I've got my guitar plugged into my Scarlett interface, but I can only seem to get one channel recording in OBS. I'm attaching a screenshot of my settings. Can somebody help?
How to get both channels recording from my Focusrite Scarlett 2i? https://obsproject.com/logs/FE0i8PxPDnY4Cd_W
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konsolenritter
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Hi Chuffy,
do you have your guitar connected to more than one channel at time?
do you have your guitar connected to more than one channel at time?
konsolenritter
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Another thing i've seen is that your OBS is set to 48k samplerate, but your focusrite initializes by 44.1k. Try to set it to 48k, too.
No, I just have my 1/4" cable coming out of the last guitar pedal in the chain, and that's plugged into the Scarlett
konsolenritter
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So you use only input 1 or 2, not both of them? Then it should be clear, what you see.
If you use line-in 2, it appears on the right channel (remember: focusrite audio device this way is stereo!).
But you can in the advanced audio tab set the "mono" checkbox for this source. Then obs will take both channels mixed together and blended equally to L and R.
If you use line-in 2, it appears on the right channel (remember: focusrite audio device this way is stereo!).
But you can in the advanced audio tab set the "mono" checkbox for this source. Then obs will take both channels mixed together and blended equally to L and R.
Thank you Konsolenritter, but I opened up the advanced audio tab, but I don't see a mono checkbox.
konsolenritter
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The concept of an audio mixer is that it gets in several tracks all audio content possibly of interest.
Then the concept of mixing is just to choose which sources should be heared within the stream.
So if there are no other issues related to audio, just click the little speaker icon to mute those sources you wan't to have within the stream or recording.
Which sound sources exactly appear within the sound mixer depends on the sum of
- sound sources linked at the general obs-settings-> audio tab,
- possible sound sources within the active scene.
So if you want you can disable things like mic/aux or windows (desktop) sound completely by the general settings.
Cheers!
Then the concept of mixing is just to choose which sources should be heared within the stream.
So if there are no other issues related to audio, just click the little speaker icon to mute those sources you wan't to have within the stream or recording.
Which sound sources exactly appear within the sound mixer depends on the sum of
- sound sources linked at the general obs-settings-> audio tab,
- possible sound sources within the active scene.
So if you want you can disable things like mic/aux or windows (desktop) sound completely by the general settings.
Cheers!
Additional question - Although I've got the input volume really high going
OK, I've turned off the mic/aux channel by clicking on the little speaker icon. However, OBS is recording the sound at a really low level - I have turned the input into the Scarlet up to the point where it's starting to hit the limit it can without distorting. I've got my output from my guitar pedals turned up so high, they are creating a lot of noise. I went into the advanced audio settings, and turned all the channels down to 0, and increased the Focusrite, but it's still records way too low. What am I missing?
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konsolenritter
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Don't turn up the volume of the focusrite track within the obs mixer. As you can see in the meter below even your peaking is well below -30dB. So either:
- your last pedal in chain delivers waaaaaay to low level,
- you didn't turn up the focusrite's input gain to an appropriate level.
Regarding the last point i didn't understand what you mean with "up to the point where it's starting to hit the limit it can without distorting". Where could you see any clipping already?
- your last pedal in chain delivers waaaaaay to low level,
- you didn't turn up the focusrite's input gain to an appropriate level.
Regarding the last point i didn't understand what you mean with "up to the point where it's starting to hit the limit it can without distorting". Where could you see any clipping already?
konsolenritter
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Is there any pad switch (often -20 or -30dB) at the scarlett, that you may have hit by accident?
Is there a switch to choose between mic/xlr and line-in/trs maybe in the wrong position?
Is there a switch to choose between mic/xlr and line-in/trs maybe in the wrong position?
konsolenritter
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Oooh, wait. There is another possibility. Depends on wether the output trs of your last pedal in chain is balanced or unbalanced output. If its unbalanced output, please use a TS cable into Scarlett, no TRS cable! Because the scarletts input should be balanced, for sure.
Otherwise it can be that the ring of scarletts input (the cold side of the balanced) is nowhere connected but into the air, creating thin and very low/lousy level and a lot of hum and noise...
Otherwise it can be that the ring of scarletts input (the cold side of the balanced) is nowhere connected but into the air, creating thin and very low/lousy level and a lot of hum and noise...
In the screen shot, I wasn't playing the guitar. The level showing there is the level of noise that my distortion pedal puts out, without any strings hit. When I hit a chord, it goes well into the red zone on the OBS meter. So the level put out by the last pedal in the chain is not too low. When I listen to my guitar through my headphones, or record something in my DAW, there's no problem with the level. The gain level in the Scarlett is at about 10:00, if I put any more output into it, the clipping warning light goes on. There is a TRS output from my last stomp box, but I'm using the mono output, so I use a TS cable from my pedal into the Scarlett. That's never been a problem before. I don't quite understand the advice, are you saying I should use the stereo 1/4" out on the pedal and go into the Scarlett with that? I suppose I could order that kind of cable if that would solve the problem. But It seems like there must be some setting in OBS I'm doing incorrectly.
konsolenritter
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Aaaaah?! So stop, behold. Please change nothing!
Screenshots without explanation can be that misleading... :(
You were moaning about low level, then i saw clearly low level on the metering (assuming there's signal but noise) and saw that you are already trying to risen the channels output to more than 200% (which is, in turn, at least +6dB).
So if (while you're playing) the meters go into the red already, there is no considerably sign for really low output. You should better describe what you mean, where and when exactly the level keeps low... and by which amount. The recording stage/encoder of obs shouldn't change the volume at all.
Screenshots without explanation can be that misleading... :(
You were moaning about low level, then i saw clearly low level on the metering (assuming there's signal but noise) and saw that you are already trying to risen the channels output to more than 200% (which is, in turn, at least +6dB).
So if (while you're playing) the meters go into the red already, there is no considerably sign for really low output. You should better describe what you mean, where and when exactly the level keeps low... and by which amount. The recording stage/encoder of obs shouldn't change the volume at all.
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Well, I think I can live with what I'm getting. It's good enough for my present use. It's entirely possible that it's just my video playback application. One more thing, sorry. I tried to open up the file I recorded in the video editing application that comes with Windows 10, and it didn't like the file extension. Can you recommend a video editing app for a newbie like moi? Thanks again for your generous help.
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konsolenritter
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No. Usually avidemux is first choice for cutting tasks like that. But its learncurve is not the easiest way, because you asked.
Such programs are popular due to not touching the content, hence avoiding quality loss. They cut at the mp4 mux/containers level without decoding and re-encoding.
I didn't tried OpenShot. avidemux is years ago, too. I'm more in Davinci Resolve. Free but a complete solution like Premiere...
Such programs are popular due to not touching the content, hence avoiding quality loss. They cut at the mp4 mux/containers level without decoding and re-encoding.
I didn't tried OpenShot. avidemux is years ago, too. I'm more in Davinci Resolve. Free but a complete solution like Premiere...