This plugins functionality is now included in the latest versions of OBS, so there's no need to download or install the plugin anymore. Everything else in this guide is still the same though!
how? I cannot select just Spotify from audio output capture, only devices, and Application Audio Output Capture does not give me the option to select just Spotify. I can only choose the whole browser.
vi o video do diggo que ele te cita, to aqui no corre, arrumando as coisas para voltar a gravar o/ e me esbarro com vc aqui LOL não ta aparecendo a opção app audio output capture, batendo cabeça aqui tentando ver o que esta errado
OK, for people wanting to capture sound alert audio, via a browser source: Double click the browser sources then in the properties window tick the "control audio via OBS" box. That adds it as a separate source in the mixer. This will send to stream but not you, yet. Then, in the audio mixer, click on the cogs, then for all your browser alerts change it to monitoring and output, then you'll be able to hear them too
This is an EXCELLENT guide! Also, remember to make sure to go into Advanced Audio Properties and make sure that track 6 is unchecked next to your music source so music doesn't save to your VOD, but everything else does. This will minimize the risk of getting a strike :) Thank you so much for this! Using this from now on!
Oh my god I’ve been wondering about this for a while now. It’s like I want to play music in my streams but when I make complications I prefer a different track. This is so perfect to watch over my lunch THANK YOU!
@@itssugsy6250 you can listen aleardy everything u want, unless u had enabled second track in obs for VOD for twitch. In this tutorial u can easily setup for not receiving any DMCA strike.
This video is a master class on providing MAXIMUM VALUE in a condensed video, while also directing people to other helpful guides you've made. AMAZING! I love your stuff so much. Thank you thank you
This is the clearest explanation I could find for how to separate audio sources in OBS. It took me a while to find, but had me sorted in 5 minutes. Also learned a few things about OBS scenes and filters... so thank you! :)
Thanks for the vid! Quick PSA - It appears OBS has added this functionality directly now, so there's a "Application Audio Capture" option at the top of the list of available sources
Oh hey, a video of exactly what I was looking for, not thirty minutes long, with all relevant information presented efficiently without excess technical fluff. Have a like and a nice day, sir. Thanks very much for the upload.
fr guy deserves credit, man helped save me and a friend starting on youtube deal with a lot less hassle, sometimes it messed up i fresh install and come back @@wystren4952
Oh my lord.... I've seen on many streams, mostly dj streams, that the streamer was talking and the volume of the music went down no matter what he set on the volume control. I didn't know how he did it. This video provided an answer. Thanks. You are a real life saver
I was a little confused at first about how to add the Desktop Audio once we took it away for the Win Audio Capture Plugin BUT I figured it out. You've gotta add each INDIVIDUAL source; game, music, discord, whatever as those will come through the nested scene. Even the games themselves need to be added as individual sources in say one "game source" within your nested audio sources. So if you change games you'll still have your other game's audio and wont need to change the source on the fly. Thanks Pete you're always the go to. Keep working hard
Genuinely, this was my next bit of research to undertake...and you just did it all for me! Thank you. I have been looking for a way to separate MusicBee from my "desktop audio" so when I am recording I can setup on different channels and if need be completely remove the music from the game audio. This has given me that option. Thanks again.
I noticed that a lot of people in the comments have this issue for gaming audio and here's my potential fix: I made a 'Games' audio source, and checked the 'Capture All Audio EXCEPT sessions from the selected executables' checkbox. Then I added my other audio sources for example: Discord, Browser, Music, etc. to that list. Its not perfect but that's my solution.
so happy i came across your comment otherwise i wouldve had to go through all my games and add seperate tracks. Thanks for commenting this you helped so much
Something I wanted to let others know, I noticed my audio sources were very quiet compared to leaving it all under desktop audio. To fix it, add a gain filter to those quiet audio sources and set to where you need. This fixed my quiet game and discord noise sources. Hope this helps someone!
this is why I go to you. Most other guides are 10+ minutes of fluff and stuff I don't need. Or its saturated with too many things I don't want. You get straight to the point and don't worry about the video needing to reach a certain time. It's quality content that we all need and you are the best at delivering it. Keep up the great work and have a wonderful new year.
Excuse me, I am used to some streamer shouting at me telling me repeatedly what we're going to do, plugging all of their social media, and cracking 10 jokes before getting to the point. Unbelievable what OBS Tutorials CAN be like. Thank you!
Very grateful that you have put these series out. I am extremely new to capturing and the learning curve is daunting, but your videos are clear, concise, logically presented and well thought out. I have learned a great deal from just a few of your videos and will watch most if not all over the next few weeks. Much thanks again
Many thanks, amazingly simple software and tutorial. The settings panel is slightly different now, basically just have to choose the desired executable in the menu under active sessions and click 'add executable', otherwise all else is the same
For anyone downloading the latest one: I had problems using it (not showing up) until I updated my OBS version. After that in the latest plugin you have to "add executable" after selecting your source.
You sir have earned yourself a subscriber I was trying to figure it out for so long and first thing I search up and your video came up, I can honestly say you was 100% on point no distractions or dragging it out just straight to the point and I thank you my good man. Also gonna be checking out your other videos as well this will help me in the long run so thank you.
I started youtube back in 2018, but I quickly lost interest cause recording was so dull with only the game and myself. There were probably ways to do something like this but I just couldnt bother with the complicated ways i was finding. I recently started again, and this. THIS. This will give me the motivation to keep it up. I won't be just utterly bored now. thanks for the vod and thanks to the creators
I have re-watched this video and shared it SO many times. Every time I need to set up OBS on a new computer I re-watch it. I've even shared it with youtubers I know with much bigger channels (like over 100K!) who apparently didn't know this stuff. SO useful and simple to do.
Amazing vid and super helpful, liked and subscribed! One minor tip for folk who may encounter issues setting up a source for Discord: despite having Discord open, it wasn't able to find Discord as a Session until I joined a voice channel. As soon as I joined a voice channel, it picked up the session and I was able to add it without issue. Hope that helps some folk!
