Bocha Mic Coming soon

One mic for every call.

Bocha Mic adds a microphone called “Bocha Mic” to your Mac and shapes your voice before the call hears it. Choose it once in Telegram, WhatsApp, Zoom, FaceTime or Google Meet, pick a preset, and switch the real microphone behind it from the menu bar.

Coming soon How to install

macOS 14 or later

New in 0.3.0: voice processing. Open Settings… from the Bocha Mic menu, pick one of six presets or tune your own, and hear the result in headphones.

It sits between your microphone and your call.

  1. Your microphone

    Built-in, USB or a headset. Pick it in the Bocha Mic menu, or leave System Default.

  2. Bocha Mic

    Cleans up and shapes your voice: equalizer, noise gate, compressor, bass and more. Processing adds less than 2 ms of delay.

  3. Your call

    In Telegram, WhatsApp, Zoom, FaceTime or Google Meet, choose “Bocha Mic” as the microphone.

Presets and a quick comparison
Switch presets right from the menu. Turn off Process Voice and the call hears your voice as is, so you can compare.
Takes the microphone only when needed
The real microphone turns on only while an app is listening to “Bocha Mic”, and Bocha Mic lets go of it 3 seconds later. The rest of the time the orange microphone dot stays off, and Bluetooth headphones don’t get stuck in headset mode.
Switch microphones in one place
Pick another microphone in the menu, and your call keeps hearing “Bocha Mic”. No digging through the settings of every app.
Your voice stays on your Mac
Sound goes from the microphone to your app without leaving the Mac. Bocha Mic goes online only to check for updates.

Install in four steps.

  1. Drag it to Applications

    Open the downloaded Bocha Mic file and drag Bocha Mic to the Applications folder.

  2. Allow it once

    Open Bocha Mic. The first time, macOS won’t open it: the app is signed, but not through a paid Apple developer account. Close the message, go to System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down to Security and click Open Anyway next to Bocha Mic. Confirm, with your password if macOS asks. You only need to do this once.

  3. Install the driver

    A few seconds after launch, Bocha Mic asks “Install the Bocha Mic driver?”. Click Install and enter your Mac password. After that, “Bocha Mic” appears in the list of microphones.

  4. Choose “Bocha Mic” in your call

    Allow microphone access when macOS asks. Then choose “Bocha Mic” as the microphone in your calling app and pick a preset in the Bocha Mic menu. If the app was already open, restart it so it sees the new microphone.

Updates come inside the app.

Bocha Mic checks for updates by itself. When a new version is out, it shows what’s new: click Install and Relaunch. To check by hand: Bocha Mic in the menu bar › Check for Updates…

If an update can’t install itself, Bocha Mic opens this page. Download the new version and drag it to Applications: there’s no need to remove the old one first.

Uninstalling is one menu item.

Bocha Mic in the menu bar › Uninstall Bocha Mic… It removes the driver, settings, presets and the app itself. macOS will ask for your password.

Shape your voice in Settings.

Bocha Mic menu › Settings… opens the Sound page. Pick a preset, turn off Process Voice to compare with your voice as is, and turn on Listen to hear the result in headphones. Every change is heard right away.

Ten modules, six presets.

Your voice passes the modules in this order, and each one can be turned off. A preset is a starting point: change anything, save it as your own, or share it as a .bochamic file.

  • InputDynamic microphones are quiet and need more gain.
  • Noise GateQuiets the room between phrases.
  • High-PassRemoves rumble and handling noise below the voice.
  • EqualizerEight bands: drag the points, change the width with the scroll wheel.
  • De-EsserSoftens sharp “s” and “sh” sounds.
  • CompressorEvens out loud and quiet words.
  • SaturationAdds warmth: Tape is softer, Tube is richer.
  • BassAdds harmonics so low tones are heard even on a phone speaker.
  • Treble RecoveryRebuilds the highs that a Bluetooth headset microphone cuts off.
  • OutputThe limiter keeps peaks below the ceiling.

Presets

  • CleanA neutral cleanup for any decent microphone. Bocha Mic starts with it.
  • Warm BassA deep, warm voice with bass that comes through even on a phone.
  • RadioA radio host’s voice: dense, close and bright.
  • PodcastSofter and more natural than Radio, easy to listen to for long.
  • Close VoiceFor a laptop’s built-in mic or a webcam: as if you sat right at the microphone.
  • Bluetooth HeadsetBrings back the low end and the highs that a headset loses over Bluetooth.

Questions.

Why does macOS stop it the first time?

macOS opens apps without asking only when their developer pays for an Apple developer account and sends every build to Apple for a check. Bocha Mic is signed with its own certificate instead, so macOS asks you once. After Open Anyway it opens as usual.

Which preset should I start with?

Bocha Mic starts with Clean. For a laptop’s built-in mic or a webcam try Close Voice, for a Bluetooth headset try Bluetooth Headset. Turn Process Voice off and on to hear the difference, or turn on Listen in Settings to hear yourself in headphones.

Will it work with my app?

Any app that lets you choose a microphone sees “Bocha Mic”: Telegram, WhatsApp, Zoom, FaceTime, Google Meet in a browser, QuickTime and others. If an app was open before you installed the driver, restart it.

Does my voice go anywhere?

No. Sound goes from your microphone through Bocha Mic to your calling app, all on your Mac. Bocha Mic connects to the internet only to check for updates.

What do I need?

A Mac with macOS 14 Sonoma or later. The app asks for an administrator password once, to install its driver.

Can it open when my Mac starts?

Yes: Settings… › General › Open Bocha Mic at Login.

Try it on your next call.

Coming soon

macOS 14 or later