@@DieTabbi yeah turns out I used a plug-in to do it, been so long since I used vsts in obs (I have a dedicated box that just does audio dsp now) so didn’t remember properly
Oddly enough, I actually had all these plugins already, having seen them touted in various other "VST's-for-dummies" videos. But you still gave enough explanation and detail that I came out with several valuable take-aways that have already helped me improve my sound. Good vid!
Bro i really needed that de-esser cus my mic is absolutely horrible at making the S sound calm and subtle. Lovely video and the fact that they're all free opens up a whole new world for me. Now my friends love my mic when in calling w/ them on discord
Thank you so much for the explanations! The way you edit really helps accentuate your point, I can get a little overwhelmed seeing the whole layout at once and try to rush and find which knob is being talked about. Very beginner friendly, I can't wait to learn more and your channel is really reliable. 11:45 (note added for reference)
Crazy, just went through another video of yours and followed those steps. Saw a pretty big increase the audio quality. Going to see what's new with this one!
October 14, 2023. This help me, a relatively new streamer using Zealsound P300 mic alongside Lenovo Ideapad 5, 82LM. A mobile gamer streaming on Twitch via OBS studio using Samsung S21+ 5G. Thank you.
would love for you to show case the same video but with something other then wave link since its not compatible with anything other then a elgato device
when I opened WaveLink itasked me to connect supported product, with no options not to. So is this tutorial only for Wave products? Sounds like something important to mention in title
Damn, this is really useful! In the past, I've followed a similar video, but didn't actually hear much improvement, while following this one made my microphone sound _much_ better!
I was just trying so many options for sound suppression, I have a razer keyboard lmfao, so the keys are just extremely loud, actually watched your video all the way through and I didnt have the noise suppression on top of the chain! Thanks for saving me lmfao
Just found your channel and I'm excited to learn more than I have already. Just sucks I don't have wavelength and I'm running in circles trying to get this all to run in OBS but I'm hitting brick wall after brick wall. Just wanted to vent that. thanks for all the tips!
So you need to have an Elgato wave mic to use the Wave Link software? Can I just use install these plugins on obs, and set it up there, will that work?
Question, is the xaymar plug in editable or is it automatic? Also....After watching over 30 videos and still not finding answers why is it that this one finally pops up and answered all my questions in 1 single video lol... THANK YOU.
This is a very informative explanation to the layman ( of which I am one ) so I have a question in regards to compressors . I have a standard headphone jack into my Macbook and from there it goes to my Bose L18 which is fine BUT ! the the dowloaded music is not downloaded at the same volume so in many cases the music leaps up and it's a mad dash to make alterations and turn it down and of course the opposite applies ( very annoying and very common ) so what would you suggest to interrupt the the sound to make it neither up or down but consistent once set on it's way to the Bose ! . ( kinda like having a little chap on a mixer constantly changing the output volume from the Macbook ) . Thanks
Thanks for the awesome clear tutorial. Never did audio tuning before but this made it easy. Just to add that elgato noise suppression worked way better for me vs nvidia broadcast
Reaper's are good too, if you're already set up with those, you should be fine! These plugins have great visual feedback and UI, and are def some of the best free VST plugins available for improving your voice.
Thank you for this tutorial, very well explained. I'm about to replace my $5 toy microphone with a real one and I would like to make some adjustments, this is very helpful!
Hey guys, I recommend you guys to a little software on android to measure the room's noise and it's called soundmeter. And it's handy for setting up the gate and stuff.
Great video guide. but you didn't mention the most important thing in the video. Does it require me to have a WaveXLR audio interface or anything else related to Elgato or you can just run it freely with any microphone you have?
If you have the wavexlr it will be good since it will let you use any xlr mic, if not you need any elgato mics for it since they use wave link, hopefully this clears it up
Hi. Do you have a video on installation of the T-De-Esser please? I've downloaded it & installed but can't find the software to open to change the sounds etc or when I go to the wave software, I don't get the option like you do in the video. Please help. Thanks James
I’m brand new to audio and streaming, so please pardon my ignorance. If I go this route with the wave 3, wouldn’t I want to avoid the nvidia broadcasting for mic in? Right now that’s all I’m using for mic, but you wouldn’t want both, correct?
