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Hey just wanted to say thank you! I got the wave 3 yesterday and this made it so easy to set up. Out the box everyone could hear my pc fans, all sorted now!
Hell yeah!! Its great software but there's so many options n potential filters etc that's its hard to figure out what you should use. So im Glad the video helped 🔥
I'm so glad I could help!!! I've had so many people ask me questions about my setup recently, So I thought making a FULL walkthrough of everything would be useful for everyone haha
Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it! For those who are wondering why the VSTs aren't showing up in your Wave Link, make sure to reset your wavelink. That means fully quitting the program, so check your hidden icons to see if it's fully shut down.
Thank you 🔥 I'm pretty sure there's a setting in the "cog" menu that let's you click to scan your vst folders so it can find what you just installed.. Obviously restarting usually works too 🤔
@@ajsarsfield I tried doing that, but it wouldn't find the VST for some reason. 🤷🏽 Honestly, maybe I was doing it wrong. Haha Can't argue with the results from your tutorial though. 😊
As someone who owned this product for more than a year now and paired it with the Elgato Wave XLR, its a really really better device compared to my old HyperX Quadcast. Super satisfied with my purchase. For the equalizer, I really do suggest play around with it first. Its really straight forward but if you want to use the presets and tweak it to your liking then that can definitely make things work faster. The Elgato Noise Suppresion ONLY WORKS properly when you have an NVIDIA RTX graphics card. As an amd user, it only mutes the background a bit. I've tried it with an NVIDIA RTX Graphics card and the difference is massive. IF you are wondering can it mute "AC Noise" or "FAN NOISE" yes it absolutely can, with RTX card or an AMD graphics card. If you pair this with the Wave XLR like what I am doing, volume pick up for the mic can be set to 75%. Anything above that, you'd best have good room treatment otherwise it'll start picking up even the slight background noise. De-esser is a very nice addition.
Great choice tbh!! 🔥 (Especially the new white one 👀) I've been really impressed with it so far... even comparing it to my SM7B it holds up at 3X cheaper
Important note: your sample rate does not matter. Higher doesn’t mean “better.” Not in a streaming/content creation sense. You need to make sure your sample rate matches your computer’s/audio interface’s sample rate. If you have 2 different sample rates It’ll create clocking issues or stop working entirely.
That is true!! (Probably should have added that caveat) I mostly do it, cause I record a lot of my audio in Premiere pro for my videos So while 96khz isn't necessarily "better" Quality it may help avoid audio distortions and issues Especially if I manipulate my audio a lot in editing Plus because its divisible by 48/24 it also means it shouldn't "shift" or drift away from the video over longer takes I've defo made the mistake of recording in 44.1hz before and had to resync the audio every couple of mins 😅
@ligmabowls1230 48khz will work just fine.. I only use the higher setting because I record into premiere pro for my videos and sometimes other software that I edit audio in. Bur for OBS, 48khz will be fine and nobody will tell a difference
Great choice tbh!! I really like the Podmic, they sound awesome and are built like a tank! Did you see the new Coloured Pop filters RODE just announced?
@@ajsarsfield It really did! 🔥 I tried to set it up on my own by just trying different settings but I found myself just blindly moving things around. Your video really did help me understand what everything does and what works best. Keep up the great work mate, you've got a new subscriber in me! 👍
another amazing video i think i might of fixed somethings with this but also might look into a few things like maybe changing the mini goxlr to maybe the new stream deck+ dock for xlr mics but gonna check into it more but again thanks for the info and the help keep up the great job bro
If there's anything you need to specifically know let me know!! I used to have a full size goxlr before I moved to my now ALL elgato setup so i defo relate to your thought process 😅
I have an Entire video on here about loudmax by itself 🤭 It does seem a bit confusing at first but once you get your head around it, it's not too bad. 2 sliders Bottom one is your output volume so you set that as the "max" volume you want that sources audio to be. (For vocals I set that at -5db ish) And the top one is the Threshold where the audio starts being compressed... I normally start with it completely to the right And while talking lower it until my voice is hitting around -5 or the orange bar doesn't move or barely moves.. If the bar is moving too much it usually means your audio is over compressed and can start sounding weird or a bit distorted
@@ajsarsfield For sure. I had some trouble setting up the VSTS I think if possible you should also add the steps for that as well next time or did I miss it? For me I had to copy the VSTs in the CommonFiles/VST3 folder on windows 11 and run a scan from 'Settings > Audio Effects'. Anyway working like charm now. Thanks again.
Appreciate the feedback! i might make a VST specific guide going through those steps! Although the specific location can be different on different machines/windows versions but I'm sure that's something i can mention...
