Audio Monitor

[LBUTOUILOH]

I am on a MacStudio Pro -it is 2 days old - and I am having trouble getting any sound from my instruments through OBS to Zoom. My voice is working fine, but not the drums, trombone, etc....research suggested using this audio monitor but I received this error. It appears from from other posts this problem has already been solved. Any suggestions what I need to do differently? I just want my listeners on the other side of Zoom to hear what I am playing on my instrument. Thanks for your ideas!

 

[AaronD]

research suggested using this audio monitor but I received this error.
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Do you mean this plugin? If so, ask over there.

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...Zoom. My voice is working fine, but not the drums, trombone, etc....
I just want my listeners on the other side of Zoom to hear what I am playing on my instrument.

Most online meetings, like Zoom, Skype, Teams, Jitsi, etc., have a noise suppressor by default. Noise suppressors are designed for spoken voice only, and anything else is considered noise to be removed. Think of a conference call in a hotel lobby, right under a speaker that's turned up too much...

Look through Zoom's audio settings, and see if you can disable audio processing. Just send it out as-is, "noise" and all.

Likewise in OBS, remove whatever noise suppression you may have added there.

If that leaves you with too much background noise, you'll need to solve it some other way. Usually with acoustic engineering, and not much to do with electronics at all.

 

[mishakim]

First, for your error message, to install something from an unidentified developer, you need to right click the package and choose Open, that gives you the option to override Mac OS's security blocking the install. That's not an option when you double-click the package to open it. You may also need to relax your Gatekeeper settings in MacOS settings.

As for audio in general, OBS does not have great audio mixing options, especially on the output side. It can be made to work, but is a pain. The better option is to use other software, i.e. a DAW, to mix your sources and provide the appropriate mixed feeds to OBS, Zoom, and whatever else you need. I like Caster and SoundDesk for this, they are much simpler (and cheaper) than a full DAW like Ableton if all you're doing is mixing sources for a livestream and not doing audio content production.

 

[AaronD]

As for audio in general, OBS does not have great audio mixing options, especially on the output side. It can be made to work, but is a pain. The better option is to use other software, i.e. a DAW, to mix your sources and provide the appropriate mixed feeds to OBS, Zoom, and whatever else you need. I like Caster and SoundDesk for this, they are much simpler (and cheaper) than a full DAW like Ableton if all you're doing is mixing sources for a livestream and not doing audio content production.

I normally recommend an external tool of some kind as well, but I got the idea that this was a single far-field mic. OBS should be fine for that.

If it's actually a bunch of mics that need to be mixed, absolutely use a DAW or physical console! Then OBS only has one source at all, and that's the final, finished soundtrack to pass through completely unchanged.

Or in this case, since the destination is Zoom, it goes straight there and OBS has no audio whatsoever.

 

[russel2]

Ensure that you have correctly configured the audio input settings in OBS. Go to "Settings" > "Audio" and make sure your instruments are selected as the audio sources. You may need to add a new audio source in the main OBS window by clicking the "+" button under "Sources" and selecting "Audio Input Capture." Choose the correct device for your instruments, and make sure the audio levels are not muted or set too low 101 games