First of all, you freaking rock for popping this video out the day the question was asked! So thank you so much for that! Second, I still seem to be having some issues. - On my Streaming PC, I have my main microphone in Line one (as usual). I then plug my two big jacks that turn into the 3.5, (from Channel 5/6), which is then plugged into the front headphone jack of my computer, and I set it up in the system as "Front Speaker Out - Stereo". - On my gaming PC, I then have the two RCA plugs in Channel 7/8, (just like you have it), into the Green jack in the back of my computer. (I don't have that SB-1905 you have, or any audio splitting device). - For my microphone Input, I use the USB option, due to static/buzzing. But I put the FX Send option into my Streaming PC which registered the separation, (or split), of microphone and all other sound. UNFORTUNATELY, it seems that no matter what I do, all of the audio is mixed in itself regardless of how I set it up. The only thing that changes volume is when I turn do the Bottom "Level" nob in Line One, which turns everything down. I'm not sure what all I am either missing or doing wrong. If you'd like, I can make a video and show you what all of my issues are if that makes it easier for you to help me. Sorry about all of this. Let me know if there is anything I can do to fix or show the issues better to you. Thank you!
Elaina Strongbow yeah I thought that sounded weird haha. Basically I mean that my main Microphone is in the Line One position, (top left), like your first microphone is. The “as usual” part was a weird way of me saying “obviously” lol. Idk why I said it that way. So from my mixer, my microphone’s input into my Gaming PC is the USB option. And the input into my Streaming PC from my mixer, is the 3.5 mm Jack option. Hopefully that explains things a bit better?
Elaina Strongbow I went ahead and made a video to better show and explain what all I have going on. Hope this helps! - ua-cam.com/video/Z--Ri2_4ORo/v-deo.html
This was INCREDIBLY HELPFUL OMG I saw your original video from March, but this is precisely what was needed to help me complete my streaming audio changes.
This has to be one of the best videos that I have seen on this subject so far. This really answered a lot of questions that I had. Thanks for making this you are really going to help a lot of people with this
just wanna say thanks - i've now realized my 2 pc linux/windows setup in which i only wanted to use a single headsetup to communicate to both (players in ingame on windows and voice apps on linux discord/teamspeak etc.)! this has helped a lot :)
WOW! Best video on the subject I have found in 3 days. Not exactly what I need for my setup but the concepts were clear and helped me better understand. THANK YOU!
Thanks for this, was good help! Appreciate taking the time to do this. You didn't have to and you did. We need more people like you in the world. God bless.
Thanks for this, always good to see good dual PC setup tuts, I’ve been through 3 different mixers and lots of cables / hum destroyers trying to fix a ground loop noise problem I had, even going to the extreme of ungrounding my 2 PCs which is dangerous but could not get rid of it, I recently discovered the “GoXLR” device from TC-Helicon designed for this exact purpose of mixing 2 PCs (can use USB + Optical digital connections as opposed to all analogue) and it solved my problem, I highly recommend it as an alternative!
Even when I use the FX send with discord my friends on discord can still hear everything coming through my mixer and not just my mic. How can I fix this?
Hey, I too am on a single set up PC, which parts did you do to make it work? It's been awhile since I tried this, but thought i'd ask if its something you could answer easily? Thanks
With this setup, is it possible to switch between the headphones and speakers instead of having to mute the speakers? I assume that when you listen to the speakers, the headphones are still outputting sound, so both at the same time?
Such a helpful video, thank you! I hate to even ask because you have already helped so much, but could you make a video of how you have things routed/set up in OBS please? Thank you again.
Is there a way to separate the microphone audio from the monitor out or stereo out? Even using FX send, I can still hear my voice from the speakers, either connected to Monitor out or Stereo out. Thanks.
Your 1st video was very informational and this one does a really great job of clearing up questions I have so thank you for that! I was wondering however, I noticed you're using RCA for the game PC rather than using the built in DAC from the mixer to get the game PC sound. Is this because you already have a sound card? If you didn't have a sound card, I'd imagine that using USB from the mixer to get the gaming PC input would be a better choice? Is this correct? Thank you again for making these awesome videos!
Why did you choose RCA for channel 7/8? Does it make a difference? Asking because I’ve been trying to get my audio up for weeeeeeks! Lol. Your video has been the best so far. I’m hoping it’s the last one I need.
With this config, can you mute your Mic to stream, but allow discord to still hear your mic? I find when I turn down/off the Mic level, that will also turn off the FX send.
@@abdulsalam32x No, that doesn't work. But the larger 12U model has multiple outputs which solves all issues. Its just to large. Ended up just getting an GoXLR, fixed every issue I was having and more. I little more expensive, but its doing so much more and seems made for streamers.
My headphones jack on my mixer has tons of white noise when it's only turned 1/3 of the way up. I can barely hear myself in the phones over it with mic gain all the way up.
So will I be able to use a USB only Blue Yeti -> the USB port in the back of this mixer in attempts to get that audio to both my Streaming and Gaming PC? Or do I NEED an XLR microphone to interface with this mixer? Great video!
Is there a way you can explain where the plugs go to either streaming pc or gaming pc? Meaning where they go into the pc? Do they go in the back of the pc or the ports on top or side of the pc's? Ok thank you! Overall, this video is definitely better than what I've watched.
