Dual PC Audio w/ Beacn Mix Create Tutorial

[@Naaackers]

Important note: This is NOT the only way to do dual PC audio with the mix create. This is just the way I had it setup the first time and have been using like this ever since. With music, discord, gaming, etc. all on the gaming PC and being sent over, you miss out on some submixing capabilities. If you ran music and discord on the streaming PC, you could add those to the Mix Create and have more control. But then when you're NOT live, you have to use your streaming PC for everything. There is give and take depending on where you want your mix create installed, and how you run your setup. This is just one of the ways, and KickedTripod has a video on the Beacn KZbin channel that documents a different way. Hope that helps!

[@LeadSniper]

This has been extremely helpful! I kept having issues using other tutorials. I really appreciate it!

[@Naaackers]

HELL YES. you’re very welcome.

[@RobLyow]

This was fan-fing-tastic! soooo many other ones did not clear state all these steps! thank you!

[@Naaackers]

Thank you for the compliment ❤️ and you’re welcome!

[@chaka276]

Great video and I'm glad you said don't freak out when you showed the diagram because I was totally about to freak out

[@Naaackers]

You know when i started writing this script i said "it's okay i'll make this simple" and then 50% through the diagram rolling I said "well this doesn't look very simple" lol

[@cheezyjokester]

I appreciate this. I am actually going to use the wiring diagram for use with Elgato Wave Link. Should be same principle. I just wasn't going to give up my XLR mic for a usb option to use Beacn. Thanks for explaining things so well.

[@Naaackers]

You’re very welcome

[@Turbo_David]

The last comment about multitrack recording can be obtained by adding in the devices directly in OBS (pre stem) you can then record them at max level and adjust in post.

[@Keylime]

I don't need this video in any capacity, but I came for the Poop Daddy. Literally? Literally...

[@Naaackers]

P-P-P-P-POOP DADDY

[@stratosphere2019]

Dude you are the man !!!

[@Naaackers]

NO YOU

[@Ald4r]

I know you have your earbuds plugged into your mic in your setup but if I were to say have a usb amp for my headphones, which PC would I plug them into?

[@stratosphere2019]

I plugged my Astro mix into streaming

[@magicstu]

I know this is about the beacn mix create, but I really do wish youtubers would acknowledge the fact that the beacnmix mic can do exactly the same as the beacnmix create, once you enable the mixer in the menu. So no need for the createmix unless you want physicall buttons and a nice screen. I litterly had a conversation with beacn on twitter to confirm this ;) Otherwise, i love naaaaaaaaaackers ♥

[@Naaackers]

Hey there MagicStu. So the reason that I didn't cover this, is because I wasn't aware. I had a Beacn Mix Create and a Beacn Mic plugged into the same PC during the beta testing process. When it's setup this way, it disables the mixer on the mic, and enables it on the Mix Create. I didn't even know the mic could do that until after I posted my mic review video. With that said, I disagree that there is no use for the mix create. A HUD and physical buttons make all the difference. In addition to that, this video isn't for only the people that also have a Beacn Mic. It's or the people that only buy a Beacn Mix Create and not the mic. The create being hardware agnostic makes it usable in so many different setups.

[@BigWillyBurns]

Great info here. Keep up the good work.

[@Naaackers]

Thank you very much sir :)

[@Ginjah]

So about that Multitracking with the Mix Create, I heard about a fellow that actually happened to make a tutorial on that matter! 😉

[@Naaackers]

OHHHH REEEAAALLLLLYYYYYYYY

[@The44sasquatch]

So with your setup having the mix create on your streaming pc, is there any noticeable audio lag from your gaming pc when gaming? Great video btw

[@Naaackers]

Very, very little. I don't notice it when I play games, however I do notice that when I speak into the mic, discord on my gaming PC lights up just a little bit later that instantaneous. Maybe like...50-100ms later? Barely noticeable. Gaming audio is instant.

[@The44sasquatch]

@@Naaackers ok great 👌 I think that'll work perfectly then. My plan is to have as little running on the gaming pc as possible and it sounds like this will help accomplish that. Now if only I can get my capture card issues with my ultrawide sorted out....

[@Naaackers]

OOOF. GOod luck with that. UW is always a pain. So pretty though hahah.

[@dakittgaming]

Excellent video only one I’ve found so far that deals with using the beacn on the streaming pc, did my first stream last night but haven’t got the audio jacks yet so just used the elgato capture audio and placed It in The mix create as a game, this worked but for games like warzone guessing it’s better for in game chat to have the cables

[@Naaackers]

Hell yeah!

