OBS can pick up audio but I can't hear.

[Tom MT]

OBS can hear audio but I can't and it is incredibly upsetting, I haven't had this issue before it is new. I can't find anyone with the same problem online, only the other way round.

 

[nottooloud]

Check your monitoring settings for each source in Advanced Audio Properties. Also the Monitor Output in Settings.

 

[Tom MT]

If I hear audio OBS can't. I have set monitor output to the same

 

[nottooloud]

If I hear audio OBS can't.

Check your monitoring settings for each source in Advanced Audio Properties.

 

[samwho10]

I am having the same issues with a Roland Rubix device. Its has been like this since the windows update 2-3 days ago. OBS gets audio input from the device, but wont allow us to monitor at the same time. Or it allows monitoring but not input. The way around this that I have worked on is use the Rubix to input into OBS and a normal speaker as the monitor output. So having a different device set as output, from the audio input.

 

[huedoku]

I can't hear anything live on my headphones either. I am simply trying to use an external mic and listen live to the audio output my listeners will hear.

I'm not sure what you @nottooloud meant exactly by "check monitoring settings for each source in Advanced Audio Properties" because I think I have tried... I've tried every different option:

I've followed instruction on each of these pages:
(1). https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/os-x-capture-audio-with-ishowu-audio-capture.505/
(2). https://echoshare.co/record-desktop-audio-with-obs-windows-mac/
(3). https://billykorando.com/2020/04/14/capturing-desktop-and-zoom-audio-in-obs-on-macos/

In Audio MIDI settings I've tried all of these:

And Sound system preferences as well:

At this point, I'm at a loss.

The problem I am trying to solve is hearing myself live on my headphones using an external mic. (hearing the output that goes to my stream)
I could really use some help, as I thought I was just doing something very obvious and simple.

Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Gabe Huedoku




**** here's my desperation Discord appeal-->
On my mac, with OBS 2.1.2 -- I can't get audio setup working so that I can hear on my headphones,. I followed the link, was confused with video from 2017 and found "this driver is deprecated" as of June 22, 2020-- https://support.shinywhitebox.com/h...-Install-iShowU-Audio-Capture-Mojave-Catalina so I ended up purchasing a product from ShinyWhite Box to get SWB Capture... and now I am lost because the tutorials and help docs are mixing in old and new ... I now have multiple "multi-output devices" in Audio Midi Setup- "Audio Devices" -- at this point I am just doing trial and error and all I want to do is be able to hear in my headphones the output from my mic... can anyone share screenshots of OBS and Audio MIDI setup when you can hear yourself on headphones through an external mic? Thanks, sorry I am old and new!

 

[nottooloud]

I'm not sure what you @nottooloud meant exactly by "check monitoring settings for each source in Advanced Audio Properties" because I think I have tried... /QUOTE]

Hit the gear by any audio source in the Mixer. That opens up a settings menu. Pick Advanced Audio Properties. For each source, there's an Audio Monitoring entry. You can set it to Monitor Off, Monitor Only, or Monitor and Output.

 

[huedoku]

How do I define what the Monitor is? I made an output,

I tried changing the monitor options like you said:

Tried those and still never heard my voice in the headphones.
Then I went here and can't find how to assign output or MONITOR to my headphones.

Help!

 

[nottooloud]

In the Settings/Audio window, right below the Output window pictured above, scroll down to Advanced and Monitoring Device. Probably says Default. Open it and select whatever is driving your headphones.

 

[huedoku]

Thanks, still not working. To be clear- it IS possible to hear my own voice talking into the mic while I am using OBS- recording, streaming, recording or not?

 

[nottooloud]

Yes, with a source set to Monitor Only or Monitor and Output. It will be delayed, though. That is a bit distracting, so some people use a separate program to monitor the audio before it gets to OBS.

 

[whhoffman]

I am a Windows user, but if you think this is a Monitor challenge, you may try the steps outlined on the following link.

PLEASE HELP: NO MEDIA AUDIO IN MONITOR!!!

I cannot get OBS to send audio to my monitoring device. I have not changed anything that I can see, but it has just stopped working. At one point, I tried switching to a new scene collection and it started working again. But now, I cannot get audio from any media source in my headphones...

obsproject.com

Setting all to 'Monitor Off', restart OBS, and then set to 'Monitor and Output' has worked for me as a temporary solution.

 

[Fleefromthedark]

Fixed my issue by doing this: Open OBS, Click on settings, then audio, and change channels to Stereo. I had mine on 7.1, some video players dont support 7.1 audio

 

[peubzera]

Fixed my issue by doing this: Open OBS, Click on settings, then audio, and change channels to Stereo. I had mine on 7.1, some video players dont support 7.1 audio

happened to me and worked fine changing to Stereo, thanks Guys thanks Flee

 

[GoldKarat]

Just thought I'd add here incase anyone else has this issue. I had my monitoring set to Monitor Only (mute output), for my capture card, but it still wasn't actually monitoring. Turned out I had to change that to Monitor Off, and change it back to Monitor Only (mute output) for it start working again. Very random and I wasted a fair amount of time for no reason because of it