Try Blackhole as a Soundflower alternative existential.audio/blackhole/ Other apps you could try on a mac include: Loopback: rogueamoeba.com/loopback/ Audio HiJack: rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/ SoundSource: rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/
You saved me today. Had to do a podcast interview where I played piano and sang. SO glad I didn’t have to use the built in mic to my Mac. Easy and clear instructions. I’ll share the crap out of this video! 🙌🏼
Normally don't leave comments but you just saved my life an hour before a live presentation on Webex (which has the same issue with only being able to read input 1 on a multi-channel interface), not many vids on this specific topic so thank you so much
Thank you!!!! Drummer here teaching lessons over Skype during the corona virus. This helped me get my drum mics and a talk back mic into Skype. Thanks!!!!!
J.A. Mena are you using a Ethernet connection to your internet? That will help the most with the quality, but the latency will never be good enough to play together in time with your student. I’ve been modifying my teaching techniques away from playing together and doing more call and response. I’m also looking for the types of lessons that fit best, so spending time on the psychology of drumming and “how to think” about things.
This was of great help, thanks! Just 2 things to note: 1) Soundflower doesn't seem to work on OS X Catalina. BlackHole works as an alternative. 2) In Ladiocast you can just use one input (the interface), and select both channels directly as L and R. No need to have a second duplicate input.
OMG! You saved me! Was trying to do a Zoom call, but my M-Audio 192 | 6 wouldn't receive input through zoom so that I could hear other callers through my monitoring headphones that were plugged into the interface. Voice Meter is INCREDIBLE.
By the way, the most recent version of Soundflower that I could find is here on Github: github.com/mattingalls/Soundflower/releases/download/2.0b2/Soundflower-2.0b2.dmg Confirmed working on 2019 MBP with Mojave.
Thank you, this was extremely helpful. I'm a guitar teacher from Belgium, trying to keep lessons going during the lockdown. Couldn't figure out why Skype is only seeing the first input of my interface. I used a mixer to combine sources for a few days, but this made the process so much simpler. I'll pass on the word to all my fellow teachers ! How could you know, over one year ago, when you posted this video, that it was gonna help a lot of people to keep their job during this strange time. That is kind of beautiful. On the video side, I tried to improve my video quality by using a DSLR (T5i) instead of the macbook's webcam. I had to use two softwares, Camera Live and CamTwist, to be able to use it with Skype. Unfortunately the video quality is really low and unusable. Strangely it's great when I use the EOS Utility software from Canon, but as soon as I use it with Skype, the quality drops. I have a good internet connection (wired with an ethernet cable). I gave up, thinking my camera is probably too old to do the job, but maybe you know something about this issue? I'm gonna browse your channel to see if you already covered this subject ! Thank you again for sharing this tip, you are my hero today. Hope everything is good for you, stay safe !
Hi, Bruno, glad you found this video and yes seeing it surge in views due to COVID has been both a surprise and pleasure...not exactly what I was planning for lol! Really happy that it helps in any little way and glad to hear you're staying inside. I'm on lockdown here too, one week in. As for the video, it could just be Skype. I do have some vids on here which you may have found about using your Canon DSLR as a webcam and with some of the stuff you found. One suggestion would be to try something other than Skype. Look at StreamYard.com, they have a free plan and I'm really enjoying it.
@@RayOrtega Hey Ray, thank you for the reply. I found the solution for the video ! I had to set the video resolution and the frame rate manually in CamTwist's preference menu, that's it ! This made me think: tutorial videos on the internet are like the GPS in your car, easy steps but you might forget to think outside of those steps and follow them blindly. Keep up the good work and stay safe !
I would also suggest that you could use a mixer in front of your audio interface. That way regardless of how many inputs you require your Audio Interface would get the final mix as one signal. Mic CH1/Guitar CH2/Bass CH3/Mic2 CH4 etc----->MIXER---(main out)--->Audio Interface CH1----(USB Output)--->PC--->Skype
Hey man, great video... for starting should I get the presonus audiobox USB 96 or focusrite 212 3rd gen? has a $60 difference for 2 input interface but is it worth it? I want to record videos through OBS and also in future do physical and online podcasts via skype/zoom... would really appreciate the help Secondly which key light are you using in this video?
Thanks, key is version 1 of this light podhelp.me/120dKitvmountBH and both Presonus and Focusrite make interfaces that are on par with each other so either would probably be fine.
We've got the Saffire Pro 40, and after trying this and another option, involving a cheap 4-channel mixer we also have, we ended up just sending the Saffire's headphone out to the mic input jack on the PC (haven't tried the blue line input jack, but that's next). Done. There's maybe 3/4 of a second delay/lag, but definitely something we can live with, and it sounds way better than just the mic on the webcam. We're running 5 drum mics, 1 overhead condenser, and another one for the drummer's voice through the Saffire and the Skype user on the other end can hear it all and the levels are mixed and controlled by the interface. Also, we disabled Skype's automatic handling of the audio and set the level ourselves to about 7.
Yes, any way you can combine a mix and send as a single track should work which is what I recommended above for a possible ipad option/hack. Glad you got what you needed!
i was looking for a solution for my problem for many hours and thanks to you i found it!!! I was traying to but my DAW as input in skype so my students can hear a mix of my microphone and instrument with eq compressor etc but skype was automaticly muteing my input signal in soundflower... but now, thanks to ladiocast everything is working fine!!!
In my case with Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6 (or 3) there’s a way to combine selected channels into one on the device itself and send it via USB to Skype and receive caller’s voice from Skype via USB input back to Mix-Pre as a separate channel. Basically, it does mix-minus out of the box. Super convenient and “free” or at least less complicated and more reliable.
Yes I love the MixPre series and I will have one soon but I haven't seen where multiple inputs will be recognized by Skype. What is the setting for that? I know all the rest, how the USB goes to it's own channel and this is why you don't get loopback to Skype because Skype doesn't hear the channel 3 USB. I'll know more once I can test this for myself.
Ray Ortega I use it as 2 ins / 2 outs device for my Mac, not in multichannel mode. Once Mix-Pre is in advanced mode, I go to Settings > Outputs > St. Out Left/Right and send only inputs 1, 2, 3 to the left and right channels. Both channels are accessible from Skype. Input 4 is set up as USB 1 (you just press the knob and change input source) and I have Mix-Pre as an input and output device for OS sound. Now I can send 3 mics to Skype, receive and record Skype on channel 4 and send Skype + inputs 1, 2, 3 to headphone output where I have splitter.
@@pepelsbey Skype only picks up left side but since you are sending them left, that makes sense. And yes I've seen that ability but you lose multichannel at that point or will it still record discrete tracks to SD card? Cause it's cool that it does that but losing multichannel is not worth it IMO if you want to do post production. With the MixPre you can also select what channels go out of the analog output so one way to retain multichannel is to send all channels besides Skype and connect that to the computer so that you get the best of both worlds. Of course all of this is dependent on your workflow and if a mix works for you then recoding that is fine. This video however is about multichannel and retaining that functionality because in a lot of cases that is why people bought a multichannel device. Still love the MixPre and in fact it's the device that I put most podcasters who have a budget on but of course most can't afford it when they are starting out and they have a hard time seeing the value unfortunately.
Ray Ortega yes, I’m sending 2 channels to Mac and recording multitracks on SD card at the same time. I believe it’s a pretty rare feature for audio interfaces like this. I used to have Zoom H5 and I was really disappointed with lack of this feature. I’m really happy with workflow where my Mac is just a source of an audio and input a mix for caller’s convenience. All recording is happening on the device itself, including Skype’s track. It feels much more reliable. Also I double checked my settings and I’m sending channels 1, 2, 3 only to L in both St. Out L/R options for some reason. I don’t remember why but it seems I got it right :)
Thanks Ray. I really appreciate your advice. I belong to a non-profit organization that is interested in starting a podcast. This information has been enormously helpful.