UPDATE: The plugin is even better now, add multiple audio into one and just turn on game or app and viola sound. Wish they do a multi window/display capture like this audio app, so I dont have to use nested scenes This has honestly helped with my audio, tho I still keep the Desktop audio for games cause theres no way to put game audio unless you capture EVERY game you play and I already have a nested scene for all the games and I just use other audio to duck desktop audio, probably im missing something for game audio but in case it comes out double it works for me
You can change the settings to "Capture foreground window with hotkey" with this plug in and use that to capture game audio. That way your music or discord doesn't double up under desktop audio as well
@@tsmith1223 This had made my OBS crash and I dont know what the hotkey is, redownloaded it just in case to see if it fixes it Update: Did it this way and as long as I dont mess with the settings to that audio my OBS wont crash
I noticed this today in sources and wondered if I could skip using voicemeeter and I can with this! I'm so happy and used this and now I can listen to music and not get my vods muted. Thank you for this video since it helped me set it up so easily.
OMG, that is such an improvement to OBS! I was always wondering, why OBS does not support to handle all sources in the mixer, like the Browser source. I only need to rearrange my OBS layout as I have a more complex mixer now ^^ Thanks for all the quality stuff you upload, you do an excellent job!
Hello! When adding audio sources, do you need to create a different source for every game you play? Or is there a way to have them all under one source?
I literally was just researching this a couple weeks ago. Found the Elgato Wave Link software very clean and simple (easy to use), then I realized it required an Elgato Microphone specifically. Glad I didn't go and buy one just to use a software. IMO wish the Wave Link could be opened without an Elgato Mic. Thank you for this and explaining how to use it. 👍
god i finally got to solve the stupid double audio recording when using soundboards on voicemod and streamdeck, so basicly it records everything through your mic, and you hear it on the system too, so the OBS records that twice with a delay and makes the volume double, really annoying, but this, saved my day! now i have created a scene with all the sounds into each individual and im not getting double recordings anymore! thank you! you are a legend and deserve my sub!
This was super helpful, thank you! The only thing I can't seem to figure out is my browser sources' audio. I'm not sure how to have those come through without having desktop audio enabled, but that would double everything I've already split.
I would only add that you can separate them in advanced options into different tracks so you can save your VOD of maybe awesome kills on a Battle Royale game and have no voice over or music on it, just the sound of the game so you can make short clips for maybe TikTok, Instagram or YT shorts in order to attract more potential viewers.
This is great, worked wonderfully. I do have a question on how to get the alerts like for stream overlay alerts, channel point redemption that play during live streams to go through audibly since we're disabling desktop audio there isn't a clear channel to open for something like this compared to the mic or game. You don't hear those audio bytes play with this set up, is there a work around?
Exactly my thoughts. You could right click on the source such as alerts and properties > control audio via OBS but from my experience the audio can lag and last I checked it wasn't fixed. If anyone else has other suggestions please share!
I have the same problem. This works for game, discord, music. But how can my stream hear audio like alerts, channel point redemption? Do you have any solutions?
Best video so far, removed all my dilemma all these times... now i can join discord freely without worried that others sound gonna be included on the stream...Thanks man!!
May I compliment you on using the CORRECT audio levels. So many people believe you need to get as close to "0" (zero) or full scale, but that is absolutely wrong. The green section is just that... green, go, okay. The yellow section is a warning that you are getting too loud. And to hit the red section means "you're too damned loud". I spoke with two friends, both audio engineers, and they confirm that your audio should never really go into the yellow, and definitely not ever hit the red. In my studio, I shoot for a level of around -20, which coincidentally is where the green section of your audio meters transitions to the yellow section. Yes, occasional peaks go into the yellow section, but I never ever let my audio get near the red section. When audio is that loud, you're probably getting some distortion, and the possibility of severe clipping. Audio hitting zero, and going even louder (which is not possible in the digital domain) is simply distortion. Proper audio levels make for cleaner audio overall, which is a joy to listen to!
UPDATES: I’ve been using this for about 2 months ago for twitch. No issues occurred until this week. 1. The game audio does not automatically switch like game capture. So be aware of that. There have been many times where I switch games and then my chat tells me the game is muted. 2. If you change a setting for the plugin during stream, it can crash obs live. 3. Yesterday my audio desynced in the vod for the very first time. It was about a second delay. This never happened before I downloaded the plugin. 4. Today my audio was very choppy and my mods told me that it was everything except for my mic which is exactly pointing to the plugin messing up. Please note that I am not trying to shit on this plugin, I know it’s still in beta and has done very well until this week. However, I would still look at voicemeeter if you have the money for better stability and knowledge that it won’t mess up your stream.
I've had the same sound glitch issue you mention on No.4 since installing the plugin. Everything expect my mic (which is the only source not going through the plugin) gets sound glitches every 10-15 minutes which last around 5 seconds. Sometimes it happens in moments you might want to save for clips and generally disrupts the viewer experience. Im considering buying an elgato wave device just to use their software at this point. Everything else I've tried seems to have issues. 😩
@@theannualantagonist5930 It does.. kinda. you're limited to just your hardware or Audio plugins like VB cable/Voicemeter. OBS you can specify EACH application you have running or using.
I just started streaming and this guide for the audio mixer was PERFECT. I got it in one go and it sounds lovely. Absolutely brilliant mate, thank you so much.
Great tutorial and I'm glad to see this feature finally supported natively in OBS. I want to find out if there's an easy way to capture game audio only in an easy way. Obviously this feature is great for capturing specific apps like Spotify and Discord into their own tracks, but if you play multiple games, it might become tedious to add a new source for each one. I pretty much always play games with music or Discord in the background, and when I record something, I want to be able to have game audio by itself in it's own track. Should I just stick with Voicemeter if that's the case?
im in the same boat. i just want to add one main source that captures all the different games i played and not have to add a new source for each game. Let me know if you find a solution.
