AVIDMCUSER  Agreed! Rogue Amoeba Rocks! I have purchased Audio Hijack Pro as well as Nicecast. Both very useful with many great features and superbly crafted. Although I am still having some issues with Snow Leopard 10.6.1 with various apps, I am hoping an update from Apple will resolve any crackeling I am getting through 'pitch' filter using external iSight mic input.

Just curious, this update is listed for the 21 Oct. but I have had this version for some time now self updated. Is it a different build?  
(Version 2.9.5)

DENNYMOREJ  Huge fan, love these folks. Great product, thoughtful upgrades. Easy to use. They care about their customers, also evident with that great gift of Pulsar (free to Audio Hijack Pro users) a huge plus for us Sirius listeners using Snow Lep.   
(Version 2.9.5)

SUPERMAN S  software that I used every day, excellent, I recommend  
(Version 2.9.4)

LEONCAHUN  On my MBP, OS X 10.5.7, the updated Soundflower 1.5.1 kext (Kernel Extension, System Extension), which comes with AHP 2.9.3, did not install successfully; after the first restart the OS claimed that the kext was disabled and had to be de-, or re-installed. I de-installed.

Apparently, there is a compatibility issue with Soundflower 1.5.1 and, at least, 10.5.7.

Earlier versions of Soundflower did not trouble my OS installation. YMMV.  
(Version 2.9.3)

PAT320  Tiger users: "Good Bye!".

Now requiert Leopard.  
(Version 2.9.3)

AVIDMCUSER  My previous comment was supposed to be placed below D Point's comment. I did click the reply under his post.

Anyway, just wanted so say a big THANKS to Roque Ameoba for your fast efforts to support us on Snow Leopard with Audio Hijack Pro. A fantastic app that I find hard to live without. Well done!!! Money well spent!!! PS Same goes for Nicecast.  
(Version 2.9.3)

AVIDMCUSER  Sure got you guys thinking about Snow Tape didn't it? LOL  
(Version 2.9.3)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Huzzah! Full Snow Leopard compatibility and Instant Hijacking is back!

This is one my favorite programs, and one of its simplest built-in features -- the 10-Band EQ that you can add to any program you hijack -- adds so much richness and depth to the the music I play in iTunes, or from LastFM in my browser. YMMV, but I found AudioHijack's built-in EQ (which has pre-sets) to be every bit as good as SRS iWow iTunes audio enhancer plug-in and it has much less of a performance hit.

This is a five-star program with excellent tech support and at a great price. Can't recommend it enough.  
(Version 2.9.3)

JOHN VERITY  This is a superb program, always rock-solid and full of features and flexibility. My only complaint is that its supplier does not provide enough information about how to use all those features. I am thinking primarily of the many audio effects and filters that come with the program, or that can be obtained elsewhere. Some of these, like gain and reverb, are self-explanatory, but others - Side Chain Limiter? RogerBeep? - are mystifying to some of us. Several effects have 3, 4, even a dozen parameters that can be adjusted, but there's no advice or help provided about where these effects might prove useful or how to use the parameters most effectively. Yes, I can imagine there are experienced audio engineers and recording enthusiasts who "get" these effects at first glance, but the rest of us can only diddle and diddle again and hope for the best. Or, as I do, ignore most of the effects. A short, well-written primer on audio processing, or whatever the proper term is, would be most appreciated.

Rogue Amoeba's companion program, the Fission audio editor, is another gem - clean interface, able to handle the largest (well, my largest) files, stable. Highly recommended.   
(Version 2.9.2)

D-POINT.ORG  Snowtape for Mac

Record internet radio stations

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/31094

i did a direct comparison Audio Hijack / Fission, and it was way faster and nicer to work.

and its cheaper. Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later only  
(Version 2.9.1)

AV  Excellent. Ive always found it does what i want and is easy to setup. Recommended.  
(Version 2.9.1)

DANIEL PAGE  Excellent program. Very easy to use, and good feature set. Ability to use AU effects is great, I can run a mastering plugin in realtime to get the levels nice and high. I use the program to record my student's guitar lessons, and then I email them the file right after the lesson. Using AAC encoding to 16kbps mono, I have manageable file sizes, plus using the AU effects I can get excellent compressed audio quality. If I screw up, accidentaly recording too long, I can click a button to open the file in an audio editor (for me, Fission), to edit the file and get it right. Rogue Amoeba make some of the most useful little audio applications out there.

