Audio Hijack is a DAW (Digital Audio Workspace) developed by Rogue Amoeba. It was designed to facilitate the recording of podcasts, radio shows or even phone calls for example. The software is simple and intuitive, thanks to the “blocks” that can be easily dragged & dropped into the main part of the interface..
You can download Audio Hijack for Mac here.
You can follow our video tutorial here:
HOW TO SET UP AUDIO HIJACK FOR MAC
To get started, select New Session:
Then, select New Blank Session:
You can then choose a name for your session:
We’re now going to configure our input device, which will capture the sound that you wish to broadcast on your radio. To do so, simply drag and drop the Input Device block from the sources area, and select the microphone (or other audio device) you want to use. If you don’t have a microphone, you can use the built-in mic on your computer.
BROADCASTING WITH AUDIO HIJACK
Once that’s done, drag in the Broadcast block:
Click on the Broadcast block and head over to the setup tab. Here, you can enter in your connection information that can be found under the Live Tab of your Radio Manager.
RECORDING YOUR RADIO BROADCAST
With Audio Hijack, you can choose which source you want to record, from a disk drive, a particular app (to record a Skype call, for example), a microphone, an online source, or all your system sounds. You can record several sources at once and store them on different channels for reworking each one individually, or record everything on a single channel.
If you want to record your live broadcast, simply drag & drop the recorder block:
In order to begin broadcasting to your radio station, click on the round button in the bottom left-hand corner. You should see “on air” appear in the broadcast block in Audio Hijack, as well as the “Live” signal in your Radio Manager.
Audio Hijack includes many other features that you can test and play around with. For example, if you insert a System Audio block, you’ll be able to broadcast any sound coming from your computer (YouTube, iTunes etc…)
Did you record your live broadcast? If so, when your show is over head over to Recordings in the bottom right-hand corner. Here you’ll be able to edit the metadata of your show!
You can then upload the MP3 file to your Radio Manager and schedule it to play on a certain day, at a certain time via the Planning Tab. You could also upload it to your radio website, or mobile application as catch-up content.
If you want to improve the audio quality of your broadcast, you can insert the 10 Band EQ block and adjust your audio levels:
There you have it, you now know how to broadcast and record your radio show with Audio Hijack on MacOS! There are many more features available that are worth taking a look at, so don’t hesitate to play around with the software!
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Are you a Windows user? Check out our tutorials on broadcasting software for Windows!