I have the mg12xu...So i need two cables (outputs) from the mixer to the stream pc one to the line in (motherboard) n the other to the mic input in the front of the pc... my problem is when I stream my mic is non existent but I can talk with my friends in game
hi i followed your video each step and im just trying to figure out why my game volume is much much louder than my actual xlr voice volume. did you ever have this problem? using your exact same setup. thanks
You really did put effort in these videos, very nice! Very informative. I have a question on the aux output (fx send). Its a mono signal and not stereo so when using it for the mic to use in games and discord will people hear you only in the left ear? I wonder because i am setting this mixer up atm and found out the aux is mono. I found that out by testing it with windows voice recorder, playback is only in the left ear. Will people in discord chat, steam voice chat and ingame chat also hear you mono?
Great video...quick question. I’ve got everything setup like you suggest, but I don’t want to hear the mic in my headset. I want what I’m saying sent via the mix to stream machine, but I don’t want to hear my voice in the headset. Any suggestions?
I’m sure you can but for me it sounds weird. I need to hear how my voice is versuses the other sounds. Otherwise the audio could be where the game noise is too loud and people can’t hear my voice. Also, with my can headphones that cover my whole ear or my in game monitor ear pieces, I can’t hear myself without it and it just sounds weird.
Hi, I need some help. I can't seem to find a response from anyone on reddit. I have dual PC for streaming, an Elgato HD60s, and I have the Behringer Xenyx 502. It doesn't have an FX Out. Is there still a way for me to get it to work?
!!!sub and like!!! I LOVE YOU i have been watching video after video and just troubleshooting myself for so long and i can't believe i didn't think of this, HATS OFF TO YOU SIR
1st thank you for the video, its explains everything. But i have 1 question. How can i listen to the game, game chat, discord, music , but not to my voice?
What is on the sound blaster looks exactly like what is on the back of my gaming pc. If I have those connections in the back of my pc is a sound blaster still necessary and if so why?
The sound blaster is not connected to my Stream PC, it is connected to my gaming laptop. It was added so I could get a Mic/Line In for the laptop so I could route voice to in game chat. I have voice isolated to send to Discord on the stream pc, I also needed it to feed it into in game chat like on PUBG.
@@ElainaStrongbow What I was getting at was the same colors and features on the sound blaster look exactly like the back of my gaming pc built by nzxt. The reason why I'm asking guidance in this matter is because I'm literally about to order all cables I was missing on the same mixer board you have for dual pc streaming. What's really confusing me is when you mention the sound blaster and Im looking at it to see it has similar features the back of my gaming pc has
It wouldnt be easiser/possible to just have all ur audio on the gaming pc(discord and game) ,that way all your audio can just be pulled by the stereo L/R to 3.5mm thats plugged into main gaming pc??
How would this work for just a single PC? Would there be anything to change in the connecting to discord, game sound, music, any of that that you showed? I have been searching & haven't found an informative tutorial until i'v come across your video. You made this look simple. I really just am wondering how would I do this if I were just wanting to have mic on channel 1, discord on 5/6, Music on 7/8, PS4 & Xbox on 9/10? I understand that I would need to get a optical box converter to convert the consoles back to 3.5 & then to the left & right i'm assuming right? What I don't know is if I need that ground loop & where if i'm connecting the consoles to the mixer? I know how to hook up the mic to channel 1 perfectly & easily fine. Now how would I connect discord & Music up is my question to you? PS ignore the #s I know Xbox has to be 5/6 or 7/8, it was my mistake when typing. Thanks, if you're able to answer my questions
Mixer is Analog, consoles are not. I would put grounding loops there. PC Connections to Mixer: 1. LINE Out/Headphone Out from PC to Mixer. This so you can hear the PC audio on your headphones on the mixer. 2. Mixer Stereo Out to Line In on PC. All sounds from the mixer go back to the PC and this is routed into Xsplit or OBS. Important, you don’t want to hear this and that is a setting in Xsplit/OBS. You don’t need to hear it, you are already hearing it on the Mixer. Line In is usually the BLUE input on the back of the motherboard.. 3. FX Send Out to Microphone In on PC. Your PChas to have to inputs. In Discord, under Audio Settings, you want to select the “input” from you Microphone In Jack. This is usually the RED (pinkish) port. If you have done this all correctly... Xsplit/OBS should be getting everything coming to the PC on Stereo Out. And then back on your Mic channel, once you turn up the output for FX Send, that should be going to the PC on the Microphone and just that into Discord.
Just tacking on a reply if I may. First, thank you for the 1PC details as well as all the other training vids. You have the patience of Job and I appreciate your methodical approach. I have an odd side effect though with the 1PC setup and I'm curious if you have an opinion. I have mine set identically to the above 3 steps complete with isolators where needed. However, when I listen to the output of my actual twitch stream, while the PC sounds and Mic sounds appear to be fine on their own, whenever using them BOTH at the same time (talking while playing) they seem to interfere with each other and sort of "static" each other out. If you look out on my Twitch Channel (WizBam007_) I have two videos saved there called "Testing New Audio" that demonstrate what I am running into. Like I said, if I speak into the mic by itself, the sound goes to my phones and through OBS without issue. Same for my PC Sounds if I am ONLY playing PC sounds (game, youtube, etc.) But if I try to talk WHILE playing a PC sound, then both become fuzzy. I wonder if step 2 might be the culprit since sending the stereo out to the PC Line In is basically making it so PC sounds are coming across BOTH the Desktop Audio AND Mic tracks in OBS. So when I try to talk, the voice and PC sounds are interfering with each other. Might you have an opinion?
With a setup like this would it still work if you didn't start up your stream PC? or would it have to be wired differently? I'm fine with using discord on the stream PC if I am streaming but if I am just playing with friends I would like to just use discord on my gaming PC instead of having to start up the stream PC.
