Dear All,
A few years ago - some of you may have seen my solution to Soundflower and being able to record what you hear through your Mac, ie with Adobe Audition. I'm currently using CS5.5 but I'm hoping this will work if you have higher versions. Although I did read somewhere that CS6 and above may already be without issue due to the encoding within the program itself and third part software compatibility.
Anyway, I upgraded to OSX El Capitan and Soundflower stopped working, as did Adobe recording what I was playing through my speakers.
Here's how I solved it, probably until there's another major update from Apple and I wince, grit my teeth and hit the update button! I'm a sucker for punishment! But why shouldn't you have the latest OS X? Issue is, it's mainly Soundflower that's stopped working. The last time this happened (majorly) was with Mountain Lion from Lion OS X.
Uninstalled any previous versions of Soundflower by running the 'Uninstall Soundflower Script' - click on it and it'll appear in a box. You need to click the triangle/play icon to run it. It should say 'Done!' in the box below. Then restart your mac.
When it's back up again get back onto the internet and download the latest version of Soundflower, v2.0 here - Release Signed Version for Yosemite/Mavericks · mattingalls/Soundflower · GitHub - it's the Soundflower-2.0b2.dmg file you need.
Then go through the install process, clicking the folder in your Downloads folder - or wherever you direct your downloaded files. You may also need to go into the Apple icon, top left of your mac then System Preferences>Security&Privacy>General and change the dot at the bottom to be in 'Anywhere' when it comes to downloading content that isn't official Apple Software etc. You may also need to unlock the padlock icon with your password to make the changes. If it's already set to 'Anywhere' you should be able to download the Soundflower 2.0 software.
Once you've gone through the install process, restart your mac.
When you're back up again Soundflower won't necessary appear in your Applications folder via Finder. Neither will the small Soundflower icon appear in the top panel to the top right of your Mac screen. It didn't on my Mac anyway, it may on yours, if so, that's probably a good thing. If not, don't worry - just go back to the Apple icon in the top left of your Mac screen and back into System Preferences>Sound and change your INPUT to Soundflower 2ch. Then change your OUTPUT to MULTI-OUTPUT DEVICE.
You may also need to open Applications>Utilities>Audi MIDI Setup - as you'll need your mac configured like this:-
Make sure Multi-Output Device is highlight first.
Set Master Device to Soundflower (2ch) - Soundflower
Tick Built-in Output and Drift correcttion
Tick Soundflower (2ch) and drift correction.
Also make sure you adjust the Built-in Output section, in the column on the left as you'll need to make sure it has the little Apple face icon - you can adjust this by clicking on the settings cog at the bottom of the left column and select 'Play alerts and sound effects through this device'.
Then to Adobe Audition, as I said earlier, I'm (still) using CS5.5
Open Adobe Audition and go to the Audition tab in the top left corner of the screen and select Preferences>Audio Hardware from the menu. Then configure your settings like this:-
Default Input:- Soundflower (2ch)
Default Output:- Built-in Output
Master Clock:- Built-in Output
Hopefully that should work for you if you've had trouble since the El Capitan update, like I did. Only took a day or so this time however to find the latest Soundflower and work out how to get it all working.
- Rory