I actually have the same guide but for OBS too in a different video ;) You would be better setting it up all in the Rodecaster though if you can figure it out and then JUST setup the limiter/Loudmax in OBS etc
Hey brother thank you for replying and thank you for your work.and I got a stream deck plus and I want to learn how to set up my sounds with it like game,stream,discord and like Spotify.theres a lot of people making videos on how but they don’t go into detail and I like what you just did in that video the went into detail and broke it down perfectly
Hey dude, first off, awesome video. Simply just awesome. One question though, I can't seem to get the clicks of my mouse out of the background with my wave 3. I've set the gate to not pick them up. I have everything the video has, basically the same settings. My mouse isn't super loud. So, I'm not sure what to do. The directionality of my mic seems to be fine though. Also, it's on a boom arm and in one of those suspenders.
I was going to lurk this for the support but now I’m cutting hubby n my tv time short so I can go upstairs to go play with audio. What have you done?! 🤩 Also love your editing style! 😍
Heads up for folks trying to istall the Rough Rider 3 compressor from Audio Damage on MacOS with Wave LInk. I had to install the .au file via their installer as the VST3 file was not recognized by Wave Link.
This has to be one of the easiest to follow setup videos I've seen. Thank you. I've been struggling to get my SM7B to sound right since I got it.. just an endless fight with levels and clipping and seemingly having OBS filters that just don't seem to do anything. Hopeful this video will help me out while I still have some hair left haha. May I ask a dumb question? If you have all these filters set via WaveLink.. can I then just put the mic straight in to OBS without any follow up tweaking IN OBS? Or should I still be doing something to it there?
Yes! You don't need to do anything extra in obs at all.🥰 In Obs you can either import the mic by itself (MicrophoneFX input) That way it's seperate from other sounds and is easier to mute music etc in "Vod" tracks etc then Or you can input the "stream mix" which includes ALL of your audio sources from wavelink as 1 channel. But you'd have to make any live volume changes etc in wavelink or use a streamdeck then
Weirdly When I made this, it wasn't built in!but in a recent update they added the noise gate feature 🤔 I still prefer the stand alone ones csuse they're usually a bit more reliable & you can seperate gate & Supression if you need to but either way will work fine for most people
Great informative video. My only problem is I extract and put rough rider in my vst 3 folder. When I go to scan for vst plugins every vst you recommended will show up but rought rider 3
I think for Rough Rider (at least the file I downloaded) had an installer rather than having to manually copy the files to my VST3 folder.. Once id ran the installer and restarted wavelink Rough rider just appeared in my Filter options 🤔 Under "audio damage, inc"
Any idea how I get rid of white noise in the audio (NOT background noise) - it's not super present but slightly audible, like a constant static/white noise. Maybe that comes from the gain? I'm using the Shure MOTIV MV7+ with an XLR cable.
96khz isnt 100% Necessary for most people.. Especially if its just for live streaming, it helps a bit with recording but if you don't "Edit" your audio much in post then you probably wont even notice much of a difference... Something to check though is in OBS go to settings > Audio > General > and make sure your "Sample Rate" is set to 48khz. if its at 44.1khz that'll be lower quality and the Rates wont match so that might cause audio issues as well as potentially lose "sync" with cameras..
Anytime!! I'm just glad I can help..🔥 I dont know EVERYTHING yet But I spent a good portion of last year trying to learn and perfect most of my audio settings etc so I thought the least I could do is try and help others improve theirs without wasting Months of research and making mistakes like i did😅
3:46 Does "until you're hitting around -12 or so" mean peaking at -12db or having your overall voice consistently stay at -12db? 11:16 Same thing here. Should we be peaking between -5 and -10 or having our overall voice consistently stay in that range? PS: Thank you for this tutorial, these plugins are really helpful :)
Yeah! The order I go through them in the video is the correct order. Gate Supression Eq Compression De-esser Limiter If you change them around, it can mess up a lot of things as every filter is effected by the ones that come before it. For example if you put your limiter first you'd end up having to add extra Gain on your compressor later on and you'd still potentially clip and distort as nothing is stopping it hitting the "red" meter area or 0db by the end of the chain... I like to think of filters as though they're physical "instrument" pedals like a guitar would use etc.. Instrument Audio would travel from the guitar through a cable and has to pass through each pedal thats turned on (filter) before it gets to the speaker at the end. Hope that makes sense 😅
You sadly need some form of elgato hardware to make it work. Either their usb mics Stream Deck + Or xlr interface But any mic will work if you use their interfaces.. I've used rode Podmics with this Sm7bs Even cheap fifine mics
loved the formatting of this video, was very straight forward and helpful - i've tried out all plugins and filters shown, but it feels like my microphone has only been made louder :') I can't really tell a difference! should I be messing around with the equalisation some more?
Most of the other filters are there for volume balance & overall loudness but EQ is the one that will change the sound of your microphone. so if you aren't 100% happy with how it sounds on your voice atm, then yeah you might have to tweak it a bit so you find a sound you like. EQ is very subjective though! so its difficult for me to make a video saying "This is how YOU should have it setup." That's why I suggest starting with the presets and then you can kinda tweak it from there to suit your voice. Plus the Elgato EQ at least tells you what each frequency range will be changing...
