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Audio Route

Record system audio on macOS — appears as a virtual input device in any app and as a VST3/AU plugin in any DAW. One-time purchase, no subscription.

AudioRoute menu bar app — connected to daemon, showing audio status, recording controls, and one-click "Record to File" with recent recording history.

Cost / License

  • Pay once
  • Proprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac  Requires macOS 14.2 (Sonoma) or later. Apple Silicon and Intel supported.
  • Windows
Recording system audio in Ableton Live 12 using the AudioRoute Capture VST plugin — waveform captured directly onto a track.
Audacity preferences showing "AudioRoute Input" available as a recording device — works as a standard audio input in any macOS app.
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AudioRoute floating overlay — always-on-top recording indicator with stop button and elapsed time.
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Dark Mode
  3.  Hardware Accelerated
  4.  Support for VST Plugins
  5.  Lossless Audio
  6.  Works Offline
  7.  Audio Recording
  8.  Desktop Application
  9.  Digital Audio Workstation
  10.  Audio Router
  11.  Sits in the menu bar
  12.  Audio Conversion
  13.  Stream audio

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  • Guest reviewed Audio Route  

    In my opinion AudioRoute is the best web sampler available with simple and easy to understand UI. The small digital footprint and integration makes it feel like it is a part of your computers stock toolkit.

    The integration with DAWs for music production is seamless and file management remains an easy and straightforward workflow. Recording audio of any kind and filing into folders is easy.

    If you are an audiophile it is important to note, there is no loss in audio quality when sampling with...

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In my opinion AudioRoute is the best web sampler available with simple and easy to understand UI. The small digital footprint and integration makes it feel like it is a part of your computers stock toolkit.

The integration with DAWs for music production is seamless and file management remains an easy and straightforward workflow. Recording audio of any kind and filing into folders is easy.

If you are an audiophile it is important to note, there is no loss in audio quality when sampling with this app.

Review from a new or low-activity account — shown here, but not counted in the app rating.

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What is Audio Route?

AudioRoute captures whatever your Mac or Windows machine is playing (a browser stream, a Zoom call, a softsynth demo, a reference track) and gets it into your DAW or a file, without aggregate devices, virtual cables, or Audio MIDI Setup.

One install gives you three capture paths: • A VST3, AU, and AAX plug-in you drop onto a DAW track (Ableton, Logic, Pro Tools, Reaper, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, FL Studio) to record system audio straight onto the timeline. • A virtual input device, AudioRoute Input, that appears as a standard microphone in any app that records audio, such as Audacity, OBS, Zoom, Discord, or QuickTime. • A menu-bar and system-tray recorder that captures system audio to a WAV file with one click, no DAW required.

It uses OS-native capture (macOS Core Audio process taps, Windows WASAPI process loopback), so there is no kernel extension, and your speakers, audio interface, and existing routing keep working exactly as before. Built-in feedback protection stops your DAW's own output from being re-captured. Capture supports up to 192 kHz / 32-bit float.

One-time purchase, no subscription. macOS 14.2 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows 10 or later.