SoundSource for Mac
Switch your audio input sources easily.
$55.00
In English
Version 5.8.0When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
SoundSource overview
SounceSource lets you adjust your input, output, and sound-effects devices and volume settings in mere moments, right from the menu bar. Enable soft play-thru of input devices to your desired output, so you can hear sound coming in through any microphone or other source. With SoundSource, you get fast access to your Mac's most important audio settings.
- Instant Audio-Device Switching - With just two clicks, you can switch the audio devices your Mac is using for input, output, and even sound effects.
- Fast Volume Control - SoundSource provides easy access to the volume controls for your audio devices as well.
- Audio Play-Thru, Too - SoundSource's Play-Thru window makes it easy to monitor the audio coming from any input device.
- Comprehensive - SoundSource gives you one place to go for all Mac's most important audio controls.
- At Your Fingertips - With SoundSource running in your menu bar, your audio controls are always available.
- Lightweight - When you don't need SoundSource, it stays out of your way.
What’s new in version 5.8.0
- ARK Plugin Updated to 12.2 — The ARK plugin, which powers SoundSource’s audio handling, has been updated to version 12.2. This update improves compatibility with Loopback, in addition to fixing a handful of other issues to provide the best audio capture possible.
- You can now add audio effects to Siri, just like any other application.
- When using “Super Volume Keys”, software volume changes now work with devices which lack physical volume controls, even when that device is contained within an aggregate or multi-output device.
- A bug which could cause exceedingly high CPU usage has been corrected. Overall CPU usage during both audio playback and device changes has been optimized.
- Changes to the system output device will now occur more quickly, as will sample rate changes.
- SoundSource now correctly captures audio from Apple’s “Screen Sharing” app.
- Previously, SoundSource could fail to capture audio from some games launched by Steam. It will now work as expected with all Steam games.
- SoundSource again captures audio as expected from Java-based audio sub-processes of applications, such as those from “PXPlay” and “Thinkorswim”.
- An incompatibility between SoundSource and the Røde “Virtual Channels” application has been fixed.
- SoundSource now displays a warning on any application operating in exclusive (“hog”) mode.
- An issue which could cause notification sounds to be softened or cut off has been fixed.
- When switching accounts via Fast User Switching, SoundSource now works in all accounts as expected. This fixes an issue where audio capture could fail for secondary users.
- Previously, certain applications that restart playback after a short period of time could cause audio glitches. Now, they won’t!
- To prevent audio glitches, SoundSource now limits live parameter updates for certain Audio Units, including Apple’s “AUMatrixReverb”, Dear Reality’s “DearVR Micro”, and all plugins from Acustica Audio.
- The device change Shortcut once again correctly targets the newly selected device. This corrects a regression introduced in 5.7.5.
- A display bug which could cause the SoundSource window to appear over the Dock while attached to the menu bar has been corrected.
- Continued work has been done to avoid hangs in the system’s ‘coreaudiod’ process. For the best experience, we currently recommend running the latest version of MacOS, as this contains the latest fixes from Apple.
- Improvements have been made to address rare audio issues following waking a machine from sleep.
- MacOS 15.2 and higher include fixes for an OS bug related to sleeping. As a result, we’ve been to make Soundsource more reliable when waking from sleep.
- Previously, the “Update” window could be slow to appear when an ARK update was required. Now, it won’t be.
- Work has been done to avoid crashes related to “ECIOAudioManager”.
- A rare crash that could occur when SoundSource was drawing images has been fixed.
- In the past, if SoundSource was in the foreground, it would prevent MacOS’s “Log Out” command (Command-Control-Q) from working. Instead, SoundSource itself would quit. We’ve fixed that, so logging out again works as expected.
- Per-application menu bar meters once again correctly activate when audio is being redirected to a non-default device.
- When SoundSource intelligently deactivates audio processing to avoid doubled audio playback, it now offers an option to reactivate it manually. For more details, see this Knowledge Base article.
- Devices containing multiple stream groups no longer have any channel mapping issues.
- A rare bug where SoundSource could incorrectly report that no devices were connected has been squashed.
- An issue where audio glitches could be heard due to excessive configuration updates has been fixed.
- The “Presets” menu in the “10-Band EQ” popover is now correctly labeled and colored.
- SoundSource’s “About” box has been updated with a new design.
- SoundSource now offers the option to deactivate its audio processing temporarily when using other system-wide audio adjustment software. For more details, see this Knowledge Base article.
- A new “Alternate Bluetooth auto-switching” hidden setting has been added, for use with certain Bluetooth devices (such as Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones) that have problematic auto-switching behavior.
- A new “Bypass processing for device” hidden setting has been added, which prevents audio processing from being applied to any audio played to the specified device.
- SoundSource 5.8 Is for MacOS 14.5 and Higher — This variant of SoundSource supports MacOS 14.5 and higher. On MacOS 11 through 14.4.1, a different variant is automatically used, with no action required on your part.
SoundSource for Mac
$55.00
In English
Version 5.8.0
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Jun 9 2020
Version: 4.1.4
SoundSource has been updated to 4.2.3
Sep 8 2019
Version: 4.1.4
A major fonction is missing : the ability to appliing an effet on a specific output would be very useful !
May 22 2019
Version: 4.0.2
I’ve just upgraded to this software from its previous version and can’t therefore write a concrete review for it. It’s simply impossible to evaluate a program after a few hours of usage. However, computer applications are like shoes. They either fit instantly, and you feel comfortable wearing them from the very beginning or you might just break them in for months and end up with a pair of awkward shoes! Having said that, I’m very pleased with the performance of this new version of SoundSource. Compared to the previous version it now has everything I ever dreamt of to organize my audio sources. The interface is intuitive and very well structured. All commands are where they are supposed to be, and this means a lot to me when switching audio sources continuously. The sound is great and contrary to its competitors it’s rock-solid and doesn’t quit unexpectedly every now and then. As I mentioned before, it’s hard to evaluate all its functions in such a short time therefore, trying is believing! Fariborz AMIRSHAHI - Verona (Italy)
May 15 2019
Version: 3.0.3
Finally! A menu bar app that lets me not only control and route individual application audio to various outputs, but an app that also lets me use Audio Unit plugins. I've used Audio Hijack for that purpose for years (same developer), but this is a lot handier.
There's at least one competitor whom I've asked for years to allow AU plugins, but that never happened. Glad to see this come to fruition here.
