pluckybreeze
New Member
Hi guys, I am new here, I really tried to find the solution to my problem, but I ended up writing this thread, meaning that it is either some stupid mistake that I overlooked, or I might be one of the few facing this.
I try to go live for a music session using OBS to add logo and to add other musician there too. My intention is to add a video of my mate as a media source, and I would just sing and play along. For this, I connected my portable recording device - Zoom H6, which acts as an audio interface and mixer. I try to monitor the media source + mix it live with my recording. BUT, I cannot figure out how to do it properly.
I am using this setup:
Microsoft Surface Pro 6, i5, Windows 10 (my CPU level was max 25% when streaming + recording, so this should be enough)
Zoom H6 - audio interface through a USB cable, with microphone and guitar plugged in
OBS latest version 25.0.1
Audio drivers reinstalled
Here are some of the scenarios that I tried:
1. using my Zoom H6 as an audio input device/mic, monitor + output
playing the media source file along, monitor + output
monitoring device - PC headphone jack
MAIN PROBLEM: a delay with my voice, I was singing, trying to sync with the video, but there was a delay and I could hear my voice repeated few ms later in the output and even in the monitor. After watching few youtube videos I understand that this is a natural delay, and there is no solution
2. using my Zoom H6 as a mixer and monitoring device (as it has monitoring function built in, I just monitored the media source file through it)
the monitoring works perfectly, there is practically no delay. I also found so-called "loop back" function, which I enabled, and it should work exactly like this.
output device is naturally Zoom H6, which mixes all the audio inputs
MAIN PROBLEM: the whole output audio is "down tuned"/under tuned, call it as you want, the quality of the output is terrible, sounds like if I changed the tune or a pitch of the whole audio file. Not sure how to explain it. Surprisingly it is perfectly synchronized, but, unusable. This happened for both, recording and streaming.
I was thinking about possible influence of a sample rate difference, but I have tried 3 options, recording at 44,1kHz, 48kHz and the mix for each audio input. The result was always the same.
3.using my Zoom H6 as an audio input device/mic, without monitoring (I can monitor it through its built-in headphone jack
playing the media source file, monitor + output, monitoring to PC headphone jack
this setup works if I use 2 headsets as in-ears, one as my monitoring, the other as media file monitoring, using my head as a mixer..
MAIN PROBLEM: it works, buuuuut.. you know... hearing different sounds in your head...
ok, this would work, and it is probably my best shot so far. But I was hoping I can do better with the hardware that I have.
here is my log: https://obsproject.com/logs/kwdt99NhEozQOuc5
ANY help would be more than appreciated
I could upload my settings or some audio file examples if it helps?
I try to go live for a music session using OBS to add logo and to add other musician there too. My intention is to add a video of my mate as a media source, and I would just sing and play along. For this, I connected my portable recording device - Zoom H6, which acts as an audio interface and mixer. I try to monitor the media source + mix it live with my recording. BUT, I cannot figure out how to do it properly.
I am using this setup:
Microsoft Surface Pro 6, i5, Windows 10 (my CPU level was max 25% when streaming + recording, so this should be enough)
Zoom H6 - audio interface through a USB cable, with microphone and guitar plugged in
OBS latest version 25.0.1
Audio drivers reinstalled
Here are some of the scenarios that I tried:
1. using my Zoom H6 as an audio input device/mic, monitor + output
playing the media source file along, monitor + output
monitoring device - PC headphone jack
MAIN PROBLEM: a delay with my voice, I was singing, trying to sync with the video, but there was a delay and I could hear my voice repeated few ms later in the output and even in the monitor. After watching few youtube videos I understand that this is a natural delay, and there is no solution
2. using my Zoom H6 as a mixer and monitoring device (as it has monitoring function built in, I just monitored the media source file through it)
the monitoring works perfectly, there is practically no delay. I also found so-called "loop back" function, which I enabled, and it should work exactly like this.
output device is naturally Zoom H6, which mixes all the audio inputs
MAIN PROBLEM: the whole output audio is "down tuned"/under tuned, call it as you want, the quality of the output is terrible, sounds like if I changed the tune or a pitch of the whole audio file. Not sure how to explain it. Surprisingly it is perfectly synchronized, but, unusable. This happened for both, recording and streaming.
I was thinking about possible influence of a sample rate difference, but I have tried 3 options, recording at 44,1kHz, 48kHz and the mix for each audio input. The result was always the same.
3.using my Zoom H6 as an audio input device/mic, without monitoring (I can monitor it through its built-in headphone jack
playing the media source file, monitor + output, monitoring to PC headphone jack
this setup works if I use 2 headsets as in-ears, one as my monitoring, the other as media file monitoring, using my head as a mixer..
MAIN PROBLEM: it works, buuuuut.. you know... hearing different sounds in your head...
ok, this would work, and it is probably my best shot so far. But I was hoping I can do better with the hardware that I have.
here is my log: https://obsproject.com/logs/kwdt99NhEozQOuc5
ANY help would be more than appreciated
I could upload my settings or some audio file examples if it helps?
