Question / Help ASIO4ALL and OBS

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southernfried

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Hello, I don't want to be a pest as I've done some googling and know this is a known issue. I've searched the forums also but really just want a straight answer if spending more money will make the issue go away.

I have a cheap Behringher UM2 interface. Works great. I normally play music on twitch by a miced tube amp. Works great, can play to backing tracks on youtube, etc. I have a few guitar simulation programs, mainly Guitar Rig 5. My problem is Asio taking exclusive access and bascially making OBS act crazy. All I want to do is stream OBS, play youtube backing tracks and use the Guitar Rig 5 software. Would buying a second sound card so I can play youtube through that be the easiest fix or buying a slightly better audio interface?

I don't mind learning on my own as I take interest in this, however if throwing a little money at the problem is the fastest fix, I'd just like to be pointed to the right product. I suppose I'm looking for an interface that has the "what you hear" output so viewers can hear my guitar, my voice and the amp simulation software.
 
FerretBomb

FerretBomb

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Consider grabbing a cheap USB sound card. Most of them are on-par with motherboard built-ins (which are far from bad, these days). Generally they run around $15-20. I'd pipe the audio from GuitarRig out over the USB unit, and pull it in on your mobo line-in with a dubbing cable.

Yeah, OBS doesn't work with ASIO sources at all.

You MIGHT be able to use something like VAC/VB-Audio/Voicemeeter to set up a virtual cabling system, feeding the ASIO output into it and splitting it to multiple virtual outputs. Possibly run one in through the Directshow Audio plugin to give yourself an additional input in OBS. Be aware though, virtual cables generally incur a usually-slight delay. If you're running on a mic'd amp though, it shouldn't be as much of an issue.
 
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southernfried

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Is there a better interface I can purchase that will allow me to do what I'm wanting, even if it requires getting away from ASIO devices.

I'm curious how others are streaming on twitch with amp simulation software.
 
AmeJouten

AmeJouten

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Use Reaper to load up guitar rig, then go into the audio settings and put it on WASAPI, shared mode. set your input, then your output device. Make sure OBS is outputting through the same output device. and Make sure all the bit rates match up and you should be able to output your sound and maintain pretty low latency.
 
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