Are all these extra softwares only plugins for Elgato Wave3? Because I dont have or can afford a professional microphone, I just have a cheap as heck one and Elgato Wave 3 isn't picking it up
Hello from Italy, and sorry for my not perfect english. Thank you for the video! My micrphone elgato wave 1 sounds pretty perfect, i have only one (big) problem. With the RNN noise suppressor in wave link everything works perfectly except when I scream and use higher frequencies (for example when i scream in horror games). The suppressor cuts the scream in a very annoying way. Please, how can I fix it?
As far as EQ goes. High pass and low pass spoken word. You’ll also get rid of quite a bit of unnecessary background noise and boomy bumps of the table. You can high pass between 100-200 depending on your vocal carrier frequency and low pass between 10k-15k to get rid of a lot of “airy” background noise especially if your gear doesn’t have the best pre-amps. Try it out. Useful sibilance is between 5k-10k. If you’re singing you can ignore this for the most part, but always at least high pass.
I was going to suggest the same thing. The safe zone for almost any mic/voice is to high pass/low pass below 90 and above 12.5. Every listener, short of people on really good monitors/headphones, can't even hear this change, but it cleans up vocal mics a lot.
@@SixStringGrace I’m a live sound engineer so we are a little more aggressive in that environment. I suppose you could open up the cut points in a studio space.
@@FatSapphire I have been out of Radio and TV IT for about 5 years now but i wanted to thank you both for this back and forth, it brought back lots of long nights setting up studios and tuning equipment with colleagues and friends.
I am searching for a good streaming sound interface with VST plugins. Seems most dont support VST only own built in EQ, compresser etc :-( And wave link is only for Wave mic. *sigh*
Please help me someone!! I don't have the elganto's products to use wavelink, is there any free best alternative that I can use to download all the audio plugin?
You can use these plugins in OBS if you don't have Wavelink, and if you use your headphone mic through OBS for streaming, then you can apply them to that audio channel. Headphone mic will only sound so good though, so you won't get drastically improved quality.
I have a cheapo mic from IDK where that is a webcam mic combo. When I play Fortnite it picks up the game audio as well. I found this video when trying to find a solution.
Any tips about more drastic voice changing effects and how to recreate them real time with basic filters? Voices like Ultron, death troopers, or basically any intense sci fi voices. Great vid, cheers mate.
Other than the obvious voice-changer software like Voicemod, there are Krotos's Simply Monsters and Dehumanizer, which might work (they do seem to function in the Wavelink VST stack, though they aren't "official" in Elgato's eyes). Neither is free. Dehumanizer is much more powerful, and also much more expensive (I haven't tried it, though I did trial Simply Monsters). So far I find it difficult to get away from unwanted digital artefacts on heavily modified voices (particularly when going up in pitch), but I'm also a neophyte. There might be a way (which I'd love to hear).
Melda Production have a free Production Crate that contains lots of VST FX like Vibrato, Delay, Reverb, Pitch Bending. Would recommend checking it out!
ive been using the "wave link stream" for most of my programs, is there a difference between that and the "wave link microphone fx" which one should I use?
wave link stream outputs everything going through the program. Microphone FX is only audio from your Microphone INCLUDING the plugins added in the video. Regular Mic In in just basic mic audio
Wavelink is software intended for Elgato Wave Microphones (I do not know if they work with other mics if you don't have one plugged in) and all of the plugins are altering the sound input before they go into the next desired piece of software, such as OBS or even Discord.
My Wave Link VST EQ Settings never save after I turn off my computer. I already reinstalled the software and everything is updated but still have this problem.
how do you not have any Fan sounds in the "demo without any sound effects/plug ins". I want to turn off the noise removal of elgato bc it makes my voice cut out if i get "high pitched" but theres nothing that works as well as the noise removal for my fan sounds and other surrounding audio.
Hi, I try to install Noise Suppression (RNNoise) but it's just a zip with dll files in it, not an installer for the VST file like the other download links. Am I doing something wrong? How do I use this dll file? Can't seem to add it in Wave Link.
Ah, I figured it out: You are supposed to unzip, then put that whole "windows_rnnoise_bin_x64" inside the C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST2 folder (or make that folder if it isn't there). Then it'll appear as an effect under Misc Vendors in Wave Link. Helps massively with mouse clicks!
