Question / Help 2 pc setup audio problem with steam/steam games only

imfriendlyyy

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I am using a 2 PC setup, one gaming, one streaming obviously. Everything works fine and audio is all dandy until I decided to talk in-game in CSGO. It only outputted the sounds that I hear! So the problem I have is that steam is letting me use various sources for my recording (audio input) device such as my microphone for Logitech G930 or stereo mix, the problem is that when i test the microphone on steam (and in game), it literally plays what I hear on my headphones (for example I had voice_loopback 1 in game and held my mic down, and I shot my gun and literally head the gun echo a million times because it basically looped)? I follow this guide https://www.thelonegamers.com/2014/...amer-hd-another-pc-open-broadcaster-software/ as I have a Logitech G930 Gaming Headset that is a usb headset.

tl:dr for the guide for audio is basically this:
Playback device: Speakers (realtek high definition audio)
Recording devices:
1. Stereo mix (which is my onboard sound card set up like this https://gyazo.com/a620780780531afc114d8dd5d1d2bc0a )
2. Microphone (Logitech G930 Gaming Headset set up like this https://gyazo.com/4b250bb0848e3e09afa513bfae712434 )
I also use a 3.5mm audio cable that came with the avermedia live gamer HD which is used on OBS as a line-in capture.

Gaming PC-> sends Audio over HDMI -> HDMI connected to Live Gamer HD (you have to clone the Sound on your gaming pc to still hear it on your speakers)

The weird part is that my microphone works in-game for H1Z1 but not CSGO, even though they are both controlled through steams settings>voice>recording devices. I am very confused and have been googling for the past 8 hours or so and finally decided to post about it. I am aware about choosing your default communications device and have tried all mic options on steam, but regardless of what I choose, only the output still plays through my microphone on CSGO. My microphone DOES work on skype/discord/teamspeak/mumble basically anything that doesn't have to do with steam, but it is very stubborn when dealing with steam. Help would be such a stress relief !!
 

imfriendlyyy

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Also I have also tried using a webcam microphone (just to test another microphone source) and it still only plays my sound that I hear as if it overrides every recording device on steam.
 

pheckr

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I would advise, looking into using Voicemeeter. It makes issues like this a lot easier to deal with.
There is a learning curve, but if you read the manual and watch some tutorials, it's really worth it.
 

imfriendlyyy

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Really? I tried Voicemeter like 3 hours ago and it seemed to have the same effect, i'll try again after I sleep, tired to try now haha, thanks for the quick reply.
 
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