-hey! i'm wondering if you can help me out :( i'm trying to follow your tutorial but i'm stuck on the first plugin. No matter what i do with the noise gate, it has no effect on my audio and doesn't cut out anything no matter how high i put it. any ideas?- scratch that i've figured it out! I was using the wrong input in OBS haha. this is such a great video, thank you!!
I use a fighting game joystick. The buttons cut through the Elgato Noise Removal but if I set it higher to accommodate, then it cancels out the K in Kenney or the Sh in Sheet. idk how to avoid killing my consonants here.
Thank you for the video but please I had a question now this chain is working fine in obs when I add wave link stream but when I used wave link FX the mic ware around -12 and didn't get up wihh all the chain working now when I use my mic for my work on Teams or Zoom should I add wave link stram or FX as the audio source ? Thank you
I used tthe Noise supressor from marketplace and although my noise is gone from the fans , I still hear a kind of crackling metalic sound in the audio. Also there is a lag in the sound I hear when playing back the recording. So it looks like more slow speaking. I have to find out what to do with that problem. Maybe a setting in obs. I know it is there. Maybe I should try the RTX noise remover ? I am now on another none RTX computer though.
For me, the elgato noise removal cut my "s" noise a lot and sometime cut some of my words and the start or at the end of some sentence, it makes an incredible work on masking the noises arouind me since i'm in a kinda noisy environment with a loud keyboard to but the fact that it cut my words sometime is bothering me i don't know if i should continue to use it :/ i don't know if it's the best for streaming and all
I am using an Elgato Wave 1 microphone which I understand is a Condenser mic, should I put the Input Gain further to the left side then as shown in your graphic? In my Wave Link Software there is no graphic shown for the Input Gain
This video was super helpful! The only issue I'm having now is trying to get my mechanical keyboard noises to not get picked up when I'm talking without it also cutting out any yelling/screaming I might do during a stream. :'( That's the biggest issue I have with trying both the RNNoise filter in OBS and the Nvidia Noise Removal in Wave Link and I'm not sure if there's a way to fix that especially when it comes to having a higher pitched yell. I'm currently using a Wave 3
would you happen to know why when I download the preset my equalizer doesn't have that same menu button beside the name when I try to adjust the settings. The presets weren't downloading before so unistalled and reinstalled the wavelink software and the presets download now, but they aren't showing up in the EQ settings
i think they recently removed the file from where I originally got it and moved it into a "legacy" VST's part of the site... *finds link* www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-and-legacy Should be in there ^^ I'll update the video description too so others can find it easily.
This link?? www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-and-legacy Thats really weird.. I downloaded it from that site and opened the "windows" installer and it juat appeared in my wavelink Have you gone into wavelink settings and had it check for installed plugins? (Cog settings top right and it's in there somewhere) Once installed properly it'll be under "audio damage > rough rider) Let me know if you can figure it out! If not you could always download the Elgato Compressor from the marketplace.. you can still set it up with the same settings, I just prefer how Rough rider sounds
I have a wave 3 mic and installed all the plugin's and followed all the steps. In the end you can still hear my mouse clicking when I speak (not when I don't speak) and the OBS meter still comes in the red when i talk loudly even though i have set the LoudMax... how can I fix this? Especially the mouse clicking/keyboard sound. It's very annoying if that comes through while talking.
@KB-rx2wp No that's not correct. To work with Wave Link you have to set the Wave Link Stream as your microphone source. Your mic input will transfer through MicrophoneFX
@Lindastyle You can set each wave link channel up as individual audio sources. If you want all of your sounds to go through the stream output, then yes. I prefer to separate each track in obs to apply duckers and other effects. Also makes it easier for troubleshooting sound issues.
I don't get how come none of these tutorials ever go over monitor mix. I think it's cuz they know, wavelength software. Monitor your voice not while also monitoring stream. If you attempt to do so, you get an unbelievable amount of echo
half of these vst are not working. Either they want you to pay through patreon or they just give you a file that one put in files common vst they do not show up in xlr hub.
@@ajsarsfield yeah I don’t know. Maybe I’m doing something wrong but they give me a zip file. I unzip it. I put it where they tell me to put it and then when I look through the waves software, it doesn’t show up the only ones that show up are the Elgato ones. and the rough Rider one and then one of them when I go to the page it’s a Patreon and I want you to subscribe for five dollars to get it
not specifically an elgato microphone but You do need some form of elgato hardware.. The Stream deck + and the Wave XLR interface both unlock Wavelink which can be used with ANY microphone after that I have an SM7B & a Rode Podmic and use these settings in wavelink
Agreed. The advertisement of any mic is very misleading to just plug'n play mics. There's no documentation online showing how to set up a mic without some elgato device. I'm trying to find a good audio software to pair with a Vivitar usb mic but have to look elsewhere. -.-
Loads of options if you don't want/cant use elgato wave link... (Most are free) Voicemeeter banana Steelseries Sona Logitech mixline Obs studio Streamlabs (These 2 only work for recording & streams though, not discord etc) & RODE unify but that costs $45 a year if you don't own certain Rode products
Downloaded the plugins but can't find them where installed them. When i'm searching in the wavelink software. just empty folders. is there a specific location they need to go?
