How to set up my mic with VST plugins so I can shout loudly if doing a loud voiceover and so that it isn't too sensitive to background noise.

[VGBC_P3rs0na]

I uploaded a short livestream VOD on my channel where I was testing my mic settings, and I showcase everything in my filters menu that I'm using to stream my first 3DS let's play of Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions using my Snickerstream app, but it still is loud. I want to be able to do loud voices like Toad and Bowser, but it still sounds too loud. I'm using VST plugins like equaliser for one and I don't know what's optimal for BEST results. Anyone who has a solution for this, let me know ASAP. I'll post the videos here. This guy's that I followed and my own mic test stream video.

(Make Any Microphone in OBS Sound Expensive Using VST Plugins [2023]) https://youtu.be/1s__ApugYE0?si=isII0RKi4enHGVRe

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[koala]

Not sure if you're asking for help or showing your videos, however make sure you're building the usual noise gate/noise suppression (not recommended: get a proper mic in the first place)/Equalizer (optional)/compressor/limiter chain.
Filter list: https://obsproject.com/kb/filters-guide

In case you need to quiet other sources while you're speaking (ducking), use the compressor filter on the other sources (the sources that need to become quieter) with the audio ducking settings mentioned in https://obsproject.com/kb/compressor-filter

If you want to be able to shout and not being compressed by the compressor, remove the compressor or adjust its settings accordingly.

 

[AaronD]

Most application-specific YouTube tutorials (like for OBS) don't actually explain very well, and just load you up with a bunch of stuff that you don't actually need, to blindly copy/paste and then post here about still being bad.

Better to write down the name of each filter, throw away everything else, and then look at a bunch of pro-gear tutorials for each of those names individually. It won't be OBS's version, but they all work the same way. Learn what each one actually does, and what the settings actually do, and see if you really have the problem that each thing would fix. If not, don't use that one. If so, tweak it by ear because you can do that now...

Expanding on the "don't use" bit, it really is important that you only use the bare minimum required to fix the worst problems. Let the others be. It's amazing how easy it is to add filter after filter, tweak this, tweak that, and finally declare it "perfect"...only to find that disabling all of it is lightyears better!
So take frequent breaks to let your ears reset, and approach it as if it were someone else that you have no control of. Would you keep watching and not complain, if it were someone else? If so, it's probably okay. Leave it as-is.