Will THIS OBS Studio plugin kill VoiceMeeter?
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Today we're taking a look at the "Audio Monitor" plugin for OBS Studio, created by Exeldro. This plugin gives you more control over monitoring your stream audio, as well as giving you your own personal monitoring mixer view!
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It is an essential plugin and should be built into OBS, in my opinion. The biggest thing is if you have apps playing to dedicated to audio devices, you would need to keep OBS open all the time to route the audio when you aren't streaming. That's the only thing that you'd still need Voicemeeter for. I'm thinking about what changes I want to make considering I have this functionality now.
"Will THIS OBS Studio plugin kill VoiceMeeter?" God I hope so.
Sorry to bother you. But can you please tell me what are the issues with VoiceMeeter? I know it is confusing trying to set it up but I haven''t noticed any other issues. But now I don't use it after last night.
I can't express in any languages on this Planet, how much I hate Voicemeeter!!!! Vladimir Putin must destroy his software, not Ukraine.
Same. Tbh I do NOT want to install another software for my microphone when OBS has this. At least it will save me up some space for when I want to tab into other games or software.
Voicemeter is awesome and easy to use
The overall info was nice since I didn't know up until yet about that plug-in. However, if you don't mind some constructive criticism, the 'presentation' was highly confusing, to say the least.
Though I find this plugin highly interesting, it will ~NOT~ kill Voicemeeter (VM in short). And there is a simple reason why. Still, everything would go through OBS. One might ask: Why is this a problem? Because while streaming, the delay of the Monitoring Output can rise continuously rise. I had issues before, when I tried to monitor the sound from OBS, the delay did rise while streaming until I reached a horrible delay of almost half a minute (!!) But lets say you don't run into those issues. Even then, this introduces quite a bit of delay to the sound. If on the other hand you use VM on an audio interface with a good ASIO connection, the delay added can be pretty much unnoticeable.
More possible issues with using OBS:
1) You have only 4 Channels for Recording devices to be used globally. The first two global audio devices are playback devices, which MAYBE work, but depending on your use case, you might end up limiting yourself. You can of course add more channels to each scene, but you don't want to do that per scene. Its a mess to keep track of. I for myself currently use 8 (!) audio Channels within VM Potato. (Yep, all of them!)
2) You get a more controllable monitoring output, but you don't get additional outputs, like you would with VM. In VM, you can have to 8 outputs at a time. While that might sound overkill at first, get this: I am currently using 5 Outputs . Two of them go to OBS, one with a Streaming mix, another one with a Recording Mix. Next, I have one output for Voice Chat. Usually, that one only transfers my microphone sound, but then again, I can mute said output, without muting. And trust me, you want this mute function at the same place as you have the muting for the stream or monitoring your microphone! And on top of those 3 Outputs, I have 2 separate Monitoring Outputs.
3) You need to keep OBS running pretty much all the time, so you can hear the channels available in there. But since you do not stream 24:7, this can be annoying to say the least, especially if you run a single PC streaming setup. Maybe you want to play games of stream, your PC cannot stream at the same time, because its not powerful enough.
4) Using a DAW Controller to get hardware controls over your multichannel set up. Try to add a DAW Controller to OBS. Just try it. It's a pain. 2 Plugins are needed just to do that and even if it works, I wonder if it works with the Audio Monitor Plugin without issues. No matter, if it does: You end up with a mess of plugins and each of them needs to be occasionally updated, to keep working with the newest Version of OBS Studio. VM on the other hand keeps getting updated and doesn't meddle with OBS Studio at all. And pretty much any DAW Controller can be connected to VM and configured to your personal needs. Granted, setting up a DAW Controller - though straight forward enough - is a lot of work, but it would be the same no matter where you want to set it up (not counting professional DAW Software, where it MIGHT be easier.)
All of that being said, I will definitely stick with Voicemeeter Potato.
Your writeup was super helpful, thank you. I was just about to learn VM before I stumbled on this video and I wasn't certain which direction to go; I'll be sticking with Voicemeeter!
Thanks for the explanation. I'm currently looking into how to best route my audio and your comment answered a lot of my questions!
I personally don't think VoiceMeeter will become irrelevant after this, I use it a lot outside of OBS and the way patching works is way more familiar to me as an audio engineer. Still cool to see must-have features being developed as plugins, if I didn't use VoiceMeeter for other things then I'd hate to have to install it for OBS.