Will any of these also help with increasing the volume on your mic? My mic is always incredibly quiet. I can turn it up myself on OBS with gain filter. But on Discord and stuff it is still very quiet.
see my issue is my obs mic sounds amazing. i have a sm7b and its perfect in obs. my issue is in game and on discord my mic sounds clear but its not as good as obs bc I dont have my plugins. Im wondering if there is anyway i can get it set up so people hear me in game and in discord with plugins. my idea is there has to be some sort of voice changer out there that lets you add plugins then in game and in discord you change your mic and instead of choosing your microphone you chose the voice changer mic. but idk if that's a thing someone help me out please. I really want to add a eq and compressor to my voice in game to make it sound just that much more better
I feel like I need you to just come into my studio and spend a day laughing at me for all of the gear that I have that I am not even close to using effectively. you'd have like 200 ideas for use and optimization and you could probably set it all up in like an hour. I feel like the old guy that cant set VCR clock...but man...I got money to buy stuff lol
I'm spellbound by this. I read a book with similar content, and I was absolutely spellbound. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint
somebody help me with this. i have condenser mic with balanced out. my preamp amplifies and feeds it power but. i end up with stereo signal that is in opposite phases . i use "mic in" of my PC. i end up with irritating sound. OBS has mixing into mono but signals cancels each other into nothing. windows does not have anything to even pan signal to one channel. is there free vst that can reverse polarity or maybe even make true balanced conversion into mono ?
For real. I am so upset. I was excited to find stuff but then I realized that the stupid fucking elgato wave link requires a device that I don't have. Bro left out the most important detail.
Who else wants to see OBS add VST3 support?
Wait it doesnt already have vst3 support?
I remember using one in the past for an lufs meter, maybe i had a plugin or something to enable it?
can you please share the link of the arm stand for the mic please, thank you
Mostly everyone if they are into the plugins and stuff.
@@MrTeathyme I know OBS hast VST support. seems a difference between VST-VST2-VST3. I use some reaper and other vst plugins
@@DieTabbi yeah turns out I used a plug-in to do it, been so long since I used vsts in obs (I have a dedicated box that just does audio dsp now) so didn’t remember properly
Oddly enough, I actually had all these plugins already, having seen them touted in various other "VST's-for-dummies" videos. But you still gave enough explanation and detail that I came out with several valuable take-aways that have already helped me improve my sound. Good vid!
Bro i really needed that de-esser cus my mic is absolutely horrible at making the S sound calm and subtle. Lovely video and the fact that they're all free opens up a whole new world for me.
Now my friends love my mic when in calling w/ them on discord
that noise gate you recommended is amazing, I find it more consistent when using it in OBS compared to the built in stuff, thank you!
Thank you so much for the explanations! The way you edit really helps accentuate your point, I can get a little overwhelmed seeing the whole layout at once and try to rush and find which knob is being talked about.
Very beginner friendly, I can't wait to learn more and your channel is really reliable.
11:45 (note added for reference)
Crazy, just went through another video of yours and followed those steps. Saw a pretty big increase the audio quality. Going to see what's new with this one!
I'm brand new to this. Seems as though you can't use these add-ins without a Wave mic? Is that just common knowledge?
October 14, 2023. This help me, a relatively new streamer using Zealsound P300 mic alongside Lenovo Ideapad 5, 82LM. A mobile gamer streaming on Twitch via OBS studio using Samsung S21+ 5G.
Thank you.
would love for you to show case the same video but with something other then wave link since its not compatible with anything other then a elgato device
this makes me want to buy a Wave. just to play with the VST toys.
when I opened WaveLink itasked me to connect supported product, with no options not to. So is this tutorial only for Wave products? Sounds like something important to mention in title
Damn, this is really useful! In the past, I've followed a similar video, but didn't actually hear much improvement, while following this one made my microphone sound _much_ better!
I was just trying so many options for sound suppression, I have a razer keyboard lmfao, so the keys are just extremely loud, actually watched your video all the way through and I didnt have the noise suppression on top of the chain! Thanks for saving me lmfao
I love all your videos, I recommend you to all my fellow streamers on setting up audio settings. Thank you again!!