@@FullPayGaming Sorry about that. Our colors are likely different. Make sure the AUX knob for each channel (except the mic) are turned down. These are usually like the 3rd nob above the volume sliders
this helped me none. I dont have an FX out of FX send - just a send or receive. My microphone is broadcasting every sound that comes from the mixer wtf is that shit ?
The USB microphone is plugged into 1 of the computers. If it is plug into the Stream Machine then you need to make sure the output of the Microphone is audible on that machine. It wouldn't go directly into the mixer, it would get their via the Stream PC.
Question: I have a pretty similar setup with just one PC and I have my mic set to go out of the FX send and into the line in on my PC as you do, but if I have the FX/AUX knob on channel one any higher than a tenth of the way up, the mic is so distorted and straight up ear rape so my teammates can't understand me. But if I turn that knob down, then there's not enough signal to route through the FX and so I'm unable to play with reverb,voice pitcher, etc. Is this because I'm not using a ground loop? I'm just using a 1/4" to 3.5mm adapter to a 3.5mm cable that connects into the PC. IF it's not that, what is it?
This is a HUGE help. I just got a mixer for Christmas and with your tutorial I'll be able to set it up. I run a very similar setup (stream PC is an FX-8350 and game PC is an Acer Predator w/ 6GB 1060). Thank you!
This is a really good tutorial. I learn a lot from this video. Just one major issue I have continue to go through after already learning my ins and out of the mixer at hand. The issue is that my playback is going to all of my recording chat! I would listen to music or a video on youtube, etc, and it would transfer to my chat in game or discord. Basically I can't play and talk on discord cause they would hear my game! Keep in my, I did everything in this tutorial exact as explain on this video, but still can't play and chat. Meanwhile I have it connected via usb to the mixer so that I would be able to play and chat. Could anyone help with what would be the issue in my case? Cause if not I have come to believe that the mixer is defective. Please and thank you
Hi, I wanted to ask Do i need to buy a Behringer HD400 microhd - the hum destroyer or do i need to by 2x ground loop audac tr 2070, to eliminate hiss and hum sounds? I have already chosen to buy a mixer, but not sure about the cables and how many i need. ( i have sound card already, mic, and will buy headphones)
Hello sorry for the bad englisch ! I have the Mg12 XU but i have at ts gamesound and my friends here himself. i have aux 1 to stream pc and aux 2 to game pc . not the fx sound
The audio from my desktop is going through my mic. I have the line out from my PC to line 7/8 on the mixer. Also I hear my mic when I speak into it. This is a nightmare 😭
Great video!!! I have an issue though. I have the USB via to my gaming PC since it is my main and what I am usually on. I have the streaming PC set up well. No issue there. I did try to divide the music in gaming PC with the mixer, but I am getting the music sound in my chat on discord. No matter what I do with the FX send out and how ever I adjust the nobs it is still sending sound in to my discord chat. Can any one help me and tell me why???
Great guide. I have a question. Is it possible to use line out on your monitor and route Discord into that and run a stereo 3.5 to mono 6.3 into Mic/line (channel 2)? Or will the sound only go out to the left channel? I don't need stereo for the Discord chat.
The best video i have ever had to work with this. My set up will be slightly diffrent. but now i know wtf the ports need to be. a huge help. YOU ARE A GOD. and thanks for the file too!
Thank you for the wonderful guide, can someone provide links to the cables utilized? The problem I am worried about is that I will purchase the wrong cables or bad quality ones. Can you say the name or provide tried and true 3.5mm to 1/4 L/R? I have read about issues of people purchasing the wrong cables and getting no directional audio etc. thank you again for the level of effort you put into this and have earned a new suvscriber
Hey thanks for the video, 1 question... having everything plugged in, while i'll talk i would listen even to my self right ? Is possibile to avoid that ? I mean when i talk not to hear my self in the headphones but people in stream will still hearing me. Thanks a lot if you reply this
You have connected your speakers to the monitor out ports on your mixer. Are you hearing your voice over the speakers when you are talking into the mic?
I did everything on the video and also saw the other videos related to this 1. 1 issue! I am getting the audio from gaming pc crossing over to the streaming pc. Not bad for the streaming. But, I am getting the sound back to Discord. No matter what I do I hear the game or desktop sound in the discord. Ppl I am in chat with here the audio I am listening to on my headset. Help please.
Pay attention the FX/Send Out. I route that separately and the only thing on that channel is Mic Audio. I route the Mixer out to the Stream PC (all the audio) AND I also route the FX Send Out traffic to the Stream PC (just the Mic). It is that FX Send Out that I select as an input in Discord.
Does this still work with NDI plug in? because i get a 10 second delay on my stream. if i go into the streaming pc with the mic instead of the NDI wouldn't my audio be out of sync?
Hello. I'm not sure about NDI and what that is. I do know that I do not have a delay between what is on my Mic and what is coming from my Gaming PC. The only time I've ever had delays is when I used something like and Elgato Converter for my Xbox. The Xbox was out of sync and I had to actually put a delay so it would be synced with my voice. This was all done in Xsplit (broadcast software). I had to find which source was Ahead of the other and then add a delay on it (doing it in small increments) until it was in sync. I literally was record a video where I said "Jump" and in the game was making my character jump.
A lot of the games I play rely heavily upon spatial audio cues. Do you retain spatial audio (not just stereo), even if it is just simulated, with this setup?
How would do this setup with discord on ur gaming pc not discord on streaming. I have discord set to on button press . so when i game id like to use that.
If it is on your gaming PC then you will need to figure out how to send your Microphone traffic to your PC too. You could setup a 2nd microphone that is plugged into your gaming PC. Otherwise if you would have still have to use the FX Send out to just send your voice traffic back to the Mic input on your gaming PC.