I think it's a hidden gem. I didn't know how much I needed it, until I installed it. Takes solid hour of playing around to learn the basics, but after one makes a mental map of how things interconnect, it becomes very intuitive.
I've replaced voicemeeter with Reaper+Synchronous Audio Router, and some hardware for my mic. I freaking love it.
yeah, SAR was a hot mess to sort out, but having sorted it, this is the a sweet combo, and now OBS with ASIO integration..
Hell yeah. Am audio engineer, and none of these janky solutions were giving me the level of control and intuitiveness I wanted. Being able to independently route all audio sources through a fully fledged DAW, through as many Windows audio devices as you want, with the only hardware needed being a decent ASIO interface, was a total game changer. Despite setup being far from hassle free, it's largely set-and-forget as soon as you're happy with the configuration.
In my machine, SAR gets bugged when start Reaper, it does not create the virtual devices but does not stop, it simply does not load anything. I'm using Asio4All
Outside of streaming, the main thing I use VB-Cable for is routing audio to Teams/Zoom/WebEx meetings. I set the advanced audio properties of OBS to monitor my microphone and set the monitor device to VB-Cable Input. In the meetings apps I set the mic to VB-Cable output. Why do all of this? For the audio filters (gate, compressor, expander mostly).
I guess you have to give up any real-time monitoring of your mic for this? That's the trade-off I'm not quite ready to make so far, perhaps open-backed headphones would be a nice middle ground
@Rusty Brakes I'm using a Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ and using the monitor function of the mic. I don't get to monitor myself with filters, but it's a good enough setup.
Yeah, same. I use Voicemeeter for wayyy more than just OBS. Also, I have kinda fallen in geek love with the elegant simplicity of the VBAN protocol to the point of writing my own broadcaster lol
I use it to spam sound effects during meetings
Andi Lippi did a video on this when it was released. Such a good plug in for those without a goxlr /elgato wave mic
Oh shit...when you mentioned "audio going to monitors but I'm not using it" my brain exploded. OF COURSE! There are at least half a dozen audio streams floating around in my computer, no need for Voicemeeter to add more. Oh man, big brain moment right there.
VAC (Virtual Audio Cable) is a program I use that allows you to select how many virtual cables you want up to 256 cables. It has a low price for a license but is powerful for the plugins like this.
This is something I've been sorely lacking: something that's fairly straightforward that lets me have fine control over what I hear and what viewers hear. Now if I can get a different capture card that'll work with OBS, I'll be set.
It only offers what Voicemeeter offers (although granted it may not be straightforward) while being was less powerful I'm confused.
@@unitedfools3493 voice meeter is terrible and bugs out constantly for a ton of users. Yes its great if it works for you, but I've paid for it and wished I didn't.
Recently Voicemeeter was causing one of the main games I stream to crash constantly so I had to uninstall it. This is going to help me so much, thank you!
Great informative video as always. I Will download this and see how it works for my music performance set up. Currently I’m using 2 audio cards to solve my ASIO issue. Voicemeter never worked properly for me, nothing but Audi glitches and crashes. Having the 2nd audio card has been a Godsend solution. This plugin may be another solution.
WOW i can't believe i now found this, This is what I need for my diy chat bot for TTS I'm using a usb sound card just to send TTS to my bot and I was struggling to the split on board audio and usb audio to TTS and this worked like charm Thank you Bruhh 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🎉
For those wondering, it doesn't work with ASIO. The whole reason I use voice meter is for ASIO outputs on my interface. Still cool. Maybe one day?
Glad I read your comment. Might save me a few headaches.
Exeldro is realy a Plugin God ;P
I was having some audio issues for something important that I did today, but didn't seem to be able to figure it out. I realized that I didn't download audio monitor to my newer SSD drive on my intel Mac. Thanks for reminding me Epos Vox!
It's not a real Voicemeter alternative, as there is a lot missing, like fx, compressor, limiter and so on. But its a nice addition
Sure but if you’re just streaming all of that is in OBS either directly or via VSTs anyway
I LITERALLY DECIDED LAST NIGHT TO GO BACK TO VOICEMEETER THANK EVERYONE I WAITED THIS LONG
Ooooh, this is neat, even if just for the utility of per-source monitoring devices or previewing each local recording track.
