McVeganPants
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I just started experiencing audio crackling that sounds like REALLY bad clipping, even though the audio isn't actually hot enough to clip. It started after I spent a day playing around with using an Elgato HD60 to be able to stream from my PS4, but i never touched any of my microphone settings. Something obviously got screwed up somewhere.
I believe the problem is OBS Studio specific because it didn't occur in tests I did with Windows Voice Recorder. I also tried swapping out audio cables, and it made no difference.
I am using an AT-2020 mic (XLR), and a Behringer Q802USB mixer. The signal does not appear to be clipping on the mixer, audio is in the green, yellow if I get loud. It has built in compression, which I have set to about 2 o'clock on the dial. Gain is at 12 o'clock, Levels are at 12 o'lock.
In Windows, the levels on the mic are set to 75%. I have swapped between 41k sample rate and 48k, and neither setting seems to have an effect on the crackling.
In OBS Mic volume is set to 55%. In OBS I have a noise suppression filter set to -20, and a noise gate -46 close, -40 open.
In the main audio settings, sample rate is 44.1kz
As I said, my levels are not actually hot enough to clip, I and I never had clipping before messing with the Elgato. Moving the microphone back does seem to help, but I usually stream with it only inches from my mouth, not a foot and a half.
If you would like to see this in action, here is a VOD from last night, skip to 5:51.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/174564860
Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there a setting I've overlooked?
I believe the problem is OBS Studio specific because it didn't occur in tests I did with Windows Voice Recorder. I also tried swapping out audio cables, and it made no difference.
I am using an AT-2020 mic (XLR), and a Behringer Q802USB mixer. The signal does not appear to be clipping on the mixer, audio is in the green, yellow if I get loud. It has built in compression, which I have set to about 2 o'clock on the dial. Gain is at 12 o'clock, Levels are at 12 o'lock.
In Windows, the levels on the mic are set to 75%. I have swapped between 41k sample rate and 48k, and neither setting seems to have an effect on the crackling.
In OBS Mic volume is set to 55%. In OBS I have a noise suppression filter set to -20, and a noise gate -46 close, -40 open.
In the main audio settings, sample rate is 44.1kz
As I said, my levels are not actually hot enough to clip, I and I never had clipping before messing with the Elgato. Moving the microphone back does seem to help, but I usually stream with it only inches from my mouth, not a foot and a half.
If you would like to see this in action, here is a VOD from last night, skip to 5:51.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/174564860
Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there a setting I've overlooked?