Separate Audio Tracks in OBS (Split Discord, Music, Game Sound)

This tutorial will show you how to separate audio tracks in OBS Studio. This method will allow you to split audio in OBS, with music, Discord and game sound all being on individual tracks. Separating audio tracks will allow you to record each application on their own track. This makes editing videos easier as you can edit each track separately. Additionally, splitting audio tracks in OBS is also useful for streaming. With each application split inside of OBS you can individually control their volume. Allowing you to customize the sound of your stream and fine-tune it as needed.
With split audio tracks in OBS you can also control what is being herd on your VOD track much easier. This will allow you to choose what applications are saved to your past broadcast on Twitch.
The best use for split OBS tracks is video recording. When editing a video with split audio tracks you can cut and mute individual sounds to ensure only the important sounds are being heard. This is particularly useful for gameplay videos, as someone in Discord may be talking during an intense moment. During the editing process you will then be able to mute the Discord call so the gameplay and microphone are the only audio being heard. Additionally, this allows you to mute any music that may be playing while you game as it will be on its own track.
To seperate Discord, music, game, and microphone sound you will need to use application audio capture source. This source will allow you to capture the audio from a specified application. You will need to go through and add each application that you want to capture as their own source. By splitting the audio like this you can also apply filters to each source individually.
Once all of your audio sources have been set up you will then need to setup your audio tracks in the advanced audio properties. This is where you select what audio capture devices are being heard on each track. Additionally, you will need to select your streaming, VOD and recording tracks in the OBS output settings.
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@@bitedownpetey8954 I want it to be compact and engaging within a short time

[@kitzunemiku]

TO ANYONE WHO STREAMS/RECORD DIFFERENT GAMES: What I did was make a new "Application Audio Capture" for each game and set them all to track 5! They won't clash together as long as you don't have multiple open at the same time ^_^
Amazing tut! Straight to the point and very hepful! Thanks!!

[@Benitaakov]

Exacly the thing I was confused abt - thank u a lot!

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@@Benitaakov np! i’m glad i could help!

[@vanlynn]

THANK YOU!!

[@appleando752]

Is there an easier way for that? What if I boot a new game up for the first time on stream, or if I don't want 27 game sources cluttering the sources menu.

[@kitzunemiku]

@@appleando752 it might work with just one! i was playing party animals with my friend the other day, and OBS still picked it up without me making an application for it

[@DiscountCommander]

Recently I recorded an entire 2 hour playthrough of one of my favorite games of all time with my friends only to figure out that the game was much too loud and our voices were much too quiet. After a lot of sound editing, I only managed to slightly fix the problem. This tutorial completely saves me from ever having to do that again. THANK YOU!

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I did a 4 hour livestream with very funny moments only to realize after all that that I only recorded my voice................. obs settings are sooooooooooo annoying sometimes, I had it all set right but apparently something is wrong :/

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[@henrikmadsen6446]

I have seen like 10 videos about this and finally I understand how to separate audio tracks. Thanks, comment, like, subscribed.

[@deaundragreen]

This was EXTREMELY HELPFUL!! I just needed an extra audio track (that will be muted in the final product) to help me sync my show recordings to my reaction and this worked PERFECTLY. Someone mentioned (and this did apply to me) you won’t be able to hear the tracks separately until you put it into your editing software, so don’t panic lol

[@bestush7714]

I watched another tutorial before this one but they forgot to mention the audio properties so I stilled had mixed audio no matter what.
Thank you! quick and easy

[@ToriksLV]

One of the best tutorials for audio tracks as they have been the most confusing thing to figure as to why track 2 for muted music but not others, what all 6 mean etc.

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Nice video, I been looking for this for a while. It's precise, to the point, and expeditious.
Well done!

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What a fantastic guide. Short, sweet, simple. Thank you very much!

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This was perfect and was just what I needed. Also love that it was short and right to the point. Thank you.

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Perfect! This is absolutely the best tutorial ever! I will be using this method of splitting audio tonight!

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I used this. Cool and quick guide and clear. Thanks for posting this.

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Short, straight to the Point, and easy to Understand. Thank you.

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This is an amazing and simple tutorial. Thank you so much for this!!!

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was having a lot of trouble, this fixed my issues in actual seconds. cheers dude, thank you :)

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This could not have been explained any easier, and I still needed to watch this about a dozen times before I actually understood why I was supposed to perform certain actions.
I got there in the end though, many thanks.

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Killer tutorial! I had to redub some gameplay for a video, now I can record like this to make that easier in the future!

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Amazing tutorial! All the others were super complex and long where as yours was simple and straight to the point! Thankyou!

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thanks bro. finally a tutorial that works without downloading extra stuff.

[@raphaelmarkd]

Thank you! this was really helpful in recording zooms and online meetings without ruining the audio!

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Finally one that actually works not like all the other ones

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this was straight to the point and easy to follow with the key words being highlighted too. thanks so much ^^

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Can't thank you enough for this vid, so tired of 20 minute videos that end up giving me something I didn't ask for

[@PAZAK13]

Small and straight forward tutorial. Thank you!

