I recently came across Stephen Millard’s write-up on routing Mac Studio audio through a HomePod mini. He ran into some disconnect hiccups, but, unsurprisingly, solved it with a handy Keyboard Maestro macro.

Lately I’ve noticed a wave of seasoned iPad power users making the jump to macOS, and almost invariably the first app they rave about is Keyboard Maestro. It’s the one tool on the Mac that can truly automate almost anything you can imagine. No other utility comes close to its depth and flexibility.

I like the app so much that I made a Keyboard Maestro Field Guide to help you get up to speed quickly and start building your own custom macros.

One idea I noted from Stephen’s article was audio routing. I record with a mic connected to my audio interface with an XLR cable, so those built-in USB-connected mic mute software buttons don’t work. But I bet I could mirror Stephen’s output-switch macro on the input side, muting my mic’s audio channel with a single keystroke. That’s now officially on my “research projects” list.