As I understand, the big competing program is Wiretap Studio. That is a good program too, but I feel that Audio Hijack is a little bit more lightweight, and very useful for when you need to have the program encode and record everything in realtime. You would want wiretap studio if you wanted to be able to record a "dry" version, which you could edit later. That could certainly be useful in certain cases, but for my needs, I set up an Audio Hijack preset with all the effect settings just right, and then I don't need to edit anything after the fact, and the file can be in my student's email inbox before they get home from their lesson. Really priceless stuff!  
(Version 2.9.1)

PAT320  I run tiger, and since severals version (2.7, 2.8 don't remember exactly), AHJ crashed every time when quiting, after any hijack sessions. Irritating!

Don't know why, but I guess it is since leopard compatibility?

This new 2.9 doesn't crash anymore, so I'm an happy user again!  
(Version 2.9)

MACLOVER1.1  Tool of choice to digitize my Vinyls, fix the sound with my plugin presets and obtain great digital audio files... love it !  
(Version 2.8.3)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Huzzah, Instant Hijacking is back! No more having to quick iTunes, or whatever, to start 'jacking!

This is one of my all-time favorite programs. It's always been rock solid, and is powerful and versatile. Can't recommend enough.  
(Version 2.8.2)

BOSIE  New Movie Recording from Quicktime using iSight on a brand new MacPro failed after installing Audio Hijack. I had to remove the instant hi-jack plug-in and reinstall Quicktime to get it working again. OSX 10.5.2  
(Version 2.8.1)

JOHN SAWYER CJS  That was a pretty quick fix for the printing & ssh bugs I reported earlier! (Then again there were people reporting it directly to the developer).  
(Version 2.8.1)

PFACKELMANN  Some versions ago Audio Hijack Pro would show a red alert when sessions with overlapping time schedules were set, e.g.:

Session A Same Player Friday 19:00 h - 20:00 h

Session B Same Player Friday 19:30 h - 20:00 h.

This disappeared but in case I miss something I would appreciate a hint (which I didn't get from Rogue Amoeba).

Peter Fackelmann

pfackelmann@gmx.net  
(Version 2.8.1)

JOHN SAWYER CJS  Latest reports are that the current version of Instant Hijack conflicts with Apple's Security Update 2008-002, preventing some printers from working, and interfering with some ssh operations. Either don't install Security Update 2008-002 until Instant Hijack/AHP is updated, or remove Instant Hijack after installing the current version of AHP, until it's been updated.  
(Version 2.8)

TERRY MCDANEL  Fine software. Excellent customer support.

I do have one question about it. That is, i have written several Applescripts over the years that pickup the song title, artist, album, etc. Why isn't this an option for filling in tags Audio Hijack?

But i highly recommend this program.  
(Version 2.8)

MOOFTHESTOOF  Can no longer automatically launch and hijack Safari since upgrading to 2.8 - it errors out - and since I have this running on a remote media mac and it's supposed to be automatic, it's not been recording my podcasts since upgrading to 2.8. First time I've been less-than-happy since purchasing my license for AHP a couple of years ago.  
(Version 2.8)

NICOLASD  i think WireTap Studio is more pleasant to use. overall a better program in fit and finish. worth a look.  
(Version 2.8)

JOCATRA  Works fine here (iMac C2D 2.33GHz - MacOS X.5.1), but really need the Instant Hijack functionality.

Any news about it?

Thanks  
(Version 2.8d3)

DSHORE95  Until I updated to Leopard and the newest version of AHP 2.8d3 I had NO problems. This new version does NOT function at all; it freezes, gives me error message that I cannot read because there just flash on the screen for a brief second. I do see the words 'internal error' though.

