How to Record Internal Audio on Mac for Free with Easy Audio Recorder Lite
Want to record internal audio for free on your Mac, without buying extra software? You can do it with a free app called Easy Audio Recorder Lite, paired with a virtual audio device.
Here’s exactly how to set it up and start recording your Mac’s sound directly.
Or you can also watch this step by step video here:
What You’ll Need
This method uses two tools together:
- Easy Audio Recorder Lite, a free app from the Mac App Store
- BlackHole (*), a virtual audio device that routes your Mac’s internal sound into the recorder
Once both are installed, capturing internal audio takes just a few clicks.
Step 1: Download Easy Audio Recorder Lite
Open the Mac App Store and search for Easy Audio Recorder Lite. Click Download. The app is completely free, so there’s no purchase or subscription involved.
Easy Audio Recorder Lite provides simple recording controls for capturing audio on Mac
Step 2: Install a Virtual Audio Device
Next, install a virtual audio device such as BlackHole (*). This is what allows Easy Audio Recorder Lite to capture your Mac’s internal sound directly, instead of picking it up secondhand through your microphone. To see how you can connect them, follow these steps here: All Steps
BlackHole virtual audio driver to route internal Mac audio between applications.
Step 3: Record Your Internal Audio
Once both tools are installed and set up, open Easy Audio Recorder Lite and click the Record button. Then start playing whatever audio you want to capture on your Mac.
Record audio playing on your Mac with Easy Audio Recorder Lite
Because the app records internal sound directly, you get a clean capture without any of the background noise or quality loss you’d get from recording through a microphone. When you’re finished, click Stop.
That’s it! You’ve recorded your Mac’s internal audio as a standalone audio file.
What If You’re Recording Multiple Tracks in One File?
If you’re capturing several songs or recordings in a single session, you’ll end up with one long file containing all of them, separated only by silence. Cutting each track apart by hand would take a while.
Instead, you can automatically detect the silence between tracks, splitting and exporting every track as its own file in just a few minutes. Find out how in our guide on how to auto-split tracks in NeonWaves.
To Record internal audio for free on Mac you just have to follow these straightforward steps once BlackHole and Easy Audio Recorder Lite are set up.
Download the app, install the virtual audio device, hit record, and you’ve got a clean capture of your Mac’s sound, no microphone or paid software required!
But if you also want to edit your audio afterwards, then check out this app here: NeonWaves
(*) Disclaimer: BlackHole is a third-party app and is not created, maintained, or supported by Neonway. We are not responsible for its installation process, functionality, availability, or any issues that may arise from downloading or using it. Please refer to the app’s own official channels for support and the most current instructions.