You can even add hardware controls to all the faders inside OBS utilizing a midi controller like the Korg Nanokontrol2, the midi-mixer software, and the OBS Studio plugin for the midi-mixer software. And bam, can assign any hardware fader or knob from the midi controller to any of the audio sources in OBS.
Great video, thanks! FYI, they added some new functionality to make it less tedious (multiple sources per capture, and allowing all audio EXCEPT the specified sources). Might be cool to update your video or make a quick follow-up!
@@HaggertyHaggs OMG so, basically, if I check that box. it's going be like good old display capture but without all those that are assigned individually, right?
So nice! Only question is what if we need more audio recording channels so we can assign these various audio captures to their own channel? OBS currently maxes out at 6 and that could be fairly limiting with the power this plugin gives.
Well, I've got another question. If I set everything up, like done in the video, what other settings do I need to do to make audio separeted into various tracks? I need this so I can record each audio separated so I can manipulate each track of the recording I make with OBS Record function. Right now, in Output Streaming, I've setup the Twitch VOD Track, so my music will not be captured in the Twitch VOD. But what about the other settings so each audiotrack is recorded individualy in OBS
GREAT VIDEO, THANK YOU SO MUCH! It really was just what I was looking for (Voicemeeter has given me such headaches). For anyone wondering, if you want to capture the computer audio (for games for instance) you can simply choose the option to capture everything BUT the selected executables (I would add obs to said list). You could also add obs a a sound source to control alert and shoutout volumes.
I found the solution. Another creatore made a video about it so I want to give him credit for it. His name is: "woodgnomezombie". What you need to do is: 1. Rightclick the alert box sources, go to properties and select "control audio via obs". That will make it appear in the audio mixer list. 2. Then go to Advanced audio properties and set the alert box source to "monitor and output", so you will hear it as well when an alert comes in and not only the stream. Enjoy =)
Hey, great video but I do have one concern... With this method, does that mean that you have to add one audio source for each game that you play too? So if you're gonna stream a new game you either have to set that up beforehand or do it on stream?
I had the same thought. But if you make another app audio capture and select the same music source (or whatever audio youre trying to keep separate), there is a check box "capture all audio except the selected window", check that. Unfortunately I'm not sure if you can repeat this for every application you want separated.
Amazing video but what about for dual PCs and sending over Discord and multiple sources from the Gaming to the Streaming PC? Do you have anything for that? Besides the GoXLR?
@@grantt1836 My GoXlr is on my Gaming and I know that I can split audio when I push it to my Streaming PC. My Streaming PC is too weak to hold hold all that software the reason I use the GoXlr on my Gaming... When I get a new Streaming PC I will put my GoXlr on it
I have a few issues, if anyone knows how to help, that would be greatly appreciated. 1) I am on a later version of the Win-Capture-Audio Plugin, which has a different in-OBS UI. I think I navigated it pretty well, but it didn't have a few of the options that you mentioned in the video. 2) Whenever I put executables into the OBS sources, through the Audio Plugin, they work fine and audio is sensed, but only for that executable's session. Once I close an executable and re-open it, the audio is no longer sensed in OBS's Audio Mixer. I believe I can just remove the executables and re-assign them and it'd work fine, but that's just a hassle that I'd like to avoid messing with every time I want to stream/record.
you're a life saver, im going to record all these tracks seperately so i can edit them all at any point however i like. insane quality boost to whatever im making
For those curious about Game audio capture just adding Steam, or any other launcher, as an audio capture seems to cover any game launched by the application. So you don't have to add a source for each game.
This is really helpful, thank you! But how would you split audio in OBS from streams so they don't play in the VOD but play while you're live? (for example, music from Spotify to avoid DMCA and all that) I feel like that would be a really interesting video to see, but any advice will do. Thanks in advance! ❤️
@@rumiakiku6440 I just saw this now lmao. But do you happen to have a tutorial on how to do that? I don’t really stream regularly and don’t know my way around Twitch and OBS 😅 It would be much appreciated!
Thankyou, I have been struggling to do anything like this. It was straight to the point and incredibly informative. I only wish I had found you hours earlier!!
So happy about this! I have a Scarlett Solo running a Shure mic and every time I would setup Voicemeter it would make my mic have static every time. Glad I can finally circumvent it. Thanks for the video!
It will, you'll need to enable all the audio tracks in OBS recording settings, and then in Advanced Audio Properties, check each source to record to a different track.
Almost every tutorial I’ve seen before this recommends stupid voicemeeter, and it’s just way too complicated than it should be. Thanks for sharing this, will definitely be setting this up for my streams soon :D
@@harrychristopher8548 I'm actually not sure. I've tried a few things, but none of them worked. My only idea would be to output through headphones and just not wear them, but I admit, that most likely is also where your game audio is being played through.
Thanks man! I was using the Game Capture option to record Spiderman Remastered, but couldn't figure out how to separate the game audio from my Spotify music for post-editing until I found this vid. Much appreciated! Liked and subbed!
I went through 2 other tutorials for this and you were the only one to mention how to add a nested scene into another source, so thank you for helping!!
Thanks a lot for this. The virtual audio cables don't work for me and I was having a hard time trying to have audio in my VODS with music playing. This is the by far the easiest and most effective method I've come across. Thanks :)
Thanks so much for this!!! I've started doing TH-cam vids with my buddy again and I've always had trouble getting the audio levels right since all the audio separate from my mic would just count as desktop audio and I would have to try to balance out any game we were playing and my friends audio through discord in one volume slider and it's rough lol. This should make things so much easier!