I am very disappointed because I've come to rely on this software to record a specific broadcast that I am not able to hijack because I am at work when it airs.  
(Version 2.8d3)

RBEFOREE  This has defintely been the most flexible audio app I have used. A coworker directed me to it and I have been very pleased with the features and ease of use! Kudos! I have had no problems using it and I am NOT a power user. I needed something that would behave nicely without a ton of research. This is THE audio app to own.  
(Version 2.7.1)

MICHAEL SEAVELLO  I've been using this programs for several years & I love it. I often use it to record internet radio, so I can download to my iPod.

The only enhancement I'd like to see would be to have the ability to fade in & fade out. I like to transfer the audio from concert DVD's & having the fade feature would make the beginnings of some songe less "abrupt."

Great program at a great price. Customer support has always been able to quickly answer my questions.  
(Version 2.7)

MEGAGRAM  Audio Hijack exhibits a strange behaviour on my iMac where when it is in the middle of HiJacking a program it doesn't allow the screen to turn off via the Energy Saver schedule. Anyone else have this problem and/or a fix?  
(Version 2.6.6)

GARY30   Version 2.6.6 requires Quicktime 7. It crashes immediately upon loading with earlier versions. I still like it, but I am stuck with 2.6.5 for now.  
(Version 2.6.6)

JCRAIG  I've been using this app for at least a couple of years now, and I love it. Mostly use for recording my weekly live internet radio shows, and posting the files as podcasts, but it also comes in handy for ripping DVD audio, audio from Flash-based players embedded in websites... you name it, AHP records it.  
(Version 2.6.3)

ANONYMOUS  This is just an amazing piece of software. Any OS X user who needs to records audio should have this app. Very easy to set up, loaded with features.   
(Version 2.6)

FARIBORZ AMIRSHAHI  This program is simply amazing and is essential to anyone who uses his Mac to record from various audio sources. It functions flawlessly and has never crashed on my iMac. I do recommend it to all serious Mac users. Fariborz AMIRSHAHI - Verona (Italy)  
(Version 2.6)

VINYL2MP3  I love this thing, I use it to digitize my vinyl collection (man this is gonna take ages... LOL) through my GriffinPowerwave and Final Vinyl. I can apply filters (plugin EQ's mostly). Love it, finally found a good solution :-)  
(Version 2.6)

ANONYMOUS  About the review stating one can do this with $3.00 worth of mini plug:

Audio Hijack is indespensible in monents when you least expect it. I use it constantly, including occasionally for recording from the built in mic jack on my tower. I always hear the argument "why not run mini-plug cables out and back in to your computer." That is a very poor choice if you care about the quality. Audio Hijack is keeping it digital, so you aren't loosing anything beyond what is lost when you convert the mp3 or whatever you are recording to AAC, or whatever your AH output format is. That is to say, converting betqween formats messes up the sound a little each time, adding a digital to analogue, then analogue back to digital conversions into the picture is kind of rediculous from any and audio fidelity point of view.  
(Version 2.5.6)

MATT  Superior to Wiretap pro in every way. Many, many more features for just a little more money. Many thanks to the Rogue Amoeba team!  
(Version 2.5.5)

RASTAS  Has anyone else lost their sessions & effects when upgrading?  
(Version 2.5.5)

J MICHAEL PINC  I've only read page description, but I can't see paying for something that I can do equaly well with a $3 plug from audio out to the mic plug and Audacity, which is free (heck, it's open source!). I've recoreded audio from BBC4 with it, but I could just as easily record from any audio source with it and it's totally free, minus the cost of the cable. It also comes with a suite of audio filters and effects so you can tweak the output to your satisfaction, and it can output to mp3 or wav or oog or whatever you need. If you need an AAC just import it to iTunes and convert. Just a suggestion.  
(Version 2.5.1)

SKIHARE  Fantastic recording app - I use it to record all sorts of different things, including radio programs, as well as live input from a microphone. I'm also getting started with my own podcast (that's how I found Hijack Pro, by listening to Adam Curry's podcast). Grab it and prepare to be amazed. It takes a bit of getting used to (I'm still learning some of the tricks), but it's super-powerful.  
(Version 2.1.1)