Like voicemeeter I think this will be great for people who truly have those niche applications that Voicemeeter demands, but like you said, most people don't need VM. It frustrates me that nine times out of ten I see people asking 'how can I isolate my game audio' and replies just immediately jump to voicemeeter when that's just adding more complications and points of potential failure when all you really need is the singular, free VB Cable (if that, like how you use your screen to more or less have a virtual cable built in to your setup, or RTX Voice / Nvidia broadcast can act the same way).
i wont use this because of the introduction of higher delay and the lack of Vcables. voicemeeter works pretty well but its kinda janky and ugly, so a better solution built into obs for generic audio mixing (not specialized for steaming specifically, however could input obs sources) would be amazing
Hmmm this in combination with a MIDI controller like the Korg NanoKontrol2 and the MIDIControl plugin for OBS could provide a hardware solution to also control the faders/monitors this plugin provides, which would be super nice as well.
u also coud potentially get somthing little fancy as well like x-touch compact
I kinda did some of this using Elgato's Sound Capture utility and a Windows Store app called EarTrumpet. By default on my system, my primary output device is "Elgato Sound Capture" and goes to EVERY device. I can then use EarTrumpet to adjust/mute apps on the different devices. Then OBS is set to capture one or several of those devices. Has worked pretty well in my use and works ALL the time outside of OBS.
Great video, but definitely not a VoiceMeeter killer. I may install this for some of the audio controls to be moved into OBS. For starters, it doesn't support network audio... which is a key reason I use VM. I pipe my audio from my Stream PC over to my Game PC and vice-versa... 1 mic for stream and in game comms, I can pull game comms out and hear them w/o stream hearing them, etc... VM is way more refined and has features this doesn't touch on. That said, if I was on a single machine, and didn't want to learn the extras in VM, it looks pretty good. Thanks for reviewing it!!
Currently screaming "NO FRIEKEN WAY!!!" right now. XD Been waiting for this since downloading OBS in 2017. :D
Thanks for sharing this! I think I'll definitely combine this with Voicemeeter's VBAN functionality! Provided I don't break anything... lol
Can I use this plugin to have Discord voice chat only be heard by me and not my stream on the same audio device? Or are voicemeeter/vb-cables still required for something like that? I found the video a little confusing sorry.
Im confused, how does this kill voice meter. It cant serperate tracks like vb does right? or did i just not here whta i was. Pls help
I’m only 30 seconds into the video and I’m pumped. I hope this is the game changer you’re making it out to be! I HATE virtual audio cables SO much ...
is there anything we can do about the latency? its seems extremely delayed with the obs monitoring plugin
with voice meter, i use a input device/my microphone, to hear my self and there is no latency or none that i can notice (with the proper setting )
i was trying to achieve a similar setup with the obs plugin so i can truly hear my self how the streams hear me due to having some filters on the microphone in obs. (noise gate, compressor etc) that are not turned on in voice meter and also, so i can remove voice meter out the equation
same here the monitor is delayed :(
Not possible. There will always be a delay because it takes time to process those effects.
@@RageyRage82 what? no there is really bad sync drift. its certainly a bug
@@ts6603 that's an entirely different issue.
Is the delay the same if you run obs as admin?
per scene audio config will be a great addition to this plugin or OBS, im looking for this setting for a while now, trying to make one man talk show here xD
VGA! I was teleported back to 1995 :P
Great video btw
Cue that Cr1TiKaL clip: Yeah Baby! That’s what I’ve been waiting for!
thanks for making this videos its very helpful for those who wanna start streaming love you :)
That awkward moment in a person's life when they're excited to watch a video involving audio plugins, & drivers.
I really hope this works, I really.... really... really... hate the current state of audio plug-ins and drivers. Now we need a button that resets all audio drivers so I never have to wonder if OBS is displaying " working " audio again.
Voice meeter is the only thing i know of that can do multiple hardware and virtual IO. I use a usb mic and and separate stream PC so voice meeter is key.
Virtual Audio cable can also do virtual IO
I still have Dante Via on my TODO list to check out, but I'm under the impression that this one is suuuuuuuuuuuper powerful as it's used by professionals. It should be able to handle pretty much anything you throw at it, one way or another.
