While you may see other sources with these names in the Running Processes menu, choosing them is not likely to provide the desired audio. This powerful process provides audio for several parts of MacOS, including the spoken dialog from Siri, the system's text reading (triggered by the Start Speaking command in the Speech menu), and the accessibility hints spoken by VoiceOver.
The Text to Speech special source captures audio played by the system's process. If you're streaming audio to your Mac via AirPlay, you can capture it in with the System AirPlay Receiver special source.įor more robust AirPlay receiving on your Mac, we recommend Airfoil Satellite. The System AirPlay Receiver special source captures audio played directly to MacOS via AirPlay, using the system's AirPlay receiving capabilities. The System AirPlay Receiver special source (MacOS 12 and newer) If an application's beeps and alerts aren't picked up by the Sound Effects special source, try capturing the application itself instead. Worth noting, not all applications on the Mac properly play sound effects. This process produces audio like alerts in the Messages app, or the Trash being emptied. The Sound Effects special source captures audio played to MacOS's systemsoundserverd process. When capturing this source, audio is merged from the system's process which provides Siri's spoken word audio and the assistantd hidden process which provides its sound effects. The Siri special source makes it possible to capture all the audio from the Siri experience, including its sound effects.
This is done through the Special Sources section of the menu, where you can choose:Ĭhoosing the Finder special source will allow the capture of any audio played by Finder.app, as well as by the hidden QuickLookUIService process (or the hidden quicklookd process on MacOS 10.13 and lower), which plays audio when using the Mac's “Quick Look” functionality. Loopback's Add Source menu makes it easy to choose several popular sources which would otherwise be very difficult to find. This includes system services, as well as the occasional command-line tool. In addition to capturing audio from traditional applications, Loopback can capture from certain special sources, as well as hidden background processes which do not appear on your Mac like traditional applications.
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