[@kryptonianBane]

@@Naaackers crazy to see you respond so fast. Love that

[@kryptonianBane]

Looking back would you still keep the the mix create on the streaming PC or prefer to move it gaming PC ?

[@Naaackers]

@@kryptonianBane I do my best to respond but holy hell is youtube notifications system broken. I miss a lot of it sometimes. :( But to answer your question, yes I would keep it the same. I still have my beacn mix create on the streaming PC, and beacn mix on the gaming PC. I have found no reason to change it!

[@kryptonianBane]

@@Naaackers I have the beacn mic also. Could I have the mic on gaming PC ( including the app) and the mix create on streaming to get the app on both ?

[@mrtrickay7111]

Wavelink software now has the capabilities for multi track, just a heads up! 👍

[@Naaackers]

OO. I will have to look into this! The Wave Link mic is the next mic i'm going to review.

[@FunnyAmprsar]

Awesome. I'm in love with the new Beacn products now. Can you make a video on doing EQ and other stuff in audio editing for live streams? Like maybe any softwares, I use obs studio and I tried Marvel GQ, It didn't fit it.

[@Naaackers]

Hey there - so at this point in time I'm not confident educating others about EQ'ing. I am very new to it, and feel that I would lead people astray. I'd like to learn much more about mic chains and EQ before attempting to make any content on it. Sorry!

[@FunnyAmprsar]

@@Naaackers All good. Any recommendation of any softwares?

[@makimera]

This is why im eying the Rode procaster 2. with it's 2 usb connections, wonder if ithat will be able to do the 2 computer sound transfer with some proper firmware updates

[@Naaackers]

I hope i can try a procaster 2 some day! They look awesome

[@just_drums_please]

Not sure if you know the details of it yet, but would I be able to use either of the BEACN controllers on Mac?

[@Naaackers]

As of now there is no Mac support for the Beacn Mix and Mix Create.

[@williammccabe7035]

I can’t get my mic to be heard on my gaming pc… I’ve got it all hooked up as you said. Had to change my audio to the 4k60 pro and can hear the gaming pc audio but cannot get the mic to work on the gaming pc.

[@EdgardoCosmezethstrike]

Great info and video. Helped me with a bit of a conundrum that I have. I set it up almost the same as you have it with my Mix Create on my streaming PC, however, because I have a 4K60 Pro, I just have the audio coming out of it and have it and into a Hardware tab created in the Mix Create. I also noticed that there haven't been any videos online about the Arctis Pro Wireless and how to route it using the Mix Create. I have it connected via USB from the gaming PC and use a Digital Out from my Streaming PC to hear everything from the Streaming PC in my headphones. That way if I just game, I can still use my headsets separately and just change the source. Is there a better way to do it, or is this the recommended way for the Arctis/Mix Create routing?

[@Naaackers]

Yo whats up dude. So if I understand your setup correctly, I think that you should have the Arctis wireless pro connected to your streaming PC since that is where the mix create is plugged in. That way, in the mix create, you could set the artcis pro base station as your default playback device. Then, if your gaming PC is sending all of it's audio over to the streaming PC, you can add that as another hardware/aux fader and monitor all the audio from both PC's. That make sense? BTW their discord is filled with lots of people with the same headset as you so I know that people are making it work!

[@EdgardoCosmezethstrike]

@@Naaackers Thanks for the info. I was able to tinker around and since the device recognizes where the main device is coming from, I was able to add it to the gaming PC and route it via the Aux input to the Arctis while still being able to hear the streaming PC's stuff. I will try it your way since I am sure that putting it on the streaming PC may make it sound better, but I lose all profiles since I load games on the other PC.

[@Naaackers]

Yeah it's really a balance of want and sacrifice, whether you want the Beacn Mix Create on the Gaming PC or the streaming PC. I'm lucky to have a beacn mix and mix create, so I have on each device and to me that works perfectly. If you're keen on the profiles, then maybe the mix create makes the most sense on the gaming PC? So many options lol

[@williammccabe7035]

How did you get your mic working on the gaming pc though? I can’t get it to work. I’ve got it set as chat and mic for streaming pc and then 4k60 pro and line in blue for gaming. I have the 4k60pro for hardware and mic under mic and then I did the audio out green under voice chat mic. It isn’t picking up my mic

[@MagicReborn]

Hey man amzing video, and you explained everything perfectly!! I am having an issue though with my gaming PC not picking up or not recieving my microphone when I try to copy it over through the routing table. I have everything setup just like you I am pretty sure, but for some reason my microphone will not work on my gaming PC Any help here would be GREATLY appreciated!!

[@lonewolf9515645]

Just got my mix create in the mail and was trying to set it up on my gaming pc instead of on streaming pc like yours... what would you say the advantages of having it connected to your stream pc vs the other way around are?