This might replace VM for me even for non-stream purposes! I use VM a lot to separate the audio channels on my XLR ADC, apply separate volumes and filters, and then feed one back to me, and rejoin both into the output.
It allows me to use my phone as a soundboard in games, by plugging the 3.5 from it into the secondary microphone port on my ADC, while also setting a noise gate and filter on my actual microphone. It works great in VR as well, as I can use Teamviewer on my phone to stream it to PC, and have it in my hand to actually use and hear, and I can turn whether other people hear it (usually in social VR platforms) on and off.
Being able to use OBS'es filters for this purpose could greatly expand what I can do with this type of audio routing/rerouting setup.
I was super excited after seeing this because I've been using Voicemeeter for awhile now to do a lot of things, and it's limited/ convoluted. I got the plug-in to work for a lot of things with little fuss. However, having audio drivers run on Windows, OBS, Voicemeeter, and GoXLR caused my Realtech audio drivers to somehow get damaged. I reinstalled them, which changed somethings, but for now the signals from my physical line in and mic in cables are getting mixed. In my sound control panel I see both mic in and line in as "ready" inputs, but only one of them has monitoring bars. When I rebooted, the monitoring bar switched from the line-in to the mic-in. I've tried a few things so far to get everything working again, but not having changed my hardware, I can't use Voicemeeter to accomplish what I was previously accomplishing after installing this plug-in and messing with it. If I figure out why that happened, and how to work around it, I'll write back. Might anyone have any ideas on how that happened and how to fix it?
Thanks for this! Maybe you could put out a video help with a problem that I and MANY MANY others have when using Zoom. I use a USB interface as Audio Input and Output Device. It works great. OBS is amazing for assembling scenes and sending them over to Zoom through Virtual Cam but Desktop audio doenst follow. To get audio from OBS to Zoom, I / we have to set Virtual Cable as monitoring device in OBS and then set Virtual Cable as Input (mic) in Zoom. That works except now when I'm playing desktop audio in OBS, my zoom attendees can hear it but I cant.... and for months, I and many others have not found a work around for this. Could this plug in be the fix? Maybe like this. Send the the audio to zoom through VB Cable and set up a new monitoring device - Interface so I can hear the audio that's playing. Anyway - a video that covers this challenge for us Zoom meeting / obs users would be huge. thanks!
I just tried it as described above and i get local sound and capture audio in zoom but the zoom audio is very noisy and distorted but it's progress. Unusable, but progress..
I am a clarinet lesson teacher who has been saved by OBS and VoiceMeeter for the past year, due to being able to have 2 separate mic channels for my audio input (Dynamic mic for my voice [1+1] and my dual condenser clarinet mic for my instrument [2+2]. With this OBS plugin, would I be able to do the same thing here and separate my Mic 1 & Mic 2 inputs or would OBS still recognize it as one input regardless?
Thank you for your informative explanations, they are very thorough and helpful during this virtual time of my young teaching career!
Voicemeter Is still your best bet there, for now. :/
@@EposVox Hey no worries, thank you regardless!! Do you think there is a way to separate the audio input channels through OBS when routing from VoiceMeeter, as to what I described my special needs?
I really loved this video. One comment might be that you've done so many OBS vids that you often go way too fast. If you can slow down a bit, particularly when you're doing screen sharing, it would make it easier to take a screen cap. BTW, I've enjoyed dozens of your vids, but I don't think I've ever heard you talk this fast.
You can also do this using the windows 10 Audio mixer that was added in Windows 1903 (Application-specific device output). type in "Sound mixer options" in the search bar.
Then monitor through OBS (A single device) with a delay. This plugin definitely adds extra functionality to do multiple monitors though.
This plugin won't replace Voicemeeter because Voicemeeter can be used with other software, and even split audio to multiple outputs. It doesn't limit itself to only use in OBS Studio.
Im still confused as hell. No matter what i try i cant get the audio to do what i need it to do, and voicemeter more or less made things worse than anything 🥴 rip
It took me a couple of months to get VM the way I wanted, I am not an audio wizard, but I was able to find a tutorial that was doing just what I wanted.
If you have a spare 2nd audio card, use that as an audio input capture.. That solved my ASIO and audiometer nightmares.
