[David Liao]

Hi everyone,

On one of our YouTube videos showing how to bring system audio into FarPlay using BlackHole and our Input Mixer, a commenter wanted to know whether there was a similar workflow available for a Presonus Revelator mic or io24 audio interface.

Yes! It’s easy to bring system audio into a FarPlay session using the Revelator mic’s loopback function shown in Presonus’s video tutorial. Here’s an easy way to do it:

• Send system audio from your computer to Revelator Loopback 1.
• In the Revelator Mixer, under Mix/Phones, click Loopback 1.
• Mute the Playback track (but don’t mute the mic or Loopback 1 tracks).
• In FarPlay, for Devices > Microphone, choose Revelator Loopback 1, and, for Devices > Headphones, choose Revelator.

On the io24, the steps are similar, but the names of the devices/tracks are slightly different:

• Send system audio from your computer to Revelator IO 24 Stream Mix A.
• In the Revelator Mixer, under Mix, click Stream Mix A.
• Mute the Playback track (but don’t mute the mic or Virtual A tracks).
• In FarPlay, for Devices > Microphone, choose Revelator IO 24 Stream Mix A, and, for Devices > Headphones, choose Revelator IO 24.

Enjoy,
David Liao

• This topic was modified 1 day, 16 hours ago by David Liao.

[Ernie Mansfield]

Hi David-
Off the Mac loopback software that you mention, are they safe to use; by that I mean, do they alter any of the kernel software in the Mac? When I looked into Blackhole, sometime ago, I was informed that it would alter kernels in the Mac software, and I don’t want anything like this to happen. Thanks!

[David Liao]

Hi Ernie,

BlackHole and Rogue Amoeba Loopback are safe! I use them both on my Mac. They don’t alter my Mac’s kernel.

Years ago, Rogue Amoeba Loopback made users checkmark a permission box for kernel extensions. The current version of Loopback no longer makes users go through this checkbox.

BlackHole isn’t a kernel extension (see developer’s comment), so installation is super easy.

Thank you,
David Liao

• This reply was modified 1 day, 4 hours ago by David Liao.