I'm trying to figure out how I can exclude desktop audio/background noises from my microphone completely and not having any luck playing with the settings. I don't like using headphones and have my audio at a decent volume but don't want my microphone capturing anything other than my voice. Is this possible?
Question / Help Desktop audio/background noise picking up through microphone (no headset just speakers using)
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koala
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If you mean that there may be some magic audio filter that filters everything besides your voice? No, there isn't such thing.
If there were such thing, professionals would not need silent audio recording studios. Sophisticated (expensive) microphones.
The nearer your mouth is to the microphone, the better the quality, because background noises are much more silent this way.
If you have a desk microphone that is more than 10 cm away from your mouth, it gets very difficult. The larger the distance, the more is the volume of your voice equal to the volume of the background noises. This cannot be filtered away. You can try a desk microphone with a directional receiving pattern and direct it to your mouth. This way noises from other directions are somewhat suppressed. But this is also not very convenient, since if you move from your position, your voice soon gets silent in the recording.
The best way to have no background noise in the recording is to have no background noise in the first place: no audio from loudspeakers. If you need to play back something (voip, game sound, desktop sound), use headphones.
If there were such thing, professionals would not need silent audio recording studios. Sophisticated (expensive) microphones.
The nearer your mouth is to the microphone, the better the quality, because background noises are much more silent this way.
If you have a desk microphone that is more than 10 cm away from your mouth, it gets very difficult. The larger the distance, the more is the volume of your voice equal to the volume of the background noises. This cannot be filtered away. You can try a desk microphone with a directional receiving pattern and direct it to your mouth. This way noises from other directions are somewhat suppressed. But this is also not very convenient, since if you move from your position, your voice soon gets silent in the recording.
The best way to have no background noise in the recording is to have no background noise in the first place: no audio from loudspeakers. If you need to play back something (voip, game sound, desktop sound), use headphones.
patrick_emin
New Member
Hi, I am a beginner with OBS Studio and I had the very same question @awolive asked here. So thank you @koala for your answer. Is there a way to filter out non human voice frequencies when recording? That would restrict the risk of recording unwanted noises. Like many, I do not have a recording studio and no professional hardware. Thanks.