My pleasure. My advice would be to simplify the process. Don't over think it, try to do the simplest production possible and then grow from there. I saw your comment on another video where the person showed their setup with a mixer and H6 and there were several things wrong with their advice. For starters, for what he was showing, you don't even need the mixer when you have an H6. So many people will waste money on setup on following that advice.
Hey Ray, that looks great, I will try, thanks!! I am still not sure if the guys you speak to will be able to hear you in stereo? I will do some drum classes on skype and would like to send stereo audio from my sound card. So I am trying to make my sound card as a "sound in" option in Skype. I installed "soundflower" which comes up in the mac prefs, so Skype can detect "sound in" from itunes, but it seems more complicated to have the sound cards pop up as "sound in" in Skype.. and it might still be in mono? Would be so nice if it was possible to use a good pro tools mix through my universal audio sound cards into skype..
I think everything you do will be mono because Skype is mono and thus the reason for this issue. The two channel interface which uses essentially a stereo connection to give you the two mono channels will only be seen by Skype on the left channel (1). So I don't think there is a way to do stereo. But I've also seen drums mic'd mono so perhaps just a compromise?;) Take a look at another service for connection like StreamYard.com and that might work.
Amazing, thanks for this video Ray. About to start teaching all of my guitar lessons on Skype. So helpful! You are going to help a lot of people out over the coming weeks and months!
Thanks, Aengus. I definitely wasn't planning for a pandemic situation but glad it may help even a little! Good luck with your lessons, I just picked up the bass a year ago and I'm loving it.
Thanks so much for this video Ray, it's been a real help. It's been getting tougher and tougher to hold on to students over the past few weeks. I'm hoping that the ability to give Skype lessons with above-average sound quality (using good mics through an interface) will allow me to keep more of them and maybe even attract a few new students. Fingers crossed! Thanks again.
I've been looking for a solution for a while! I already knew about Voicemeter Banana, but I didn't understand that common applications didn't use channel 2, only channel 1. Now I understand what's happening and I can make better use of my interface... Thank you very much for sharing this information!
the answer that I was looking for. I really wanted to sing with my guitar over video chat like zoom, skype and etc, but I could not find a straightforward answer until your video! thank you!
I used Blackhole instead of Soundflower (also on a Mac) but had missed a vital piece of information to make this work until I watched your video. Thanks!
Yes this is the second time I've heard about Blackhole. I haven't tried it yet but it seems to be the solution if Soundflower isn't working. Thanks for the feedback.
That was super helpful! Got a Focusrite 18/20 and wanted to use ZenCastr. Was having a hell of a time trying to figure out why I wasn't getting a signal. Problem solved thanks to you!
@@mattgiovanisci Do you mean the audio files go out of sync? If so it appears to be a tricky issue and only SquadCast.fm has solved it so far. Or are you talking about something else?
This is a referral link btw if you want to check them out squadcast.fm/?salescamp=PGMtgm7oGHuShp4P42AbFvQg They're the first ones I've seen to solve the biggest issues that these double-ender systems have such as progressive upload and sync.
This worked for me on my Mac using the two-channel version of Soundhole in conjunction with LasioCast. I had to fiddle with the settings within Skype a little but I think the test was successful and hopefully it will work for my guitar lesson next Thursday.
That WAS extremely helpful to me, thanks Ray! I was stumped when I saw that the Focusrite software didn't support Output Routing for the Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen, but you sorted me out!
Thanks Ray! Have been banging my head over this - it seems that the fancier your studio setup, the more problems you run into with Zoom and Skype. I have an M1 Silicon Mac Pro, which Soundflower doesn't support, but I can confirm that Blackhole + LadioCast works! Hooray!
@@RayOrtega had some issues with the local sound on my computer being heard. My fix in the end (lessons over Skype requiring an audio interface with instrument line in and mic in , plus music backing tracks) was to route the backing track from my Mac headphone jack into the audio interface channel 3&4, then route those via LadioCast to BlackHole. It worked!
Thanks for the great video 🤘 But after having done all the settings (Scarlett 8I6 and ladiocast-sunflower) Skype doesn't get any sound , any solution please ? 🙏
If Soundflower is not working for you, try Blackhole existential.audio/blackhole/, you'll see in the comments here that this has worked better for many people
This helped me out a great deal. I am subscribing in case you do any other videos that help me out. I had never heard of the software you mentioned in your description. Thank you very much Ray.
Thank you ray ... you're phenomenal. From your videos over the years, I've learned how to record audio into my Canon 70D ... as well as numerous other twerks that no one else answered on youtube (I've watched many of your videos ... many times). This is going to be another one of those videos as I have a closet full of xlr mics, just ordered a focusrite so I could use two channels with Skype and Zoom, and then found out the programs only accept one input. ... Again ... thanks.
So glad this worked for you! There are some apps that will recognize the two channels like Zencastr.com I believe but not all do so this is a decent hack when needed. And thanks so much for all the kind words!
HI I have just configured this to work with skype and IT WORKED! Thanks alot for that. A couple of questions: 1. now that I have downloaded all this and configured it for skype, will it affect other programs like facetime, zoom, web online classrooms etc? and 2. Is there a way to configure this setup to also have audio from my computer being routed through this so i could for example play a track on youtube and play along to it on guitar and have my students hear that on their end? Cheers!! :D
Glad this worked. It's going to get trickier to try to bring in audio from the same computer. You might need an additional app like Loopback that I listed in the description or what you could try is bringing the output of your computer into the audio interface cause you need some way to get the audio from RUclips into the interface either through an app where you route the browser audio to Soundflower or by physically plugging the computer output which can only be RUclips or else you'll get other sounds, into the audio interface itself and then sending that channel to Skype via something like the setup here with Ladiocast. You can also use an external device like a phone or other computer to input into the audio interface and just play youtube or any other music through that dedicated device.
Used to work perfectly but since updating mac security update Skype won't receive audio from Ladiocast (I'm still on Mojave 10.14.6). Zoom works fine with Ladiocast though. Please help if you can.
same here - unless built-in microphone input Skype cannot hear any other input. I tried to create Aggregate Device (Applications>Utilities>Audio MIDI Setup.app) and put Soundflower(2ch) there and use the device is microphone source for the Skype - same deal. It does not hear it while if built-in microphone added to Aggregate Device works. They made skype not being able to hear anything but directly assigned mice interface
Thanks for this! Any idea if there is a hardware solution to do the same thing? I want to be able to use multiple XLR mics, or even an external sound generator like an iPad
Hey Ray, great tutorial! Thanks for that! what would be the best app to applie more channels? i have a 16 channel interface and need at least 9 channels of that? greetings
Good question, seems like some others are asking the same, I think you'd probably need to get into something premium like Loopback but also what OS are you on? Maybe VoiceMeeter on Windows. Unfortunately I haven't explored it yet.
This was great help and a life saver for my drum teaching in these crazy times. I’ve now switched to Zoom for my students and like it much better. Do you know if Zoom can detect and broadcast all 8 channels of my interface or do I still need to continue using Ladiocast and soundflower? It would be great to be able to use all of my drum mics if possible but it still sounds pretty good with 1 talkback, 1 overhead, 1 kick and a phone playback channel. Thanks
So helpful! Quick question - is there any way to also get the computer's system audio to go through to Skype using this method? For instance if I'm doing a skype music lesson and I need my teacher to be able to the track I'm playing along to as well as hear my instrument?
Thanks, Oliver! You probably need to route the app you're using for music to Skype kind of the same way I show using an app like this. On Mac there is an app called Loopback which is cool for this as well as Audio Hijack on Windows look at Voicemeeter
Hello Ray, thanks a lot for your video, very clear and works well... Almost well. There is still on step failing to me. I use GarageBand on Mac. I can send the signal of my guitar in Skype but without the effect added on garage band. Situation 1 : I hear clear sound in headphones plugged in the Scarlett and the other person in skype hears the sound with effects. Situation 2 : I hear sound with effect and other person hears without...We can't have both the sound mixed by GarageBand... Any idea / tips for this ? Many thanks.