Thank you so much. I do have 2 follow up questions. Is there any reason why you chose Rca instead of 1/4 plug in the channel 7/8 section ? by the way, I might be getting the 12 channel mixer. Is there any difference in cable setup compared to the 10 channel mixer you have?
LOL... I knew someone was going to ask that question. The reason is because I happen to have that cable rather than the other. But I can tell you that it bothers the OCD in me to no end. :)
You didn't mention anything about sound settings in Windows. Do you have to make changes there ? Basically i am getting echoing when playing back recordings (just recording game PC only, no mic yet) from obs for testing purposes. I can hear the echoing live also. can you help ? Update: So here's the problem. When i use the main out (from mixer) to the line-in on the stream pc, i get echo/reverb. My alternative temporary fix with no echo is to just disconnect main out from mixer to line in stream pc. Then run the line from game pc out to stream pc line instead of to the mixer. Seems to work great. I would of preferred to use main out from the mixer to line in on stream pc, but i couldn't get the reverb or echoing to stop. Although if I turned volumes way down here and there, it stopped. Then everything mixed was too low to hear, so it didn't work.
Since I’m listening to and sending audio to the stream machine, I have to filter out the traffic I’m sending. I don’t want to hear that from the stream machine, I’m already hearing that in my headphones from the mixer. Easier to show this in a video, I’ll add it tonight when I get home.
1st off - Thanks for the detailed help in how to setup the mixer. I have this same mixer and a Rode NT1. I need some advice from you or anyone here on what to do to upgrade. My single PC is a self build, I5 2500k on a P8Z77 motherboard. 16 ddr3 and a Geforce GTX 650 1 gig, It's 6 years old and I have never had any issue - should I make this my stream machine, and get a new game machine or should I just get a new stream machine? This will be used for live streaming maybe and video recording. I want to stay in the budget between a grand and a grand and a half. Am considering the Dell XPS 15, since I want to travel and make traveling videos as well. appreciate the advice! the quality of what I been producing is horrible, but I am still pretty new. Subscribed
Also -- I don't know if anyone else here has the same complexity -- but, my USB webcam has a mic with it's own software, my speakers have a volume control, my USB keyboard has a volume control, then there are huge amounts of controls to deal with the mixer in OBS as well as the windows playback and recording settings.... I seem to be constantly fiddling with them all and hoping like hell that it's recording correctly. LOL :)
Stream PC doesn’t need video power, it needs CPU power to encode. What you describe should be okay... make sure you have a decent SSD for it and use an encoder like the Elgato. Now, I use to do all my streaming/recording on just the laptop. I had quality issues and had to adjust the recording settings so it was 720p and so on. Now that I have them separate, I can record and stream at 1080p without issues.
@@ElainaStrongbow Thank you sir for your help. I did follow your links for some of the cabling and made a few purchases - not much of a commision from amazon I would I imagine - but every little bit helps I guess. PS - I went the route of using spdif cables out of both machines thru 2 seperate DACS. This worked great for me, since I think the jacks on my streamer created way too much noise, even with the ground loop boxes. Discord is still a bit of a mystery. Thank you for your response.
Just a quick question, is there anyway to get surround sound audio through a set-up like this..?
First of all, you freaking rock for popping this video out the day the question was asked! So thank you so much for that!
Second, I still seem to be having some issues.
- On my Streaming PC, I have my main microphone in Line one (as usual). I then plug my two big jacks that turn into the 3.5, (from Channel 5/6), which is then plugged into the front headphone jack of my computer, and I set it up in the system as "Front Speaker Out - Stereo".
- On my gaming PC, I then have the two RCA plugs in Channel 7/8, (just like you have it), into the Green jack in the back of my computer. (I don't have that SB-1905 you have, or any audio splitting device).
- For my microphone Input, I use the USB option, due to static/buzzing. But I put the FX Send option into my Streaming PC which registered the separation, (or split), of microphone and all other sound. UNFORTUNATELY, it seems that no matter what I do, all of the audio is mixed in itself regardless of how I set it up. The only thing that changes volume is when I turn do the Bottom "Level" nob in Line One, which turns everything down.
I'm not sure what all I am either missing or doing wrong. If you'd like, I can make a video and show you what all of my issues are if that makes it easier for you to help me.
Sorry about all of this. Let me know if there is anything I can do to fix or show the issues better to you.
Thank you!
You need to better explain the Streaming PC part. You say "I have my main microphone in Line one (as usual)".
Elaina Strongbow yeah I thought that sounded weird haha.
Basically I mean that my main Microphone is in the Line One position, (top left), like your first microphone is. The “as usual” part was a weird way of me saying “obviously” lol. Idk why I said it that way.
So from my mixer, my microphone’s input into my Gaming PC is the USB option. And the input into my Streaming PC from my mixer, is the 3.5 mm Jack option.
Hopefully that explains things a bit better?
Elaina Strongbow I went ahead and made a video to better show and explain what all I have going on. Hope this helps!
- ua-cam.com/video/Z--Ri2_4ORo/v-deo.html
Finally someone made something what I literally can picture and then understand :)
I'm a visual person 85% LoL
This was INCREDIBLY HELPFUL OMG I saw your original video from March, but this is precisely what was needed to help me complete my streaming audio changes.
This has to be one of the best videos that I have seen on this subject so far. This really answered a lot of questions that I had. Thanks for making this you are really going to help a lot of people with this
I have been looking for these kind of tutorials for ages as i also have the yamaha mg12xu thanks dude !!
