Question / Help Having trouble setting up my OBS audio

[Lymiria_X]

Using OBS to capture gaming videos and I can't seem to get the audio correct. When I view my sample recordings I can hear my voice just fine through headphones, but not through my laptop speakers (this is with no filters on mic). Also have tons of background noise coming through. I have done some research and watched some videos to try to find fixes, but not sure i'm doing it right. I added the following filters to the mic at these settings:
Expander: Ratio 3.5:1; Threshold -40.00; Attack 25ms; Release 10ms; Output Gain 0.00
Limiter: Threshold -1.00; Release 60ms
Gain: 30.00db ( this was way too much. I could hear myself on laptop but sounded awful, will be lowering this)
Noise Gate: Close -40.00; Open; -35.00; Attack 25ms; Hold 200ms; Release 150 ms
Background room fan still coming through loud and clear at these setting. Can anyone let me know if I'm on the right track and just need to keep messing with it or any other suggestions to improve my audio quality? Also does anyone know of a program I can use in conjunction with OBS to actually see the sound waves as I play with OBS to tell if what I'm doing is working?
This is the last log file from my practice recording not sure if this will help:
https://obsproject.com/logs/J0XY5mJAGYDqIJ34

 

[koala]

Your background noise should become near silent on its own as long as your mic is not more than 5-10 cm away from your mouth and not behind your mouth. Make sure you don't use the built-in mic from your laptop or from some webcam. Only use the mic from your headset. This way you should only need a noise gate to remove background noise like key presses and mouse clicks as long as you don't speak.

 

[Lymiria_X]

Your background noise should become near silent on its own as long as your mic is not more than 5-10 cm away from your mouth and not behind your mouth. Make sure you don't use the built-in mic from your laptop or from some webcam. Only use the mic from your headset. This way you should only need a noise gate to remove background noise like key presses and mouse clicks as long as you don't speak.

I am only using my headset and my mic is about 2-2/12 in (5-6 cm) from my mouth, but I pick up the constant noise from the fan in my room. I am using a noise gate and because the fan in my room keeps the mic on constant I can hear everything else going on in the room (i.e. keyboard, mouse, etc,,,,) Thank for the reply!

 

[koala]

You cannot magically make background noise going away. If you want a clean sound, remove as much noise sources from your room as possible. This includes noisy fans. You don't remove noise from an audio recording after it is picked up by the mic, you don't create noise in the first place. The audio damping in sound studios is there for a purpose: they try to create a recording environment as silent as possible.

 

[Lymiria_X]

You cannot magically make background noise going away. If you want a clean sound, remove as much noise sources from your room as possible. This includes noisy fans. You don't remove noise from an audio recording after it is picked up by the mic, you don't create noise in the first place. The audio damping in sound studios is there for a purpose: they try to create a recording environment as silent as possible.

I understand that. I was trying to not have to sit in a stifling hot room while I record. If I can't get OBS to suppress the noise from my fan then I will remove it, but in watching a few more videos and playing around with the filters I have managed to suppress the fan (btw the expander filter works wonders for this, and I also didn't know that the order in which you apply the filters also matters), but now I'm clipping my voice off to do it. Again Thanks for the reply but I'll just keep tinkering with it to see if it will do what I want it to.