Fix Your Stream Audio NOW - OBS Studio Mic Settings

[@Ninja614]

Audio is a complex and infinitely varied subject. I attempt to narrow it down to some practical tips to help you fix your stream audio and sound more like a pro! These tips will work for both OBS Studio as well as Streamlabs OBS and while the plugins are OBS / SLOBS specific, the concepts behind compression, noise gate, audio ducking and ReaFIR can be applied to any solution that uses these essential audio tools. Here's the link for the Reaper ReaFIR plugin: www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/ Thank you for watching and I hope you find this video helpful!

[@blacksoul6014]

the next video should be on how to edit a full 1 hour of footage into a beautiful 26min masterpiece 😆 that's dedication oh and btw my favorite ice cream is ben and jerrys chocolate chip cookie dough

[@antmeaux]

My issue if you can help is how do I get my back ground music to play smoothly like you did while you were talking through the tutorial? Every time I play iTunes for example it becomes choppy when I play it back or start talking in my mic like they are competing with each other

[@runicrow7289]

The is by far the most useful and in depth guide for audio improvement. Everything is broken down to where anyone can understand and it isn't just a "copy my settings" style tutorial. Thank you very much for this. My favorite ice cream has to be Phish Food from Ben and Jerry's

[@sfragglegaming]

2 years later your video helped me more then all the others i've tried. My house has alot of fan noise and road noise, that plugin you showed for background noise reduction was a life saver.

[@sharleen2887]

You sir are a life saver. It's been so hard to find a decent information vid on this stuff. I do think I wanna replace my snowball now lol my room is huge with super high roof so I get alot of ecco

[@bow2thedao]

I appreciate this a lot. I don't know any of these technicals, never worked with any microphones or cameras before and this guy with the sweet beard has the knowledge and friendliness to explain and help us all understand how all these settings work and interact. thank you so much.

[@skylae_]

Hi Ninja! My favorite ice cream is chocolate (depending on the brand - I'm picky) and your video was freakin' awesome! I gotta tell you, I really wish I had found your video first, because I literally spent days looking through other videos on youtube trying to figure out what was going wrong with my audio and OBS. You broke it down in a way that no other video did, explained the differences between other mics and what the filters actually do so that people can understand the relevance and importance of applying those settings to audio while live streaming. I love that you explained where your audio levels should be in comparison to game audio and discord audio, because I had no idea. I have a really soft voice so I feel like mics I've tried have always had a hard time picking up my tiny voice. For me, the audio would always trail or cut out, for a while I was even having echoing issues ... But your solution to where certain mics should be placed - how far it should be from your mouth when talking - has helped me a ton. I've been testing these changes to my mic in recordings and I feel like my audio sounds so good now in comparison to my ... past blunders. This has renewed my confidence. THANK YOU. You're the best. See you around the interwebs!

[@Ninja614]

Heck yea! So glad it helped!😃

[@EvilOneGames]

I just got into live streaming. I've been playing and recording for a while now, a few years, but just recently took the plunge into live streaming. My first one, no game audio at all. No one to tell me either, My second one, had an audience, but my mic wasn't being streamed! I searched around to find out what I was doing wrong and came across your video. Really helped me UNDERSTAND the why behind the settings and how to adjust for my set up. THANK YOU!

[@restashured]

I just have to say...I've been struggling with audio for a year now and I think, finally, for the first time, I have them fixed up. All the other tutorials I watched helped marginally but still had issues with audio clipping when I got too loud and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to fix it. With some tests it looks like it's finally fixed and I have you to thank for that!!

[@Ninja614]

So glad to hear it! Thanks for letting me know :)

[@EpicPrawn]

I've been streaming for a few years and knew many of these tricks, and I STILL ended up learning a few things that are really going to improve my sound quality. Thanks for the tutorial. I bounce between ice cream flavors. Right now it would be chocolate + peanut butter, with mint chocolate chip following close behind as the backup.

[@gelsonhernandez8188]

Thanks !!!! This video helps me a lot !!

[@SamuraiKibiji]

THIS-WAS-AWESOME . Thank you so much Ninja

[@Ninja614]

You're welcome! Glad it helped!

[@ladypanicpants8928]

Awesomesauce!!!! thanks for the tips u rock sox

[@Judoteki]

This was extremely helpful, I've made content for a long time but most tutorials are usually too vague and just say "do this, it works for me" so I just kinda did what I could on my own for the last few years lol. I appreciate that you actually explained WHY you use the settings you use so if it doesn't work with our setup we can tweak it and know where to go from there. Thank you very much, you definitely earned my like and sub! :)

[@Ninja614]

I'm so glad to hear that! Thanks for letting me know my video helped! :)

[@jillogicaljelly3627]

Thank you so so much! I was getting very discouraged with my mic settings. there was always background fuzz when I talked no matter what I did. The reafir plug in made all of the difference!!! You saved me and my sanity.