Your welcome and glad it helped.
just wanna say thanks - i've now realized my 2 pc linux/windows setup in which i only wanted to use a single headsetup to communicate to both (players in ingame on windows and voice apps on linux discord/teamspeak etc.)! this has helped a lot :)
WOW! Best video on the subject I have found in 3 days. Not exactly what I need for my setup but the concepts were clear and helped me better understand. THANK YOU!
Thanks for this, was good help! Appreciate taking the time to do this. You didn't have to and you did. We need more people like you in the world. God bless.
Thanks for this, always good to see good dual PC setup tuts, I’ve been through 3 different mixers and lots of cables / hum destroyers trying to fix a ground loop noise problem I had, even going to the extreme of ungrounding my 2 PCs which is dangerous but could not get rid of it, I recently discovered the “GoXLR” device from TC-Helicon designed for this exact purpose of mixing 2 PCs (can use USB + Optical digital connections as opposed to all analogue) and it solved my problem, I highly recommend it as an alternative!
Even when I use the FX send with discord my friends on discord can still hear everything coming through my mixer and not just my mic. How can I fix this?
Only found this video today, thank you so much. Excellent video!
Thank you so much for this, been looking on how to do my audio setup when I get the 2nd PC going.
This helped me out a bunch. Im only on a single pc setup but most of the info is still useful to me as well. Thanks so much!!
Hey, I too am on a single set up PC, which parts did you do to make it work? It's been awhile since I tried this, but thought i'd ask if its something you could answer easily? Thanks
With this setup, is it possible to switch between the headphones and speakers instead of having to mute the speakers? I assume that when you listen to the speakers, the headphones are still outputting sound, so both at the same time?
Such a helpful video, thank you! I hate to even ask because you have already helped so much, but could you make a video of how you have things routed/set up in OBS please? Thank you again.
Is there a way to separate the microphone audio from the monitor out or stereo out? Even using FX send, I can still hear my voice from the speakers, either connected to Monitor out or Stereo out. Thanks.
Thank you, this is an amazing way to explain all this!
best explanation in the world because its in pictures thnx
Your 1st video was very informational and this one does a really great job of clearing up questions I have so thank you for that! I was wondering however, I noticed you're using RCA for the game PC rather than using the built in DAC from the mixer to get the game PC sound. Is this because you already have a sound card? If you didn't have a sound card, I'd imagine that using USB from the mixer to get the gaming PC input would be a better choice? Is this correct?
Thank you again for making these awesome videos!
what the hell is a ground loop? cant find anything, can you link it?
This video is amazing. Do you have a link for the little red boxes?
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@@ElainaStrongbow
I was expecting it to be red 😐
Why did you choose RCA for channel 7/8? Does it make a difference? Asking because I’ve been trying to get my audio up for weeeeeeks! Lol. Your video has been the best so far. I’m hoping it’s the last one I need.
just want to ask,how about the quality on the fx send if you split it,?
With this config, can you mute your Mic to stream, but allow discord to still hear your mic? I find when I turn down/off the Mic level, that will also turn off the FX send.
K2 I’m no expert but to do that your line needs a pre-fader, so even when you mute the mic it’s still sending your voice to FX send
@@abdulsalam32x No, that doesn't work. But the larger 12U model has multiple outputs which solves all issues. Its just to large. Ended up just getting an GoXLR, fixed every issue I was having and more. I little more expensive, but its doing so much more and seems made for streamers.
My headphones jack on my mixer has tons of white noise when it's only turned 1/3 of the way up. I can barely hear myself in the phones over it with mic gain all the way up.
Did u fix it? i have the same PRoblem.
So will I be able to use a USB only Blue Yeti -> the USB port in the back of this mixer in attempts to get that audio to both my Streaming and Gaming PC? Or do I NEED an XLR microphone to interface with this mixer? Great video!
Is there a way you can explain where the plugs go to either streaming pc or gaming pc? Meaning where they go into the pc? Do they go in the back of the pc or the ports on top or side of the pc's? Ok thank you! Overall, this video is definitely better than what I've watched.
i really needed this omfg you really helped me out a lot
Are you able to turn Mic level to 0, and have FX Send for that same Mic ON? When I turn mic level to zero, FX send gets no mic audio.??
I have the mg12xu...So i need two cables (outputs) from the mixer to the stream pc one to the line in (motherboard) n the other to the mic input in the front of the pc... my problem is when I stream my mic is non existent but I can talk with my friends in game
hi i followed your video each step and im just trying to figure out why my game volume is much much louder than my actual xlr voice volume. did you ever have this problem? using your exact same setup. thanks
You really did put effort in these videos, very nice! Very informative. I have a question on the aux output (fx send). Its a mono signal and not stereo so when using it for the mic to use in games and discord will people hear you only in the left ear? I wonder because i am setting this mixer up atm and found out the aux is mono. I found that out by testing it with windows voice recorder, playback is only in the left ear. Will people in discord chat, steam voice chat and ingame chat also hear you mono?
Not sure because I’m not listening there. :) I haven’t heard this from any of my mates on it though.
Great video...quick question. I’ve got everything setup like you suggest, but I don’t want to hear the mic in my headset. I want what I’m saying sent via the mix to stream machine, but I don’t want to hear my voice in the headset. Any suggestions?
I’m sure you can but for me it sounds weird. I need to hear how my voice is versuses the other sounds. Otherwise the audio could be where the game noise is too loud and people can’t hear my voice. Also, with my can headphones that cover my whole ear or my in game monitor ear pieces, I can’t hear myself without it and it just sounds weird.