This is the video that convinced me to cop the wave xlr.
Thank you sit.
Keep putting out dope content
I just received my quadcast S lmao, perfect timing GC!
Just found your channel and I'm excited to learn more than I have already. Just sucks I don't have wavelength and I'm running in circles trying to get this all to run in OBS but I'm hitting brick wall after brick wall. Just wanted to vent that. thanks for all the tips!
great, simple, easy to follow. Always. Thank you!!
Excellent guide mate []-)
So you need to have an Elgato wave mic to use the Wave Link software? Can I just use install these plugins on obs, and set it up there, will that work?
excellent video, can you give me the settings you use, the audio is very clean and precise
I know its been awhile since you uploaded this video but it helped me out so much. thank you for your work. liked the video and subbed
Another great upload.
You're always awesome and a great help to us all! Thank you
Question, is the xaymar plug in editable or is it automatic? Also....After watching over 30 videos and still not finding answers why is it that this one finally pops up and answered all my questions in 1 single video lol... THANK YOU.
Renegate
TDR Nova
RoughRider3
T-De-Esser
Hell YES ! Thank you SO MUCH for this tutorial ! :)
Also, do we need to reset the settings of the mic in wave link with these plugins ?
This is a very informative explanation to the layman ( of which I am one ) so I have a question in regards to compressors . I have a standard headphone jack into my Macbook and from there it goes to my Bose L18 which is fine BUT ! the the dowloaded music is not downloaded at the same volume so in many cases the music leaps up and it's a mad dash to make alterations and turn it down and of course the opposite applies ( very annoying and very common ) so what would you suggest to interrupt the the sound to make it neither up or down but consistent once set on it's way to the Bose ! . ( kinda like having a little chap on a mixer constantly changing the output volume from the Macbook ) . Thanks
Thanks for the awesome clear tutorial. Never did audio tuning before but this made it easy. Just to add that elgato noise suppression worked way better for me vs nvidia broadcast
Extremely helpful information, thank you 🙏 Sir
Do you need a compressor with ClipGuard?
that was such a great video
Would this work with podcast as wells? I want to sound as smooth as possible.
Thanks!
Thank you for your help. Great channel.
thank you - really helpful!
Currently I use all reaper vst's and I think they do a great job. Are the plugin's in this video better than reaper, or are these just newer?
Reaper's are good too, if you're already set up with those, you should be fine! These plugins have great visual feedback and UI, and are def some of the best free VST plugins available for improving your voice.
Wave 3 or Samson G-Track Pro?
Possible for live mic monitoring video recordings and live streams?
Vsts in obs (I'm using fab filter vsts) usually cause audio to lag a bit and get out of sync with video FYI
Thank you for this tutorial, very well explained.
I'm about to replace my $5 toy microphone with a real one and I would like to make some adjustments, this is very helpful!
So this is only for Elgato Wave microphone?
I assume these plug ins arent needed if we are using a GoXLR correct?
do i download all of these or just one
Valeu!
How I could use it or similar plug-ins when do not use Elgato hard/software or OBS - just Discord or TS for example?
Hey guys, I recommend you guys to a little software on android to measure the room's noise and it's called soundmeter. And it's handy for setting up the gate and stuff.
Hey nice video btw, but i have a question, is that vst3 app works with any mic or only with the elgato brand mics?
any software for a noise limiter, thats one i really really need
I don't understand why we use the make up gain since the compressor stops reducing the signal as soon as the signal goes below the threshold.
Great video guide. but you didn't mention the most important thing in the video.
Does it require me to have a WaveXLR audio interface or anything else related to Elgato or you can just run it freely with any microphone you have?
If you have the wavexlr it will be good since it will let you use any xlr mic, if not you need any elgato mics for it since they use wave link, hopefully this clears it up
can i make discord take these aswell? or just obs/wavelink software? considering i dont have a elgato mic
Hi. Do you have a video on installation of the T-De-Esser please? I've downloaded it & installed but can't find the software to open to change the sounds etc or when I go to the wave software, I don't get the option like you do in the video. Please help. Thanks James
Still need VST Support on the Mac side from Elgato
I’m brand new to audio and streaming, so please pardon my ignorance. If I go this route with the wave 3, wouldn’t I want to avoid the nvidia broadcasting for mic in? Right now that’s all I’m using for mic, but you wouldn’t want both, correct?