Thanks for the video! This is the first video of yours that I have come across, and I found it because I was searching for comparisons between using this method and Steelseries Sonar in Steelseries GG. Even though Sonar seems much simpler than Voicemeeter, it's pretty annoying having to change my default sound devices in Windows every time without completely closing out Sonar when I am not using it, and I notice a lot of duplicate audio sources in Sonar as well (OBS Studio 64-bit popping up as an unmapped audio source like 3-4 times). It also gives me a hard time with dragging sources to certain categories, like some will disappear entirely and reroute as an unmapped audio source, or revert back to where it originally was despite trying to change the source. As a new streamer, I think I am going to give this a try first even though it is in Beta, but I feel that this will give me more "peace of mind" than having to use an external piece of software to manage all of my audio. It's a shame because the ClearCast AI Noise Cancelation feature in Sonar was very nice, but again, it could probably be done in OBS as well. Just a question I have: In the Nested Scene, I assume I need to add separate audio source for each game I play for it to have its own slider, right? For example, Helldivers, CoD, and Fortnite should all have their own slider in audio mixer? Many thanks, and looking forward to seeing other videos from you.
I think I found the answer to my question, and I believe the answer is no. I downloaded the latest version of this plug-in and now it lets you add a list of executables for a single capture. For example, I created an Application Audio Output Capture and named it Comms, then I added the Discord executable and Xbox Game Bar widgets for chats and parties. So, I created one named Game and added all of the game executables I’ll use for my stream so I can manage the audio for any game on that one mixer/slider.
This plugins functionality is now included in the latest versions of OBS, so there's no need to download or install the plugin anymore. Everything else in this guide is still the same though!
thanks a TON for coming back & commenting this , just saved me some hassle !
ah, thanks for the video though lol
how? I cannot select just Spotify from audio output capture, only devices, and Application Audio Output Capture does not give me the option to select just Spotify. I can only choose the whole browser.
How do i add triggerfyre for it to play it on stream? Does obs capture obs audio for default without adding it to the capture application audio?
Nothing is appearing in my audio mixer, any advice?
Thanks!
what the heck
vi o video do diggo que ele te cita,
to aqui no corre, arrumando as coisas para voltar a gravar o/
e me esbarro com vc aqui LOL
não ta aparecendo a opção app audio output capture, batendo cabeça aqui tentando ver o que esta errado
@@chummy9396?
This is the first time I’ve ever actually seen a thanks chat in person
@@ImpeccableR6 same
This is exactly what I want without installing complicated setup. Separated audio sources by software is a great idea
Somehow you always seem to come out with a video answering the questions I'm asking myself at that very moment. Brilliant!
😂 Funny I was just talking about this yesterday and then bam heres the video
I thought about this for a couple weeks
Does this work with streamlabs obs?
I said this in my head earlier today not even out loud somehow this is in my recommended 🧐fbi in my head now too
yeah dude same!! 😂👌
OK, for people wanting to capture sound alert audio, via a browser source:
Double click the browser sources then in the properties window tick the "control audio via OBS" box. That adds it as a separate source in the mixer. This will send to stream but not you, yet.
Then, in the audio mixer, click on the cogs, then for all your browser alerts change it to monitoring and output, then you'll be able to hear them too
And this is the exact reason I check comments! Thank you so much! :D
Hey, it doesn't work for me, I'm using alerts from Mix It Up and Streamlabs, do you know how to fix it please? Thank you for your help!
@@jess_rdgz3 Hi, i have the same prob, but im using Own3d, did u find any solutions?
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Exactly what I was hoping this video would help me with, you're amazing!!!!✨
This is an EXCELLENT guide!
Also, remember to make sure to go into Advanced Audio Properties and make sure that track 6 is unchecked next to your music source so music doesn't save to your VOD, but everything else does. This will minimize the risk of getting a strike :)
Thank you so much for this! Using this from now on!
@Gravelezz yep! in most cases it defaults to 6 i believe, but frankly it varies on how the user has their OBS set up. Mine was 6 by default!
Thanks for the heads up, much appreciated! General OBS newbie here, but it's a great plugin for sure
Thanks for the headsup!
Thank you bro, is it working for both twitch and youtube? so the vod will not save with music?
@@Zuchi I'm not sure about TH-cam but I know it works for Twitch.
Oh my god I’ve been wondering about this for a while now. It’s like I want to play music in my streams but when I make complications I prefer a different track. This is so perfect to watch over my lunch THANK YOU!
Hello what kind of music do you play on stream because i want to but i dont know what i can play because of copyright
@@itssugsy6250 you can listen aleardy everything u want, unless u had enabled second track in obs for VOD for twitch. In this tutorial u can easily setup for not receiving any DMCA strike.
@@norciak1 Ok thanks i didnt know that i was always scared :)
This video is a master class on providing MAXIMUM VALUE in a condensed video, while also directing people to other helpful guides you've made. AMAZING! I love your stuff so much. Thank you thank you
thanks! now my stream wont hear my friends saying the most horrible thing a human could ever come to mind at!
Wait why won't they hear your friends now?
@@DorfyBoi i can mute them:)
Great because I RP and don’t want my stream hearing my friends only when we are in game.
Real...
lmao so true i play tekken with friends and they tend to use.. really interesting choice of words
This is the clearest explanation I could find for how to separate audio sources in OBS. It took me a while to find, but had me sorted in 5 minutes. Also learned a few things about OBS scenes and filters... so thank you! :)
Thanks for the vid! Quick PSA - It appears OBS has added this functionality directly now, so there's a "Application Audio Capture" option at the top of the list of available sources
Ooh, thanks for sharing this!
Not on macOS afaik
Oh hey, a video of exactly what I was looking for, not thirty minutes long, with all relevant information presented efficiently without excess technical fluff.
Have a like and a nice day, sir. Thanks very much for the upload.
even a year later i feel this
fr guy deserves credit, man helped save me and a friend starting on youtube deal with a lot less hassle, sometimes it messed up i fresh install and come back @@wystren4952
This. This is the integration we needed for so long. Thank you so much for the info; no more mixing app audio from outside of OBS. This is massive.
Oh my lord.... I've seen on many streams, mostly dj streams, that the streamer was talking and the volume of the music went down no matter what he set on the volume control. I didn't know how he did it. This video provided an answer. Thanks. You are a real life saver
I was a little confused at first about how to add the Desktop Audio once we took it away for the Win Audio Capture Plugin BUT I figured it out.
