OBS Sound Issues

[HazeyPenguin]

https://youtu.be/-4asz3Zwlro - Clip of sound issues

The audio sounds distorted and low ( i know i can raise to volume but it just gets even more distorted ) and I am not sure how to fix it. If I need to add anymore information let me know and ill try to reply as fast as i can

I was not sure which log i should of posted so i linked them both and hopefully that's what is needed to help.

https://obsproject.com/logs/IDkwQApXaB9xoOB2 - Current Log
https://obsproject.com/logs/gpb7eSMeMf8M14Oq - Previous Log

Thanks

 

[AaronD]

https://youtu.be/-4asz3Zwlro - Clip of sound issues

The audio sounds distorted and low ( i know i can raise to volume but it just gets even more distorted )

The voice sounds okay to me, but the sound effects are hardly there at all. is that what you mean?

From your log:

19:53:14.142: Loaded scenes:
19:53:14.142: - scene 'Scene':
19:53:14.142: - scene 'Game Capture':
19:53:14.142:     - source: 'Elgato' (dshow_input)
19:53:14.142:         - filter: 'Gain' (gain_filter)
19:53:14.142:         - filter: 'Compressor' (compressor_filter)
19:53:14.142:         - filter: 'Noise Suppression' (noise_suppress_filter_v2)
19:53:14.142:     - source: 'Tangia Overlay' (browser_source)
19:53:14.143:     - source: 'blerp' (browser_source)
19:53:14.143:     - source: 'Sound Alerts' (browser_source)
19:53:14.143:         - monitoring: monitor only

You have a Noise Suppressor on your game capture. It's designed for spoken voice only, and everything else is considered noise to be removed. So the sound effects go away and the voices stay. People have tossed it on for church services too, and wondered what happened to the instruments when they sing.

Anyway, get rid of the Noise Suppressor. It's not something you just toss on as a "magical cleanup". In fact, nothing is.

 

[HazeyPenguin]

The voice sounds okay to me, but the sound effects are hardly there at all. is that what you mean?

From your log:

19:53:14.142: Loaded scenes:
19:53:14.142: - scene 'Scene':
19:53:14.142: - scene 'Game Capture':
19:53:14.142:     - source: 'Elgato' (dshow_input)
19:53:14.142:         - filter: 'Gain' (gain_filter)
19:53:14.142:         - filter: 'Compressor' (compressor_filter)
19:53:14.142:         - filter: 'Noise Suppression' (noise_suppress_filter_v2)
19:53:14.142:     - source: 'Tangia Overlay' (browser_source)
19:53:14.143:     - source: 'blerp' (browser_source)
19:53:14.143:     - source: 'Sound Alerts' (browser_source)
19:53:14.143:         - monitoring: monitor only

You have a Noise Suppressor on your game capture. It's designed for spoken voice only, and everything else is considered noise to be removed. So the sound effects go away and the voices stay. People have tossed it on for church services too, and wondered what happened to the instruments when they sing.

Anyway, get rid of the Noise Suppressor. It's not something you just toss on as a "magical cleanup". In fact, nothing is.

Thank You, that was the issue i was having. I remember putting on the noise suppression because a video i watched to solve an issue with my mic said it might help with the problem, but all it did was make everything worse apparently.

 

[AaronD]

...because a video i watched to solve an issue with my mic said it might help with the problem, but all it did was make everything worse apparently.

Yeah, most videos and other tutorials are worthless or worse. They don't explain very well at all, and often don't even know what they're talking about themselves. They just share what happened to work for them...sorta...or overhype something that they thought was amazing, or whatever. But people and applications are so different here that it really only works for a single individual, if even that.

Don't believe a tutorial that focuses on results. Look instead to understand the tools themselves, with no mention of the results, and then *you* figure out what's needed and how to use it. Look outside of OBS too. It uses the same names for a lot of things as the professional industry does, and it works the same way, so you can look at those too. The workflow is annoyingly different, but each individual filter by itself lines up.