Soundflowerbed Won't Launch

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Reinstalling latest version
2. Double clicking the application icon
3. Appears to launch, but never opens to the menu

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The application should launch and a menu for Soundflowerbed appear

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
10.6.X

Please provide any additional information below.
Removed older version with the uninstall script, and installed the newer 
version. Neither seem to launch to a menu/app state.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by website....@gmail.com on 28 Feb 2012 at 6:15

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I too cannot get SoundFlowerBed to start

It flashes temporarily in the menu bar and then closes 

Product version: Soundflower-1.6.6b & Soundflower-1.6.5 tested
Mac OS X: 10.8.2

I've attached the crash log which seems to indicate an invalid parameter is at 
fault

Original comment by lus...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2012 at 5:17

Attachments:

• Soundflowerbed_2012-09-26-180852_Laptop.crash

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Just to add, SoundFlower itself appears to be working ok as I can route audio 
from say iTunes to Ableton Live without issue

Original comment by lus...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2012 at 5:19

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Same here, MBP Mid 2012, OS X 10.8.2, Soundflower-1.6.6b
SoundflowerBed Icon appears aaaand it's gone.

Original comment by unknown....@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2013 at 8:00

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This just happened to me as well...

OS X 10.8.2 MBP 15 inch Early 2011

I cannot launch Soundflower and input/output for Soundflower ch2/ch64 doesn't 
channel audio.

Original comment by j.dale38 on 27 Feb 2013 at 8:34

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Resolved my issue discussed above by deleting 

~/Library/Preferences/com.cycling74.Soundflowerbed.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.cycling74.Soundflowerbed.plist.lockfile

Original comment by j.dale38 on 27 Feb 2013 at 8:44

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Yes that fixed it! Thank you j.dale38

Original comment by lus...@gmail.com on 16 Mar 2013 at 12:39

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I am having the same issue - soundflowerbed opens in the menu bar for a second 
& then disappears. I am not finding the plist files mentioned in p#5 above. 
Soundflower is working correctly though. OSX 10.8.4/soundflower 1.6.6b/13" MBP 
mid 2010

Original comment by Mustangs...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2013 at 1:29

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As of 0s 10.8.4 update, soundflowerbed is no longer working. Icon appears but 
no sound while running soundflower, Please Help.

Original comment by TheBlueL...@gmail.com on 17 Jul 2013 at 1:36

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Won't open it for me. Tried adding it to the dock and opening from there but 
nothing, doesn't open at all. It doesn't even show up on the task bar. Tried 
looking for the plist files too but couldn't find them either.

System Version: OS X 10.9.2
MBPr 15' Late 2013 model

Original comment by jpaul...@mail.usf.edu on 13 Apr 2014 at 10:22

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I have the exact same problem as jpaul.

Original comment by Dylan.Hi...@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2014 at 4:32

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Soundflower icon appears, but clicking on it will not open the program.  Is 
there a solution?

Original comment by markrong...@gmail.com on 1 Jul 2014 at 3:36

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Someone please solve this issue. j.dale38's solution did not work for me. Tried 
installing different versions all different ways but the program still will not 
launch. Just flashes in the menu bar. 

Original comment by jackie.s...@gmail.com on 17 Jul 2014 at 4:04

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got it fixed go in to sound in system preferences, Then output/ set your audio 
to 2ch or 64ch then try and open sound flowerbed again..

Original comment by GamerMon...@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2015 at 4:36

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Doing that in sound preferences didn't work! application still not even 
opening!!

Original comment by panziniv...@yahoo.com on 13 Mar 2015 at 1:54

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I too am having the same issue, flashes on the menu bar then disappears. I have 
the latest version of the software  (1.6.6b) but I'm running OSX 10.7.5. As far 
as I can tell, soundflower still works routing internally from Youtube to 
Ableton for example, but without soundflowerbed I have no way of selecting 
routing options etc. 
Any more news on a fix? j.dale38's fix doesn't appear to work for me as those 
files aren't in my Library /Preferences/ folder

Original comment by davsound...@gmail.com on 30 Apr 2015 at 2:15

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I got it working, but in a retarded way. Go to your Sound Preferences in Your 
System Preferences, under 'Output' choose 'Soundflower (2ch).  Then use 
Quicktime Player's 'New Audio Recording'.  Play whatever it is you want to 
record from your desktop.  You'll see sound levels in the 'New Audio 
Recording'window, but you won't hear anything.  When you're done recording, 
switch the Output back to Headphones or whatever you had it set to 
before....and you've got your recorded sound. You'll have a .m4a audio file (an 
.aif would be too easy right!) so use your convertor of choice.  I have the 
best - Wondershare Ultimate.  Convert it to aif. Voila!

I hope this helps someone out there who is battling with this retarded, 
unreliable, complicated method of doing something that should be so simple.  
Fuck you Apple! :) 

Original comment by paulcard...@gmail.com on 25 May 2015 at 7:36

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I found a workaround as well using audacity.  Same as Paulcard.  Change OUTPUT 
and Input in the mac system/sound settings to Soundflower (2ch) and INPUT on 
audacity to Soundflower (2ch).  Doesn't matter what the output on the audacity 
is.  Record your  youtube or whatever.  You will see soundwave patterns on the 
audacity window but won't hear anything.

When you're done change the output back to your speakers and you'll hear it.

Original comment by carrboro...@gmail.com on 27 Jun 2015 at 5:30