You've gotta add each INDIVIDUAL source; game, music, discord, whatever as those will come through the nested scene. Even the games themselves need to be added as individual sources in say one "game source" within your nested audio sources. So if you change games you'll still have your other game's audio and wont need to change the source on the fly.
Thanks Pete you're always the go to. Keep working hard
This is actually so much better than the usual audio separation where they mostly use Voicemeeter. Thank you so much!
Yeah! I'm gunna have to drop voice metre now
Can you lower or mute the volume in Spotify itself but it still plays in full through the plug in? If not then voicemeeter is still better.
@@ItsScapeGoated you can still do that with this plug-in. The little problem for me is that I can't adjust my alert box's volumes. Pretty Unfortunate
@@hyxteriia any chance you can explain that real quick? I've been trying to figure that out but haven't been able too
@@clubkevyumba oh you mean the alert box? im still trying to find a way that you can adjust or fix it though
Genuinely, this was my next bit of research to undertake...and you just did it all for me! Thank you.
I have been looking for a way to separate MusicBee from my "desktop audio" so when I am recording I can setup on different channels and if need be completely remove the music from the game audio. This has given me that option. Thanks again.
I noticed that a lot of people in the comments have this issue for gaming audio and here's my potential fix:
I made a 'Games' audio source, and checked the 'Capture All Audio EXCEPT sessions from the selected executables' checkbox. Then I added my other audio sources
for example: Discord, Browser, Music, etc. to that list.
Its not perfect but that's my solution.
so happy i came across your comment otherwise i wouldve had to go through all my games and add seperate tracks. Thanks for commenting this you helped so much
Great advice!!
THANK YOU!! After 4 hours of trying with Voicemeeter I found your video and made the setup within 10 minutes. rescued from a mental breakdown :D
Something I wanted to let others know, I noticed my audio sources were very quiet compared to leaving it all under desktop audio. To fix it, add a gain filter to those quiet audio sources and set to where you need. This fixed my quiet game and discord noise sources. Hope this helps someone!
thank you
commenting so I remember bc I've struggled with this for months! thank you
thank you so much, I was looking for a solution for this!
thanks
But Submixes still missing so thats not even a real solution overall. The Source can be loud enough for your headphone but to quiet from the stream
I've been searching for this answer for a long time and nothing really did it for me. But when I saw your vid I knew this was the one. Thank you!
This is why I love this channel
Because he knows I’m lazy lol
this is why I go to you. Most other guides are 10+ minutes of fluff and stuff I don't need. Or its saturated with too many things I don't want. You get straight to the point and don't worry about the video needing to reach a certain time. It's quality content that we all need and you are the best at delivering it.
Keep up the great work and have a wonderful new year.
this saved me thank you so much! adding discord as a separate thing alone with how everyones mics are different
Excuse me, I am used to some streamer shouting at me telling me repeatedly what we're going to do, plugging all of their social media, and cracking 10 jokes before getting to the point.
Unbelievable what OBS Tutorials CAN be like.
Thank you!
Very grateful that you have put these series out. I am extremely new to capturing and the learning curve is daunting, but your videos are clear, concise, logically presented and well thought out. I have learned a great deal from just a few of your videos and will watch most if not all over the next few weeks. Much thanks again
Respect 🤝 I’m glad my video on this inspired you!
Loved the video you did on this Franswah ❤
Many thanks, amazingly simple software and tutorial. The settings panel is slightly different now, basically just have to choose the desired executable in the menu under active sessions and click 'add executable', otherwise all else is the same
Been following for years now and everytime I stumble across an OBS issue - You always have a vid that sorts it. Appreciate it!
Your voice is incredibly soothing. I could listen to you talk or explain anything all day lmao
MAN, I SWEAR TO GOD I WAS LOOKING FOR A TUTORIAL LIKE THIS FOR MONTHS!! THANKS, A LOT!!!
For anyone downloading the latest one: I had problems using it (not showing up) until I updated my OBS version. After that in the latest plugin you have to "add executable" after selecting your source.
CAN U HELP ME
You legend
Cant believe the reason it wasn't working was because I basically didn't add it to the list
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You sir have earned yourself a subscriber I was trying to figure it out for so long and first thing I search up and your video came up, I can honestly say you was 100% on point no distractions or dragging it out just straight to the point and I thank you my good man.
Also gonna be checking out your other videos as well this will help me in the long run so thank you.
I started youtube back in 2018, but I quickly lost interest cause recording was so dull with only the game and myself. There were probably ways to do something like this but I just couldnt bother with the complicated ways i was finding. I recently started again, and this. THIS. This will give me the motivation to keep it up. I won't be just utterly bored now. thanks for the vod and thanks to the creators
I have re-watched this video and shared it SO many times. Every time I need to set up OBS on a new computer I re-watch it. I've even shared it with youtubers I know with much bigger channels (like over 100K!) who apparently didn't know this stuff. SO useful and simple to do.
Amazing vid and super helpful, liked and subscribed!
One minor tip for folk who may encounter issues setting up a source for Discord: despite having Discord open, it wasn't able to find Discord as a Session until I joined a voice channel. As soon as I joined a voice channel, it picked up the session and I was able to add it without issue. Hope that helps some folk!
^^Worked for spotify aswell. Thanks alot!
Dude this was just what i needed, you made getting this set up so simple. That nested scene tip is so great. Thank you!
