Recording BlackHole with Pro Tools
By using BlackHole as the Playback Engine on your Pro Tools, you can record audio that's been routed from your Mac or another application directly into a Pro Tools session.
This guide walks you through setting up Pro Tools to record audio from BlackHole. Once configured, you can capture system audio, browser audio, livestreams, or any other audio source that's already being routed through BlackHole.
This guide assumes that BlackHole has already been configured as the output device for the audio you want to record. For example, your web browser, media player, or another application should already be sending audio to BlackHole before you begin recording in Pro Tools.
Configure settings by clicking Setup > Playback Engine
Select BlackHole 2ch as your Playback Engine
Go to Track > New
Enable Track Recording on your new track
Click on the Record button then press Play (spacebar) to start recording.
In this guide, we're recording audio from a YouTube video whose output has been set to BlackHole 2ch. These same steps work with any application or audio source that's routed through BlackHole.
- Make sure BlackHole 2ch is selected as the Playback Engine.
- Verify that your audio track is record-enabled.
- Confirm that the track's input is assigned to the correct BlackHole input (such as Input 1–2) if required by your session.
- Ensure your source application is actively sending audio to BlackHole.
- Close and reopen Pro Tools after installing BlackHole.
- If BlackHole still isn't listed, restart your Mac and launch Pro Tools again.
- Open System Settings (or System Preferences on older macOS versions).
- Navigate to Privacy & Security → Microphone.
- Make sure Pro Tools is allowed to access the microphone.
- Restart Pro Tools if necessary.