Question / Help More desktop audio devices please?
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zionsrevenge
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I'm not sure if I understand your scenario correctly, but what I read from it can easily be achieved with one soundcard, not using the main output (Desktop Audio), but selecting the different sound sources separately and recording them to different tracks (up to 6 are possible right now). Maybe you can give us more detailed information about your audio setup and we try to find a solution?
zionsrevenge
Member
OMG, I'm so sorry, I was on the complete wrong path here :D. Now I understand your problem. You want to separate audio signals from each running application, right? So you're are telling each application what soundcard to use, right? And then you want to capture it on separated channels within OBS to have a multitrack-recording?
You can add (infinite) audio devices as Audio Input Sources within a scene, would that solve your issue?
Otherwise, if you want to be able to split applications to different sound devices without physical cards, I highly recommend these guides:
How to exclude audio sources for a stream or recording - https://obsproject.com/forum/resour...audio-sources-off-your-stream-or-recording.8/
Voicemeeter Banana guide - https://obsproject.com/forum/resour...nagement-for-1-and-2-pc-streaming-setups.397/
Otherwise, if you want to be able to split applications to different sound devices without physical cards, I highly recommend these guides:
How to exclude audio sources for a stream or recording - https://obsproject.com/forum/resour...audio-sources-off-your-stream-or-recording.8/
Voicemeeter Banana guide - https://obsproject.com/forum/resour...nagement-for-1-and-2-pc-streaming-setups.397/
zionsrevenge
Member
That's an interesting tool, if it really provides 8 output channels to choose from in OBS, you can have 8 separated audio signals (or 8 mixes, whatever you prefer). That would be a software solution to your problem. The hardware solution would need one or two soundcards with 4 or 8 direct outputs. If you don't have such a soundcard you would need to buy it.
zionsrevenge
Member
I don't think so. Typical sound cards don't have too much ins and outs. You either get yourself a better sound card, or you deal with a third-party software solution. I'd always go with a good hardware solution... more stable;)
Suslik V
Active Member
How you adding output capture then, for two devices?
You should give details on your problem. For example, I'm trying to capture three audio cards (first one model:..., second one model:..., third one model:...) installed in my PC. When I adding 'Audio Input Source' (or 'Audio Output Source') to the scene, and there is only card N (model) available under the Device list (source properties) and I cannot choose card M.
You should give details on your problem. For example, I'm trying to capture three audio cards (first one model:..., second one model:..., third one model:...) installed in my PC. When I adding 'Audio Input Source' (or 'Audio Output Source') to the scene, and there is only card N (model) available under the Device list (source properties) and I cannot choose card M.
sneaky4oe
Member
All three audio cards are in system mixer and are selectable in OBS, so models doesn't really matter. I lack numbers of captured cards, but since you asked:
Scarlett 2i2 2gen, xenyx q802usb, and motherboard card from crosshair v formula z.
They all are available.
My issue is - there's only 2 audiocards to work with at the same time in "desktop audio device" available. I can't add 3-d one just because there are only two slots to fill. Not 3:
https://imgur.com/a/taXZm
Scarlett 2i2 2gen, xenyx q802usb, and motherboard card from crosshair v formula z.
They all are available.
My issue is - there's only 2 audiocards to work with at the same time in "desktop audio device" available. I can't add 3-d one just because there are only two slots to fill. Not 3:
https://imgur.com/a/taXZm
Suslik V
Active Member
This slots designed mainly for simple recording mode. Where you just add single source to OBS Studio (Game Capture for example) and ready to record. I don't think that increasing slots number is a good option.
As was mentioned earlier, just make Scene with all you sound Input/Output sources and add this scene as source to all your other scenes were you need sound.
As was mentioned earlier, just make Scene with all you sound Input/Output sources and add this scene as source to all your other scenes were you need sound.
Fenrir
Forum Admin
The workaround being proposed is the solution to this problem. The reason that you can only select two global audio output, and three global audio input is because most users will not need that many, and adding more UI space just increases clutter and confusion to the standard end user.