Audio Hijack Pro on Ustream with Skype Cohost

I have started to use Audio Hijack Pro as a way to mix all the different sounds together for the weekly TPT Live broadcast. I had been using a hardware mixer but it was proving difficult to get the sounds I wanted in the broadcast while omitting the sounds I didn’t.

I found a great video tutorial called How To Podcast on a Mac With Skype by biznickman and it really got me going down the right path. The only thing missing was allowing the sounds I wanted in the broadcast to go through Skype so that my cohost Paul could hear it. Using the tutorial in that video, the Music, pre-recorded broadcasts and the soundboard were set to go straight to the channel we would push up to ustream but the Skype callers would not be able to hear them.

So here is what I have come up with to rectify that:

Audio Hijack Pro

Soundflower (16ch)
– Input: Soundflower (16ch)
– Output: Silence Output
– Effects: None

iTunes
– Effects: Aux Device Output to Soundflower (2ch)

Logitech USB Headset
– Input: Logitech USB Headset
– Output: Soundflower (2ch)
– Effects: Bass (3.96) and Treble (0.24)
– Effects: Reverb (Wet/Dry: 0, Room Size: 0, Damping: 0.825)

Safari
– Effects: Aux Device Output to Soundflower (2ch)

Skype
– Input (Advanced): MegaMix Mode :: Play outputs through “Both Channels”; Play Inputs through “Mute”
– Effects: Aux Device Output to Soundflower (16ch)

Soundboard
– Effects: Aux Device Output to Soundflower (2ch)

Soundflower (2ch)
– Input: Soundflower (2ch)
– Output: Soundflower (16ch)

Skype

Audio Output: Logitech USB Headset
Audio Input: Soundflower (2ch)
Ringing: Logitech USB Headset

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