Thanks. Hard to say given I'm not sure which gear you're using but you need to figure out how to hear the output of LadioCast and there could be a lot of latency if you are trying to route the audio from Soundflower. Hope you found a solution!
hello and congratulations for the channel. I wanted to ask you how do I insert two microphones in ORTF microphone technique? how can i change the pan pot for separate left and right channel?
thank you for this !! it really helped. but i am facing a problem here.. Ladiocast mixer is showing input source to output (soundflower) connected. but somehow when i choose Sound flower 2ch on Skype, it doesnt pick up any sound. i tried both using Audio interface and build in mic. same thing happens. any tips?
That's going to be trickier. If you have an additional input a computer but it will probably need to be a separate computer or tablet/phone. If you don't have any more inputs then you'll need to use some software to send system audio to a channel like I do with LadioCast in this video so that it can be included into your Soundflower channel that Skype is getting.
Hey Ray - thanks so much for this - huge help to a newbie like me! Does Sunflower translate to a stereo sound once it’s heard on the other end of the skype call? For instance, if one of my inputs is binaural beat music intentionally recorded to be heard in a particular way - could I expect it to come out that way intact on the other end of the call (particularly if headphones are used on that end)? Or is it all heard as if it were mono on the other end of the skype call? Thanks!
wonderful that it works for everyone. but I have a problem. When I finish configuring the channels and do the signal sending test, Skype does not receive a signal from soundflower2. The blue dots on the microphone do not move. I have tried everything, can anyone help me? Thank you very much, greetings from Chile
Thanks Ray! Teaching dance classes online since 4 weeks ago, and struggling with the audio through Zoom. What app would replace Soundflower on a PC, please?
This is super helpful! Thank you. Does LadioCast run in the background? And does the routing configuration persist? Or do you have to open it and set it up every time you want to use Soundflower as your input device?
thank you very much for this amazing video. A specific question, im using the same hardware and software config as in your video but would like to link the sound of my logic pro to the main output so i can go live in FB or youtube using the sound of the Logic pro software for example, do you have any idea how this might work?
That's great! It's one thing to make the video, it's another for people to actually find it when they are trying to solve this issue. Glad the title worked!
Thanks. Not a mix-minus per se however nothing that comes in via USB also goes back out USB so the Skype caller will not hear themselves but you couldn't then also open up software and record the whole thing on independent tracks because the Skype caller is not coming in to it's own track. You could however record the whole thing by hooking up an audio recorder to the headphone output but again you'd have a mixed signal.
@@RayOrtega Ahhh, I see. So unlike a Mix Minus, you don't get separate tracks with this setup? So if you want separate tracks, in order to treat each track with different effects in post-production, the only way is still to use a Mix Minus?
Best alternative to ladiocast for more than 4 inputs? Using an Apollo 8p and doing drum lessons over Skype during the virus outbreak. Doing research myself, maybe you could speed it up!
If you can find a way to gather the channels like a mixer or maybe even a DAW then output that to an app then maybe that could be the input for Skype. Apps like Loopback and Audio Hijack might work for this.
Great video! It was super helpful. Trying to use LadioCast to send QLAB Soundboard Audio AND mic input through Skype for podcasting. I understand that much. Do you have any idea how to record these three sounces in a DAW?
Having this same problem going from focusrite into my iPhone for live-streams on instagram/Facebook. I’d like to have my piano or guitar in one channel and my vocal in the other, but it only recognizes whichever channel I make noise into first. Any solution you can think of?
Hey Ray, thank you so much. I have MacOS high sierra, my interface is Apollo Twin. I installed the soundflower and configured the LadioCast the way you showed, I receive Audio to LadioCast but my Skype do not receive any signal when Soundflower2 is the mic input. Have any recommendations on how to solve it? Thank you for your time
Sam, you'd have to send music into channel two either via computer output that was only playing the music or use a phone then if you are connecting to Skype you'd use the setup in the video so the other person could hear both
I'm trying to hook up a Roland V-Tech TD-10 to my skype lessons. Any suggestions? I have a pc and can't seem to get the input recognized. I would like to be able to feed this into a skype call for giving student lessons. I have a M-Audio Duo. Do I need additional equipment? Thanks in advance!
Sorry, not sure why it's not being recognized. On Windows it's often drivers and or firmware, make sure it's all up to date. Also try different platforms other than Skype like Zoom, StreamYard etc
I wonder why it's not working for me. Here's my setup: behringer UMCD404HD guitar is in input 1 mic is in input 2 I'm using an amp as my phones. When I try to use the same setting in this video, there are no signals. But when I change Input 1 to "built-in microphone", it works. Is there something wrong with how I set it up?
Does your Input 1 have HiZ for your guitar? It needs instrumental level power, turn it on if so unless you are already coming into the interface amplified. Also try seeing if your mic works in input 1 to help understand where the breakdown is happening
@@RayOrtega Thanks for your reply! The mic works on input 1. I tried to switch the guitar from input 2 to input 3 and the gain increased (about 50%), which is great. I still couldn't make the Soundflower and Blackhole work though. BUT I was able to make things work without using them at all. My goal was to be able to use my audio interface and play music while on a Zoom/Google call. So what I did was literally just changed my microphone settings to the audio interface I'm using (Behringer), and I was able to use both my mic and guitar in the call. :)
im getting the scarlett 2i4 and I want to be able to use OBS or streaming to youtube, and want to record/stream my internal PC sounds, something i'm playing on my pc AND my mic.. I have a mixer with xlr mic.. so i'm thinking, hook up interface, output going to mixer input (RCA to TRS cable) then RCA to TS cable from output of mixer to INPUT on the interface. am I correct? will i be able to record system sounds from the pc this way? with the soundcard I have now on the computer OUTPUTS or RECORDING i have MIC and WHAT YOU HEAR, or onboard sound there is MIC and STEREO MIX
Quick question before I start getting this going for PC... When recording on Skype (via Skype's recorder), will it record in Mono, or you'll just hear the left on headphones? (that would drive me crazy when reviewing the video LOL)
Thanks! I really appreciate it, each vid is definitely a lot of work but I love making them and helping others get answers to the same questions I have.
Hi Ray, I ended up installing Voicemeeter Banana for my PC. So I don't see a right and a left channel on Voicemeeter… but I got to mix the computer sound (music I play) and the microphone in one channel which I could feed into a Zoom conference. However, the mic comes like about 1 second after the music... there is a lag and that kills my efforts to count over music when I'm teaching my dance classes online via Zoom... Do you know how to fix that lag? Why the mic falls so far behind from the music coming straight from the computer? Thank you so much in advance.
Ray, my brother and I play/practice guitar together. The problem is we drown each other out. Kinda like when we try strumming together, it phases out. Ideas on each end?
This is awesome just what I was looking for! What about audio from iPhone or computer? If i want to play music so the other person on the other end can hear it clearly? Thanks
Hi Ray, your information is really helpful. But When I am recording my vocal in Garageband with an existing music track in Garageband, I am not able to hear the music track. I would like someone on the other end of skype to hear my recording session remotely. I have the audio interface connected to my mac. I did install LadioCast and Sound flower as you mentioned. When I am testing the audio, I can only hear my voice, not the music track in Garageband. Would appreciate your help very much.
thank you so much you are a life saver! since the corona i will be having online vocal lessons over skype and you just made my day and probably my teachers as well so she can hear me over studio mic and not over webcam xD TY! (oh the problem was, i wanted to plug in guitar into second channel)
I have a pioneer S9 (2 channel mixer) that's connected to my Scarlett Solo via XLR. The only audio that comes through clearly on a zoom chat is the mic (connected to my S9), but audio from my turntable does not. any thoughts?