Uuurgh!! Apparently the latest version of wavelink is having some issues on Mac (Or so I've been told) I'd @elgatosupport on Twitter(X) and see if they can help you get it working properly. Cause its supposed to look the same as what's in my video (on windows) But I've had a few people comment similar things recently.. Hopefully they can sort it out for you ASAP And then you can come back and set up the filters 🙃
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Hey just wanted to say thank you! I got the wave 3 yesterday and this made it so easy to set up. Out the box everyone could hear my pc fans, all sorted now!
Hell Yeah!!
I'm glad the video was helpful & I hope you Enjoy your new mic ^_^
This totally changed my entire audio setup in 15 minutes. I sent this to a few others to help dial in the audio even better for their Wavelink setups.
Hell yeah!!
Its great software but there's so many options n potential filters etc that's its hard to figure out what you should use.
So im Glad the video helped 🔥
I always STRUGGLE with my audio, this helped me fix something that I've hated about my stream setup for months now. THANK YOU
I'm SO glad it helped 🥰
Audio is honestly super frustrating and has like a MILLION things that could go wrong 🙃
Okay, I gotta say, after hundreds of videos on how to setup my mic, this is the one that did the magic! Thanks a lot bro!
Hell yeah!
We love to hear it!
Glad the video helped you get everything setup 🔥
I’ve been looking for a video like this for almost a MONTH!!! Thank you!!
My pleasure!
I'm suprised there isn't more info out there about wavelink...
So I'm just glad it was helpful 🔥
Thank you so much! This was a life saver. I looked at several videos before I found yours that was so much more helpful.
Thank you so much!!
I'm glad you found the video helpful 🔥
Gonna test these out tonight, but I can already hear a difference! Thanks much!
Glad it helped!! 🔥
Everyone is different!
so it's worth taking these settings as a base n then playing around to suit YOUR voice better
I'm so glad I found your channel from twitter by random! I've been dealing with mic issues for a bit now and everything is sounding so much better!
I'm so glad I could help!!!
I've had so many people ask me questions about my setup recently,
So I thought making a FULL walkthrough of everything would be useful for everyone haha
Your editing is very impressive, I am sure your channel will grow, I admire you very much.
Thank you so much!!
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Doing my best 🔥
Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it!
For those who are wondering why the VSTs aren't showing up in your Wave Link, make sure to reset your wavelink. That means fully quitting the program, so check your hidden icons to see if it's fully shut down.
Thank you 🔥
I'm pretty sure there's a setting in the "cog" menu that let's you click to scan your vst folders so it can find what you just installed..
Obviously restarting usually works too 🤔
@@ajsarsfield I tried doing that, but it wouldn't find the VST for some reason. 🤷🏽 Honestly, maybe I was doing it wrong. Haha Can't argue with the results from your tutorial though. 😊
@JarshuAHHH Wavelink is honestly a bit temperamental sometimes 😅
I'm just glad you got it sorted in the end though!
As someone who owned this product for more than a year now and paired it with the Elgato Wave XLR, its a really really better device compared to my old HyperX Quadcast. Super satisfied with my purchase.
For the equalizer, I really do suggest play around with it first. Its really straight forward but if you want to use the presets and tweak it to your liking then that can definitely make things work faster.
The Elgato Noise Suppresion ONLY WORKS properly when you have an NVIDIA RTX graphics card. As an amd user, it only mutes the background a bit. I've tried it with an NVIDIA RTX Graphics card and the difference is massive. IF you are wondering can it mute "AC Noise" or "FAN NOISE" yes it absolutely can, with RTX card or an AMD graphics card.
If you pair this with the Wave XLR like what I am doing, volume pick up for the mic can be set to 75%. Anything above that, you'd best have good room treatment otherwise it'll start picking up even the slight background noise.
De-esser is a very nice addition.
Can't wait to fix my mic WOO!! Great video and great content as always
Thank you so much! 🥰
These videos take forever to put together, so I'm glad I can help a BUNCH of people ^_^
This vid helped me a loot. Thank you for making guide ❤🔥💯
Thanks for your time. This guide was extremmely usefull.... Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much!!
I'm glad the video was helpful 🔥
Dude, this got rid of all my background, keyboard sounds etc. Awesome! Thanks for making the video.
Love to hear it!!
I'm so glad the video helped 🔥
Fantastically useful guide, helped me get the best out of streamdeck + XLR dock & Sennheiser MKE 600 in about 20 minutes. Thank you!
