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.

Fast Access to System Devices
Control the settings for your Mac's Output, Input, and Sound Effects audio devices right from your menu bar.

Per-Application Audio Control
Change the volume of any app relative to others, and send individual apps to different audio outputs.

Add Effects
Make any audio sound great, with powerful built-in effects, as well as advanced Audio Unit support.

Fundamental Features

• Per-App Volume Control
  Adjust volume levels for each of your applications, all in one place. Make one app louder or softer than others, or even mute it entirely.
• Per-App Output Redirection
  Control exactly where audio plays. Route music from one app to your best speakers, while everything else is heard via your Mac's built-in output.
• Per-App Audio Effects
  Use the built-in 10-band equalizer and support for Audio Units to sweeten the sound of individual apps.
• System Audio Settings
  Quickly adjust volume and input levels, balance, and even sample rate for your system's Output, Input, and Sound Effects devices.
• System-Wide Audio Effects
  Apply effects to sweeten the sound of all audio on your system, with the built-in 10-band equalizer and support for advanced Audio Unit plugins.
• Super Volume Keys
  HDMI devices, DisplayPort audio outputs, and more fail to support the volume keys found on Mac keyboards. SoundSource makes those keys work with any outputs you have.
• Menu Bar Access
  SoundSource lives in your menu bar, for one-click access to all your audio controls. You can also bring it up with a configurable global keyboard shortcut.
• Floating Access
  Making frequent adjustments? Pin SoundSource's main window, and it will float on your screen for instant access.
• Headphone EQ
  The new Headphone EQ effect provides the very best sound from thousands of different models of headphones.
• Magic Boost 2
  The new Magic Boost 2 does even more to provide rich, full sound from even the tiniest speakers.
• Compact View
  SoundSource's main window is streamlined, but to truly minimize how much space it uses, the Compact view has you covered.
• Menu Bar Meters
  Add optional meters for your output device, input device, and/or active applications, so you can see and control audio even more easily.

What's New:

Version 5.8.6:

• Initial Support for MacOS 26 (Tahoe)
  SoundSource now has initial support for MacOS 26 (Tahoe), and will no longer warn at launch when run on Tahoe. However, there are currently two known issues with Tahoe.
• Known issue with sample rate mismatches: If an application is playing audio to an external device whose sample rate does not match that of the system’s default output device, attempts to capture it will fail. Due to an OS bug, only silence will be heard. To work around this bug, set device sample rates to match in the Audio MIDI Setup application.
• Known issue with FaceTime, Home, and Phone: Capture of audio from applications which depend on avconferencd (including FaceTime, Home, and Phone) will fail when they are playing to a built-in audio device (speakers or the headphone jack). In this instance, an OS bug will cause only silence will be captured. To work around this bug, set the system’s default audio output device to an external device.
• We’ve reported these bugs to Apple, as the necessary fixes must be made in updates to MacOS itself. We are hopeful those updates will arrive quickly.
• If you encounter any other issues, please reach out via the “Contact Rogue Amoeba…” option in the “Help” menu.
• New “Notification Center” Special Source
  On MacOS 15 (Sequoia) and higher, the new “Notification Center” special source captures other audio which plays through the system’s Notification Center, such as alarm sounds produced by MacOS’s “Clock” app.
• ARK Plugin Updated to 12.2.9
  The ARK plugin, which powers SoundSource’s audio handling, has been updated to version 12.2.9. This updates fixes a rare memory leak, and makes other improvements to audio handling.
• Activating Siri or Dictation will no longer produce an audio glitch, nor a rare crash.
• An issue where SoundSource could get stuck resolving saved file paths on disconnected storage devices has been resolved.
• When an application which lacks a bundle identifier is added to the Exclude List in “Settings”, it is now properly excluded.
• When using virtual keyboard source and driving the volume via SoundSource’s “Super Volume Keys”, the volume HUD will now display as expected.
• The About box’s window level has been adjusted, allowing it to be placed above the pinned main window if desired.
• SoundSource’s app icon has been modified, to escape from the icon jail Apple implemented in MacOS 26 (Tahoe). Additional updates to support all of Tahoe’s icon modes will come in a future update.
• SoundSource 5.8.6 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.

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