CHRIS  This is by far the best app out there for recording audio from any source. I find it humorous that people could recommend wiretap over this. Wiretap is a joke compared to AH Pro. If you want a program that does what it is supposed to do and does it right then this is for you. It will be the best $30 you ever spent. I also recommend Nicecast from Rogue Amoeba as well.   
(Version 2.1.1)

BIGC  Having just downloaded this after using Nicecast for a long time, I must say I'm impressed. It's not quite as simple to use as Nicecast, but it does so much who cares? After a quick read of the manual, I was all set to go, making Mp3s of my records. Also, not sure what the below reviewer is talking about, but I didn't need any other app ("LineIn?")  
(Version 2.1.1)

KEVIN  Still needed linein for this to work. I tried to record from a direct source to my line in, but it wouldn't recognize the line without using the linein program...not too sure if it was worth the fee especially if I had used wiretap (free)!  
(Version 2.1.1)

ANONYMOUS  I, too, love this program. It works as advertised. I will be interested to see if the ACC format tweaks help (I found my files to be less than what I achieved with older versions of AH Pro and mp3s).

Also, I talked to their support people about making the app compliant for 800x600 monitors. Glad they listened. Thanks!  
(Version 2.1)

JCHRYSS  I love this program. I can't recommend version 2.0 more as an update or otherwise.  
(Version 2.0)

BCG  This is one of the few Mac apps that I have tried and found worth keeping on my system (and buying!). I record live shows to MiniDisc, and then transfer to my ibook using a digital optical adapter. BY FAR, this app does the best job of recording the audio to disk. Other apps are cumbersome, lack features I need, or are unstable... I've tried them all. AHP is clearly the best, plus it lets me use a multitude of free plugin formats to process the audio WHILE it's recording. No more need to post-process (as much)!!! Thanks Rogue Amoeba, you guys ROCK!!! I also highly recommend their audio routing app, Detour. These apps are full of features, but drop dead SIMPLE and RELIABLE to use.  
(Version 2.0)

B DALE  The Audio Hijack family - Pro and standard - have always been top notch programs and the new version of Pro is a great leap forward, making it even better ( why just last weekend I was wishing I could enter ID3 tags and voila !! - there it now is )...they seem to have thought of nearly everything these guys - great work...a "must buy" piece of software...the ability to record straight to AAC and Apple Lossless whilst using VST or AU plugins is just awesome...good one Rogue Amoeba  
(Version 2.0)

FILO  can i record audioconferences through iChat?  
(Version 2.0)

LECHEROUS J  this is a major jump from audio hijack pro 1.

seriously, there isn't even competition for this app.

it's one of only a handful of apps that does what it does, and does it well enough that the competition might as well give up.

before i bought ahp1, i used wiretap. the thrice daily kernel panics were a bit much to deal with. ahp1 (and 2) on the other hand, have never crashed on me.

and it's easy as hell to use. if you can use itunes, you can use ahp2. sure, there are more advanced features, but it's very apple-like in that the complexity is only there if you want it to be.

a note to the APE-haters: APE isn't unstable at all. in fact, i bet you're running numerous apps as we speak that actually do have stability problems. but APE isn't one of them. in fact, audio hijack pro does NOT require APE. it only uses APE if you choose to use it. APE just allows you to hijack currently running apps without having to restart the apps. so if APE is scaring you away, don't let it - it's not required.

anyway, it gets 5 stars from me all around.  
(Version 2.0)

ANONYMOUS  The best just got better. I've been using AH Pro extensively since it came out several years ago, without any problems. This app far exceeds Wiretap's capabilities. Attempting to compare the two apps is ridiculous.  
(Version 1.3)

CAPTAINSEYMOUR  This app rocks. Nothing works better for recording Audio through your Mac.  
(Version 1.2.6)

KLOM  Audio Hijack use Unsanity's APE. This one does not work well, it crashed many of my applications. Very bad thing. WireTap works better and without crapxies like APE and it is free.  
(Version 1.2.5)

THEONENATONE  Finally, 10.3 support for this great app! I use it daily to record internet streams, and now I won't be afraid to upgrade come Friday.  
(Version 1.2.5)

ANONYMOUS  If you want to playback your iTunes mp3s with excitifier (which brightens the sound and makes compressed music sound much better) process applied, what would you rather do?