Excelent video and impressive presence on the videos. Underrated for sure. Good luck, mate.
thank you so much. you are the GOAT when it comes to setups.
I told you I had a good video on this 😅
I'm so glad it was helpful though!
Audio can be such a nightmare 🙃
@@ajsarsfield yeah for some reason my audio resets every few months
I’ve been thinking about getting the wave DX and now I’m pretty much sold! Sounds amazing!!!!!!
Great choice tbh!! 🔥
(Especially the new white one 👀)
I've been really impressed with it so far... even comparing it to my SM7B it holds up at 3X cheaper
Important note: your sample rate does not matter. Higher doesn’t mean “better.” Not in a streaming/content creation sense. You need to make sure your sample rate matches your computer’s/audio interface’s sample rate. If you have 2 different sample rates It’ll create clocking issues or stop working entirely.
That is true!!
(Probably should have added that caveat)
I mostly do it, cause I record a lot of my audio in Premiere pro for my videos
So while 96khz isn't necessarily "better" Quality it may help avoid audio distortions and issues
Especially if I manipulate my audio a lot in editing
Plus because its divisible by 48/24 it also means it shouldn't "shift" or drift away from the video over longer takes
I've defo made the mistake of recording in 44.1hz before and had to resync the audio every couple of mins 😅
So if OBS only supports 48khz, which it does, I should also only use 48khz instead of 96khz in wave link?
@ yeah!
@ligmabowls1230 48khz will work just fine..
I only use the higher setting because I record into premiere pro for my videos and sometimes other software that I edit audio in.
Bur for OBS, 48khz will be fine and nobody will tell a difference
Good video man, was really helpful.
🙏 THANK YOU so much better than what I had for 3 years
I told you I'd make a decent guide eventually 😅
Glad it helped though 🔥
I use the deegate and elgato noise suppressor and now going to check the others out ..thx.. i have an rtx card so gotta change that as well .. thx!
Hope it helps!! 🔥
Its suprising how big of a difference a few filters can make
VERY USEFUL.
THANK YOU BRO! 🙏
No problem 🔥
Your videos are always so helpful! Bought a rode podmic (white version🔥) after seeing your video. Excited to rewatch this video once it arrives!
Great choice tbh!!
I really like the Podmic, they sound awesome and are built like a tank!
Did you see the new Coloured Pop filters RODE just announced?
@@ajsarsfield I didn’t! I’ll go take a look at that announcement!
Thank you! I found your video extremely helpful when configuring my Wave Link settings 🙏
Hell yeah!!
I'm so glad you found it useful🔥
Wavelink is great software But there's not too much info out there about settings like this 🙃
@@ajsarsfield It really did! 🔥
I tried to set it up on my own by just trying different settings but I found myself just blindly moving things around. Your video really did help me understand what everything does and what works best.
Keep up the great work mate, you've got a new subscriber in me! 👍
another great video thank you so much for the effort
My pleasure!
I'm juat glad people find these videos helpful 🔥
Bro this video is a life saver
another amazing video i think i might of fixed somethings with this but also might look into a few things like maybe changing the mini goxlr to maybe the new stream deck+ dock for xlr mics but gonna check into it more but again thanks for the info and the help keep up the great job bro
If there's anything you need to specifically know let me know!!
I used to have a full size goxlr before I moved to my now ALL elgato setup so i defo relate to your thought process 😅
Thanks for this bro
Great video. Informative and good flow.
Thank you so much!!
It was a BIG vid to put together but I'm hoping it helps a bunch of people out 🔥
loudmax tbh i still dont know how that works but lets hope it works the orange bar doesnt move anymore
I have an Entire video on here about loudmax by itself 🤭
It does seem a bit confusing at first but once you get your head around it, it's not too bad.
2 sliders
Bottom one is your output volume so you set that as the "max" volume you want that sources audio to be.
(For vocals I set that at -5db ish)
And the top one is the Threshold where the audio starts being compressed...
I normally start with it completely to the right
And while talking lower it until my voice is hitting around -5 or the orange bar doesn't move or barely moves..
If the bar is moving too much it usually means your audio is over compressed and can start sounding weird or a bit distorted
Thanks this helped me a lot.
I'm so glad!!!
Bit of a longer video to watch but it's defo worth the effort 🔥
@@ajsarsfield For sure. I had some trouble setting up the VSTS I think if possible you should also add the steps for that as well next time or did I miss it? For me I had to copy the VSTs in the CommonFiles/VST3 folder on windows 11 and run a scan from 'Settings > Audio Effects'. Anyway working like charm now. Thanks again.
Appreciate the feedback!
i might make a VST specific guide going through those steps!
Although the specific location can be different on different machines/windows versions but I'm sure that's something i can mention...
Super helpful video! Keep it up!
Thank you so much!!
Glad it was useful 🔥
Thank you for this! Its incredibly helpful 😁😁
I'm so glad people are enjoying this video and actually finding it useful!!
