Aerofoil
Aerofoil is a lightweight audio utility for macOS that allows you to control audio from any app on your Mac. It can route any audio to different outputs like Bluetooth speakers, AirPlay devices, and more. Useful for managing volume and audio routing.
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Aerofoil: Control Audio from Any App on macOS
A lightweight audio utility for Mac that routes audio to Bluetooth speakers, AirPlay devices, and more, perfect for managing volume and audio routing.
What is Aerofoil?
Aerofoil is an audio utility software developed by Rogue Amoeba for macOS. It provides users enhanced control over audio streams on their Mac, allowing them to route any audio from any application to different outputs like Bluetooth speakers, AirPlay devices, and more.
Some key features of Aerofoil include:
- Lightweight app with minimal interface for routing audio
- Ability to control volume, mute, solo, equalizer for individual audio streams
- Route any application audio to outputs like built-in speakers, Bluetooth, AirPlay speakers, Google Cast devices, and more
- Supports lossless audio formats for high quality streaming
- Multi-zone support to play different audio streams in different rooms over AirPlay
- Remote control with iOS companion app to adjust audio from phone/tablet
- Built-in audio effects like Echo and Fading for creative applications
Aerofoil is useful for Mac users who want finer control over managing audio from different applications. Its ability to route any audio makes it handy for DJs, podcasters, gamers, and creators who need to separate app volumes, stream to different rooms, wireless speakers, and more. The lightweight interface stays out of the way until you need it.
Aerofoil Features
Features
- Route audio from any app to AirPlay devices, Bluetooth headphones, external speakers, etc
- Independent volume control for each audio device
- Audio EQ with bass, treble, balance adjustments
- Audio recording from any app or device
- Audio playback control like play, pause, next track, etc
- Supports popular services like Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, etc
Pricing
- Freemium
Pros
Lightweight and easy to use
Works with all audio apps and devices
Lets you control volume for each output separately
Audio EQ customizations
Can record high quality audio
Cons
No audio effects or visualizations
Limited to macOS only
Recording features require paid upgrade
No audio conversion or file management
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