I just had to re-read the details on your setup in the OP.on the capture card i changed it to "use device audio" and "send to desktop" ...i have game sound. The stream has sound. but that "echo" or duplicate sound persists.
you are still creating a loopback with those speakers. think about it. game audio - hdmi to PC, speakers out. Then speakers out bleeding through your mic, in through the mixer to the PC. mute the speakers or put on headphones. Warning, you might still get a little sound bleeding even with headphonesok. unplugged everything from soundcard and mixer, so all thats there is mic into mixer (its xlr so it has to go into the mixer) and then out to the soundcard. HDMI set as the sound, sound coming through monitor speakers. device audio set in OBS. OBS dashboard, mic still shows sound from mic even though there is no sound from mic, if i unplug the mic out from mixer to the soundcard. the mic audio goes away *sigh* ....so does this mean that i cannot use an xlr mic and mixer for streaming? i know other streamers do it, and its fine for PC games, it seems to be just console this happens on.
Do you have it going in the line-in or the mic input on your sound card?no no...i muted the mic, there is no way the sound from the monitor speakers was picked up by the mic. You are right tho. It has something to do with the way the sound is being mixed. as soon as i unplug the mic out from mixer or the mic in at the sound card the "sound" on the OBS mic dashboard goes away.
I just cant quite track down where your issue is. what happens when you dont have anything plugged in the speaker out from your PC? just curious.Mic in. The soundblaster z does not have a line in unbelievably. i did try it with the realtek onboard line in and mic in. same issue.
ok while i waited for you i did some experimenting.
all i have now is the mic, plugged into the mixer and then out from the mixer to the mic in on the soundcard (also tried realtek front panel and rear panel mic and line in)
earbuds in the front headphones in.
mic still shows game sound being broadcast. so i thought ok. maybe it IS the mixer. I plugged in a regular, usb mic into the front usb on the pc, no sound from monitor speakers. all sound through earbuds. guess what? Mic STILL shows game audio being broadcast from the mic, no matter what mic i use or connections i use.
this leads me to believe it is a windows 8.1 issue somewhere..or something in OBS i need to configure.
Creative should have software to change that mic input to a line in btw, I dont think that is the issue, but might as well check.yeah...neither can i! its really weird isnt it.
ok, mic muted. nothing plugged in to speaker out, or headphones. the Mic on the OBS dashboard still shows its picking up sound from SOMEWHERE.
not the best gif but you should get the idea. http://gyazo.com/e3f00ab6620066c46f75957610575532
is it possible that OBS is....confused? id really rather not, but i could just wipe it out and reinstall it and see if that fixes it.
Creative should have software to change that mic input to a line in btw, I dont think that is the issue, but might as well check.
What is your mic set to in OBS?ok weird...i just disconnected the mixer from the PC so now there is no mic and im seeing sound being broadcast from the mic on the OBS dashboard :s
After you change that input to line in, you might have to restart OBS and set the mic to its current name. not sure on this.microphone soundblaster z but it is disconnected.
