Let me ask you a question, do you ever come across a tune so touching that you want to record it and save it as your own property? Or your kids from home send you a song they sang for you on your birthday, wouldn't you want to capture that lovely tune? And sometimes you saw a great video of your favorite band on YouTube you simply want to download the music to your phone and take it with you? Audio capture on Mac, you crave it as much as everyone does.

Part 1: Capture audio on Mac with Leawo Music Recorder

How to capture audio on Mac? Let me introduce you Leawo Music Recorder for Mac, a powerful recorder that realizes Mac audio capture from any source with 100% original quality retained. Leawo Music Recorder is a superb but easy-to-use music recording software program that lets you record free music from any built-in input audio, computer audio and online music sources, like YouTube, Spotify, AOL Music, Last.fm, etc., and then save in MP3 or WAV format with lossless quality.

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Leawo Music Recorder 

☉ Record any sound from computer and microphone audio.
☉ Record music from 1000+ music sites: YouTube, Facebook, etc.
☉ Schedule music recording via the recording task scheduler.
☉ Automatically/manually add music tags: artist, album, etc.
☉ Save recordings to either WAV/MP3/W4A format.

Download and install this Mac audio capture software on your Mac (it runs on Mac OS 10.6 and later). After downloading and installing Leawo Music Recorder for Mac, let me show you how to capture audio on Mac with Leawo Music Recorder in detail.

Step 1: Set audio source

set audio source

Launch the Leawo Music Recorder app on your Mac, and then click on the mic icon to select your audio source. It allows a variety of audio input. If you want to record built-in audio such as built-in microphone, built-in input or greatdy system audio, click on the first option. If you want to record computer audio stream or online music, click on the second option. Select the options you want for the app to capture audio from Mac.

Step 2. Select output format

set output format

Under "Leawo Music Recorder - Preferences - Format" Panel, you can set the output audio format as you wish, other settings such as Audio Codec, Bit Rate and Sample Rate are available.

Step 3. Choose output directory

Set the output directory

And on the "General" panel, you can set output path to desktop or other folders. The app will capture Mac audio in the format you selected.

Step 4. Record website audio on Mac

start to record

Then, click the "start" button on the main interface to start recording. After clicking the start button, play back music file on computer/online or input your voice via microphone. The app will capture Mac audio sources upon your settings.

Step 5. Edit music tags

edit mp3 audio tags

Finished recording the audio captured for Mac, Leawo Music Recorder will have its music tags added to the recordings automatically, including Album photo, Artist, Title, Album name, Year and Genre. But if the app fail to recognize the recorded files, you can go to the "Library - All Recordings" panel and select the piece you want to alter and edit the information as you wish. There you have it, an awesome app that realizes Mac audio capturing.

For Windows computer, please turn to Leawo Music Recorder to record vocie on Windows computer with ease.

Part 2: 5 other audio capture apps for Mac

Having seen the Leawo Music Recorder for Mac, are there any other audio capturing apps for Mac? Let me list you 5 more audio capturing apps, which also provides quality audio capture for Mac.

Sea Soft MP3 Audio Recorder

Sea Soft MP3 Audio Recorder

Sea Soft MP3 Audio Recorder, it is a brilliant app that achieves audio capture on Mac. It is a simple audio recording software that can record audio files into high-quality MP3 format by system built-in or external microphone. It also offers simple settings such as Bit Rate and Sample Rate.

Hailian Tang Audio Recorder

Hailian Tang Audio Recorder

Hailian Tang Audio Recorder, another brilliant audio capture app for Mac. But it can only record audio by microphone. The user interface is arguably one of the easiest and cleanest Mac audio capture apps in the market. It has a volume knob, a "Start - Stop" button, a source selector and that's it. This app is targeted to users who don't want any fancy stuff and just want to get their job done.

sBlaster

sBlaster

sBlaster offers a free trial for 30 days and full purchase for 12.00$. A simple Mac audio capture app that enables you to record audio from any application or audio devices like microphones just in one click. Convenient, easy-to-use, inexpensive, it is the best choice for simple recordings.

Audacity

Audacity

Audacity is a freeware, open source app, Audacity works across multiple platforms. You won't find the same polished interface here, but it won't cost you a penny to use. It's capable of recording from various sources, detailed editing, and exporting to an array of formats. It is one of the most professional Mac audio capturing apps.

TwistedWave

TwistedWave

Another all-in-one package, TwistedWave allows for recording, editing and exporting – all through a fairly simple interface. It can automatically detect and strip silences, batch process tracks, export to the iPhone ringtone format, and has all manner of other useful features. It is widely used among lyricist to capture Mac audio.

Having introduced a magnificent compilation of audio capture apps on Mac, now you'll never miss out on that tune which catches your ear after its first beat, save big for more heat!