Hi, I need some help. I can't seem to find a response from anyone on reddit. I have dual PC for streaming, an Elgato HD60s, and I have the Behringer Xenyx 502. It doesn't have an FX Out. Is there still a way for me to get it to work?
but one question what are the isolators you mention? i setup everything it works but i get a static/buzz constantly
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what Static boxes are you using, that's the one thing that i think that you missed.
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!!!sub and like!!! I LOVE YOU i have been watching video after video and just troubleshooting myself for so long and i can't believe i didn't think of this, HATS OFF TO YOU SIR
Great presentation
1st thank you for the video, its explains everything.
But i have 1 question. How can i listen to the game, game chat, discord, music , but not to my voice?
Not sure if you can. You want to hear your voice though as you won't be able to tell if you're peaking, too quiet, etc. without it
What is on the sound blaster looks exactly like what is on the back of my gaming pc. If I have those connections in the back of my pc is a sound blaster still necessary and if so why?
The sound blaster is not connected to my Stream PC, it is connected to my gaming laptop. It was added so I could get a Mic/Line In for the laptop so I could route voice to in game chat. I have voice isolated to send to Discord on the stream pc, I also needed it to feed it into in game chat like on PUBG.
@@ElainaStrongbow What I was getting at was the same colors and features on the sound blaster look exactly like the back of my gaming pc built by nzxt. The reason why I'm asking guidance in this matter is because I'm literally about to order all cables I was missing on the same mixer board you have for dual pc streaming. What's really confusing me is when you mention the sound blaster and Im looking at it to see it has similar features the back of my gaming pc has
It wouldnt be easiser/possible to just have all ur audio on the gaming pc(discord and game) ,that way all your audio can just be pulled by the stereo L/R to 3.5mm thats plugged into main gaming pc??
very useful vedio, thanks allot for the informations
How would this work for just a single PC? Would there be anything to change in the connecting to discord, game sound, music, any of that that you showed? I have been searching & haven't found an informative tutorial until i'v come across your video. You made this look simple. I really just am wondering how would I do this if I were just wanting to have mic on channel 1, discord on 5/6, Music on 7/8, PS4 & Xbox on 9/10? I understand that I would need to get a optical box converter to convert the consoles back to 3.5 & then to the left & right i'm assuming right? What I don't know is if I need that ground loop & where if i'm connecting the consoles to the mixer? I know how to hook up the mic to channel 1 perfectly & easily fine. Now how would I connect discord & Music up is my question to you? PS ignore the #s I know Xbox has to be 5/6 or 7/8, it was my mistake when typing. Thanks, if you're able to answer my questions
Mixer is Analog, consoles are not. I would put grounding loops there.
PC Connections to Mixer:
1. LINE Out/Headphone Out from PC to Mixer. This so you can hear the PC audio on your headphones on the mixer.
2. Mixer Stereo Out to Line In on PC. All sounds from the mixer go back to the PC and this is routed into Xsplit or OBS. Important, you don’t want to hear this and that is a setting in Xsplit/OBS. You don’t need to hear it, you are already hearing it on the Mixer. Line In is usually the BLUE input on the back of the motherboard..
3. FX Send Out to Microphone In on PC. Your PChas to have to inputs. In Discord, under Audio Settings, you want to select the “input” from you Microphone In Jack. This is usually the RED (pinkish) port.
If you have done this all correctly... Xsplit/OBS should be getting everything coming to the PC on Stereo Out. And then back on your Mic channel, once you turn up the output for FX Send, that should be going to the PC on the Microphone and just that into Discord.
Will this work the way I have the step by step process outlined with the wires? gyazo.com/60f00f4824076a7713a45e48f65bc9af
Just tacking on a reply if I may. First, thank you for the 1PC details as well as all the other training vids. You have the patience of Job and I appreciate your methodical approach. I have an odd side effect though with the 1PC setup and I'm curious if you have an opinion. I have mine set identically to the above 3 steps complete with isolators where needed. However, when I listen to the output of my actual twitch stream, while the PC sounds and Mic sounds appear to be fine on their own, whenever using them BOTH at the same time (talking while playing) they seem to interfere with each other and sort of "static" each other out. If you look out on my Twitch Channel (WizBam007_) I have two videos saved there called "Testing New Audio" that demonstrate what I am running into. Like I said, if I speak into the mic by itself, the sound goes to my phones and through OBS without issue. Same for my PC Sounds if I am ONLY playing PC sounds (game, youtube, etc.) But if I try to talk WHILE playing a PC sound, then both become fuzzy. I wonder if step 2 might be the culprit since sending the stereo out to the PC Line In is basically making it so PC sounds are coming across BOTH the Desktop Audio AND Mic tracks in OBS. So when I try to talk, the voice and PC sounds are interfering with each other. Might you have an opinion?
any chance to know how to connect to amplipier tnx
how can i connect a usb mic
When i use the FX out for my mic I don't get any sound effects through that output. Help plz
I’m not sure I fully understand what is wrong here. I made one more video on how I enable and use the effects. ua-cam.com/video/qKBgRadjteQ/v-deo.html
Thank you!
can this setup work with a wireless USB headset?
Possibly but the issue would be where ever the USB headset are going to (the computer) would have to be wired into the mixer.
With a setup like this would it still work if you didn't start up your stream PC? or would it have to be wired differently? I'm fine with using discord on the stream PC if I am streaming but if I am just playing with friends I would like to just use discord on my gaming PC instead of having to start up the stream PC.
