Improve your live-stream audio sound quality and loudness without clipping | OBS Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- In this video, I share my method of getting broadcast quality audio in my live-streams by using tools already built into OBS.
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I am studio recording engineer and have been beginning a journey in live streaming, have noticed that so many streamers are super quiet... there is just no info out there that is any good, until this video! Was going to wind up making one myself, but youve done so well I wont need to now! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much!!! I do a daily podcast using OBS and I have the RODE PODCASTER and RODE PODMIC. The quality was already there but I noticed that other videos on RUclips had a lot more volume without distortion or clipping. FINALLY, you have shown me the key!!! I just made a test video after adding the compressor and limiter to OBS (using your settings) and it is like a whole new video. I can't thank you enough for making this information plain and available. God bless you.
-John (Steele, MO)
Small update. I have now tried those new settings. Man the sound is just so much better. I play Trance - Hard Trance - Hard House It was a nightmare with the sound levels. Now I can actually hear what's coming through the live stream with clarity. Again thanks a lot for the info I have been searching for 4 weeks to get the sound right. I have not gone live yet as I am seriously critical when it comes to sound quality. Now I have the confidence to do it 🙏
This video is first class!!! Cant thank you enough... a rare youtube tutorial that isn't annoying 🤣🤣 got my stream sounding awesome
Thx for explaining it clearly first person that knows qhat he is doing with audio well done mate thx 👍
Wonderful…I’m sick at present, but I did a recording of my voice with those settings on an old EliteBook Surface pro…and the Audi quality is wonderful. I’m a vocalist crooner, but primarily a singer songwriter and always lamented how the audio quality wasn’t great! I can’t wait to be well again and a LIVE30 set where I sing and play for 30 minutes…thanks again friend!
I was having problems with OBS sound quality on my DJ streams - seemed oddly muffed and distorted and after following the guidelines in this tutorial I now have a far superior sound for my streams. Nice work dude!!
Glad I could help!
Late to the game but glad I found this. Been streaming on twitch for a few years. Usually set my levels in rekordbox so the channel VU meter on my mixer is at 2 yellow with the trim at 11 o clock. Still always feel like I’m constantly staring at the VU in OBS to make sure I’m not clipping. Appreciate the tips homie!
03:52 is where the tutorial starts
thank you so much, i just don't like when ppl talk a lot without saying anything
and after watching 15 more seconds, no thanks I will find another tutorial with less "fillers"
Thank you so much for this advice! Added these to my audio capture channels and the improvement cannot be understated. I always struggled getting a studio quality sound through OBS!
No problem!
I myself do gaming videos so knowing this will hopefully help me get a good balance with my mic and game audio. It is really difficult to get the balance right, in fact i have never gotten the balance right. Thank you for this tips, I hope this helps me out.
There should be a 6-15db difference between your voice and the volume of the game. It’s ok to have the game or background music quieter. Audience can turn their volume up, but they can fix it when the background is too loud.
thank you, if anyone needs to make their audio louder in editing try adding a gain filter for both your mic and desktop audio at equal levels so it doesnt clip with it
That's exactly where I'm struggling. How do you add a filter to game? I have it for the mic but for the game it only gives you a visual preset and I haven't seen any vids on how to add a filter to the game audio
@@101totalmadness do it to desktop audio, it is above the mic/aux
I’ve been searching for a video covering these specific settings, to achieve consistent audio levels during streams. Excellent as always 👍🏾
Thank you for the video. Great info Pri. Setting up to broadcast a live band performance using an Apollo Console as my virtual mixer then going into OBS.
Your a legend. I've just been listening to one of my streams and it was defo to loud. I've made all the adjustments so hopefully it will be much clearer next time!!!!
Superb video clear and precise well worth watching 10/10👏
Thank you so much for this video. I have been battling for weeks to get the sound right in my streams. Will try this today. 😎🙏😎
Helped loads. Was looking to boost audio and this works. I'm still not as loud as I would like but still way better.
very well presented and explained. Thanks I have been trying to make my mixcloud sound better
very very helpful 🤩 didn't have such a good and even sound despite good control on the mixer. thank you very much for that 🙏😃✌️ I wish you continued success 🍀
Thank you for breaking this down in simple terms.
