[PLEASE HELP] - How to record only computer sound and no mic sound

[SenpaiLion]

So, I want to record my games, but don't want to record comentary, as there is a lot of background noise. How do I do this!?!?! I'm on MAC ==

 

[Harold]

You mute the mic in the OBS window.

 

[SenpaiLion]

how? if i try, both get muted

 

[SenpaiLion]

as you can see, i have this. which one do I mute?

 

[Osiris]

My guess would be the one that says Mic/Aux....

 

[SenpaiLion]

That one mutes both

 

[amsyar ZeRo]

Uh,just go to Settings->Audio then put 'Disabled' at the Mic/Aux section.

 

[SenpaiLion]

that disables game and mic audio, my friend

 

[SenpaiLion]

pls someone help me

 

[Harold]

Then you're doing something wrong in your audio routing.

 

[amsyar ZeRo]

Wait a minute,what type of Source is Game Voice??

 

[SenpaiLion]

bump coz need a lot of help!

 

[Hrishi]

Try using screen capture and mute Mic/Aux there....

 

[jordanof23]

Hello,

A bit late, so I'm not sure if this is relevant for OP, but it might be relevant for anyone else who ran into the same issue and stumbled upon this post.

Context: Recording games on OBS Studio on my Mac as well. Muting or disabling the Mic from the Audio Mixer would just record screen captures with no audio. The Global Audio Device for my Desktop Audio (in the Audio section of the settings) is "[Device not connected or not available]," which I thought was the cause of this issue. I managed to fix the issue without adding a device to record desktop Audio.

Step By Step Guide (with screenshots)

Step 1 - Make sure Output Mode is set to Advanced

Open OBS Studio's preferences. Click on the Output section, and change the Output Mode from Simple to Advanced if it is not already set to that. Click the Apply button in the bottom left corner of the Settings box, and the OK button in the bottom right corner to save these settings.

Step 2 - Separate the tracks the audio is being recorded on

Open the Advanced Audio Properties (click the button with the two cogs in the bottom left corner of the Audio Mixer section). Make sure the Desktop Audio and the Mic inputs are on different tracks by unchecking any boxes for tracks they are both on. Audio input capture is not relevant for this issue. As long as there is at least one track which records from the Desktop and not the mic, this should work.

Step 3 - Select the Desktop audio track for recordings

In the Recording Tab of the Output section of OBS Studio's Settings, make sure to omit any tracks that have the Microphone input selected. In Step 2, I chose Track 2 for Desktop Audio, so in this step I must also select Track 2 for the audio tracks in my recordings. Click the Apply button in the bottom left corner of the Settings box, and the OK button in the bottom right corner to save these settings.

And viola! Your recordings should only have the audio from the desktop and not the microphone. If you want to include audio from your Mic you will have to add the track that it is recording on to the Recording Settings section of Recording Tab of the Output Section of OBS Studio Settings.

Hope this helps!

 

[barq888]

Hey man, maybe if you have too much background noise then you should get a dynamic mic !

 

[AaronD]

Hey man, maybe if you have too much background noise then you should get a dynamic mic !

That doesn't make any difference at all. But the pickup pattern does!

• Omni picks up equally from everywhere.
• Figure 8 picks up equally well from the front or back, but not from a ring around the side.
  The term for that is "a null at 90 degrees off-axis."
• Cardioid gradually fades down to a null at 180 deg. (a single point in back)
• Super Cardioid fades faster to a ring of null, somewhere between 90 and 180, and has a little bit of sensitivity again at 180.

That has nothing to do with dynamic or condenser or ribbon or whatever. You can get any pickup pattern with any mechanics.

Generally, you choose a mic based on where the null is, not where it's the most sensitive, and then you use that null to reduce the worst offending source of noise. You can't eliminate it, because it reflects off the walls, ceiling, floor, furniture, etc., and comes in from a different direction too, and you don't have a second null to point in that direction. So it still comes in, but not as much.

Another option is "shy baffles". Essentially something acoustically opaque to put in between, and block the direct path. If you've seen some clear plastic things on the drums in a live concert - not a complete cage, but they almost look like clear cymbals that are never played - that's what those are. They block the cymbal sound from getting into the vocal mics.

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Of course, if you just want the mic gone entirely, then none of that is relevant anyway.