This setup is geared to everything going through the Stream PC. I always have mine up, it's just whether or not I'm streaming.
i keep hearing crazy echos of my self and iv moved every nob and cant get rid of it with out loseing all my sound to my gaming pc ....
oh dam you have not made a vid for over a year :( i feel like your not gonna be on youtube any more. that sucks
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP.DISCORD AND CHAT ARE HEARING ECHO/MY GAMESOUNDS.HOW TO STOP THE AUDIO LOOPING
Without seeing your setup, you likely need to turn the red nobs all the way down, except on the one with the XLR Mic channel.
@@tylegn red knobs are my pan
@@FullPayGaming Sorry about that. Our colors are likely different. Make sure the AUX knob for each channel (except the mic) are turned down. These are usually like the 3rd nob above the volume sliders
Your volume is really low, should be a 100% video if you fix the volume
why do you say machine, just call them what they are?
They are literally machines. Wtf are you on about
but you can't stop hearing yourself i hate this so much
This guy needs to stop talking so much about everything other then the set up....no one whats your anecdote, we want the information
you are doing so wrong !
Hi daddy
this helped me none. I dont have an FX out of FX send - just a send or receive. My microphone is broadcasting every sound that comes from the mixer wtf is that shit ?
great stuff..any chance you can show the screen shots of the audio settings on both pc's? Please
That would be very helpfull !!
Hi thanks for the video. I just have a question. I have a usb mic. How do I set an usb mic up?
The USB microphone is plugged into 1 of the computers. If it is plug into the Stream Machine then you need to make sure the output of the Microphone is audible on that machine. It wouldn't go directly into the mixer, it would get their via the Stream PC.
Question: I have a pretty similar setup with just one PC and I have my mic set to go out of the FX send and into the line in on my PC as you do, but if I have the FX/AUX knob on channel one any higher than a tenth of the way up, the mic is so distorted and straight up ear rape so my teammates can't understand me. But if I turn that knob down, then there's not enough signal to route through the FX and so I'm unable to play with reverb,voice pitcher, etc. Is this because I'm not using a ground loop? I'm just using a 1/4" to 3.5mm adapter to a 3.5mm cable that connects into the PC. IF it's not that, what is it?
This is a HUGE help. I just got a mixer for Christmas and with your tutorial I'll be able to set it up. I run a very similar setup (stream PC is an FX-8350 and game PC is an Acer Predator w/ 6GB 1060). Thank you!
This is a really good tutorial. I learn a lot from this video.
Just one major issue I have continue to go through after already learning my ins and out of the mixer at hand. The issue is that my playback is going to all of my recording chat! I would listen to music or a video on youtube, etc, and it would transfer to my chat in game or discord. Basically I can't play and talk on discord cause they would hear my game!
Keep in my, I did everything in this tutorial exact as explain on this video, but still can't play and chat. Meanwhile I have it connected via usb to the mixer so that I would be able to play and chat. Could anyone help with what would be the issue in my case? Cause if not I have come to believe that the mixer is defective. Please and thank you
Did you get this figured out? I am having the same issue
I'm getting discord audio on my stream but no game audio. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!
Can I use just my aux1 output on my MG12XU by using a single 1/4 TRS cable to give my pc input stereo sound?
Hi, I wanted to ask Do i need to buy a Behringer HD400 microhd - the hum destroyer or do i need to by 2x ground loop audac tr 2070, to eliminate hiss and hum sounds? I have already chosen to buy a mixer, but not sure about the cables and how many i need. ( i have sound card already, mic, and will buy headphones)
not sure, how many of ground loops should I buy and is that everthing that will i need
Is the mixer a USB one , if so do you still need to connect wires from pc to mixer ?
Hello sorry for the bad englisch ! I have the Mg12 XU but i have at ts gamesound and my friends here himself. i have aux 1 to stream pc and aux 2 to game pc . not the fx sound
The audio from my desktop is going through my mic. I have the line out from my PC to line 7/8 on the mixer.
Also I hear my mic when I speak into it. This is a nightmare 😭
Great video!!! I have an issue though. I have the USB via to my gaming PC since it is my main and what I am usually on. I have the streaming PC set up well. No issue there. I did try to divide the music in gaming PC with the mixer, but I am getting the music sound in my chat on discord. No matter what I do with the FX send out and how ever I adjust the nobs it is still sending sound in to my discord chat. Can any one help me and tell me why???
Holy. Crap. Thank you SO MUCH. Seriously the best resource for routing this mixer for streaming on the internet imo.
Great guide. I have a question. Is it possible to use line out on your monitor and route Discord into that and run a stereo 3.5 to mono 6.3 into Mic/line (channel 2)? Or will the sound only go out to the left channel? I don't need stereo for the Discord chat.
The best video i have ever had to work with this. My set up will be slightly diffrent. but now i know wtf the ports need to be. a huge help. YOU ARE A GOD. and thanks for the file too!
I'd love to know how you cable manage all this. I used to have a similar audio setup but the cables were a mess, very hard to make look clean.
Thank you for the wonderful guide, can someone provide links to the cables utilized? The problem I am worried about is that I will purchase the wrong cables or bad quality ones. Can you say the name or provide tried and true 3.5mm to 1/4 L/R? I have read about issues of people purchasing the wrong cables and getting no directional audio etc. thank you again for the level of effort you put into this and have earned a new suvscriber
Brilliant and clear explanation. Nicely done.
Hey thanks for the video, 1 question... having everything plugged in, while i'll talk i would listen even to my self right ? Is possibile to avoid that ? I mean when i talk not to hear my self in the headphones but people in stream will still hearing me. Thanks a lot if you reply this
you are the best person ever, I cannot thank you enough. This video helped and you deserve a like :)
Great Video my friend! very useful info.
You have connected your speakers to the monitor out ports on your mixer. Are you hearing your voice over the speakers when you are talking into the mic?