UPDATE: The plugin is even better now, add multiple audio into one and just turn on game or app and viola sound. Wish they do a multi window/display capture like this audio app, so I dont have to use nested scenes
This has honestly helped with my audio, tho I still keep the Desktop audio for games cause theres no way to put game audio unless you capture EVERY game you play and I already have a nested scene for all the games and I just use other audio to duck desktop audio, probably im missing something for game audio but in case it comes out double it works for me
this is what I was thinking.. or you'd have to change the source every time you start a new game? annoying but separated audio is too nice lol
You can change the settings to "Capture foreground window with hotkey" with this plug in and use that to capture game audio. That way your music or discord doesn't double up under desktop audio as well
I just add the audio as I stream the games or as I need the audio, I stream like 3 different games mainly so its easier for me to do it that way
@@tsmith1223 This had made my OBS crash and I dont know what the hotkey is, redownloaded it just in case to see if it fixes it
Update: Did it this way and as long as I dont mess with the settings to that audio my OBS wont crash
@@PinkCasper I have to remember to change the game audio source I play multiple games or else I wouldve added all of them and hid them on OBS
ive been looking for this exact thing for almost 3 years now. your a life saver
I noticed this today in sources and wondered if I could skip using voicemeeter and I can with this! I'm so happy and used this and now I can listen to music and not get my vods muted. Thank you for this video since it helped me set it up so easily.
OMG, that is such an improvement to OBS! I was always wondering, why OBS does not support to handle all sources in the mixer, like the Browser source.
I only need to rearrange my OBS layout as I have a more complex mixer now ^^
Thanks for all the quality stuff you upload, you do an excellent job!
Hello! When adding audio sources, do you need to create a different source for every game you play? Or is there a way to have them all under one source?
I literally was just researching this a couple weeks ago. Found the Elgato Wave Link software very clean and simple (easy to use), then I realized it required an Elgato Microphone specifically. Glad I didn't go and buy one just to use a software. IMO wish the Wave Link could be opened without an Elgato Mic.
Thank you for this and explaining how to use it.
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They recently released a new program for XLR mics called Elgato Wave XLR
I think thats what you want
god i finally got to solve the stupid double audio recording when using soundboards on voicemod and streamdeck, so basicly it records everything through your mic, and you hear it on the system too, so the OBS records that twice with a delay and makes the volume double, really annoying, but this, saved my day! now i have created a scene with all the sounds into each individual and im not getting double recordings anymore! thank you! you are a legend and deserve my sub!
Straight to the point, this is what all tutorials should be.
This was super helpful, thank you! The only thing I can't seem to figure out is my browser sources' audio. I'm not sure how to have those come through without having desktop audio enabled, but that would double everything I've already split.
I would only add that you can separate them in advanced options into different tracks so you can save your VOD of maybe awesome kills on a Battle Royale game and have no voice over or music on it, just the sound of the game so you can make short clips for maybe TikTok, Instagram or YT shorts in order to attract more potential viewers.
This is great, worked wonderfully. I do have a question on how to get the alerts like for stream overlay alerts, channel point redemption that play during live streams to go through audibly since we're disabling desktop audio there isn't a clear channel to open for something like this compared to the mic or game. You don't hear those audio bytes play with this set up, is there a work around?
Exactly my thoughts. You could right click on the source such as alerts and properties > control audio via OBS but from my experience the audio can lag and last I checked it wasn't fixed. If anyone else has other suggestions please share!
I have the same problem. This works for game, discord, music. But how can my stream hear audio like alerts, channel point redemption? Do you have any solutions?
My solutuion is to capture OBS like discord as alert sound. Because the sound comes from OBS. This works for me great!
@@MrRockynaiter Thanks for the solution! I did just that. This also works for a stream deck if anyone was using that as a soundboard like I am.
@@MrRockynaiter thankyou
Best video so far, removed all my dilemma all these times... now i can join discord freely without worried that others sound gonna be included on the stream...Thanks man!!
Bro, how is this video not recommended more?
Love it, worked for me
May I compliment you on using the CORRECT audio levels. So many people believe you need to get as close to "0" (zero) or full scale, but that is absolutely wrong. The green section is just that... green, go, okay. The yellow section is a warning that you are getting too loud. And to hit the red section means "you're too damned loud". I spoke with two friends, both audio engineers, and they confirm that your audio should never really go into the yellow, and definitely not ever hit the red.
In my studio, I shoot for a level of around -20, which coincidentally is where the green section of your audio meters transitions to the yellow section. Yes, occasional peaks go into the yellow section, but I never ever let my audio get near the red section. When audio is that loud, you're probably getting some distortion, and the possibility of severe clipping. Audio hitting zero, and going even louder (which is not possible in the digital domain) is simply distortion. Proper audio levels make for cleaner audio overall, which is a joy to listen to!
After i click add source it doesn’t work i see no audio source added
UPDATES: I’ve been using this for about 2 months ago for twitch. No issues occurred until this week. 1. The game audio does not automatically switch like game capture. So be aware of that. There have been many times where I switch games and then my chat tells me the game is muted. 2. If you change a setting for the plugin during stream, it can crash obs live. 3. Yesterday my audio desynced in the vod for the very first time. It was about a second delay. This never happened before I downloaded the plugin. 4. Today my audio was very choppy and my mods told me that it was everything except for my mic which is exactly pointing to the plugin messing up.
Please note that I am not trying to shit on this plugin, I know it’s still in beta and has done very well until this week. However, I would still look at voicemeeter if you have the money for better stability and knowledge that it won’t mess up your stream.
I've had the same sound glitch issue you mention on No.4 since installing the plugin. Everything expect my mic (which is the only source not going through the plugin) gets sound glitches every 10-15 minutes which last around 5 seconds. Sometimes it happens in moments you might want to save for clips and generally disrupts the viewer experience. Im considering buying an elgato wave device just to use their software at this point. Everything else I've tried seems to have issues. 😩
finally found one that works which took 5 minutes. Been trying with voice banana for MONTHS!!! thank you so much
Used this for my streams so I can listen to an audio book while I play. 10/10
This helps me sooo much!!
Hello There, I can not find the Application Audio Source as an option in my OBS studio.
