Right now, it’s macOS only, but a Windows version will be available at some point. GroundControl is a simple app that you probably won’t realize you needed so much until you have it. On the GroundControl Cube, the input should be GroundControl 2 channel, and the output is whatever you want to hear playback through your audio interface, core audio, etc. With GroundControl, that’s super-easy just set your system audio output to GroundControl 2 channel, and set the audio input/device for your DAW to GroundControl 2 channel.
In other words, it was the go-to app if you wanted to record audio from a web browser, like a YouTube video into your DAW. One of the most common uses for Soundflower in its day was to record your system sound into your DAW. If you are a podcaster, streamer, or you do any form of online education, GroundControl by Ginger Audio is for you. If you check out the website, you can see a list of applications that could benefit from GroundControl, including OBS, YouTube, Spotify, and Zoom. How it works, in simple terms, is that you select GroundControl as the audio output for the source application and as the audio input for the receiver application. So, here we are now with GroundControl, and if you’ve never used an audio router like this, you can think of it like virtual audio cables. Blackhole became an obvious successor, but I’m not sure how well that works (if at all) anymore post-macOS Catalina. Soundflower was incredibly useful and easy to use, but it didn’t keep up with changes to macOS and became virtually defunct. GroundControl is an alternative to the popular Soundflower app. It’s pretty cool that it has a nice meter for visual feedback, too. Like most monitor controllers, it has a large central knob for the output level remember, this doesn’t affect the input level, only output. GroundControl Cube lets you control ins/outs, mono, mute, dim, and the overall output level.
This allows an independent content creator to have music or gaming audio playing back on their computer through their USB to the Notepad, and when they speak, automatically duck that USB audio return during speech, returning to previous levels shortly after they stop speaking.Ĭontrol Panel application - allows the selection of available inputs to feed the USB bus to computer workstation software, and control of the threshold and triggers for the Ducker.The audio output of the GroundControl drivers can be monitored using the GroundControl Cube app, which looks like a typical monitor controller.
Depending on which Notepad is connected, users can select up to four mic pre channels as threshold triggers to “duck” the USB audio return when they are speaking.
For full information and installation instructions, please download and read the Release Notes document from this page before commencing installation. The mixer firmware v1.09 is the same in both packages. Note that for older OS versions than 10.12 you may need to download the previous version of the package, which is marked. The new package, marked is compatible with MacOS versions 10.12.x through 10.15.x.
The Notepad v2.0.4 update package for Mac released June 2020 includes an improved installation process for the Control Panel and Firmware Update utilities, and is designed to work with the latest MacOS security features.