1. Export all mp3s into AIFFs, post process in some audio editing application, and playback that processed AIFFs (you dont want to encode them to mp3 after that)

or:

2. Use Audio Hijack and process sound in real-time (no exporting, no post processing, no AIFFs around)  
(Version 1.2.4)

ANONYMOUS  hrm... it seems to me that WireTap has everything you'd need to record audio from DVDs, games, etc. The only thing it doesn't do that Audio Hijack does is be able to capture the output of just one app (no big deal, while I'm recording something, I just turn other sounds off), and add sound effects to the audio (if I wanted that, I'd do it in my sound editing app when I'm editing/mixing it)

It's true that Audio Hijack has more features, but WireTap is an extremely useful program, and it is free. Dismissing it as a "tech demo" makes me wonder if you've used it.  
(Version 1.2.4)

ANONYMOUS KARMA  Audio Hijack Pro is a great tool which does a lot of powerful things, and at a price that can't be beat by any comparable pro audio tool. If you don't need what it does then I would suggest AudioHijack, which provides app-specific recording at half the price.

Don't compare AH or AHP to WireTap; WireTap is just a free tech demo for Snapz Pro that doesn't include any of the features you'd want to actually record music, games, DVDs, or other sounds. And WireTap is a kernel extension, which means that it may break any time Apple updates the OS, and could kernel panic your system.

AHP is still the best and only tool for audio enhancement on OS X. A teaser program from Ambrosia isn't in the same league and isn't worth giving AHP three stars over.  
(Version 1.2.4)

ANONYMOUS  While Audio Hijack Pro has some nice features, it also has a lot of fluff -- and it costs $30. My suggestion is just to use the (free) WireTap program from Ambrosia, and do your post processing in your favorite sound editing application.

Not only is WireTap completely free, but it also has fewer conflicts/bugs than Audio Hijack Pro does... and no APE!!  
(Version 1.2.4)

ANONYMOUS  The real power of this program is its "Pipe Dream" plugin. I use it with lame and perl to stream the output of MegaSeg to my icecast server.  
(Version 1.2.3)

WILLY NILLY TOOENFRO  soon as i get 30 bucks this is what im buying........

absolutely rules.  
(Version 1.2.3)

ANONYMOUS  Good program and you're only real option for saving Real Audio. Timer function works well.   
(Version 1.2.3)

DAVID  as a audio hobbiest, this product broke my audio ties with os 9. and it does more, I don,t know if I listen to music or ticker all the time with all the options available. But but it great and I havent explored all the features yet.  
(Version 1.2.3)

INVINCIBLE  If you want to burn MP3 songs on a CD but don't have an equalizer in your car deck, stereo, etc, this is the app to get.  
(Version 1.2.3)

ANONYMOUS  this is the perfect app if you own Audible .aa files and want to play them on an MP3 player that doesn't support that format. you can have AHP hijack iTunes audio specifically for that file and create multiple MP3s at set sizes (like 'start a new file every 30 minutes or 15 Mb, etc.) VERY COOL. the only drawback is that it's 1x so a 7 hour audio book takes 7 hours to convert - but there is no alternative.  
(Version 1.2)

JOETAXPAYER  If you are looking to cature streaming audio from iTunes, RealPlayer, (or off your stereo), this is the software you want. It will capture the audio directly from the application and save it in your choice of file options.

There's a timer feature, so you can record a stream of a radio show you know will be on in the future. It can save the MP3/AIFF, etc files as a size you choose, so you can use your player to find the segment you want. $30? I saved more than that in the value of my time using this product without having to stay near my computer.  
(Version 1.1)

DAVE  First piece of shareware I bought 15 minutes after trying out. I'm looking forward to many late nights tinkering with AHP.  
(Version 1.1)

JACK  Rock solid app, a bit pricey but I paid!  
(Version 1.0)