[@Naaackers]

HEY THERE RJ, SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLY. youtube notifications SUCK SOMETIMES. So when you have the mix create on your gaming PC, you get to use the app when you're not streaming. You get all that control on your gaming PC and your streaming PC doesn't have to be on. But then you're sending all your audio over to the streaming PC over the single channel. you lose out on being able to have that control and apply filters in OBS that way. Since i bought a Mix for my gaming PC, totally made sense to have it on the streaming pc. Hope that makes sense!

[@simplicity_9127]

So I use a laptop as my stream pc, which only has the one port that is headphone/mic. Would you recommend just getting an audio interface and use that as the line in/line out for the stream pc? I also use an elgato HD60s capture card so would I just make that the hardware to hear game sound from game pc

[@Naaackers]

Yep, an external audio interface with multiple ins and outs could def help in this situation!

[@nonlimitsoldier]

Hopefully you are able to reply to this as your video was very helpful. But I have a small issue that I was hoping that you could help me with. I have a dual pc set up where I run everything on my stream PC like (Browser, Discord, OBS...ect....) and on my gaming PC I only run games that's it. I saw that on the diagram that you had one BEACN Mix and one BEACN Mix Create, do both PC's need a BEACN to work? Also, While I had it hooked up, I thought it was only sending the MIC over to the gaming PC but for me it was sending everything back to my gaming PC to where If I was playing a game my friends could hear the game double feed and whatever else was playing on my streaming pc.

[@Naaackers]

Hey dude! To answer your first question, no you do no need a beacn on the gaming PC. That's really just a volume controllers on that PC, and is not required. It's just nice to have, but you could do that with any other controller or even just software if you wanted to! The mix create is the really the brain behind it all, as that gives you the submixing and the ability to split things into channels. Regarding your second question, if your beacn mix create is on the streaming PC, and so is your mic, and peeps in discord are hearing your Gaming PC audio, then it's a routing table configuration. On my routing table, under the "voice chat mic" row, the only green checkmark I have is under the "mic relay". every other column "hardware, chat, system, browser", are all unticked and should have the red icon. That row decides what audio gets piped into your mic channel. That's my assumption without being able to see your table. Hope that helps!

[@nonlimitsoldier]

@@Naaackers First and foremost, thank you so much for responding. Topic 1: Thank god because I couldn't afford two of them lol. Topic 2: the double feed was in game chat. I tested it on COD and did a private match with my kid to see if he could hear me on the gaming PC, to which he could. But he heard everything else as well. If that makes and sense.

[@Joncstout]

I love you.

[@Naaackers]

Love you too Ston C Jout

[@R6_jrry]

I could really use your help on this one big time if you read this… I followed all the instructions as is. But when I open obs or when the capture card is running man the audio sounds like it’s cracking, distorted, almost like foil paper is being crumbled… I need your help. Is there any chance we can do a discord call?

[@Naaackers]

Sorry dude, I don't provide 1 on 1 tech support.

[@weapwn]

I only have red and black line in/out on my streaming pc hellllllp. I already have the mix create and mic setup on my streaming pc. I’m trying to add my gaming pc into the mix

[@garywayne123]

What about us that use the astro a40 and mix amp pro. How could that work with this and its software?

[@Naaackers]

You would just need to set your mixamp pro (which i assume is connected via USB) as the default listening device in the Mix Create Software. In the middle of the app where it says 'personal mix' thats where you want to set it.

[@Roarrior]

So if I put my Beacn mix software on my gaming PC and my camera on my stream pc. I'm probably gonna have audio sync issues?

[@Naaackers]

It really depends on how you're routing your audio. But having your audio and video is two separately places isn't going to introduce latency for no reason.

[@AntwonAndrewGaming]

thanks G!

[@Naaackers]

NO ANTWON. THANK YOU.

[@ohheyitsak]

How is it that you show you BEACN Mix Create hooked up to your gaming PC in the diagram, but at 7:38 you pull up the mix create software on your STREAMING pc?

[@Naaackers]

I only have a Beacn Mix plugged into the gaming PC. The Beacn Mix create is on the streaming PC.

[@rollando2000]

You ever found ground loop isolators drop the gain? Frustrating

[@Naaackers]

Yes, unfortunately. It's one of there downsides. And the reason why I went with the 'alternative solution' in my last setup because I was sick of it lol.