It took forever to make so that's nice to see haha!
Awesome - I need to figure out the Rode Caster duo now, maybe set all this up in OBS instead
I actually have the same guide but for OBS too in a different video ;)
You would be better setting it up all in the Rodecaster though if you can figure it out
and then JUST setup the limiter/Loudmax in OBS etc
2:29 for some reason.... sample rate does not appear for me... my audiosetup: Sennheiser MKE600 + WaveXLR
I dont have any of this rig, but it was good info anyway. thanks
Thank you!! 🥰
VSTs csn actuslly be installed into OBS studio too
So you could technically have the same setup with any mic in obs
Please make a video about the Elgato stream deck plus.Please
I'll add it to the list!!
Anything specific you want to know about it?? 🤔
Hey brother thank you for replying and thank you for your work.and I got a stream deck plus and I want to learn how to set up my sounds with it like game,stream,discord and like Spotify.theres a lot of people making videos on how but they don’t go into detail and I like what you just did in that video the went into detail and broke it down perfectly
Great video!
Thank you!!!
Its been on my todo list for aaages, so I'm glad I finally found the time to get it made! 🙃
Hey dude, first off, awesome video. Simply just awesome. One question though, I can't seem to get the clicks of my mouse out of the background with my wave 3. I've set the gate to not pick them up. I have everything the video has, basically the same settings. My mouse isn't super loud. So, I'm not sure what to do. The directionality of my mic seems to be fine though.
Also, it's on a boom arm and in one of those suspenders.
I was going to lurk this for the support but now I’m cutting hubby n my tv time short so I can go upstairs to go play with audio. What have you done?! 🤩
Also love your editing style! 😍
HAHA!
You're poor Hubby!
I hope you make it up to him once you've returned 😅
Heads up for folks trying to istall the Rough Rider 3 compressor from Audio Damage on MacOS with Wave LInk. I had to install the .au file via their installer as the VST3 file was not recognized by Wave Link.
Thank you for clarifying!!
I did all this on Windows so obviously didn't catch that 🔥
@@ajsarsfield You're welcome! Could you tell us that audio track that you used for the intro? Very cool vibe! Great video!
Heyy could you share your exact eq values or share it as a preset somehow?
This has to be one of the easiest to follow setup videos I've seen. Thank you. I've been struggling to get my SM7B to sound right since I got it.. just an endless fight with levels and clipping and seemingly having OBS filters that just don't seem to do anything. Hopeful this video will help me out while I still have some hair left haha. May I ask a dumb question? If you have all these filters set via WaveLink.. can I then just put the mic straight in to OBS without any follow up tweaking IN OBS? Or should I still be doing something to it there?
Yes! You don't need to do anything extra in obs at all.🥰
In Obs you can either import the mic by itself
(MicrophoneFX input)
That way it's seperate from other sounds and is easier to mute music etc in "Vod" tracks etc then
Or you can input the "stream mix" which includes ALL of your audio sources from wavelink as 1 channel.
But you'd have to make any live volume changes etc in wavelink or use a streamdeck then
@ajsarsfield Thank you so much! You have just saved my remaining hair haha.
Hey, this is a great video but isn't Elgato Noise Removal a noise gate itself? Meaning, you probably shouldn't use both?
Weirdly When I made this, it wasn't built in!but in a recent update they added the noise gate feature 🤔
I still prefer the stand alone ones csuse they're usually a bit more reliable & you can seperate gate & Supression if you need to but either way will work fine for most people
BEST VIDEO EVER!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great informative video. My only problem is I extract and put rough rider in my vst 3 folder. When I go to scan for vst plugins every vst you recommended will show up but rought rider 3
I think for Rough Rider (at least the file I downloaded) had an installer rather than having to manually copy the files to my VST3 folder..
Once id ran the installer and restarted wavelink Rough rider just appeared in my Filter options 🤔
Under "audio damage, inc"
Any idea how I get rid of white noise in the audio (NOT background noise) - it's not super present but slightly audible, like a constant static/white noise. Maybe that comes from the gain? I'm using the Shure MOTIV MV7+ with an XLR cable.
Nightow1 comming in with a BANGER!
Question though: i set my audio to 96hz and now everything seems really choppy?
96khz isnt 100% Necessary for most people..
Especially if its just for live streaming, it helps a bit with recording but if you don't "Edit" your audio much in post then you probably wont even notice much of a difference...
Something to check though is in OBS go to settings > Audio > General > and make sure your "Sample Rate" is set to 48khz.
if its at 44.1khz that'll be lower quality and the Rates wont match so that might cause audio issues as well as potentially lose "sync" with cameras..
@@ajsarsfield as always thank you for answering ! Much appreciated ^^ and explaing the loud max. I had kinda guessed around but this helped dial me in
Anytime!!
