Guide

How to record your Mac's audio into Logic Pro

Logic can record any input, but not your Mac's own sound. Here are the ways around it.

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Short answer: Logic Pro has no setting for recording the Mac's own output. Use a loopback: BlackHole, your audio interface's loopback if it has one, or record with KIBA and drag the file into Logic.

With BlackHole

  1. Install BlackHole 2ch and create a Multi-Output Device (your speakers + BlackHole) in Audio MIDI Setup.
  2. Set the Multi-Output Device as your Mac's sound output.
  3. In Logic › Settings › Audio, set the Input Device to BlackHole 2ch.
  4. Create an audio track with input 1–2, record-enable it, and record while the source plays.

With your audio interface

Some interfaces have a loopback input that records what the computer plays, for example recent Focusrite Scarlett models through Focusrite Control. Check your interface's manual for "loopback".

With KIBA

  1. Click the ring in your menu bar. KIBA starts recording everything your Mac plays, and a timer appears next to the icon. (Or press ⌥⌘R from anywhere.)
  2. Click again to stop. The trimmer drops down with silence already cut, the peak set to −0.3 dB, and the tempo and key detected.
  3. Drag the edges, then drag the waveform into your DAW or the Finder. The file is a 48 kHz, 24‑bit WAV named like Music_140bpm_Fmin_260925-141203.wav.

Drag the waveform onto a Logic track, into Quick Sampler, or onto a Live Loops cell. The BPM in the file name helps you set the project tempo or Smart Tempo.

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