[@Turbo_Dave]

was following this to the T and i cant get my mic audio to my gaming pc from my streaming pc. any help would be appreciated. awesome video

[@Naaackers]

Hey dave - you'd have great luck joining the beacn discord, they are awesome with helping out people with issues. With that said, i'll do my best. I just re did my whole setup and re-set this up so it's fresh in my mind. On the streaming PC, the aux cable is supposed to go from your audio/line out(the green port) to the blue line in port on your gaming PC. With windows 10 and 11, when you plug it in, your computer should give you the 'waht did you plug in?' prompt. You have to make a choice or else the computer will not pass through sound. With that connected, as long as you have selected to copy chat mic output to the audio/line out green on streaming PC, it should go. the only other factors here, is that you do not have your mic selected in the mic channel, or you don't have the the 'voice chat mic' checked in the 'voice relay' routing table. Would highly suggest getting in the beacn discord so you can post some screenshots! I'm in there, so when you make your post, tag me and if I'm around i'll over some help. Cheers.

[@thatdudewavvy]

Going off your diagram, you have a beacn mix connected to your gaming pc and the beach mix create connected to the stream pc..? This way you have control over chat and audio on your game without having to assign a different fader for one control on the stream pc?

[@Naaackers]

You're correct in your statement of how they are plugged in. Almost always, I run Discord VOIP on the streaming PC. I keep the Beacn Mix on my gaming PC for times when I truly only need the 1 pc, as it gives me audio control when I'm not using the streaming PC at, like just gaming by myself or with a few friends. So if I have music or something in a web browser playing while gaming, I can have that audio control with the Beacn Mix. In summary, if I'm just gaming or using the gaming computer, I'm just using the gaming PC and the Beacn Mix. If I'm doing any kind of recording or streaming, the streaming PC is "awake" and I'm using the beacn mix create as the audio routing table for multitrack recording. really, I'm using both the beacn mix and the mix create in tandem when both PC's are being used.

[@bear89103]

How are you plugging in a studio monitor to this set up. I followed what you basically did. And when I plug my studio monitor to my headphones port in the front of my streaming PC, I get this feedback whine when I copy Voice to Line Out

[@Naaackers]

Sorry, you're going to have expand on that a little more, i don't understand your question. What do you mean by Studio Monitor? Like studio monitor speakers?

[@fightinirish73kk]

so am out of luck for connecting headphones as line out is taken up going to stream pc as have shure sm7b mic not beacn mic

[@roninstormYT]

how do i set this up with my elgato hd 60 pro mk2 and or any capture cards

[@Naaackers]

It's slightly different but you need to add your capture card as a hardware audio device in the beacn mix create so you can listen and route it.

[@orphanorbe]

I play Fortnite and I can listen to both PCs… everything but people on game chat can’t hear me! Do I need 2 mics?

[@Naaackers]

Nope! If you have the beacn mix create and and mic plugged into the same PC, you can use the mixing software to send your mic over to the other computer.

[@orphanorbe]

@@Naaackers can you do a video? To explain it better

[@Naaackers]

@@orphanorbe ……that’s what this video is 😂 it’s a setup guide on how to get your microphone sent to two PCs and listen to both those PCs with one headset

[@kryptonianBane]

Looking for the cheapest USB audio work around as I'm still getting hummming even with gli's on both sides of audio cables

[@Naaackers]

I would give the Behringer UM2 a shot, those used to be like $40 back when I got them. FX audio Dx6 is another that relatively cheap.

[@kryptonianBane]

@@Naaackers I found out what the issue was. Smh this audio stuff can be tricky. Thanks for the quick reply. Fan for life!

[@Naaackers]

@@kryptonianBane Audio is actually worse than the flu XD

[@spoonylovetone3605]

so i need to hook my beacn to my streaming pc? im so confused

[@Naaackers]

If you follow this guide yes, you have to. But if you want to have the beacn mix create hooked up to your gaming PC instead, you can do that.

[@spoonylovetone3605]

@@Naaackers oh ok thanks

[@Naaackers]

You're welcome. It's totally up to your preference, which I assume you don't know your preference yet if you're trying to set this up hahhaah. I prefer the mix createe and the mic on the streaming PC, because that's where OBS is. My alerts and music play on the streaming PC, and then the only audio coming in from the gaming PC is the game. So it makes it easier. But my streaming PC also stays on 24x7, so It doesn't matter to me that much. There are a lot of peeps on KZbin that have guides similar to this, but using the gaming PC as the main one instead. The Beacn youtube channel has a similar guide as well. There are many ways to set this up.

[@Naaackers]

@@spoonylovetone3605 YOU ARE WELCOME

[@AWAKEPUPPET]

ok the windows 11 pc looks nothing like this

[@Naaackers]

yeahhhhhhhhh that's going to be a little bit different hahaha

[@AWAKEPUPPET]

@@Naaackers i got it going