I'm just glad I can help..🔥
I dont know EVERYTHING yet
But I spent a good portion of last year trying to learn and perfect most of my audio settings etc
so I thought the least I could do is try and help others improve theirs without wasting Months of research and making mistakes like i did😅
3:46
Does "until you're hitting around -12 or so" mean peaking at -12db or having your overall voice consistently stay at -12db?
11:16
Same thing here. Should we be peaking between -5 and -10 or having our overall voice consistently stay in that range?
PS: Thank you for this tutorial, these plugins are really helpful :)
it should consistently be in that range, if your question isnt already answered :)
Is there a specific order in which these need to be added. Does it not matter?
Yeah!
The order I go through them in the video is the correct order.
Gate
Supression
Eq
Compression
De-esser
Limiter
If you change them around, it can mess up a lot of things as every filter is effected by the ones that come before it.
For example if you put your limiter first you'd end up having to add extra Gain on your compressor later on and you'd still potentially clip and distort as nothing is stopping it hitting the "red" meter area or 0db by the end of the chain...
I like to think of filters as though they're physical "instrument" pedals like a guitar would use etc..
Instrument Audio would travel from the guitar through a cable and has to pass through each pedal thats turned on (filter) before it gets to the speaker at the end.
Hope that makes sense 😅
what do u think about using nvidia broadcast with wave link? can you set all these settings and then use nvidia broadcast also?
Большое спасибо за видео! Очень помог с настройкой. Всех благ и здоровья тебе и твоим близким! Лайк:)
Can we use Wavelink with any microphone?
You sadly need some form of elgato hardware to make it work.
Either their usb mics
Stream Deck +
Or xlr interface
But any mic will work if you use their interfaces..
I've used rode Podmics with this
Sm7bs
Even cheap fifine mics
what do you do if your microphone is mono and the wave link software only pushed through left ear
figured it out. Somehow it works on 48KHZ but not the other options on Mac
loved the formatting of this video, was very straight forward and helpful - i've tried out all plugins and filters shown, but it feels like my microphone has only been made louder :') I can't really tell a difference! should I be messing around with the equalisation some more?
Most of the other filters are there for volume balance & overall loudness but EQ is the one that will change the sound of your microphone.
so if you aren't 100% happy with how it sounds on your voice atm, then yeah you might have to tweak it a bit so you find a sound you like.
EQ is very subjective though!
so its difficult for me to make a video saying "This is how YOU should have it setup."
That's why I suggest starting with the presets and then you can kinda tweak it from there to suit your voice.
Plus the Elgato EQ at least tells you what each frequency range will be changing...
@@ajsarsfield that makes sense, I appreciate the help! I'll have to mess around with the EQ some more. Thank you :)
do you have a diffusion filter on your camera lens for these videos?
Yup!
Its either a Tiffen black promist 1/4
Or K&F concept VND& Black mist combo.
I use both but switch between the 2 depending on the setup
@@ajsarsfield you’re the man, thanks!
-hey! i'm wondering if you can help me out :( i'm trying to follow your tutorial but i'm stuck on the first plugin. No matter what i do with the noise gate, it has no effect on my audio and doesn't cut out anything no matter how high i put it. any ideas?-
scratch that i've figured it out! I was using the wrong input in OBS haha. this is such a great video, thank you!!
I use a fighting game joystick. The buttons cut through the Elgato Noise Removal but if I set it higher to accommodate, then it cancels out the K in Kenney or the Sh in Sheet. idk how to avoid killing my consonants here.
Thank you for the video
but please I had a question
now this chain is working fine in obs when I add wave link stream but when I used wave link FX the mic ware around -12 and didn't get up wihh all the chain working
now when I use my mic for my work on Teams or Zoom should I add wave link stram or FX as the audio source ?
Thank you
thanks
I used tthe Noise supressor from marketplace and although my noise is gone from the fans , I still hear a kind of crackling metalic sound in the audio. Also there is a lag in the sound I hear when playing back the recording. So it looks like more slow speaking. I have to find out what to do with that problem. Maybe a setting in obs. I know it is there. Maybe I should try the RTX noise remover ? I am now on another none RTX computer though.
For me, the elgato noise removal cut my "s" noise a lot and sometime cut some of my words and the start or at the end of some sentence, it makes an incredible work on masking the noises arouind me since i'm in a kinda noisy environment with a loud keyboard to but the fact that it cut my words sometime is bothering me i don't know if i should continue to use it :/ i don't know if it's the best for streaming and all
I am using an Elgato Wave 1 microphone which I understand is a Condenser mic, should I put the Input Gain further to the left side then as shown in your graphic? In my Wave Link Software there is no graphic shown for the Input Gain
okay somebody told me the graphic is only relevant for XLR mics. I will just stick to your method then
thx u so much. Helped a lot. What are ur settings for discord please ? have same mic, Wave XLR and all the plugins. Thanks !
