Question / Help Lots of background noise in OBS

[f0rlit]

Hello i am getting into streaming and i have ran into a problem when i try to stream footage the audio has a load of background noise and i haven't been able to fix it. I have tested my microphone on a pro audio program called REAPER and it works flawlessly. I am running a Superlux E205 high diaphragm cardoid condenser microphone that is goint through a TASCAM US-122mk II Audio interface

Audio samples:

Reaper: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ay1zbysme1iiial/test.wav

And the awfull obs sound: http://www.mediafire.com/download/benghfzcfe9z88x/2016-05-18-1532-14.flv

 

[FerretBomb]

OBS uses the raw, unprocessed audio provided by your microphone,with zero filtering. This is one reason condenser and other large-cap mics are not great for livestreaming, or use outside of an acoustically-controlled environment; the better they are, the more ambient noise will be picked up. It sounds like Reaper is doing a degree of background filtering.

You can try using the Mic DSP Plugin:
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/microphone-dsp-plugin.21034/

But really, the solution is either to eliminate the background noise in the first place, move the mic closer to your mouth and run at a lower gain, or swap to a mic more suitable for use in a noisy environment.

 

[f0rlit]

OBS uses the raw, unprocessed audio provided by your microphone,with zero filtering. This is one reason condenser and other large-cap mics are not great for livestreaming, or use outside of an acoustically-controlled environment; the better they are, the more ambient noise will be picked up. It sounds like Reaper is doing a degree of background filtering.

You can try using the Mic DSP Plugin:
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/microphone-dsp-plugin.21034/

But really, the solution is either to eliminate the background noise in the first place, move the mic closer to your mouth and run at a lower gain, or swap to a mic more suitable for use in a noisy environment.

So can you tell me does skype do background filtering

 

[FerretBomb]

Yes, it does. I believe using the same method as the Mic DSP plugin I'd linked uses. As does Teamspeak, and several other VoIP services.