Actually OBS can support VST3 through Andersama plugin "VST Plugins v0.1" or OBS Studio Music Edition
Can you link me to a tutorial on how to install that?
Are all the plugins in the video compatible with vst2?
ok but how is the process of installing these plug ins?
Using the noise gate the attack is how fast the gate opens and release is how fast it closes?
Does wave link only work with elgato products?
japp only elgato mics..............
Wavelink software works with the Wave XLR, which is a hub into which one can plug any XLR microphone.
How do you use stuff like this with just a microphone?? Wavelink says I don't have a compatible device....
can i use the elgato wave link with a non elgato mic?
Are all these extra softwares only plugins for Elgato Wave3? Because I dont have or can afford a professional microphone, I just have a cheap as heck one and Elgato Wave 3 isn't picking it up
But i need a special Video for the Blue Yeti because i think i cant use the same settings
Hello from Italy, and sorry for my not perfect english. Thank you for the video! My micrphone elgato wave 1 sounds pretty perfect, i have only one (big) problem. With the RNN noise suppressor in wave link everything works perfectly except when I scream and use higher frequencies (for example when i scream in horror games). The suppressor cuts the scream in a very annoying way. Please, how can I fix it?
Mulțumim!
Do they still work offline?
what gain level did you use on the elgato wave 3?
Do you have or can you do a video about what to look for when doing an EQ specific to your voice ?
As far as EQ goes. High pass and low pass spoken word. You’ll also get rid of quite a bit of unnecessary background noise and boomy bumps of the table. You can high pass between 100-200 depending on your vocal carrier frequency and low pass between 10k-15k to get rid of a lot of “airy” background noise especially if your gear doesn’t have the best pre-amps. Try it out. Useful sibilance is between 5k-10k. If you’re singing you can ignore this for the most part, but always at least high pass.
I was going to suggest the same thing. The safe zone for almost any mic/voice is to high pass/low pass below 90 and above 12.5. Every listener, short of people on really good monitors/headphones, can't even hear this change, but it cleans up vocal mics a lot.
@@SixStringGrace I’m a live sound engineer so we are a little more aggressive in that environment. I suppose you could open up the cut points in a studio space.
@@SixStringGrace we try to hi/lo pass any irrelevant aural information as much as possible to prevent noise floor summing.
@@FatSapphire
I have been out of Radio and TV IT for about 5 years now but i wanted to thank you both for this back and forth, it brought back lots of long nights setting up studios and tuning equipment with colleagues and friends.
@@BestLittleStudio absolutely man!
I dont have an ElGato mic, can this work on any mic?
I am searching for a good streaming sound interface with VST plugins. Seems most dont support VST only own built in EQ, compresser etc :-( And wave link is only for Wave mic. *sigh*
Please help me someone!! I don't have the elganto's products to use wavelink, is there any free best alternative that I can use to download all the audio plugin?
I have an RTX4080 but VoiceFX just doesn't show up in my Light Host. Any idea on how to make it work?
I just just VST plugin. I have a headset. I don't have a big fancy mic.
Can we also use these plugins with headphone mic ?
I was just going to ask this exact question.
You can use these plugins in OBS if you don't have Wavelink, and if you use your headphone mic through OBS for streaming, then you can apply them to that audio channel. Headphone mic will only sound so good though, so you won't get drastically improved quality.
why does no one recommend the noise suppression made by elgato ? :o
I have a cheapo mic from IDK where that is a webcam mic combo. When I play Fortnite it picks up the game audio as well. I found this video when trying to find a solution.
Any tips about more drastic voice changing effects and how to recreate them real time with basic filters? Voices like Ultron, death troopers, or basically any intense sci fi voices. Great vid, cheers mate.
Other than the obvious voice-changer software like Voicemod, there are Krotos's Simply Monsters and Dehumanizer, which might work (they do seem to function in the Wavelink VST stack, though they aren't "official" in Elgato's eyes). Neither is free. Dehumanizer is much more powerful, and also much more expensive (I haven't tried it, though I did trial Simply Monsters). So far I find it difficult to get away from unwanted digital artefacts on heavily modified voices (particularly when going up in pitch), but I'm also a neophyte. There might be a way (which I'd love to hear).