@@JamesBermingham I'm having an issue with voicemeeter right now, where I only have 1 audio input/output device that controls both headphones and speakers in my cheap laptop... What that does for me is it makes every audio splitting tutorial null and void... :\ I hate the fact that even though I will likely never use that laptop for streaming, I won't even be able to test stuff using it, as I'm new to OBS and voicemeeter, and am trying to test out stuff on my crappy system instead of messing up my good system... And the 3.5mm combo jack doesn't help my laptop any either, unfortunately...
This was super confusing. I have no idea what I'm looking at. All I got out of it was a that it provides a different panel to add more audio monitors to. I guess the takeaway is that if you're not going to stream, there's no point to even using this. Voicemeter appears to let us adjust the tone of various audio sources, not just the gain, so I don't get how this is doing anything to replace it. I can route sound through voicemeter using the virtual cable to other programs, whereas this only works on OBS.
This seems to be properly installed in my plugins folder but it won't show up in filters
Yeah I am having the same issue.
I'll still use voice meeter since i can map it to my MIDI controller. OBD still needs MIDI support...
Along with this, since Discord already supports OBS, they should just make it an audio out already, even without the plugin. I don't see why they haven't.
If Voicemeeter had volume control hotkeys that didn't involve a certain level of coding to understand, and if the OBS plug-in "win-capture-audio" by bozbez didn't already exist, AND if Voicemeeter didn't have unique issues related to the requirement of being on all the time in order for any of your audio to work, Voicemeeter would have a chance for me.
On top of all that, there's a separate piece of software (not a plug-in) that's easy to use, called VolumeControl. You can set hotkeys to adjust volume for specific apps, including internet browsers.
So correct me if I'm wrong, but with the apparent lack of hotkeys to "step" up & down the audio with the plug-in being showcased in this video, Audio Monitor and Voicemeeter both seem like a lost cause compared to the absolute power combo of VolumeControl & win-capture-audio. Check 'em out here:
VolumeControl: github.com/radj307/volume-control/releases
win-capture-audio: github.com/bozbez/win-capture-audio/releases
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THANK YOUUU ITS WORK VERY HELPFULL, LOVE YOU BRO
I was looking for such plugin!!! Thank you to let us know
I completely reinstalled everything and still get the same problem. With nothing else added, just a fresh wipe of OBS, and the audio monitor plugin. As soon as I add the audio monitor filter to something all the sound from everything suddenly becomes robotic, tinny, and LOUD, and even when I pause the sound it becomes 'frozen' on one tone. Removing the filter immediately fixes the problem. I haven't got any other audio things installed on my computer like virtual cables that might be messing with it.
Amazing video man. Great job!
This probably just killed Streamlabs for me. The main thing I like with SLOBS is the "streamdeck" app you can use with it. But I hate voicemeter and this plugin to me is probably more useful at this time in my channels progress. Ty for the video!
Touch Portal will be the answer for you to get back that functionality
@@CoalitionGaming hell! Dunno why I never saw this before! Sent a sub your way! Thanks so much!
I've never clicked a video so fast in my life. I was literally screaming OMFG YES PLEASE F VOICE MEETER IM OVER IT XD thanks for this !
For the moment the only reason I use VoiceMeeter is to BOOST the Audio of my Monitor Speakers... Whatever inbuilt software controls their sound is terrible, and they simply aren't loud enough, so I use VoiceMeeter to BOOST the Volume of my monitor speakers to where I don't need "external" speakers, the monitor speakers work well enough.
I think it's a good concept, but the two main issues are:
1) Apparently latency, as others have mentioned. I recently noticed latency in Voicemeeter (especially MME devices) and it's horrible when you're playing games like CSGO or Tarkov where latency can ruin the experience.
2) If you have multiple programs (game, discord, and maybe music from a separate music service, like the licensed monstercat player in browser), then you can't split their audio.
The best would be to have zero latency audio copies. I haven't actually worked with audio cables (only the voicemeeter program), so I don't know if they can do this, but to be able to send audio to a cable, and then split that cable however many times you want. This way, you can send discord, game, and music to three separate devices, and then mix them in OBS. Otherwise, with this method, I would have to mute my music, game, and discord all at once if I, say, needed to say something private to someone on discord.
MME has alot of layering from windows itself creating alot of latency. If you use the WDM its already a lot less. If that still isnt enough you could lower it in the driver or voicemeeter.
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Thanks for the video.
Can you show how to get Discord on a different track than my other desktop sounds?