Hi, is there any way to do the same on an iPad Pro? I'd like to have a small portable setup to do my teaching and bought an iRig Pro Duo, but unlike on my laptop, on iOS Zoom has the same 1 audio channel problem as Skype. Any ideas or is it simply not possible?
Hey Ray, this was super helpful but I am stuck again. I am running Soundflower so that I can record Skypes audio in Logic. I did Ladio cast and now the Skype (soundflower track) is picking up the mics as well and doubling everything up. We run seperate tracks for Inputs 1 & 2 right now so we were hoping the 3rd input would be the skype call. It seems we will have to run all three through one track in Logic unless I am missing something where soundflower sends both inputs to Skype but doesnt pick them up as well?
Ray, are there any alternatives to soundflower? Can't get it installed to my Mac (it goes through, permission is given and in the end it says installation is unsuccesfull) Many thanks!
Did you see the extra notes about permissions and Mac? Read the part in the description about Soundflower and then on their page read carefully. If you do it wrong the first time, I think you have to redo it all. The other apps I list in the description would be the alternatives I found.
I haven't tried on iOS but if you find someone here who has a solution, let me know! I'll have to Google around and see if there is an app that for mobile that will combine channels...one of the ones I listed may have something.
Ray, I never question you on this stuff so I know what you say works. My question to you is why not just do a mix-minus type of thing within the DAW. In other words, I don't want to install more software to interface with my IO, which I know this does and I know it works, when I can just use the DAW and do a send from all of my inputs to an AUX bus that gets sent to the computer where I can use it as a Skype and put her anything. Of course with hardware and cables like a field recorder or an actual mixer, as you showed us how to do that and others have, we're doing the same thing with the DAW. I'm not crazy about other layers of interface, even though I know this works. I say all this only to ask, not to tell, because I know you know the answer. Is there any shortcoming of just using my DAW and doing my own mix minus with it so that I don't add another software layer?
No shortcomings, if you have it setup via software you're all set. Many ways to tackle it, this is just for people who have this device and need to figure out. how to use it so both channels can go to Skype. I love hearing other ideas here in the comments, it helps those who really dig in and want many choices, thanks!
Can you please do a tutorial on how this works on a PC? I'm trying to help someone get their podcast off the ground and I'm pulling my hair out trying to learn how to get 3 mics plugged into an Allen & Heath ZEDi10 sent as one audio signal to Skype. You've been a life saver for us little guys this whole time!
I don't have a PC to test on so I haven't tried it but you should be able to use www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/ to do the same thing you see me doing here with LadioCast. Also look at Virtual Audio Cables if that doesn't work. Thanks for the compliments. Let me know how it goes.
Been trying with both but without success. I can get two mics working just fine, but the third one isn't picking up 😞. Thanks for all the work you put in on your channel!
Hi Ray, I'm Jeff...U subbed my old channel years ago...Thanxs...Question 4 ya...I use a communication device for my newly 1-year-old podcast show...I only use my mac built-in mic...When i host guests, I use skype...Afterwards, I edit the whole thing on final cut pro...Would LadioCast be beneficial for me that is just a rookie and doesn't have an official mic?
Thanks for the sub. In your setup I don't see a use for LadioCast but you should definitely get a mic. The best mic you can pick up for a budget price is the Q2u amzn.to/2DXKKza (affiliate link). This will dramatically improve the audio quality. What is a "communication device?" And I assume you are recording with a Skype recorder?
Hey Ray, thanks for this helpful episode!!! It made my system run :) Have you ever tried to use an backing track from your Mac as well? I got my skype partners stuff out to my headphones via the 3,5mm jack on my Mac. This would also be the jack for my play-alongs / backingtracks if I'm using itunes for example. Using iTunes via my headphone out I create an loop because my skype-partner can listen to himself... Help would be appreciatet =)
Thank you! This gets me PART of the way to where I need to be. The other part is that I would like to be able to patch my DAW into the Skype session along with the live mics, so that I can play back part of what's been recorded in the session to the listener on Skype call. In my case I'm using a Focusrite Clarett 8Pre Thunderbolt. The output of my recorded tracks in my DAW is going into Thunderbolt 1/2, but Ladiocast does not see that. How can I route that signal in as well?
First if you are recoding Skype in your DAW make sure you are not monitoring the audio from the DAW or you will send the Skype audio back as well creating a loop. The output of the DAW can't go into the interface and then have that also work as an input to Skype. I think you'd need to try and use Soundflower to route the output of the DAW to LadioCast. You'll need to expirment since this gets all jumbled in my head lol. You could also route the output of your computer back into the Clarrett and then use that channel as the input for Ladiocast. Let me know how it works out.
This is very useful. Unfortunately, Soundflower does not support an M2 Mac. Any ideas for an alternative?
Try Blackhole as a Soundflower alternative existential.audio/blackhole/
Other apps you could try on a mac include:
Loopback: rogueamoeba.com/loopback/
Audio HiJack: rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/
SoundSource: rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/
You saved me today. Had to do a podcast interview where I played piano and sang. SO glad I didn’t have to use the built in mic to my Mac. Easy and clear instructions. I’ll share the crap out of this video! 🙌🏼
Aimee, thanks and glad this helped! Appreciate all the (💩-y) shares 😉
Normally don't leave comments but you just saved my life an hour before a live presentation on Webex (which has the same issue with only being able to read input 1 on a multi-channel interface), not many vids on this specific topic so thank you so much
Hey thanks for the feedback, glad this solved it for you, just in time!
Thank you!!!! Drummer here teaching lessons over Skype during the corona virus. This helped me get my drum mics and a talk back mic into Skype. Thanks!!!!!
Hey that's really cool, keep up the good work and stay well!
J.A. Mena are you using a Ethernet connection to your internet? That will help the most with the quality, but the latency will never be good enough to play together in time with your student.
I’ve been modifying my teaching techniques away from playing together and doing more call and response. I’m also looking for the types of lessons that fit best, so spending time on the psychology of drumming and “how to think” about things.
Good luck!
Michael Enriquez did you use Sound Flower and Ladiocast too? On your MAC?
Christian Canalita yes I used an Spindflower and laddiocast on my old ass MacBook
Extremely helpful! Needed audio from my microphone and bass plugged into the audio interface for online lessons on Skype. Thank you!
Glad this helped! I'm also a bass player so that's an extra bonus! ;)
This was of great help, thanks!
Just 2 things to note:
1) Soundflower doesn't seem to work on OS X Catalina. BlackHole works as an alternative.
2) In Ladiocast you can just use one input (the interface), and select both channels directly as L and R. No need to have a second duplicate input.
OMG! You saved me! Was trying to do a Zoom call, but my M-Audio 192 | 6 wouldn't receive input through zoom so that I could hear other callers through my monitoring headphones that were plugged into the interface. Voice Meter is INCREDIBLE.
What a lifesaver! My guitar teacher can now hear me talk and play over skype during the corona virus lockdown. Thanks so much!
By the way, the most recent version of Soundflower that I could find is here on Github: github.com/mattingalls/Soundflower/releases/download/2.0b2/Soundflower-2.0b2.dmg
Confirmed working on 2019 MBP with Mojave.
Thank you, this was extremely helpful. I'm a guitar teacher from Belgium, trying to keep lessons going during the lockdown. Couldn't figure out why Skype is only seeing the first input of my interface. I used a mixer to combine sources for a few days, but this made the process so much simpler. I'll pass on the word to all my fellow teachers ! How could you know, over one year ago, when you posted this video, that it was gonna help a lot of people to keep their job during this strange time. That is kind of beautiful.