BRILLIANT! I'm sharing with every other dj streamers i know, thank you so much mate! Cheers from montreal
Much appreciated!
All my love goes out to you man, holy moly this helped a lot :)
Glad to help
Pri yon Joni... You are a king for this information. Appreciate you bro 🙌🏾 I have one question? I use the IRig stream for my audio coming out of my mixer. I noticed in your video that you control your audio settings through the mic/aux. In the audio mixer section of obs... It shows my IRig stream and Mic/aux. I'm trying to figure out which one should I control my properties through to stream with the proper audio. Do I control it through the IRig stream or Mic/aux? Or both. I'm just confused LOL. Any help would be appreciated thanks.
Great video i do ASMR and sometimes my volume and sound quality sux compared to other channels, i have been looping recordings, and editing so i thought the audio had degraded i played around with some settings in my VLC player and boosted the volume and sharpened the eq i listened back to the broadcast and its like i cant break the damn twich ceiling.
Glad to help!
Brilliant video. Can't wait try this out.
Perfection. Exactly what I needed. Thank you
Brilliant! One of a kind sharing....very detailed.........using your settings............thanks so much.
Will try this on... Live Drums Streaming :)
Thank you! Been battling this issue for months.
Glad to help!
DMS is for the working DJ. Are there any DJs working today? 😁 -3 DB is a great tip. Thanks 👍
We're working to promote ourselves to be booked when the pandemic is over!
Thank you for this tutorial, I really learn from you..
Great explaination for compressor and limited. Thumbs up. I'm looking for how to set the noise gate and suppression particularly for music and vocal. Do you any video for this?
Thanks for sharing.. I'll try again next week.. Hope that I can achieve great sound quality
thank you. that comp setting really saved my audio on my at 2020 :)
Nice
This helps me a lot. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful vid
Thanks you so much!
OBS has reset if self so this was
The first video I needed to return too as my sound was always amazing before!!
Hi, very informative video. i noticed you didn't show "gain". i have this for my external mic only @ around +22.50. i'm not quit happy with that. if i was to use it with both your oprions in exact order, does "gain" go 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. i noticed when i was messin around, when i put my "gain" on with other options you didn't mention, i had no sound. to me, it's like a puzzle, if not in a certain order, obs doesn't work correctly.
Great video I just wish you showed a clip of what "clipping" is that way I can be aware if that's what's happening to me. Thank you.
Hey Bro .... Now I understand where my problem was... Believe it or not, I am doing this in Zoom and we know that Zoom Audio (Music) stinks, Well I made the changes and it sounds 100% better, actually its pretty good.
Have my Twitch account but will get to Twitch by weekend, been doing Zoom Parties. Thanks again.
Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video appreciate it 🙏
Wow! Really makes a very noticeable difference. 👌🏻 Much Thanks
The thing you aren't covering is the fader level on OBS (which I see you had at max) and the input level from the mic. For mine, I have the OBS level not quite to the top and control the level from the mic without comp or limiter. Looking at my level on OBS it doesn't peak. But when I listen back to the stream, it is distorting.
Because I never changed the level. It’s at 0dB. The limiter is set to -3dB to provide 3dB of headroom in case any peaks go past the threshold. That is why there is no clipping in any of my examples or my live streams.
@@priyonjoni On a usb interface or my interface (yamaha ur22), there isn’t a way to tell if it’s set at 0db.
The level on OBS you have is maxed, is that 0db (you didn’t state that and I don’t see it on the meter in your video. It might have it in the newest update, I don’t remember)? You didn’t address it.
I yell a lot on my stream. I’m going to try your settings and see what I get. I’ll get back to you. From what I can see, I need to set my OBS to MAX or 0db, set the comp and limiter (comp first in line) to -3db and change the levels on my USB interface when I see it go into the yellow (on my streams, if it hits in the yellow it clips or I have my mic gain to high and it clips it). I think that’s my problem is finding the balance between the level in the OBS and my microphone gain, and the comp/limiter combo is supposed to take is that. I’ll update you. Thanks.