Discord input: My mic
Discord output: VB-Audio CABLE Input
OBS 1st Audio device: VB-Audio CABLE Input - (for Discord)
OBS 2nd Audio device: Realterk Digital Output - (for PC audio)
OBS input: My mic
Then in the OBS Audio Mixer I've set my SMSL M6 (headphones) output as a listening device for both audio devices via the plugin in the Filters menu.
In windows the Realtek must be set as a default audio device in this particular configuration otherwise the game will use whatever else is the default. (Realtek because that's what I set in OBS as a PC/Game audio).
Only disadvantage to this thus far is that I have to either have OBS turned on to hear sounds from the PC or I need to manually change the audio device in Windows to my SMSL M6 if I don't want to have OBS opened.
If you don't have your motherboards audio free and you are not using a different sound card then this will not work for you unless you get the paid version of the VB-Cable to get one extra VB-Audio CABLE Input.
I don't know if this is a great solution, maybe there is a lot better way to do it. It works for me though.
@@WereCatStudio I can't hear my discord when I do that
That's a great plugin! One point I need a bit of clarity on, it is still only influencing the sound routing and controls in OBS correct? I'd say it replaces voicemeeter as a need there but not if you want to control sound for other apps, unless this does both and I'm missing that detail :)
Thank you sir for this, I will be checking it out!
I think you still need obs open so since I use vm to control all my pcs audio and I'm pretty invested with things like touch portal then it doesn't work for me
Until they iron out the bugs, I'll stick with Voice Meter for now. I'm more familiar with it anyway. But I'm definitely stoked for this plug-in. Tons of fun potential.
A plugin I've always wanted was the ability to have recording and streaming to be completely split from each other. Control which sources are recorded vs streamed, and control the settings each one gets recorded at. (30 fps stream vs 60fps recording for example). Currently the only alternative is just to have 2 OBS windows open.
The FPS thing is already possible; in your recording options you have to uncheck the 'use stream encoder' box, and then set whatever options you want for recording (this uses more resources, obviously, as you are encoding each frame twice). Same for audio, you can stream 'channel 1' and record 'channel 2' and use the advanced properties on the audio mixer to select what audio goes where. if you need to have different levels, I believe you can add the same audio input as two audio sources in the scene, once for stream (set to use only channel 1) and a second time for recording (only channel 2).
Some time you might want to do a deep dive into Dante Via and Dante Virtual Soundcard. It's what my entire audio routing system is set up with and what I will be using for my dual PC streaming setup when I start streaming and nothing else comes close to the flexibility of routing.
Very excited for this; audio separation can sometimes become a tedious chor, depending on what you want to accomplish - anyone know if StreamLabs OBS can incorporate this too, as a separate additional add-on that doesn't mess with or reset your current audio management from within StreamLabs itself?
Nope, I use VM Banana with not only channels, but with microphone sound adjustments, also I use the setup to hear my audio real time and also noise gate that VM manages on the same channel. Still can't let go of VM for a plugin like this.
this just made my day!!!
When are we getting a studio tour?
When it’s done :)
That's incredible! Love having more options and control. Are we all lightweight control freaks? Reminds me of the software with the Elgato Wave3
VoiceMeter and Cables does reroute the audio also as input to other software - based on what I saw in your video it only reroutes to other audio outputs only!
Voicemeeter will always be a must if you are planning to emulate a mix controller inside your computer, outside or inside OBS it will always remain a must-have for advanced audio management.
Nah homie voicemeeter sux tbh.
Interesting. I am probably not going to use it as I like having everything I hear appear on stream aswell, but that plug in seems very powerfull when combined with ndi for audio transition.
I've been struggling a bit with configuring my audio when using OBS. I tried VoiceMeeter and it's even more complicated. Audio Monitor seems a bit easier to use. But the actual problem that I seek an answer to is, how to set for constant audio when I am switching among multiples cameras and graphics? I am using a Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 as my main source of audio coming in from a house mix. Thank you in advance to whoever can point me on the right path...
I think that Windows should handle all of this on an OS level.
In the volume mixer you should just be able to tell each program to send its audio to a specific output and as many outputs as you like.
Audio has remained unchanged since Windows 7 except for obfuscation of key features. We need some innovation.
this plug-in doesnt work. i cant get it to show up in filters. WHAT IS GOING ON??!??!?!?!?!!??!?!