Melda Production have a free Production Crate that contains lots of VST FX like Vibrato, Delay, Reverb, Pitch Bending. Would recommend checking it out!
ive been using the "wave link stream" for most of my programs, is there a difference between that and the "wave link microphone fx" which one should I use?
wave link stream outputs everything going through the program. Microphone FX is only audio from your Microphone INCLUDING the plugins added in the video. Regular Mic In in just basic mic audio
does this work on every condencer mic? and also does this setup work on dicord?
Wavelink is software intended for Elgato Wave Microphones (I do not know if they work with other mics if you don't have one plugged in) and all of the plugins are altering the sound input before they go into the next desired piece of software, such as OBS or even Discord.
My Wave Link VST EQ Settings never save after I turn off my computer. I already reinstalled the software and everything is updated but still have this problem.
@GamingCareers what computer speakers did you have shown in this video at the time of recording?
how do you not have any Fan sounds in the "demo without any sound effects/plug ins". I want to turn off the noise removal of elgato bc it makes my voice cut out if i get "high pitched" but theres nothing that works as well as the noise removal for my fan sounds and other surrounding audio.
Hi, I try to install Noise Suppression (RNNoise) but it's just a zip with dll files in it, not an installer for the VST file like the other download links. Am I doing something wrong? How do I use this dll file? Can't seem to add it in Wave Link.
Ah, I figured it out: You are supposed to unzip, then put that whole "windows_rnnoise_bin_x64" inside the C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST2 folder (or make that folder if it isn't there). Then it'll appear as an effect under Misc Vendors in Wave Link. Helps massively with mouse clicks!
My Wavelink crashes when i try to move the voicefx vst... is this cause im using the demo version?
t De-Esser cant be downloaded ask for an account, and there's no way to create one, the website fails, can anyone provide a link with the file please?
Compressor (RoughRider3) doesn't exist anymore, any other options?
I would search it up manually, it’s what i did personally but if not i am sure there are other great conpressors to use as well
Will any of these also help with increasing the volume on your mic? My mic is always incredibly quiet. I can turn it up myself on OBS with gain filter. But on Discord and stuff it is still very quiet.
see my issue is my obs mic sounds amazing. i have a sm7b and its perfect in obs. my issue is in game and on discord my mic sounds clear but its not as good as obs bc I dont have my plugins. Im wondering if there is anyway i can get it set up so people hear me in game and in discord with plugins. my idea is there has to be some sort of voice changer out there that lets you add plugins then in game and in discord you change your mic and instead of choosing your microphone you chose the voice changer mic. but idk if that's a thing someone help me out please. I really want to add a eq and compressor to my voice in game to make it sound just that much more better
i downloaded the files n everything n it dont pop up on my wavelink
didnt work for me @2:06 . It just shows Get More Audio Effects , doesnt show the downloaded effects
I like how you say completely free, dont you need elgato hardware for the software to even be used?
Free software not any hardware
I feel like I need you to just come into my studio and spend a day laughing at me for all of the gear that I have that I am not even close to using effectively. you'd have like 200 ideas for use and optimization and you could probably set it all up in like an hour.
I feel like the old guy that cant set VCR clock...but man...I got money to buy stuff lol
I'm spellbound by this. I read a book with similar content, and I was absolutely spellbound. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint
where u always lf?
this is only specific for elgato microphones right ?
somebody help me with this. i have condenser mic with balanced out. my preamp amplifies and feeds it power but. i end up with stereo signal that is in opposite phases . i use "mic in" of my PC. i end up with irritating sound. OBS has mixing into mono but signals cancels each other into nothing. windows does not have anything to even pan signal to one channel. is there free vst that can reverse polarity or maybe even make true balanced conversion into mono ?
excuse me, I mostly do not recognize how his sounds changes after each configuring 🤣 I'm using Apple headphones
so i just spend time downloading all this shit to find out that i cant even use wavelink
fucking great
For real. I am so upset. I was excited to find stuff but then I realized that the stupid fucking elgato wave link requires a device that I don't have. Bro left out the most important detail.