This video was super helpful! The only issue I'm having now is trying to get my mechanical keyboard noises to not get picked up when I'm talking without it also cutting out any yelling/screaming I might do during a stream. :'( That's the biggest issue I have with trying both the RNNoise filter in OBS and the Nvidia Noise Removal in Wave Link and I'm not sure if there's a way to fix that especially when it comes to having a higher pitched yell. I'm currently using a Wave 3
mine just sounds hallow abd even after suppression, static is heard
Question?
What microphone are you using?
Same as me or a different one?
would you happen to know why when I download the preset my equalizer doesn't have that same menu button beside the name when I try to adjust the settings. The presets weren't downloading before so unistalled and reinstalled the wavelink software and the presets download now, but they aren't showing up in the EQ settings
same problem, I can't select the presets because the buttons are not displayed at the top...
Where did you download the roughrider at?
i think they recently removed the file from where I originally got it and moved it into a "legacy" VST's part of the site...
*finds link*
www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-and-legacy
Should be in there ^^
I'll update the video description too so others can find it easily.
@@ajsarsfield I was going to ask this also, I went to the above link and it doesn't show in Wave Link or looks and is named different. Any ideals?
This link??
www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-and-legacy
Thats really weird..
I downloaded it from that site and opened the "windows" installer and it juat appeared in my wavelink
Have you gone into wavelink settings and had it check for installed plugins?
(Cog settings top right and it's in there somewhere)
Once installed properly it'll be under "audio damage > rough rider)
Let me know if you can figure it out!
If not you could always download the Elgato Compressor from the marketplace.. you can still set it up with the same settings, I just prefer how Rough rider sounds
I have a wave 3 mic and installed all the plugin's and followed all the steps. In the end you can still hear my mouse clicking when I speak (not when I don't speak) and the OBS meter still comes in the red when i talk loudly even though i have set the LoudMax... how can I fix this? Especially the mouse clicking/keyboard sound. It's very annoying if that comes through while talking.
In OBS make sure your mic is set to microphoneFX and not the normal microphone
@KB-rx2wp No that's not correct. To work with Wave Link you have to set the Wave Link Stream as your microphone source. Your mic input will transfer through MicrophoneFX
@Lindastyle You can set each wave link channel up as individual audio sources. If you want all of your sounds to go through the stream output, then yes. I prefer to separate each track in obs to apply duckers and other effects. Also makes it easier for troubleshooting sound issues.
I don't get how come none of these tutorials ever go over monitor mix. I think it's cuz they know, wavelength software. Monitor your voice not while also monitoring stream. If you attempt to do so, you get an unbelievable amount of echo
I wish I found this video years ago.
Better late than never I guess 😅
I'm glad it was useful 🔥
half of these vst are not working. Either they want you to pay through patreon or they just give you a file that one put in files common vst they do not show up in xlr hub.
I downloaded all these for free
and they all still work!
(I'm using them on my own setup)
Which ones are you having trouble with?? 🤔
@@ajsarsfield yeah I don’t know. Maybe I’m doing something wrong but they give me a zip file. I unzip it. I put it where they tell me to put it and then when I look through the waves software, it doesn’t show up the only ones that show up are the Elgato ones. and the rough Rider one and then one of them when I go to the page it’s a Patreon and I want you to subscribe for five dollars to get it
"ANY Microphone" ? In my experience Elgato Wave Link requires an Elgato microphone.
not specifically an elgato microphone
but You do need some form of elgato hardware..
The Stream deck + and the Wave XLR interface both unlock Wavelink which can be used with ANY microphone after that
I have an SM7B & a Rode Podmic and use these settings in wavelink
Agreed. The advertisement of any mic is very misleading to just plug'n play mics. There's no documentation online showing how to set up a mic without some elgato device. I'm trying to find a good audio software to pair with a Vivitar usb mic but have to look elsewhere. -.-
Loads of options if you don't want/cant use elgato wave link...
(Most are free)
Voicemeeter banana
Steelseries Sona
Logitech mixline
Obs studio
Streamlabs
(These 2 only work for recording & streams though, not discord etc)
&
RODE unify but that costs $45 a year if you don't own certain Rode products
How come when i click the tab to get that drop down menu to adjust gain and stuff i just get the option to change input devices 🥲 im on mac
ive got everting except rough rider to work and my microphone still pops in and out with long similar noises any ideas how to fix
Downloaded the plugins but can't find them where installed them. When i'm searching in the wavelink software. just empty folders. is there a specific location they need to go?
solved
How come when i click the tab to get that drop down menu to adjust gain and stuff i just get the option to change input devices 🥲 im on mac
Uuurgh!!
Apparently the latest version of wavelink is having some issues on Mac
(Or so I've been told)
I'd @elgatosupport on Twitter(X) and see if they can help you get it working properly.
Cause its supposed to look the same as what's in my video (on windows)
But I've had a few people comment similar things recently..
Hopefully they can sort it out for you ASAP
And then you can come back and set up the filters 🙃