I just got voicemeeter potato exactly the way I like it and I don't feel like transitioning to a new similar product. Might just be the sunk cost fallacy talking but I really think I'll stick with voicemeeter for now.
If you use an internet browser, the sound will come through the desktop. MY game sound is also coming through the desktop, how can I fix this?
A lot of your videos helped me with numerous stuff, but this one... I'll go look somewhere else.
I'm new to streaming terminology so forgive the noob question, @ 4:50 What is VOD?
What specifically are you trying to accomplish with the content (audio) that is different from another channel you might have?
Thanks!
I want to be able to control the volume level of my alerts and Chatbot SFX vs the level that my audience hears without using Voicemeeter, which is what I'm currently doing.
Will this do that?
@eposvox I am sorry but I have been watching this video over and over again alongside so many others, went through the official forum for this plugin trying to figure out how to set this up for my particular use case which I thought should be pretty basic and straight forward at first, but for some reason is just so incredibly confusing and frustrating since I ain't getting anywhere after many hours... What's even more frustrating is to see that most people seems to understand it and finds it quite simple to use and achieves their goal with it.
What I am trying to do is:
- Monitor and properly separate the output of the system's sound (my game for instance), Discord, my mic and maybe the output coming from Spotify or a web browser on their own tracks for recording purposes
- While streaming I want to be able to adjust these sources/devices output volume on the fly for both me and the stream, hence I downloaded this plugin for that reason
- I've tried to follow what you were saying through out the video (I understand this is a quick overview and isn't meant to be used as a tutorial), but I absolutely don't know where to start and how to set everything up correctly (not just for the plugin, but in general)
- The system's sound would go straight to my headphones, then I would adjust the volume for the stream through audio monitor's filters
- Discord would go to one of my monitors through the Nvidia sound driver (or so I think according to your explanations), then I would adjust the volume for the stream through audio monitor
- The same goes for my mic
Here's what I was able to do so far:
- I managed to install the plugin no problem and to dock it just like you did in OBS
- In the Windows sound control panel, my headphones are my default playback device and my mic is my default recording device
- I setup the output device in Discord to the monitor (again, I don't know if that's what I need to do here... I'm just guessing at that point)
- Then I created a new scene to test it out and add those 3 to the sources for the audio mixer (headphones, mic and then my monitor (Discord))
- I added an audio monitor filter to my monitor (Discord) pointing to... that's where this is really starting to confuse me. I've tried to output the filter to my headphones thinking this would be it, but this seems all wrong (keep on reading to find out why)
- On Audio Monitor's docked window, I ticked the options "Output Slider", "Only Active" (I don't know if I need anything else to show up in there, as this was quite unclear to me)
- On Discord, I jumped into a conversation with some friends, trying to adjust the sliders, but apparently the slider on the left which is supposed to be what I hear (again, according to what you said) moves alright so it does pickup sound coming out of Discord, but I just can't hear it since its set to my monitor. The filter serves the purpose of letting me hear the audio through my headphones, but at that point that does the exact opposite of what you said in this video... This is what I hear with the slider on the right set to my headphones (hence the audio monitor filter)
And so I am uncertain of what is destined to be sent to the stream and what is meant to be for my ears. I don't know how to set this up, I don't know how I should setup Windows audio playback/recording devices (If I made a mistake there, then I don't know for sure), if I need to set my audio devices through OBS's settings as well or just ignore those, that ain't clear to me either. I see the faders for Audio Monitor on one side and the faders for Audio Mixer on the other and they seem to do the same thing so I don't know what Is supposed to be done on each one of them and how to get started. The options on the filter may be useful, but then again I don't know what their purpose is and if I need to tick any of them or not.
There is just so much that isn't explained (by that I don't necessarily target you) and that people just assume that you will understand on your own, but that just isn't being realistic if you ask me. At that point, I feel as if some audio degree is needed in order to understand how everything is routed to one another to make it work in perfect harmony (Windows sound control panel, Discord, OBS, this plugin, sound alerts, any other software outputting audio, etc.). If documentation is not provided to the end-user or at least some basic explanation on how to set it up, then one mustn't EXPECT that people will figure things out on their own with trial and error since not everybody as the same amount of patience nor knowledge to do so. This is going to end up just as worst in my opinion then with the alternative Voicemeeter which I've tried before. You can guess the outcome of it if I ended up trying this solution instead which is supposed to be... simpler according to most people? At first Voicemeeter seems like a pretty software, inviting even and seems relatively easy to setup, but quickly ends up being such a pain and non-user friendly that the only things I managed to get out of it in the end was to waste my time, uninstall it to free up space from this crap and then forget about it to move on to the next thing... which turns out to be another headache so far.
