Audio Mixer Mute & Fader w Audio Cable?

[rtype23]

Hello - I'm in a bit of jam. I've a wedding to stream at short notice with basically what I have to hand.

I'm running two (awfully cheap) IP cameras with terrible lag, but at least gstreamer means they are around the same sync wise.

I plan on streaming to Jitsi using Virtual Cam, and this means having to use Virtual Cable too, and setting this in OSB Monitor

My current kind of working set up means using Audio Monitor in filter window of the audio devices (Rode GOII's, and a Focusrite Scarlett) and setting the sync offset.

My main issue is this gives me no mute or volume control in OBS Audio Mixer. I think makes Audio Cable patching this is Pre Fade Listen from my old studio days.

Any simpleton way of getting round this? Onboard monitoring I'm not too fuss as I'll have an Android Tablet listening in on the Jitsi call for confidence checking.

 

[rtype23]

Hello - I'm in a bit of jam. I've a wedding to stream at short notice with basically what I have to hand.

I'm running two (awfully cheap) IP cameras with terrible lag, but at least gstreamer means they are around the same sync wise.

I plan on streaming to Jitsi using Virtual Cam, and this means having to use Virtual Cable too, and setting this in OSB Monitor

My current kind of working set up means using Audio Monitor in filter window of the audio devices (Rode GOII's, and a Focusrite Scarlett) and setting the sync offset.

My main issue is this gives me no mute or volume control in OBS Audio Mixer. I think makes Audio Cable patching this is Pre Fade Listen from my old studio days.

Any simpleton way of getting round this? Onboard monitoring I'm not too fuss as I'll have an Android Tablet listening in on the Jitsi call for confidence checking.

Solved - uninstalled adn moved to using A / B / C / D cables - only thing is Loupedeck has started losing audio controls!

 

[AaronD]

On short notice, it's probably best to stick with what you have and what you know, even if it's a bit Rube Goldberg.

But if you're likely to do this again, I'd get right on it after this one, and set up an actual DAW + OBS rig. All of the audio (mics, headphones, meeting, etc.) connects to the DAW, not OBS, so that OBS is completely silent except for what has to go through the video encoder, and that's just a dumb passthrough in OBS with no filters whatsoever, and Monitor Off. ALL of the audio work is done in the DAW. Period.

If you have an audio source that originates in OBS (video soundtrack, camera mic, etc.), first see if you can separate it so it can connect directly to the DAW. (a camera mic might, if it appears as a separate sound card; a video file probably can't) If you can't, then route it to Monitor Only in OBS so that the DAW can pick it up from there. Again, no filters whatsoever in OBS, and no mixing either. It's all done in the DAW.

If you need to control the audio automatically, like turning mics on and off for a scene change, then you'll have to recreate that explicitly. Most DAW's and physical digital consoles should accept OSC messages (Open Sound Control). Read the documentation for yours to see how it should be formatted, and set up the Advanced Scene Switcher plugin to send that:

Advanced Scene Switcher

This plugin will allow you to automate various tasks using "Macros". Macros consist of a list of conditions under which a list of actions will be performed. Examples and guides can be found in the wiki. Feel free to contribute! If you run...

obsproject.com

Adv. SS can look for almost anything in OBS, and a lot of things outside as well; and do almost anything in OBS in response to it, and a lot of things outside as well. I use it in all of my rigs, sometimes with just a couple of simple macros, and sometimes with 30+ that detect different parts of the show or provide common functions for other macros to use over and over again. (yes, some of them do send OSC's to the physical console in that rig, while some different rigs have it talking to a DAW on the same computer)

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If you really want to make it work well, I strongly recommend ditching Windoze. It never was made for this, really, and it's moving even farther away now. The reputation that Linux has for having to fuss with it and configure things manually, etc., while Windows doesn't...is actually reversed now, if you get the right flavor of Linux.

The flavor that I recommend is Ubuntu Studio:

Ubuntu Studio – A free and open operating system for creative people.

ubuntustudio.org

It's made specifically for creatives and media production, including both the set of preinstalled apps that just work, and the internal workings under the hood to support them. It's SO much better than Windoze, and not that hard to get used to if you're coming from Windows. (I did)

It also has all the support of the massive Ubuntu community, because it *is* Ubuntu, which is the most widely-used flavor of Linux by far among non-technical users. (server farms use something else, but you're not doing that)

 

[rtype23]

Thanks Aaron - I'll check those out. I had Cakewalk > Reastream > OBS working for several days but it died and I couldn't troubleshoot my way out of it. Rea send was fine (off Master out vfx), but Rea receive in OBS wouldn't pick it up.
I probably do need a purpose built OS and app build to make life simpler!