Same
make sure you actuallly installed it in the obs-studio folder you chose when installing OBS. when you install it restart OBS
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The reply I was looking for and all 5 replies are not showing. Nice
Can it work on StreamLabs OBS as well? Or does SLOBS already have a sort of audio splitting function?
wondering the same thing
If I recall SLOBS has the same functions
@@theannualantagonist5930 It does.. kinda. you're limited to just your hardware or Audio plugins like VB cable/Voicemeter. OBS you can specify EACH application you have running or using.
I just started streaming and this guide for the audio mixer was PERFECT. I got it in one go and it sounds lovely. Absolutely brilliant mate, thank you so much.
this is the simplest video i have found on how to do this so far. thanks so much!
Amazing video as always! Straight to the point, simple, well edited! No other channel like this when it comes to streaming help, honestly.
Great tutorial and I'm glad to see this feature finally supported natively in OBS.
I want to find out if there's an easy way to capture game audio only in an easy way. Obviously this feature is great for capturing specific apps like Spotify and Discord into their own tracks, but if you play multiple games, it might become tedious to add a new source for each one. I pretty much always play games with music or Discord in the background, and when I record something, I want to be able to have game audio by itself in it's own track. Should I just stick with Voicemeter if that's the case?
im in the same boat. i just want to add one main source that captures all the different games i played and not have to add a new source for each game. Let me know if you find a solution.
same here
You can even add hardware controls to all the faders inside OBS utilizing a midi controller like the Korg Nanokontrol2, the midi-mixer software, and the OBS Studio plugin for the midi-mixer software. And bam, can assign any hardware fader or knob from the midi controller to any of the audio sources in OBS.
Does this work with an yamaha MG10XU or only with special devices?
Thanks
THANK YOU! Great video! Spent hours looking for a video wanted to listen to music while streaming without it being captured thanks!
man this is exactly what i needed, i was looking for a tutorial to try to tackle Voice meter AGAIN and instead found this, THANK YOU
Great video, thanks!
FYI, they added some new functionality to make it less tedious (multiple sources per capture, and allowing all audio EXCEPT the specified sources). Might be cool to update your video or make a quick follow-up!
facts? how to add all audio except specified sourced? ie: spotify?
@@poshtraditions Yeah, there is a little checkbox in the properties that says "capture all audio EXCEPT sessions from the selected executables"
@@HaggertyHaggs OMG so, basically, if I check that box. it's going be like good old display capture but without all those that are assigned individually, right?
@@HaggertyHaggs have u any idea why it wouldn’t capture game chat audio like my teammates
So nice! Only question is what if we need more audio recording channels so we can assign these various audio captures to their own channel? OBS currently maxes out at 6 and that could be fairly limiting with the power this plugin gives.
Is there a plug-in that adds more recording channels?
Well, I've got another question. If I set everything up, like done in the video, what other settings do I need to do to make audio separeted into various tracks? I need this so I can record each audio separated so I can manipulate each track of the recording I make with OBS Record function. Right now, in Output Streaming, I've setup the Twitch VOD Track, so my music will not be captured in the Twitch VOD. But what about the other settings so each audiotrack is recorded individualy in OBS
@@dreeeke I'm interested in knowing how to do this also.
im having trouble with my sound alerts and blerps popping up but not being heard. any idea?
i have the same problem, have you found a solution?
@@julianvanhoesel6000 yes. i had to ad obs as an audio source as well. it doesnt trigger from browser sources like i had thought
GREAT VIDEO, THANK YOU SO MUCH! It really was just what I was looking for (Voicemeeter has given me such headaches).
For anyone wondering, if you want to capture the computer audio (for games for instance) you can simply choose the option to capture everything BUT the selected executables (I would add obs to said list). You could also add obs a a sound source to control alert and shoutout volumes.
I cannot make it work, how did you do it?
I found the solution. Another creatore made a video about it so I want to give him credit for it. His name is: "woodgnomezombie".
What you need to do is:
1. Rightclick the alert box sources, go to properties and select "control audio via obs". That will make it appear in the audio mixer list.
2. Then go to Advanced audio properties and set the alert box source to "monitor and output", so you will hear it as well when an alert comes in and not only the stream.
Enjoy =)
Thank you so much! I can now seperate audio in OBS! I always wondered how professional streamers did it!
Hey, great video but I do have one concern... With this method, does that mean that you have to add one audio source for each game that you play too? So if you're gonna stream a new game you either have to set that up beforehand or do it on stream?
I had the same thought. But if you make another app audio capture and select the same music source (or whatever audio youre trying to keep separate), there is a check box "capture all audio except the selected window", check that.
Unfortunately I'm not sure if you can repeat this for every application you want separated.
@@lilyolk1575 Thanks I decided to go ahead and do this thanks to your comment! Haven't streamed yet but everything is looking good at the moment
@@lilyolk1575 Ty dude.
Amazing video but what about for dual PCs and sending over Discord and multiple sources from the Gaming to the Streaming PC? Do you have anything for that? Besides the GoXLR?
Is your goxlr on gaming or stream pc?
Also interested in this. ^
@@grantt1836 My GoXlr is on my Gaming and I know that I can split audio when I push it to my Streaming PC. My Streaming PC is too weak to hold hold all that software the reason I use the GoXlr on my Gaming... When I get a new Streaming PC I will put my GoXlr on it
I think Voicemeteer Potatoe is the most commonly used method. Still curious if this would work in some way.
@@messiahshow thats what i use now. I'm just tired of the random mess ups it has... so annoying...
I have a few issues, if anyone knows how to help, that would be greatly appreciated.
1) I am on a later version of the Win-Capture-Audio Plugin, which has a different in-OBS UI. I think I navigated it pretty well, but it didn't have a few of the options that you mentioned in the video.
2) Whenever I put executables into the OBS sources, through the Audio Plugin, they work fine and audio is sensed, but only for that executable's session. Once I close an executable and re-open it, the audio is no longer sensed in OBS's Audio Mixer. I believe I can just remove the executables and re-assign them and it'd work fine, but that's just a hassle that I'd like to avoid messing with every time I want to stream/record.