On the video side, I tried to improve my video quality by using a DSLR (T5i) instead of the macbook's webcam. I had to use two softwares, Camera Live and CamTwist, to be able to use it with Skype. Unfortunately the video quality is really low and unusable. Strangely it's great when I use the EOS Utility software from Canon, but as soon as I use it with Skype, the quality drops. I have a good internet connection (wired with an ethernet cable). I gave up, thinking my camera is probably too old to do the job, but maybe you know something about this issue? I'm gonna browse your channel to see if you already covered this subject !
Thank you again for sharing this tip, you are my hero today. Hope everything is good for you, stay safe !
Hi, Bruno, glad you found this video and yes seeing it surge in views due to COVID has been both a surprise and pleasure...not exactly what I was planning for lol! Really happy that it helps in any little way and glad to hear you're staying inside. I'm on lockdown here too, one week in.
As for the video, it could just be Skype. I do have some vids on here which you may have found about using your Canon DSLR as a webcam and with some of the stuff you found. One suggestion would be to try something other than Skype. Look at StreamYard.com, they have a free plan and I'm really enjoying it.
@@RayOrtega Hey Ray, thank you for the reply. I found the solution for the video ! I had to set the video resolution and the frame rate manually in CamTwist's preference menu, that's it ! This made me think: tutorial videos on the internet are like the GPS in your car, easy steps but you might forget to think outside of those steps and follow them blindly.
Keep up the good work and stay safe !
wow. Thank you. NO ONE else ever said that Skype only uses channel 1! Saved me!
I would also suggest that you could use a mixer in front of your audio interface. That way regardless of how many inputs you require your Audio Interface would get the final mix as one signal.
Mic CH1/Guitar CH2/Bass CH3/Mic2 CH4 etc----->MIXER---(main out)--->Audio Interface CH1----(USB Output)--->PC--->Skype
Hey man, great video... for starting should I get the presonus audiobox USB 96 or focusrite 212 3rd gen? has a $60 difference for 2 input interface but is it worth it? I want to record videos through OBS and also in future do physical and online podcasts via skype/zoom... would really appreciate the help
Secondly which key light are you using in this video?
Thanks, key is version 1 of this light podhelp.me/120dKitvmountBH and both Presonus and Focusrite make interfaces that are on par with each other so either would probably be fine.
We've got the Saffire Pro 40, and after trying this and another option, involving a cheap 4-channel mixer we also have, we ended up just sending the Saffire's headphone out to the mic input jack on the PC (haven't tried the blue line input jack, but that's next). Done. There's maybe 3/4 of a second delay/lag, but definitely something we can live with, and it sounds way better than just the mic on the webcam. We're running 5 drum mics, 1 overhead condenser, and another one for the drummer's voice through the Saffire and the Skype user on the other end can hear it all and the levels are mixed and controlled by the interface. Also, we disabled Skype's automatic handling of the audio and set the level ourselves to about 7.
Yes, any way you can combine a mix and send as a single track should work which is what I recommended above for a possible ipad option/hack. Glad you got what you needed!
You are my hero! I was trying to figure out how to use my Focusrite 2i4 and mic over Skype, and this works perfectly. Thank you!
Cool! So glad this worked and you found this video. Thanks for watching and commenting.
i was looking for a solution for my problem for many hours and thanks to you i found it!!! I was traying to but my DAW as input in skype so my students can hear a mix of my microphone and instrument with eq compressor etc but skype was automaticly muteing my input signal in soundflower... but now, thanks to ladiocast everything is working fine!!!
That's great news! Really happy this helped, thanks for sharing!
In my case with Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6 (or 3) there’s a way to combine selected channels into one on the device itself and send it via USB to Skype and receive caller’s voice from Skype via USB input back to Mix-Pre as a separate channel. Basically, it does mix-minus out of the box. Super convenient and “free” or at least less complicated and more reliable.
Yes I love the MixPre series and I will have one soon but I haven't seen where multiple inputs will be recognized by Skype. What is the setting for that? I know all the rest, how the USB goes to it's own channel and this is why you don't get loopback to Skype because Skype doesn't hear the channel 3 USB. I'll know more once I can test this for myself.
Ray Ortega I use it as 2 ins / 2 outs device for my Mac, not in multichannel mode. Once Mix-Pre is in advanced mode, I go to Settings > Outputs > St. Out Left/Right and send only inputs 1, 2, 3 to the left and right channels. Both channels are accessible from Skype. Input 4 is set up as USB 1 (you just press the knob and change input source) and I have Mix-Pre as an input and output device for OS sound. Now I can send 3 mics to Skype, receive and record Skype on channel 4 and send Skype + inputs 1, 2, 3 to headphone output where I have splitter.
@@pepelsbey Skype only picks up left side but since you are sending them left, that makes sense. And yes I've seen that ability but you lose multichannel at that point or will it still record discrete tracks to SD card? Cause it's cool that it does that but losing multichannel is not worth it IMO if you want to do post production. With the MixPre you can also select what channels go out of the analog output so one way to retain multichannel is to send all channels besides Skype and connect that to the computer so that you get the best of both worlds. Of course all of this is dependent on your workflow and if a mix works for you then recoding that is fine. This video however is about multichannel and retaining that functionality because in a lot of cases that is why people bought a multichannel device. Still love the MixPre and in fact it's the device that I put most podcasters who have a budget on but of course most can't afford it when they are starting out and they have a hard time seeing the value unfortunately.
Ray Ortega yes, I’m sending 2 channels to Mac and recording multitracks on SD card at the same time. I believe it’s a pretty rare feature for audio interfaces like this. I used to have Zoom H5 and I was really disappointed with lack of this feature. I’m really happy with workflow where my Mac is just a source of an audio and input a mix for caller’s convenience. All recording is happening on the device itself, including Skype’s track. It feels much more reliable. Also I double checked my settings and I’m sending channels 1, 2, 3 only to L in both St. Out L/R options for some reason. I don’t remember why but it seems I got it right :)
@@pepelsbey Cool, I'm getting the MP3 for work and I look forward to testing all this out. Have fun!
Had my first online lesson last week, you saved me, thank you very much!! 🙏🏼
Thanks Ray. I really appreciate your advice. I belong to a non-profit organization that is interested in starting a podcast. This information has been enormously helpful.
My pleasure. My advice would be to simplify the process. Don't over think it, try to do the simplest production possible and then grow from there. I saw your comment on another video where the person showed their setup with a mixer and H6 and there were several things wrong with their advice. For starters, for what he was showing, you don't even need the mixer when you have an H6. So many people will waste money on setup on following that advice.
Hey Ray, that looks great, I will try, thanks!! I am still not sure if the guys you speak to will be able to hear you in stereo? I will do some drum classes on skype and would like to send stereo audio from my sound card. So I am trying to make my sound card as a "sound in" option in Skype. I installed "soundflower" which comes up in the mac prefs, so Skype can detect "sound in" from itunes, but it seems more complicated to have the sound cards pop up as "sound in" in Skype.. and it might still be in mono? Would be so nice if it was possible to use a good pro tools mix through my universal audio sound cards into skype..
I think everything you do will be mono because Skype is mono and thus the reason for this issue. The two channel interface which uses essentially a stereo connection to give you the two mono channels will only be seen by Skype on the left channel (1). So I don't think there is a way to do stereo. But I've also seen drums mic'd mono so perhaps just a compromise?;)
Take a look at another service for connection like StreamYard.com and that might work.
@@RayOrtega Thanks :-)
Amazing, thanks for this video Ray. About to start teaching all of my guitar lessons on Skype. So helpful! You are going to help a lot of people out over the coming weeks and months!
Thanks, Aengus. I definitely wasn't planning for a pandemic situation but glad it may help even a little! Good luck with your lessons, I just picked up the bass a year ago and I'm loving it.
@@RayOrtega That's great, well you will have lots of time to practice now haha! Enjoy it, and thanks again!
Thanks. I work in Windows and use Cubase 10.5. Can you do a tutorial for the same result but for windows? Thanks.