[@soundrogue4472]

Ok how the bloody hell did you get it to work?

[@PAZAK13]

@@soundrogue4472 Hello,
I just followed the tutorial. Once you have seperated the audio inputs you must select them per Window. You can also mute certain tracks through the mixer.

[@soundrogue4472]

@@PAZAK13 I found out my problem; I just needed to update my obs.

[@Kainraa]

Incredibly helpful, concise, and gives advice to allow the user to adjust to their own liking. Amazing video thank you
EDIT: Please read this! Not all video software will play all of the audio tracks at once! I was listening back to my recordings and I could only hear my microphone, but when I put the same clip into a video editing software, all of the audio tracks appeared correctly.

[@sicjoker]

Thanks for the heads up i was running through the same problem haha.

[@Acolyte_501st]

Window 11’s own video software amazingly can only play the first track..

[@JoeCastellon]

THANK YOU!! I was wondering why I heard everything all at once and then when I read your comment, put the video in DaVinci Resolve and there I could see the separate tracks.

[@Kainraa]

@@JoeCastellon Davinci Resolve is what I used to figure this out too, glad my comment could help you out.

[@SNIRJ__Plays]

Exactly! I looked into the video I just made and it was black but my mic audio track, and when I edited it in Premiere, all of them were there.

[@vereor6304]

Thank you so so much! This is the easiest tutorial to follow that I have seen for this kind of thing. I really appreciate your help!

[@BeyondNoobism]

Finally a tutorial that I understand and can actually work with

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Amazing Video! So clear and easy to understand. Thank you so much :D

[@permsn]

Holy macaroni, short and direct, great vid man. 2morrow will chevk it out because i allways run in to problems eith my audio ❤

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This one actually worked
Thanks!

[@MScottLassiter]

Worked the very first time. Excellent tutorial, thank you!

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After 2 hours of trying with other tutorials finally found yours, thanks a lot!!!!

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Thanks for the short tutorial!

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The only tutorial that under 30 mins, in fact its only 3 lol
Love u bro❤

[@FrezzYt]

Thank You for the info. Was really helpful🙂

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This is perfect for people trying to record lol
Appreciate this so much.
Earned a sub for this.

[@Meried]

Fantastic tutorial. Everyone should take notes on this guy!

[@ohsick9570]

i fr started using obs studio a few minutes ago and this really helped me
good stuff man

[@Lady_Nanaki]

Absolutely perfect solution to my problem and easy to follow! Thanks so much!

[@Real_skullbroz]

For some reason it only recorded one audio track but i realized to hear all 3 of them, i just have to load them in my editor. Thank you so much, lad.

[@slurptech]

Yeah most video players only play track 1, which is kind of annoying.

[@Dazzkel]

I used to have both of them playing but after adding the application audio I inly get the mic track but they do work in the editor

[@mmmmythical]

Omg lol I just put my recorded file into editing software to check after reading this and I saw all three tracks!!! This makes so much sense genuinely thank you so much for this comment it fixed my problem :)

[@Real_skullbroz]

@@mmmmythical Yeah i was about to kick the chair from underneath me until i saw that OBS plays peekaboo with the audio tracks. Random question but do ye wanna play gmod sometime?

[@chrishatter59]

Bro thanks so much this has helped me out a ton!

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Oh nice, glad we can do this now!!! Needed to do this "yesterday" but oh well

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I love this man now ❤

[@magomag]

I'm so glad i didn't follow the video i saw before this that said to download "VoiceMeter Banana" and do a bunch of unnecessary software download and settings, this tutorial is exactly what i needed, to record only the game audio, without discord. Cheers mate, thanks. 👍

[@slurptech]

No problem, the other video was probably made before this feature was released.

[@OmnipotentSaiyan]

I'm gonna rewatch this everytime I setup my OBS now.
I was using Desktop for 6 years lol

[@aydo6721]

perfect and concise thank you.

[@TheDiscardedFoot]

Thank you for the volume mixer tip. I would still be going crazy tbh.

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Thanks man you really helped me out of a jam!

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Thank you so much for this dude

[@Mr_Tea_Rexx]

i was using voicemeeter + vc to do this ... thank you obs!!

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This was a super fast tutorial

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You are a bloody legend!!!

[@lizdevilz7271]

Thanks a lot! I have weird habit, Like to listened music when doing everything. Grinding in games, Do homework, Wash some dish and etc. Include when I stream, Too but I don't want my gameplay audio to mixed with abomination mixed audio in the background so this help me like a lot!

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THANK YOU! been trying to figure this out on my own has been a nightmare 😅

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exactly what I needed thx

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i've watched so so so many tutorials trying to explain how to do this, none have worked, but this video was absolutely fantastic- so easy to understand and worked like a charm. i've never commented on any of the other tutorials, but this one absolutely deserves it- THANKYOU SO MUCH!

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Tysm. Right to the point

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ive been trying to make obs capture game audio and nothing else. this saved me so thanks !

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