadcast block offers plenty of features for broadcasting experts to appreciate. It’s simple, straight-forward, and tremendously powerful. This simple chain is pulling audio from iTunes and a microphone, recording it, then passing it out to an external server. Adding a Broadcast block to your audio chain makes it possible to take what Audio Hijack is pulling in, and send it to an MP3 or AAC streaming server, allowing listeners around the world to tune in. If you’re already using Audio Hijack to record audio, broadcasting will be a snap as well. It’s perfect for running livecasts of podcast recordings, as well as live streaming DJ sets, and powering all types of internet radio streams. Audio Hijack 3.5 is all about internet radio streaming, with a brand new Broadcast output block that makes it possible to send any audio to Shoutcast and Icecast servers. If you are looking for some powerful audio tools on your Mac, look no further.Today, we’ve got a big (and free!) update to our popular audio recording utility Audio Hijack. I’ve been using the updated version for the last several episodes of my podcasts and it is working without fail. Sessions are now more robust, with Recordings and Timers contained within each session itself. Nearly all of the artwork within Audio Hijack has been updated and improved, and a brand new Light mode has been added. Have sessions running at all times, automatically. With the new “Auto Run” control, you can configure sessions to run whenever Audio Hijack is launched, or even whenever your Mac launches. This global window can also be pinned, for instant access from within any application. In conjunction with background sessions, the new Audio Hijack status item provides global control from the menu bar. Try it out in the “Scripting” tab of your sessions, as well as via the Shortcuts app on macOS 12 (Monterey), and let us know how it works for you.Īudio Hijack sessions can now run without their window being open. For 4.0.0, we plan to have a solid skeleton, one which we’ll flesh out further in subsequent updates. The eventual goal is to allow you to configure and automate everything you’d want. Speaking of oft-requested features, Audio Hijack now supports scripting via JavaScript. Note that Undo is well supported, so fiddle without fear. We experimented with both modeless and moded manual connections, and have found this moded system to work best. As well, block titles can now be edited, particularly helpful when using multiple blocks of the same type.Īn oft-requested feature, it’s finally possible to edit the precise block layout of your sessions manually. As well, the Input and Output blocks also now include a “Track” option, to follow the default devices set system-wide.Īll blocks now offer popovers, allowing them to be pinned for easy viewing and access when Audio Hijack is in the background. To avoid inadvertently using sub-par built-in mics, the input block now requires you manually select a device, and it visually distinguishes built-in devices. The “Mixer” block makes it easy to mix up to 5 sources, while the “Magic Boost” and “Simple Compressor” blocks provide potent audio adjustments with minimal configuration. The new version keeps all of Audio Hijack’s features and adds a bunch of new features: All three of those recordings are made with a single Audio Hijack workflow. For example, when I record a Podcast, I make three recordings: 1) me alone 2) the other person alone 3) the two of us together. Rarely do I run into a recording problem that I can’t solve with Audio Hijack. Audio Hijack is my Swiss-Army Knife for audio on my Mac. My congratulations to the gang at Rogue Amoeba on the release of Audio Hijack 4.
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