i am having with the minotor and output option in obs. why do i need to monitor my mic. i don't . i only need to output it so other program can capt

[immigration expert]

I need help with obs. I don't want to hear myself talking on the mic. yet if i don't use the output option, other program will not hear my voice to broadcast it. I use butt radio to broadcast my station. can that be fixed? can i send my voice to butt radio via obs with output my mic without monitoring the mic? i don't see the reason why i need to monitor my mic. Please help with outputing the mic so other program can hear it without monitoring so there is no feedback.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

As free, open-source software, you are responsible to RTFM. I'd recommend starting with these OBS Audio related articles as a primer

• https://obsproject.com/wiki/Understanding-The-Mixer
• https://obsproject.com/wiki/Windows-10-App-Volume-Device-Preferences
• https://streamershaven.blog/softwar...hlight/advanced-audio-properties-obs-and-you/
• https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en...e-in-OBS-Open-Broadcaster-Software-on-Windows

I need help with obs. I don't want to hear myself talking on the mic.

then leave Monitor Off (ie, Output Only) of that Audio Source

yet if i don't use the output option, other program will not hear my voice to broadcast it.

of course

I use butt radio to broadcast my station. can that be fixed? can i send my voice to butt radio via obs with output my mic without monitoring the mic? i don't see the reason why i need to monitor my mic. Please help with outputing the mic so other program can hear it without monitoring so there is no feedback.

My use case, is such that having OBS General Audio - Desktop Audio enabled is pointless and in the way. My Scene Sources include ONLY those specific Audio sources I desire. For you? it depends.
Also, OBS Studio, for good reason, tends to lock Sources to itself. So, not sure if language translation, or ??, but you need to think clearly and logically about Audio path. And then it all gets somewhat easier.
Per my reply on your other thread, you can't have mic on, with speakers also on, when both the mic and speakers contain audio intended for OBS Output. because you then create an audio loop (echo/feedback, in this case a user induced error)
Monitoring a Mic is NOT on by default i nOBS Studio (I don't think). So couple of thoughts come to mind 1. you changed settings (Advanced Audio properties) in OBS Studio to something that doesn't work for your setup, or 2. The mic is being captured by your hardware driver or Operating System settings, output to Desktop Audio, which you are listening to via speakers. If the later, you have to fix that... nothing in OBS Studio will overcome the issue (except maybe not using Desktop Audio as I mentioned), as problem exists before OBS Studio even gets the audio signal. How exactly to do that? depends on your specific hardware, drivers, operating system settings, etc.

 

[AaronD]

OBS is terrible for processing audio. It's a pile of band-aids on top of a first-guess at a bedroom gamer/streamer. The devs know this, but they're waiting to figure out just exactly they want to replace it with, so that they don't make another poorly-informed mess. Good on them.

In the meantime, if all you're using OBS for is audio, get rid of it. Use a DAW instead. And if you do have some visuals, still use a DAW for audio, and whatever audio OBS *needs*, gets piped to it from the DAW, already finished with no further processing required at all.

DAW = Digital Audio Workstation. It's a complete sound studio in one app. It's designed *only* for audio, and it does that VERY WELL!!! Lots of them to choose from, with varying price and features, and not much correlation between the two. I like this one, but like I said, there are TONS more:

https://ardour.org/

Or if you'd rather have a physical console, that works too. Same idea: The external tool does ALL of the audio work, and OBS does NONE of it.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Aaron - I checked the ardour.org site... An issue I have is the warning about not having Windows OS to test or support. So, with Win11 being typical ever-other-WinX-Desktop-release (ie PoS), and differences with Win10 and 11.. I'd be concerned about trying Ardour on Windows. Yes, I'd do a full OS backup ahead of time... but with ease of x86 virtualization, to not even test installs on Windows OS.... seems like a 'well, if we have to' platform support.

I'd love a simple DAW to handle my Presonus mixer USB interface (with each to each individual channel). I have a Presonus Studio One license, that goes with the mixer, but only the S1 Pro (extra cost) version have audio output to Windows Audio sub-system (required for OBS Studio). The other option being kludgey VST plugin route (which may work fine, but violates the KISS philosophy for long-term stabnility and reliability).

 

[AaronD]

Hmm... Okay. I stopped recommending it for Windows for a while, because I saw that it's not actually free there like it is on Linux. (if you use the package manager / "app store"; Ardour's website still charges for it if you get it from there directly) I thought they'd lifted that, but now I see they haven't. I guess I just didn't dig deep enough.

But like I said, there are lots more to choose from!