Thanks so much for this video Ray, it's been a real help. It's been getting tougher and tougher to hold on to students over the past few weeks. I'm hoping that the ability to give Skype lessons with above-average sound quality (using good mics through an interface) will allow me to keep more of them and maybe even attract a few new students. Fingers crossed! Thanks again.
Glad this helped! Good luck to you, stay safe and healthy!
I've been looking for a solution for a while! I already knew about Voicemeter Banana, but I didn't understand that common applications didn't use channel 2, only channel 1. Now I understand what's happening and I can make better use of my interface... Thank you very much for sharing this information!
the answer that I was looking for. I really wanted to sing with my guitar over video chat like zoom, skype and etc, but I could not find a straightforward answer until your video! thank you!
I used Blackhole instead of Soundflower (also on a Mac) but had missed a vital piece of information to make this work until I watched your video. Thanks!
Yes this is the second time I've heard about Blackhole. I haven't tried it yet but it seems to be the solution if Soundflower isn't working. Thanks for the feedback.
Bro can you do the video tutorial for windows please. 🙌🏻
That was super helpful! Got a Focusrite 18/20 and wanted to use ZenCastr. Was having a hell of a time trying to figure out why I wasn't getting a signal. Problem solved thanks to you!
Awesome! Zencastr is great, it should take inputs one and I think two but after that it's this method. Enjoy and thanks for watching and commenting!
@@RayOrtega Will do! My only problem with ZenCastr right now is audio drag. Have you experienced this or know how to stop it from happening?
@@mattgiovanisci Do you mean the audio files go out of sync? If so it appears to be a tricky issue and only SquadCast.fm has solved it so far. Or are you talking about something else?
This is a referral link btw if you want to check them out squadcast.fm/?salescamp=PGMtgm7oGHuShp4P42AbFvQg They're the first ones I've seen to solve the biggest issues that these double-ender systems have such as progressive upload and sync.
@@RayOrtega Dude, another win! Thanks for all the help, this is exactly what I was looking for :-)
That was a huge help. Thanks!! The combination of those two apps is exactly what I needed.
Super, glad this worked for you!
Love this content! Directing many other musician friends who are teaching during coronavirus to you. Thank you!
This worked for me on my Mac using the two-channel version of Soundhole in conjunction with LasioCast. I had to fiddle with the settings within Skype a little but I think the test was successful and hopefully it will work for my guitar lesson next Thursday.
That WAS extremely helpful to me, thanks Ray! I was stumped when I saw that the Focusrite software didn't support Output Routing for the Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen, but you sorted me out!
Thanks, Andrew. So glad this helped!
Thanks Ray! Have been banging my head over this - it seems that the fancier your studio setup, the more problems you run into with Zoom and Skype. I have an M1 Silicon Mac Pro, which Soundflower doesn't support, but I can confirm that Blackhole + LadioCast works! Hooray!
Thanks for the feedback, Emily, glad this was helpful!
@@RayOrtega had some issues with the local sound on my computer being heard. My fix in the end (lessons over Skype requiring an audio interface with instrument line in and mic in , plus music backing tracks) was to route the backing track from my Mac headphone jack into the audio interface channel 3&4, then route those via LadioCast to BlackHole. It worked!
@@Factotum6814 Glad to hear you got it sorted, congrats!
Thanks for the great video 🤘
But after having done all the settings (Scarlett 8I6 and ladiocast-sunflower) Skype doesn't get any sound , any solution please ? 🙏
If Soundflower is not working for you, try Blackhole existential.audio/blackhole/, you'll see in the comments here that this has worked better for many people
@@RayOrtega thanx a lot Ray 🤘🎸
You just saved me $500. Thank you for this awesome video.
That's great! Thanks for letting me know.
@@RayOrtega Oh and I am on a brand new MacBook Pro. No issues.
This helped me out a great deal. I am subscribing in case you do any other videos that help me out. I had never heard of the software you mentioned in your description. Thank you very much Ray.
Thanks, Resto, appreciate the sub and compliments!
Thank you ray ... you're phenomenal. From your videos over the years, I've learned how to record audio into my Canon 70D ... as well as numerous other twerks that no one else answered on youtube (I've watched many of your videos ... many times). This is going to be another one of those videos as I have a closet full of xlr mics, just ordered a focusrite so I could use two channels with Skype and Zoom, and then found out the programs only accept one input. ... Again ... thanks.
So glad this worked for you! There are some apps that will recognize the two channels like Zencastr.com I believe but not all do so this is a decent hack when needed. And thanks so much for all the kind words!
HI I have just configured this to work with skype and IT WORKED! Thanks alot for that. A couple of questions: 1. now that I have downloaded all this and configured it for skype, will it affect other programs like facetime, zoom, web online classrooms etc? and 2. Is there a way to configure this setup to also have audio from my computer being routed through this so i could for example play a track on youtube and play along to it on guitar and have my students hear that on their end? Cheers!! :D
Glad this worked. It's going to get trickier to try to bring in audio from the same computer. You might need an additional app like Loopback that I listed in the description or what you could try is bringing the output of your computer into the audio interface cause you need some way to get the audio from RUclips into the interface either through an app where you route the browser audio to Soundflower or by physically plugging the computer output which can only be RUclips or else you'll get other sounds, into the audio interface itself and then sending that channel to Skype via something like the setup here with Ladiocast. You can also use an external device like a phone or other computer to input into the audio interface and just play youtube or any other music through that dedicated device.
This is so awesome man! Thanks for this, posted a little over two years ago, but still helping people! Thank you
Thanks, Robert!
Used to work perfectly but since updating mac security update Skype won't receive audio from Ladiocast (I'm still on Mojave 10.14.6). Zoom works fine with Ladiocast though. Please help if you can.
same here - unless built-in microphone input Skype cannot hear any other input. I tried to create Aggregate Device (Applications>Utilities>Audio MIDI Setup.app) and put Soundflower(2ch) there and use the device is microphone source for the Skype - same deal. It does not hear it while if built-in microphone added to Aggregate Device works. They made skype not being able to hear anything but directly assigned mice interface
railgraf this might help, what I’ve done as an alternative ruclips.net/video/dSP6zg3FiYU/видео.html
Thanks for this! Any idea if there is a hardware solution to do the same thing? I want to be able to use multiple XLR mics, or even an external sound generator like an iPad
Hey Ray, great tutorial! Thanks for that!
what would be the best app to applie more channels? i have a 16 channel interface and need at least 9 channels of that?
greetings
Good question, seems like some others are asking the same, I think you'd probably need to get into something premium like Loopback but also what OS are you on? Maybe VoiceMeeter on Windows. Unfortunately I haven't explored it yet.
This was great help and a life saver for my drum teaching in these crazy times. I’ve now switched to Zoom for my students and like it much better. Do you know if Zoom can detect and broadcast all 8 channels of my interface or do I still need to continue using Ladiocast and soundflower? It would be great to be able to use all of my drum mics if possible but it still sounds pretty good with 1 talkback, 1 overhead, 1 kick and a phone playback channel. Thanks
Exactly what I´ve searched for! God bless you!
So helpful! Quick question - is there any way to also get the computer's system audio to go through to Skype using this method? For instance if I'm doing a skype music lesson and I need my teacher to be able to the track I'm playing along to as well as hear my instrument?
Thanks, Oliver! You probably need to route the app you're using for music to Skype kind of the same way I show using an app like this. On Mac there is an app called Loopback which is cool for this as well as Audio Hijack on Windows look at Voicemeeter
@@RayOrtega Thanks Ray! I'll look into those!
Thank you so so much, I've been looking for this in order to teach my singing lessons via Zoom. Fingers crossed it'll work
Thanks I hope it's been working for you! If not check out the pinned comment that gives an alternative
Thank you so much, this has been very helpful for my Zoom/Slack video call meeting!