No. When I’m making videos or streaming, I use headphones.. When I want to chill without streaming, I use speakers.. Speakers have a mute button..
I did everything on the video and also saw the other videos related to this 1. 1 issue! I am getting the audio from gaming pc crossing over to the streaming pc. Not bad for the streaming. But, I am getting the sound back to Discord. No matter what I do I hear the game or desktop sound in the discord. Ppl I am in chat with here the audio I am listening to on my headset. Help please.
Pay attention the FX/Send Out. I route that separately and the only thing on that channel is Mic Audio. I route the Mixer out to the Stream PC (all the audio) AND I also route the FX Send Out traffic to the Stream PC (just the Mic). It is that FX Send Out that I select as an input in Discord.
Does this still work with NDI plug in? because i get a 10 second delay on my stream. if i go into the streaming pc with the mic instead of the NDI wouldn't my audio be out of sync?
Hello. I'm not sure about NDI and what that is. I do know that I do not have a delay between what is on my Mic and what is coming from my Gaming PC. The only time I've ever had delays is when I used something like and Elgato Converter for my Xbox. The Xbox was out of sync and I had to actually put a delay so it would be synced with my voice. This was all done in Xsplit (broadcast software). I had to find which source was Ahead of the other and then add a delay on it (doing it in small increments) until it was in sync. I literally was record a video where I said "Jump" and in the game was making my character jump.
A lot of the games I play rely heavily upon spatial audio cues. Do you retain spatial audio (not just stereo), even if it is just simulated, with this setup?
I play PUBG and I can hear the footsteps of people spatially/directionally in this setup.
How would do this setup with discord on ur gaming pc not discord on streaming. I have discord set to on button press . so when i game id like to use that.
If it is on your gaming PC then you will need to figure out how to send your Microphone traffic to your PC too. You could setup a 2nd microphone that is plugged into your gaming PC. Otherwise if you would have still have to use the FX Send out to just send your voice traffic back to the Mic input on your gaming PC.
Thank you so much. I do have 2 follow up questions. Is there any reason why you chose Rca instead of 1/4 plug in the channel 7/8 section ? by the way, I might be getting the 12 channel mixer. Is there any difference in cable setup compared to the 10 channel mixer you have?
LOL... I knew someone was going to ask that question. The reason is because I happen to have that cable rather than the other. But I can tell you that it bothers the OCD in me to no end. :)
You didn't mention anything about sound settings in Windows. Do you have to make changes there ? Basically i am getting echoing when playing back recordings (just recording game PC only, no mic yet) from obs for testing purposes. I can hear the echoing live also. can you help ?
Update: So here's the problem. When i use the main out (from mixer) to the line-in on the stream pc, i get echo/reverb. My alternative temporary fix with no echo is to just disconnect main out from mixer to line in stream pc. Then run the line from game pc out to stream pc line instead of to the mixer. Seems to work great.
I would of preferred to use main out from the mixer to line in on stream pc, but i couldn't get the reverb or echoing to stop. Although if I turned volumes way down here and there, it stopped. Then everything mixed was too low to hear, so it didn't work.
Since I’m listening to and sending audio to the stream machine, I have to filter out the traffic I’m sending. I don’t want to hear that from the stream machine, I’m already hearing that in my headphones from the mixer.
Easier to show this in a video, I’ll add it tonight when I get home.
That would be great, thank you..
1st off - Thanks for the detailed help in how to setup the mixer. I have this same mixer and a Rode NT1. I need some advice from you or anyone here on what to do to upgrade. My single PC is a self build, I5 2500k on a P8Z77 motherboard. 16 ddr3 and a Geforce GTX 650 1 gig, It's 6 years old and I have never had any issue - should I make this my stream machine, and get a new game machine or should I just get a new stream machine? This will be used for live streaming maybe and video recording. I want to stay in the budget between a grand and a grand and a half. Am considering the Dell XPS 15, since I want to travel and make traveling videos as well. appreciate the advice! the quality of what I been producing is horrible, but I am still pretty new. Subscribed
Also -- I don't know if anyone else here has the same complexity -- but, my USB webcam has a mic with it's own software, my speakers have a volume control, my USB keyboard has a volume control, then there are huge amounts of controls to deal with the mixer in OBS as well as the windows playback and recording settings.... I seem to be constantly fiddling with them all and hoping like hell that it's recording correctly. LOL :)
Stream PC doesn’t need video power, it needs CPU power to encode. What you describe should be okay... make sure you have a decent SSD for it and use an encoder like the Elgato. Now, I use to do all my streaming/recording on just the laptop. I had quality issues and had to adjust the recording settings so it was 720p and so on. Now that I have them separate, I can record and stream at 1080p without issues.
@@ElainaStrongbow Thank you sir for your help. I did follow your links for some of the cabling and made a few purchases - not much of a commision from amazon I would I imagine - but every little bit helps I guess. PS - I went the route of using spdif cables out of both machines thru 2 seperate DACS. This worked great for me, since I think the jacks on my streamer created way too much noise, even with the ground loop boxes. Discord is still a bit of a mystery. Thank you for your response.
Dude thank you for this video, really helped me out with my set up
thank you for this, god bless
how do you get the dobble out put for the fx output?
Just a splitter cable. One end goes to the stream machine for discord. The other end goes back to the Gaming machine for in game chat.
Soooooo helpful. Thank you!
Do you get hiss from the 3.5mm from your stream pc to your mixer?
I do
TheNamesBoop you can get a filter for it. I’ll see if I can find it. I had the same issue. Takes the hiss right out.
@@ryanolsen13 Thanks brother