Support MKV 12-Channnel Audio

[Wood Bass Gucchi]

Now, OBS Studio supports 6-Channnel Audio MKV, But I want to support 12-Channnel Audio MKV file.

I have 12-Channnel Mixer YAMAHA MG12XU, But OBS supports 6-channnel audio mkv.
I want to support 12-Channnel Audio MKV file.

Please consider update support 12-Channnel Audio MKV file.

Thank you.

 

[John Hartman]

The MG12XU does have 12 input channels, but it can't send them to the computer as 12 separate channels: you create a stereo mix on the MG12XU, and those two mix channels are available to the computer. See page 28 of
https://usa.yamaha.com/files/download/other_assets/8/1506928/mg16x_en_om_a0.pdf

Connects to a computer via a USB cable. The signal from the STEREO L/R buses is output to the computer. (This signal is not affected by the [STEREO] master fader.)

So with this mixer/interface, you get only two channels for OBS.

 

[Wood Bass Gucchi]

Thank you.

But, Using OBS ASIO, can saparate 6-channels input.

 

[Wood Bass Gucchi]

 

[Wood Bass Gucchi]

6-channels input.
6-tracks output mkv.

 

[John Hartman]

The Yamaha doc at https://asia-latinamerica-mea.yamah...xers/mg_series_xu_model/manual_interface.html shows setup for Cubase using ASIO, and shows only two channels of digital audio from the mixer. Seems odd that they wouldn't brag up more channels. But if you get 6, that's great.

Are all of the channels you show independent, carrying audio from only one mixer input channel? I can do this in Settings:

and get as many "channels" as I want, but they all carry the same audio

 

[Wood Bass Gucchi]

Actually, I don't have an MG12XU, I just want one, so I'm currently using a ZOOM L-8, which can be divided into 6 channels.

In order to do that, the OBS ASIO version is old, so we have to use an old version of OBS as well.

 

[Wood Bass Gucchi]

Input-6 to Output-5

 

[AaronD]

Actually, I don't have an MG12XU, I just want one.

I think @John Hartman is right. That's an analog board. The USB connections on those are often a cheap afterthought tacked-on stereo in/out. So even though the board takes X inputs, you only get the mixed output on USB. They are *not* multichannel PC interfaces.

Every once in a while, I run across one that actually does have a multichannel USB interface, but they're very rare. If you want a guarantee, go digital, like a Behringer XR18 if you still need the hardware mixing functions, or just a multichannel interface if you don't. And still read the manual carefully to see that it really does do what you think it does.

Once you really do have multichannel on USB, there's still the problem of getting OBS to use them correctly. That is also a major sticking point. OBS insists that each device must be one source, no exceptions, with the surround format determined only by its channel count. That surround format is then downmixed to whatever OBS is set for, which is usually stereo. As you might imagine, that wreaks havoc with a set of individual mics!

There's a special case if you only have two mics on a 2-channel interface. OBS takes it as stereo, but if you have two copies of it and pan them hard left and right, and then Mono both, then you have each one on its own fader in OBS, stuck in the center of the stereo field. That works because the Mono button is *after* the panner, which is backwards from pro gear, and just happens to compensate somewhat for the other shortcoming.

If you have more than 2 channels on the same interface, you'll probably need to run it through something else first, before it gets to OBS. A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation: a complete sound studio in one app), for example, has its own mixing console that can take each channel of the interface individually, process and package them up however you need, and ship the results to OBS. OBS then, becomes a dumb, straight-wire passthough, because *everything* is done in the DAW already, as the far superior tool.