Great, thanks for letting me know!
Hello Ray, thanks a lot for your video, very clear and works well... Almost well. There is still on step failing to me. I use GarageBand on Mac. I can send the signal of my guitar in Skype but without the effect added on garage band. Situation 1 : I hear clear sound in headphones plugged in the Scarlett and the other person in skype hears the sound with effects. Situation 2 : I hear sound with effect and other person hears without...We can't have both the sound mixed by GarageBand... Any idea / tips for this ? Many thanks.
Thanks. Hard to say given I'm not sure which gear you're using but you need to figure out how to hear the output of LadioCast and there could be a lot of latency if you are trying to route the audio from Soundflower. Hope you found a solution!
You've solved in few minute a problem that takes me hours of web research...THANK YOU
hello and congratulations for the channel. I wanted to ask you how do I insert two microphones in ORTF microphone technique? how can i change the pan pot for separate left and right channel?
thank you for this !! it really helped. but i am facing a problem here.. Ladiocast mixer is showing input source to output (soundflower) connected. but somehow when i choose Sound flower 2ch on Skype, it doesnt pick up any sound. i tried both using Audio interface and build in mic. same thing happens. any tips?
Thanks Ray. Now i got my guitar and mic working. However my system sounds (itunes, RUclips etc) doesn't integrate on the call. How do i fix that?
That's going to be trickier. If you have an additional input a computer but it will probably need to be a separate computer or tablet/phone. If you don't have any more inputs then you'll need to use some software to send system audio to a channel like I do with LadioCast in this video so that it can be included into your Soundflower channel that Skype is getting.
@@RayOrtega ok thanks, giving it a shot.
Great video mate, is it possible to make this work using your DAW instead? (Logic X in my case)
Hey Ray - thanks so much for this - huge help to a newbie like me! Does Sunflower translate to a stereo sound once it’s heard on the other end of the skype call? For instance, if one of my inputs is binaural beat music intentionally recorded to be heard in a particular way - could I expect it to come out that way intact on the other end of the call (particularly if headphones are used on that end)? Or is it all heard as if it were mono on the other end of the skype call? Thanks!
wonderful that it works for everyone. but I have a problem. When I finish configuring the channels and do the signal sending test, Skype does not receive a signal from soundflower2. The blue dots on the microphone do not move. I have tried everything, can anyone help me? Thank you very much, greetings from Chile
Please please!!!!!!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks a lot. That saved my wife's online lessons!!
Thanks Ray! Teaching dance classes online since 4 weeks ago, and struggling with the audio through Zoom. What app would replace Soundflower on a PC, please?
This is super helpful! Thank you. Does LadioCast run in the background? And does the routing configuration persist? Or do you have to open it and set it up every time you want to use Soundflower as your input device?
Thanks for the video it realy help me a lot !!! Been searching for info about this.
Thanks, Toze
thank you very much for this amazing video. A specific question, im using the same hardware and software config as in your video but would like to link the sound of my logic pro to the main output so i can go live in FB or youtube using the sound of the Logic pro software for example, do you have any idea how this might work?
OMG!!! The solution I was searching for... Best RUclips Channel ever!!!
That's great! It's one thing to make the video, it's another for people to actually find it when they are trying to solve this issue. Glad the title worked!
This looks great. Is this also a mix minus in effect?
Thanks. Not a mix-minus per se however nothing that comes in via USB also goes back out USB so the Skype caller will not hear themselves but you couldn't then also open up software and record the whole thing on independent tracks because the Skype caller is not coming in to it's own track. You could however record the whole thing by hooking up an audio recorder to the headphone output but again you'd have a mixed signal.
@@RayOrtega Ahhh, I see. So unlike a Mix Minus, you don't get separate tracks with this setup? So if you want separate tracks, in order to treat each track with different effects in post-production, the only way is still to use a Mix Minus?
@@BenPhelps You could still get multitrack by selecting the multichannel device as your input for your DAW.
Best alternative to ladiocast for more than 4 inputs? Using an Apollo 8p and doing drum lessons over Skype during the virus outbreak. Doing research myself, maybe you could speed it up!
If you can find a way to gather the channels like a mixer or maybe even a DAW then output that to an app then maybe that could be the input for Skype. Apps like Loopback and Audio Hijack might work for this.
THANK YOU! Definitely the best video out there for this! After 3 hours of Youtubing, you saved my sanity.
so what I needed to was unplug it from port 2 to port 1 LOL god dangit thank you! Easy and clear instructions!
Glad you got it worked out, thanks!
Great video! It was super helpful. Trying to use LadioCast to send QLAB Soundboard Audio AND mic input through Skype for podcasting. I understand that much. Do you have any idea how to record these three sounces in a DAW?
Having this same problem going from focusrite into my iPhone for live-streams on instagram/Facebook. I’d like to have my piano or guitar in one channel and my vocal in the other, but it only recognizes whichever channel I make noise into first. Any solution you can think of?
Hey Ray, thank you so much. I have MacOS high sierra, my interface is Apollo Twin. I installed the soundflower and configured the LadioCast the way you showed, I receive Audio to LadioCast but my Skype do not receive any signal when Soundflower2 is the mic input. Have any recommendations on how to solve it? Thank you for your time
If you didn't get it fixed check out the pinned comment for a solution using blackhole
How would I set this up so I could play music during one of the podcasts? Can I set the music to its own channel?
Thank you!!
Sam, you'd have to send music into channel two either via computer output that was only playing the music or use a phone then if you are connecting to Skype you'd use the setup in the video so the other person could hear both
I'm trying to hook up a Roland V-Tech TD-10 to my skype lessons. Any suggestions? I have a pc and can't seem to get the input recognized. I would like to be able to feed this into a skype call for giving student lessons. I have a M-Audio Duo. Do I need additional equipment? Thanks in advance!
Sorry, not sure why it's not being recognized. On Windows it's often drivers and or firmware, make sure it's all up to date. Also try different platforms other than Skype like Zoom, StreamYard etc
@@RayOrtega Thanks Ray - I can;t get virtual banana to see it as an input.
I wonder why it's not working for me. Here's my setup:
behringer UMCD404HD
guitar is in input 1
mic is in input 2
I'm using an amp as my phones.
When I try to use the same setting in this video, there are no signals. But when I change Input 1 to "built-in microphone", it works.
Is there something wrong with how I set it up?
Does your Input 1 have HiZ for your guitar? It needs instrumental level power, turn it on if so unless you are already coming into the interface amplified. Also try seeing if your mic works in input 1 to help understand where the breakdown is happening
@@RayOrtega Thanks for your reply! The mic works on input 1. I tried to switch the guitar from input 2 to input 3 and the gain increased (about 50%), which is great.
I still couldn't make the Soundflower and Blackhole work though. BUT I was able to make things work without using them at all. My goal was to be able to use my audio interface and play music while on a Zoom/Google call. So what I did was literally just changed my microphone settings to the audio interface I'm using (Behringer), and I was able to use both my mic and guitar in the call. :)
@@brcaranto Great to hear!
im getting the scarlett 2i4 and I want to be able to use OBS or streaming to youtube, and want to record/stream my internal PC sounds, something i'm playing on my pc AND my mic.. I have a mixer with xlr mic.. so i'm thinking, hook up interface, output going to mixer input (RCA to TRS cable) then RCA to TS cable from output of mixer to INPUT on the interface. am I correct? will i be able to record system sounds from the pc this way? with the soundcard I have now on the computer OUTPUTS or RECORDING i have MIC and WHAT YOU HEAR, or onboard sound there is MIC and STEREO MIX
Quick question before I start getting this going for PC... When recording on Skype (via Skype's recorder), will it record in Mono, or you'll just hear the left on headphones? (that would drive me crazy when reviewing the video LOL)
Great Vid!!! So relevant right now. You have fixed Microsoft teams for me, thanks :)
Thanks!