Could you or someone please help me out with this? I feel like I've wasted way too much time on something that should be so much more simple than that.
Thank you!
Thank you! This cleared up a few mistakes I was making with the plugin. If you wanted to do say “projector output” which normally doesn’t contain audio - could this plugin be used to route that audio as well? I don’t think I need to do that but just intrigued at other possible uses.
This is awesome I can’t wait to try this out
So I downloaded the plugin and installed it and I don't know how to fully use this for my streaming setup for console gaming can you help me
Hello eposvox I need to know if I use this plugin will my stream hear the audio in my stream and still separate my music with my console audio in my stream
I can't seem to get this to work. I just get a robotic sound that comes out when its activated
U need some drivers bruh.
@@cris4529 any advice as to which ones?
Questions:
1) Are there limiter functionality on each device control? (so one doesn't wreck ears of viewers when going full claudette on the hook in certain situations)
2) Is it possible to control devices and sliders vith Stream Deck?
I have been meaning to tell you this
I’m still in the first minute of the video and I’m already like fuck yeah
My purchase of the Elgato Wave MIC with the linkwave software is now looking like a bad purchase!
Nah. You got it directly integrated with your mic. All good :)
Wow this really has potential. Can you do a video on how this can substitute voicemeter? I am trying to record video and the audio is from my digital audio workstation DAW Studio One and I can get voicemeter to work. You said at the beginning of the video that this can substitute voicemeter but I did not see it. Your help will be immensely appreciated. I almost got this to work but the audio from my DAW is very low. Thanks Tony
Interesting plugin but, how can you do, if you don't have au mixing table, to separate game sound, vlc sound, discord sound without voicemeeter? In this tutorial, you only show how to configure this plugin to use different input you define on your mixing table.
You made it simple, however you made it confusing. Then you made it clear, however later it confused me. Although I tried to understsnd it, but however I'm still confused.
😵😵😵😂😂
What what I'm waiting for is something in obs that just allows you to pick which program is an audio source without the need for virtual cables.
I've installed the plugin and it's not showing up in OBS. Restarted the PC, double checked to see if they are in the correct folder and still nothing...
Uh I use VoiceMeeter when Im not streaming as well, so no.
Same with me, I use a studio condenser mic all the time so I need my voicemeeter compressor/gate for crispiness!
(I'm a sound guy and I like my VB routing!)
yes same here! this is great for those who dont want the hassle or only need it when streaming tho. but i feel Voicemeeter is a more "complete packadge" i just dont like the lack of audio quality with voicemeeter and im not sure how it will handle MQA When i buy my USB Dac / amp but yeah love voicemeeter when it works!
Voicemeeter is always running on my system, irrespective of streaming or not haha
This is almost what I was looking for. If they made this a master mixer (so we can add VST's to the master output of oBS) I would be a happy camper. I can then stop using OBS Music Edition wich is a bit outdated.
Thanks
great video but in stream It is a pain to hit windows key to control volumes. and solution?
I have a question: if I have my Windows playback device setting set to my desktop speakers, even though alertbox audio, mix it up audio, blerp audio, etc, will STILL go to my desktop speakers, and not to the VOD Mixer audio monitor filter that I have it set to (which in this case is my headset). I have to change my Windows playback device setting to my headset in order for all of those other audio sources to play to my headset; if desktop speakers are enabled, the audio source will play to both my desktop speakers *and* my headset. what am I doing wrong?
I used voicemeeter banana and virtual audio cable to filter out things I don't want my stream/recording to hear, like chrome or chatty. If I understood this video correctly, this plugin does not help with that.
I know you barely have time now days but can we get a dedicated video in full. I would love to see how can the new plug can substitute the go xrl. Some of us can't afford A gogo gadget lol
It may kill voicemeater for people who stream or record content but for people like be who just wants to listen to records via aux in/mix input then that dosnt work as its tomuch of a program thats needed