Thank you so much sir
With that fast attack you will kill transients for sure before the limiter hits.
true! When comes to audio, limiter first, compression and normalization.
@@InteractiveDNA Compression goes BEFORE limiting.
@@dirface Yes, I meant limiting on the mixer or audio interface before software.
Great video. Question: If I go through my DAW, should the compressor be through my DAW or through OBS? Does it matter?
Your plugins in your DAW would probably sound better.
Nice tutorial and also share some knowledge about audio setup.. Just one question sir.. Which one is better for setting between mixer or audio interface?
Thank you! You solved my long lasting problem with this video! :)
Is that music played/ a part of the mic output when playing if that makes sense? So if I game and stream. I’ll have 2 things of audio going which is my mic and then my desktop audio which is my audio interface that is the stream output. Would I need to go create these audio effects for both? I usually only do my mic
Very useful as always my friend.
Very informative video. Is there a way to use compressor and limiter to smartphones?
Currently, to the best of my knowledge, the only way to have a compressor when using a smart phone , is to run a physical hardware one in the signal path. But not within software.
@@priyonjoni thank you. You think a behringer pro xl mdx2600 will work?
This video was very helpful I dj and go live on Facebook my audio was very low within Facebook live I have a Pioneer DDJ-SX3 CONTROLLER ALSO SCARLETT FOCUSRITE 2I2 AUDIO INTERFACE FACE MAPPED TO OBS YOUR SETTINGS YOU IMPROVE MY SOUND AS RADIO BROADCAST YOU THE BEST THANKS ONCE AGAIN NO OTHER VIDEO I WATCHED HELP ME OUT BUT YOURS...
Great video thank you for it. Could you tell me best settings for dj set and recording in obs please?
Awesome! Thank you for this 🙏🏽
Do you apply that compressor to all audio? Do you leave your mic on while you mix?
I'm using the TDR Nova plug in to add more depth to my sound. Where should this go in the chain order? First?
depend on what u using it for
Thanks for your info! I made the adjustments in OBS when I stream live my DJ techno set. Question - is there a piece of equipment I can buy that does the same effects without using OBS and I can plug to my XDJ-XZ to my speakers when I play live, not stream?
This useful stuff
Hey, I have a question, when I laugh or scream to loud, the audio got cut off completely, how do I fix that? I want to be able to scream and be loud in my video without peaking PLEASE HELP
Move away from the mic when you get louder. Easiest fix.
Add a limiter filter
would it be optimal to use the same settings with the compressor and limiter for in-game voice while gaming?
Can i use this setting with mic input/voice or there is a different settings?
Great vid. Can you adjust the bass and treble in OBS?
Great video TQ
Would this work for a church setting?
Hi just caught your video. Will this work if songs are breaking up and chopping? Im using a rane one now and i never had this problem before but now my songs are not staying clear
THANK YOU!!!! 😭😭😭😭
Hello, thank you man for your video. I have one question can we use third-party plugins to??
I'm not sure if it's on purpose, but at the beginning of the video your audio makes my little laptop speakers buzz. Then when you show the example with the compressor/limiter, it stops. Perfect example! lol
Thank you so much for this video.....I do have a question. Would you recommend this technique for singers playing covers that are going through a mixer? I monitor the feed out of the Mixer, and set OBS to just stay out of red. But, it seems to me that this technique could still be useful.
Thanks for the info!!!!
Can u use this same thing with your church service meaning get more vol to the pastor mic using inline
Can someone help me I stream on stream labs for twitch and my audio (voice game music) sounds like it’s layered. Like doubled audio. It sounds like robotic idk how to explain it but it forsure isn’t sharp it literally sounds double layered with a slight delay
Hey i used your settings and i have to admit, it rocks on clarity, thats great. there is one problem i am lacking punch, it need just a bit more punch. Any suggestions. equip is... ddj1000srt, into mixer, to iRig Pro and on to streaming laptop.
