Show HN: Umbrella – macOS app to capture audio from any app

(umbrella.pixelegg.me)

17 points | by threcius 12 hours ago ago

9 comments

  • mrdabolins 31 minutes ago ago

    Clean utility, nice! are you using the new CoreAudio process tap api AudioHardwareCreateProcessTap introduced in recent macOS versions, or ScreenCaptureKit under a hood?

    • threcius 15 minutes ago ago

      Thank you, I used CoreAudio process tap API for Umbrella.

  • HelloUsername 7 hours ago ago

    Related: "Show HN: RM2000 Tape Recorder, an audio sampler for macOS" 19.jun.2025 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44300854 34 comments

  • varjolintu 7 hours ago ago

    "Your audio never leaves your machine. All processing happens 100% locally on your Mac for total privacy." Wasn't expecting a text like this in the webpage. Processing? It's just a recorder, right?

    You can already record anything by using BlackHole, but it's not as straight-forward.

    • threcius 7 hours ago ago

      I think BlackHole just record all audio (no per app options) from system, and yes, it's not straight-forward.

  • badbologna 8 hours ago ago

    After recording anything longer than 5 seconds it always crashes. Not sure why, but without a support guide or anything to help troubleshoot its not likely something I'll be using.

    • threcius 7 hours ago ago

      Which macOS are you running on? Silicon or Intel Mac?

  • willcate 11 hours ago ago

    Nice, but needs FLAC output option.

    • threcius 11 hours ago ago

      Thank you, Will consider WAV/FLAC outpout option in future version.