Rodecaster Pro and Multitracking

pablofuente

New Member
Hello
I own a Rodecaster Pro (I) and use it with Mac.
I have been going nuts trying to configure it to work correctly with OBS to achieve true multitracking. What I need is to control each source (microphones, phone, Bluetooth) so that I can mimic what is happening with the faders. Especially important is how to handle videos (stored in my computer) and play through OBS (how can I manage the volume of these videos).
Is there a way to do this?
I have loopback and can set up virtual audio inputs (so that OBS can see them individually name: Mics, Phone, Pads, etc), but I am not able to make everything work so that the faders master everything.
Thanks for your help!
 

AaronD

Active Member
You don't want to mix audio in OBS! Been there, done that! Use an external tool for audio, and bring the final result into OBS as the only audio source, to pass through completely unchanged.

That external tool could be a physical mixer feeding a USB stereo line-in, or a DAW on the same machine, that feeds OBS through a single loopback.

DAW = Digital Audio Workstation. Lots of them to choose from, some free, some paid, with the quality being not-very-well connected to price in my experience, and all are effectively a complete sound studio in one app. In your case, you're probably only interested in the mixer part, but you may end up expanding into the rest as well.

For videos that play from OBS, don't send them out directly, but only Monitor them. Send OBS's Monitor to another loopback or line-out that the DAW or external mixer picks up, so you can have all your controls in one place, and the final soundtrack is still produced entirely by that external tool.

If you need to automate changes based on what OBS is doing, the Advanced Scene Switcher plugin can send OSC messages now (Open Sound Control), which a lot of DAW's and physical digital consoles should pick up on. Read the destination's documentation for how to format an OSC message in a way that it likes. I use that in my own rig, with a DAW for audio, automated from OBS.

If you want to read the position of a fader, at all for any purpose, you of course need that function to be available. If the fader itself can't be read, then you might be able to run a generated signal through it instead and watch the volume that comes back. Otherwise, you'll have to find a different set of faders that *can* be read that way.
 

pablofuente

New Member
Thanks AaronD. The Rodecaster Pro is a physical mixer.
Thanks for helping me configure independent controls and explaining this in detail. Thanks for your help!
For videos that play from OBS, don't send them out directly, but only Monitor them. Send OBS's Monitor to another loopback or line-out that the DAW or external mixer picks up, so you can have all your controls in one place, and the final soundtrack is still produced entirely by that external tool.
 
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