

The Voice Chat template is a fine way to get started, but Audio Hijack is extremely flexible. If you turn this setting off, both audio sources will be captured together in stereo. This is controlled by the Split between channels setting. The local audio (from your microphone) will be placed on the left channel, with the remote audio (the other party or parties) on the right. If you do not wish to capture your own audio, unchecking this setting Split audio into separate channels This is controlled by the Include audio input setting. This means your recording will contain both sides of your conversation. The Application block will add audio from the local microphone you’re using, along with the remote party. When a supported voice chat app is set as the source in an Application input block, Audio Hijack will automatically do two things: Include your audio input Default audio capture behaviors Default settings found in the Advanced options of the Application block

Just as radio DJs use closed-ear headphones to prevent the audio they’re hearing from leaking in to their microphone, you’ll want to isolate the other parties out of your microphone by using headphones instead of speakers. To prevent echo and feedback loops, it’s best for all parties to wear headphones when speaking over voice chat. This does not affect the recording, only the local playback. Audio to the output device is adjusted by the Channels effect, so that your caller’s audio is heard in both channels and to make sure your microphone audio is not played back through your headphones. This session sends audio to two outputs, a Recorder block and an Output Device block, in parallel. The Template Chooser window will appear, and you can select the Voice Chat template to make a new session with this layout. To get started, click New Session in Audio Hijack’s Home window or select it in the Session menu. We’ve made this easy to do with the Voice Chat session template. One of Audio Hijack’s most popular uses is to capture audio from voice and video chat applications such as Zoom and Skype.