I tried and searched long and hard for this, thanks a lot this cured my fix
you're a life saver, im going to record all these tracks seperately so i can edit them all at any point however i like. insane quality boost to whatever im making
For those curious about Game audio capture just adding Steam, or any other launcher, as an audio capture seems to cover any game launched by the application. So you don't have to add a source for each game.
im having trouble with that. for some reason, it still won't work :(
@@MrsxWeskerx69 Are you using Steam or a different launcher?
doesnt work.....ive tried everything....resetting pc....installing zip in plugins...nothing 😢😢😢
it was working and now its not
This is really helpful, thank you! But how would you split audio in OBS from streams so they don't play in the VOD but play while you're live? (for example, music from Spotify to avoid DMCA and all that) I feel like that would be a really interesting video to see, but any advice will do. Thanks in advance! ❤️
you take it off the vod track...
@@rumiakiku6440 I just saw this now lmao. But do you happen to have a tutorial on how to do that? I don’t really stream regularly and don’t know my way around Twitch and OBS 😅 It would be much appreciated!
@@rumiakiku6440 How?
Thankyou, I have been struggling to do anything like this. It was straight to the point and incredibly informative. I only wish I had found you hours earlier!!
So happy about this! I have a Scarlett Solo running a Shure mic and every time I would setup Voicemeter it would make my mic have static every time. Glad I can finally circumvent it. Thanks for the video!
Will this separate audio sources in the mp4 file too?
It will, you'll need to enable all the audio tracks in OBS recording settings, and then in Advanced Audio Properties, check each source to record to a different track.
Almost every tutorial I’ve seen before this recommends stupid voicemeeter, and it’s just way too complicated than it should be. Thanks for sharing this, will definitely be setting this up for my streams soon :D
That's because wincapture is new, it didn't even come out till the windows 11 beta
@@chaous2000 Yep, it's 2021almost 2022 it's about time smh
Contemplating leaving streamlab so i can do this instead of using voicemeeter
@@Porkchop899aLb while voocemeeter potato is incredibly easy to use, this new way of doing it is making me contemplate swapping off slobs as well
@@Porkchop899aLb ya i think i might have to too.
You are a legend! And the Win-Capture-Audio Plugin creator is Epic!
Side note: The "Application Audio Output Capture" is now a standard part of OBS with the new update. Just a heads up.
How do i get music to play for stream but mute it for me
@@harrychristopher8548 I'm actually not sure. I've tried a few things, but none of them worked. My only idea would be to output through headphones and just not wear them, but I admit, that most likely is also where your game audio is being played through.
"Im not gonna be telling you to download some super crazy complex software"
"EVERYTHING here can be done WITHIN obs studio"
First Step: Donwload This
it's not a super crazy complex piece of software it's an obs plugin installer
As a person who streams this being in my recommended just saved me from buying an Elgato microphone
Thank you so much for the easy guide, great that they added it directly into OBS now as well.
Thanks man! I was using the Game Capture option to record Spiderman Remastered, but couldn't figure out how to separate the game audio from my Spotify music for post-editing until I found this vid. Much appreciated! Liked and subbed!
I LOVE U BRO I DONT THINK U UNDERSTAND YOU JUST HELPED THIS NOOB START HIS DREAM😭😭😭😭😭
I went through 2 other tutorials for this and you were the only one to mention how to add a nested scene into another source, so thank you for helping!!
oh my god thank you. this is so much less of a headache than the old way of doing things!
Sharing this because its 100000% better than every other video on how to do this. A+++
This works as intended for the solution I'm looking for, which is to separate audio capture using OBS. Thank you so much!
firstly I would like to wish you well and to say a huge thank you for uploading these videos as they have been an invaluable resource to
thank you so much i can record my game audio and still listen to music without having the music playing in the gameplay audio cheers for this. :)
Thank you! This was very helpful! I was going to do a challenge on discord with one of my friends and this is JUST what I needed!
Thanks a lot for this. The virtual audio cables don't work for me and I was having a hard time trying to have audio in my VODS with music playing. This is the by far the easiest and most effective method I've come across. Thanks :)
Thanks so much for this!!! I've started doing TH-cam vids with my buddy again and I've always had trouble getting the audio levels right since all the audio separate from my mic would just count as desktop audio and I would have to try to balance out any game we were playing and my friends audio through discord in one volume slider and it's rough lol. This should make things so much easier!
Thank you for this video. fixed my OBS and now i can do more than before. great help.
Thanks for the video! This is the first video of yours that I have come across, and I found it because I was searching for comparisons between using this method and Steelseries Sonar in Steelseries GG. Even though Sonar seems much simpler than Voicemeeter, it's pretty annoying having to change my default sound devices in Windows every time without completely closing out Sonar when I am not using it, and I notice a lot of duplicate audio sources in Sonar as well (OBS Studio 64-bit popping up as an unmapped audio source like 3-4 times). It also gives me a hard time with dragging sources to certain categories, like some will disappear entirely and reroute as an unmapped audio source, or revert back to where it originally was despite trying to change the source.
As a new streamer, I think I am going to give this a try first even though it is in Beta, but I feel that this will give me more "peace of mind" than having to use an external piece of software to manage all of my audio. It's a shame because the ClearCast AI Noise Cancelation feature in Sonar was very nice, but again, it could probably be done in OBS as well.
Just a question I have: In the Nested Scene, I assume I need to add separate audio source for each game I play for it to have its own slider, right? For example, Helldivers, CoD, and Fortnite should all have their own slider in audio mixer?
Many thanks, and looking forward to seeing other videos from you.
I think I found the answer to my question, and I believe the answer is no. I downloaded the latest version of this plug-in and now it lets you add a list of executables for a single capture.
For example, I created an Application Audio Output Capture and named it Comms, then I added the Discord executable and Xbox Game Bar widgets for chats and parties. So, I created one named Game and added all of the game executables I’ll use for my stream so I can manage the audio for any game on that one mixer/slider.