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

 

[LizaAlara]

I’ve been using the Audio Monitor plugin for a while now, and it’s honestly one of the most underrated tools for streamers. how much is the cookout tray Being able to hear exactly what your audience hears (or isolate it) makes a huge difference when managing complex audio setups. It kind of reminds me of how you customize a cookout tray picking just the right items to balance everything. Funny enough, I came across this the other day that breaks that down well.

 

[LizaAlara]

I’ve run into similar issues when trying to manage multiple audio inputs during live lectures. It helped to route everything through a single interface and monitor the levels closely. On vcs vportal login we use a unified login system that brings together university education platforms, making it easy to control and monitor different audio/video feeds in one place.

 

[Melek789]

We actually cover a lot of this at how to access wgu student portal, where we share tips for students and educators using OBS for study-related streaming. The Audio Monitor plugin is great when used with dual audio routing setups for remote learning environments. Definitely worth exploring if you're working in education.

 

[LizaAlara]

This plugin is really helpful especially for managing audio per source in OBS. It's something that can be incredibly useful for students or educators creating lecture recordings or live sessions. If you're into academic content creation or student-focused streaming setups, you might find some helpful resources at student login We’ve been exploring how OBS tools like Audio Monitor can improve the remote learning experience.

 

[KogaKing]

So I'm hoping the developer can explain a few things about the audio monitor plugin. I have the plugin enabled and set a filter for my microphone. I clicked the gear box and have meter output, output slider, slider names, and only active options enabled. I also went down to the outputs menu and selected the track I wanted to show. I chose track 3 which is labeled and set to my microphone. I also selected the audio device and set it to my headphones for playback in that menu as well as the filter menu for audio monitor. I'm not understanding two things. What's the difference between the track meter and the output meter? Also what is the difference between the Track slider, output slider and audio monitor slider? I know i can set the level of sensitivity of my microphone in my computer's audio settings to blockout background noise, (I use Fedora KDE by the way). but just don't understand the purpose of the slider for individual track compared to the output slider and monitor slider. The monitor slider I know can adjust on how faint or loud the mic is gonna sound for the output, but what's the purpose of the output slider and track slider. Don't they control and show audio levels of the same the same thing? I really am at a bit of a loss.

As you can see I have track 3 muted so I don't get double monitoring feedback. Thanks again.

 

[AaronD]

(I use Fedora KDE by the way)

This is the Mac sub-forum. You'll get more relevant views on the Linux one.

And see if you can add a bunch more screenshots while you're re-posting over there, and break up the wall of text into short paragraphs. It's hard to follow as-is.