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SoundSource updated to 1.3, Mac Pro gets headphone autoswitch

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Sep 6th, 2007

Over at the Rogue Amoeba blog there's a post announcing the release of SoundSource 1.3, an update to the handy menubar sound settings utility. I didn't know this, but the new Mac Pros apparently do not automatically switch to the headphone port when you plug in a pair of cans. SoundSource 1.3 brings this feature to the Mac Pro. For those of us not lucky enough to be running a Pro there's not a lot new (besides the icon), but SoundSource remains an essential tool for anyone with a number of different audio inputs and/or outputs.

SoundSource remains a free download from Rogue Amoeba.

Tags: menubar, SoundSource

Filed under: Audio, Software, Freeware

SoundSource: Menubar Source Selector

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Feb 22nd, 2007

Rogue Amoeba just announced the release of version 1.2 of their SoundSource menubar utility. They say that it "has been recoded from the ground up for better performance, and now also features an option to open the Audio MIDI Setup application." SoundSource sits in your menubar and allows you to easily change "your audio input and output sources with a single click" instead of going through the Sound Preference Pane in your System Preferences. If you have to switch sources on a regular basis (e.g. between different microphones, line-in sources, etc. while audio editing or podcasting) then this can be a really handy tool. Frankly the screenshot (right) is not terribly exciting on my machine since I don't have multiple sources to choose from, but nonetheless, you get the idea.

SoundSource a free download from Rogue Amoeba's Freebies Page.

Tags: Rogue Amoeba, RogueAmoeba, SoundSource

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