Forward audio from BlackHole to the output device.

forwardAudio.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sounddevice as sd
import sys

# Download the pkg file of BlackHole
# https://github.com/ExistentialAudio/BlackHole/releases
# Install BlackHole
#
# Install sounddevice
# pip install sounddevice --user
#
# Make file executable
# chmod +x ./forwardSound.py
#
# Click on Mac volume control (on top) and choose 'Output Device': 'BlackHole 16ch'
#
# Check with the following command what name the Built-in Output device has
# python -m sounddevice
sd.default.device = 'BlackHole 16ch', 'Built-in Output'

def callback(indata, outdata, frames, time, status):
    if status:
        print(status)
    outdata[:] = indata

with sd.Stream(channels=2, callback=callback):
    print('#' * 80)
    print('press Return to quit')
    print('#' * 80)
    if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
        raw_input()
    else:
        input()

OK, couldn't get that to run, but was able to use GarageBand to get the BlackHole --> MacBook Pro Speakers working and that's enough for my needs at this time. Thank you!

THANK YOU FOR THIS @PRosenb

@seabass9 and others trying to get it running - couple of things to check:

• Need to have numpy installed, run the command python3 -m pip install numpy. Numpy is kind of a power tool we might not strictly need here, would be cool if somebody changed the code so it could run without numpy. Seems to be supported by sounddevice but I already had numpy so I didn't try it.
• Make sure you are using the same python 3 install both to install packages and run the script. You can be sure by running it like,

       python3 -m pip install numpy sounddevice --user
       python3 ./forwardSound.py```
  

Also, I needed a little lower latency as I was using this to monitor myself playing keys while I stream online (ableton -> blackhole 1/2 for OBS, 3/4 for monitor) so I tweaked a few things that helped in my case: https://github.com/karlthorssen/monitor.py

In the meantime, there is a nice solution available if you like to control the volume of e.g. optical audio output.
For such cases, I recommend Proxy Audio Driver.