Well produced video! you can clearly see how much effort you put into it :)
Thanks! I really appreciate it, each vid is definitely a lot of work but I love making them and helping others get answers to the same questions I have.
Hi Ray, I ended up installing Voicemeeter Banana for my PC. So I don't see a right and a left channel on Voicemeeter… but I got to mix the computer sound (music I play) and the microphone in one channel which I could feed into a Zoom conference. However, the mic comes like about 1 second after the music... there is a lag and that kills my efforts to count over music when I'm teaching my dance classes online via Zoom... Do you know how to fix that lag? Why the mic falls so far behind from the music coming straight from the computer? Thank you so much in advance.
Ray, my brother and I play/practice guitar together. The problem is we drown each other out. Kinda like when we try strumming together, it phases out. Ideas on each end?
Sound flower seems to be limited to 4 channels. What software would you recommend.for 6 channel requirement?
This is awesome just what I was looking for! What about audio from iPhone or computer? If i want to play music so the other person on the other end can hear it clearly? Thanks
Hi, thanks for great upload! But how about latency?? How do you solve this problem ?
Ray- were you able to find any app that would work for iOS (ipad) and combine multiple sources to mono for Skype?
Sorry, no I haven't
Hi Ray, your information is really helpful. But When I am recording my vocal in Garageband with an existing music track in Garageband, I am not able to hear the music track. I would like someone on the other end of skype to hear my recording session remotely. I have the audio interface connected to my mac. I did install LadioCast and Sound flower as you mentioned. When I am testing the audio, I can only hear my voice, not the music track in Garageband. Would appreciate your help very much.
Lifesaver, thanks! This works for Microsoft Teams too. Using LadioCast on Mac with Teams :)
thank you so much you are a life saver! since the corona i will be having online vocal lessons over skype and you just made my day and probably my teachers as well so she can hear me over studio mic and not over webcam xD TY! (oh the problem was, i wanted to plug in guitar into second channel)
I have a pioneer S9 (2 channel mixer) that's connected to my Scarlett Solo via XLR. The only audio that comes through clearly on a zoom chat is the mic (connected to my S9), but audio from my turntable does not. any thoughts?
Hi, is there any way to do the same on an iPad Pro? I'd like to have a small portable setup to do my teaching and bought an iRig Pro Duo, but unlike on my laptop, on iOS Zoom has the same 1 audio channel problem as Skype. Any ideas or is it simply not possible?
Hi Ray. Thanks from Peckham Road Studio, London. Stay safe! Paul.
Hey Ray, this was super helpful but I am stuck again. I am running Soundflower so that I can record Skypes audio in Logic. I did Ladio cast and now the Skype (soundflower track) is picking up the mics as well and doubling everything up. We run seperate tracks for Inputs 1 & 2 right now so we were hoping the 3rd input would be the skype call. It seems we will have to run all three through one track in Logic unless I am missing something where soundflower sends both inputs to Skype but doesnt pick them up as well?
Ray, are there any alternatives to soundflower? Can't get it installed to my Mac (it goes through, permission is given and in the end it says installation is unsuccesfull) Many thanks!
Did you see the extra notes about permissions and Mac? Read the part in the description about Soundflower and then on their page read carefully. If you do it wrong the first time, I think you have to redo it all. The other apps I list in the description would be the alternatives I found.
@@RayOrtega yes I did. Thank you anyway!
@@RayOrtega I have read, that "BlackHole" (also available at GitHub) is the updated plugin for Mac Catalina :) It works for me.
Really helpful. Do you know how to do if I want to play tracks on the Mac? Thank you
Hi Ray, is there any way of doing the same thing on an IPad instead of a Mac? Which software would you recommend?
I haven't tried on iOS but if you find someone here who has a solution, let me know! I'll have to Google around and see if there is an app that for mobile that will combine channels...one of the ones I listed may have something.
how come the audio on skype sounded less quality than yours on the video? wouldnt it be the same?
Ray, I never question you on this stuff so I know what you say works. My question to you is why not just do a mix-minus type of thing within the DAW. In other words, I don't want to install more software to interface with my IO, which I know this does and I know it works, when I can just use the DAW and do a send from all of my inputs to an AUX bus that gets sent to the computer where I can use it as a Skype and put her anything. Of course with hardware and cables like a field recorder or an actual mixer, as you showed us how to do that and others have, we're doing the same thing with the DAW. I'm not crazy about other layers of interface, even though I know this works. I say all this only to ask, not to tell, because I know you know the answer. Is there any shortcoming of just using my DAW and doing my own mix minus with it so that I don't add another software layer?
No shortcomings, if you have it setup via software you're all set. Many ways to tackle it, this is just for people who have this device and need to figure out. how to use it so both channels can go to Skype. I love hearing other ideas here in the comments, it helps those who really dig in and want many choices, thanks!
@@RayOrtega You're the best buddy, in many ways, knowledge and attitude to start with.. thank you!!
Can you please do a tutorial on how this works on a PC? I'm trying to help someone get their podcast off the ground and I'm pulling my hair out trying to learn how to get 3 mics plugged into an Allen & Heath ZEDi10 sent as one audio signal to Skype. You've been a life saver for us little guys this whole time!
I don't have a PC to test on so I haven't tried it but you should be able to use www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/ to do the same thing you see me doing here with LadioCast. Also look at Virtual Audio Cables if that doesn't work. Thanks for the compliments. Let me know how it goes.
Been trying with both but without success. I can get two mics working just fine, but the third one isn't picking up 😞. Thanks for all the work you put in on your channel!
@@Flaco1488 OK thanks for the feedback. I'll need to try to find a way to test it out.
On Facebook Live, channel 1 is only coming out of the left side. Would this tutorial solve that as well?
Hi Ray, I'm Jeff...U subbed my old channel years ago...Thanxs...Question 4 ya...I use a communication device for my newly 1-year-old podcast show...I only use my mac built-in mic...When i host guests, I use skype...Afterwards, I edit the whole thing on final cut pro...Would LadioCast be beneficial for me that is just a rookie and doesn't have an official mic?
Thanks for the sub. In your setup I don't see a use for LadioCast but you should definitely get a mic. The best mic you can pick up for a budget price is the Q2u amzn.to/2DXKKza (affiliate link). This will dramatically improve the audio quality. What is a "communication device?" And I assume you are recording with a Skype recorder?
HI Ray great tips but does this work in Catalina? I don't seem to be able to download Sound Flower anymore?
Thank you so much for this video! Helped out a lot for my lessons over skype!
Thanks..worked perfectly using my new ssl2
Hey Ray, thanks for this helpful episode!!! It made my system run :)
Have you ever tried to use an backing track from your Mac as well?
I got my skype partners stuff out to my headphones via the 3,5mm jack on my Mac. This would also be the jack for my play-alongs / backingtracks if I'm using itunes for example.
Using iTunes via my headphone out I create an loop because my skype-partner can listen to himself...
Help would be appreciatet =)
Thank you! This gets me PART of the way to where I need to be. The other part is that I would like to be able to patch my DAW into the Skype session along with the live mics, so that I can play back part of what's been recorded in the session to the listener on Skype call.
In my case I'm using a Focusrite Clarett 8Pre Thunderbolt. The output of my recorded tracks in my DAW is going into Thunderbolt 1/2, but Ladiocast does not see that. How can I route that signal in as well?
First if you are recoding Skype in your DAW make sure you are not monitoring the audio from the DAW or you will send the Skype audio back as well creating a loop. The output of the DAW can't go into the interface and then have that also work as an input to Skype. I think you'd need to try and use Soundflower to route the output of the DAW to LadioCast. You'll need to expirment since this gets all jumbled in my head lol. You could also route the output of your computer back into the Clarrett and then use that channel as the input for Ladiocast. Let me know how it works out.