I felt the same way the setting where perfect but my music needed more punch. I added the 3 band equalizer. I left the mid and treble at zero but put the low at plus one. That gave my music audio more depth in bass. Hope that helps.
will try that later today, will change my eq settings
@@jerrymiko8195
I have a problem with having my mic cut through the music. I have to manual dim the music when I talk on stream. Would this help with that problem. I'm using a scarlett 2i2. I think my problem is I need to run the mic hotter than the audio. Right now I'm running them both at 0
hi, just wanna ask if this kind of settings will also work for condenser mic just a BM800
My question is please how do I get output Thru my headphones please I am using a PreSonus SLAR12 mixer Thru obs please
mate thank you so much for this
can you tell me please how my settings most be on a djm900-nexus 1 is that for example also -5 db? I stram on Mixcloud and its sound not real good the middle and high sounds bad
My voice is so low when it comes out the stream, while my gameplay sound is so loud. But if i make my
Capture card lower i cant even hear the game, but its perfectly fine in the stream. My voice too is so low and as if im under water. I know i did something on my mic audio i just cant figure it out
What’s great about this technique, if you turn the volume up on your mic you can have it set much louder than the rest of the audio, and it will even it all out. Do you have volume control on your mic? Turn your gameplay audio down. It’s ok to have it quieter.
@@priyonjoni its already so low that if i make it low again i wont be able to hear the game, but for some reason in the stream, its good its not loud and its not low but as for me hearing it through my headset its super low
And my mic i sound like im underwater 😔 or my mouth is covered with a pillow or something
@@priyonjoni ok thank you bro
But what if you're not using encoder software and you want to stream straight to RUclips? We've found that the spoken word sounds fine, but when we stream music from a source (e.g. a choir or multimedia player), the signal after processing through RUclips sounds awful. If we have mic'd up a choir and they're singing, is the only way to make sure the streamed singing sounds good (aside from choir placement and condenser mics) is to use encoder software? What about streaming direct to RUclips via Vaddio or via your inbuilt camera where you're lined in through a mixer? Thanks.
Then you'll have to use hardware audio processors.
Dope. Thanks.
I have a question, How do you get such a clean, clear audio signal into obs? I have been using the irig2 but it doesn't sound good and clear no matter what I do. Thanks
Don’t use the iRig 2. Use an irig stream because it takes a stereo line input
@@priyonjoni I actually also have the Mackie mix8, I'm trying to figure out how to connect it to get that stereo sound. With the irig I'm getting good but not great stereo sound. Thanks
It’s not possible to get stereo from an iRig 2
@@priyonjoni Thanks so much for your help.
OMG thank you so much
Don't want to go off topic on this thread. I bought a DDJ 800 but I find the sound coming out especially the bass really bass heavy. Normally I keep everything at 12 o'clock but with the bass I need to have it at like 10 o'clock.... Is there a way to change this?
It's been rough trying to stream karaoke with some friends via twitch with OBS. I have a windows pc no mixer. Any windows settings that may be causing clipping issues? I'm guessing that the OBS settings will be the same regardless OS. Thanks!
Use Voicemeeter and obs together.
I’m using a fifine mic and i put my gain at max and my volume also max but my volume is still so low
I'm using a lapel mic, and the volume sounds excellent on a phone recording, but the volume sounds low in OBS. what setting specifically impacts the volume in OBS.
Do you know how to fix my mic volume on obs. I do singing stream, my voice gets cut off sometimes when I belt. The volume is not on yellow so the mic can't grasp my voice. What should I do?
Not sure what’s what’s happening. It might be the microphone. Feel free to shoot me an email what’s going on priyonjoni@gmail.com
Just tried this and it didn't work for me, seems like no difference whatsoever, still clips when in high yellow...@Pri yon Joni any ideas please?
Like it!
THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING AND SO UNDERRATED
My stream sounds great...unless u listen thru good speakers and the low end just doesnt hit....idk why
How’d you get the drum loop on the stream?
I looped a song I had
I followed all of your steps however, my audio keeps dropping out randomly.
Lower your noise gate threshold
Not gonna lie, I thought you said your names was “preowned jonin”
Man your audio shuts down on some portions
I swear if you did not help me I was gona die thx so mutch
*lightly kissing it* teehee funny