[@maddiegaming5783]

Such a great vidya! I don't even stream but learned a lot! And thinking I can at least adapt most of this info to discord :D great editing and everything! LOVED IT!! also LOVES cookiedough ice cream!!!!

[@AvrithSATX]

Very interesting information in a great presentation. Nicely done!

[@YourGuyShy]

My videos have been struggling with my voice being too loud, this video will save all of my future viewers ears so thank you man!!!

[@0kamizer0]

Very helpful, Ninja614! Thank You! Cookies n Cream Ice cream

[@LankySensei]

Hey thank you so much! I didn't know about Audio Ducking until now and boy oh boy does it make a huge difference :D No more fiddling with the in game audio (much) and now my voice can be heard over whatever loud nonsense is happening on the screen.

[@KaledYT]

Thank you so much man! I have only been using noise suppression, and I was annoyed that when I speak loudly it causes high pitch which hurt my ears. Now I'm using a compressor and it is actually amazing!

[@MatyGonIsHere]

Excellent job! I've watched many audio tip videos. This is by far the best. Never heard about the audio ducking before! and Vanilla & Chocolate swirl.

[@Ninja614]

Wow, thanks!

[@Brian_STL19]

rocky road or moose tracks, basically anything with chocolate. Glad to see you're expanding and adding to you content.

[@Ninja614]

Thank you!

[@TheJimNicholson]

I'm really liking the new content direction. Great stuff. First off, I'm not able to eat ice cream anymore, but I do eat the non-dairy substitutes. My favorite flavor is chocolate truffle. I'm also down for more of a beginner tutorial, and maybe a "how to configure OBS" as well; I have multiple audio and video sources, and getting everything even just wired up right can be challenging.

[@Ninja614]

Thank you! I appreciate that a ton!

[@themotivator2587]

Pralines and cream. I haven't had it in a long time, but I always liked that as a kid. I'm definitely going to try the recommended VST plugin when I get home after work.

[@hgchappygeekchick3651]

Thank you for the audio information!

[@Ninja614]

You're welcome!

[@preciousangelwings]

this has been incredibly helpful to improve the quality of the audio of m stream. I still ahve some limiations (set up/mic distance/ etc) but My biggest thing isthat I have a wide range when I talk/sing and my words/sentences/notes still drop off abruptly so I often turn off the Noise Gate which is my main issue but after you've explained everything and how the different components work, i was able to better adjust them to work for me! Thank you so much!

[@JosephNobles]

Very good guide. Intense chocolate HEB brand for me!

[@Ninja614]

Nice! I love dolce de leche or salty caramel.

[@JosephNobles]

@@Ninja614 Just did a relisten when adding a new audio routing. My microphone is worth nothing right now - it's the mic on my headset. But last stream I used the mic on my webcam and about 15 minutes in, the audio buffered for about 15 seconds. I didn't catch it, so my mic audio was desynced with everything else for virtually the whole stream! Ah well. I have a much better mic coming next week and I hope it can take full advantage of this video. I'm JosephNobles over in Twitch by the way. :) Tonight's "ice cream" is two bananas blended with a third of a cup of pineapple! Weird diet stuff...

[@buildingfactory]

O boy o boy that ducking is so nice of an effect to make it all just a little more fancyer!! Thanks!!

[@hgchappygeekchick3651]

Ninja, could you do like a 101 Beginner streamer video for people who are non-steamers? Like what is the basic equipment someone will need to begin streaming?

[@Ninja614]

Yes... I could do something like that. Will have to do a little planning as it can be a broad topic!

[@hgchappygeekchick3651]

@@Ninja614 Thank you!❤️

[@SadPenguinInSnow]

I use a lot of your streaming tips to have better video conferencing for work (full-time remote since pre-COVID and 4+ hours every weekday). Audio tips are will received and I'm looking at how to incorporate them. I wish my coworkers had ambient noise filters but I can only work on me.

[@Ninja614]

Glad to help!

[@the_wilds]

Thanks had everything good with audio just couldn't get rid of the feed back, the reafir fixed everything. Your the mvp

[@mogurt]

For the years of watching you, it seems you have a pretty good grasp on video and audio for streaming, especially for ESO. I haven't watched the video yet tbh, but hopefully I'll be able to learn more about audio from watching it from your experience :).

[@LloydDeJongh]

Watched all the way through. Excellent instructional, really clear and helpful, especially the Reafir plugin. Earned a like. Mint and chocolate chip, and a Happy New Year!

[@Ninja614]

Thank you! And to you as well!

[@Swankery]

tanks Ninja! 💜

[@JaveyCyber]

Thanks for the help, once you told me my condenser mic is supposed to be close for better sound I was able to improve the quality so much

[@Ninja614]

Glad to hear it helped!

[@LadyAtarah]

This is very cool! OBS does so much! Buebell Cookies and Cream is my fave ice cream of all time.

[@blacksoul6014]

mvp!

[@JoshuaMackos]

Thanks brother, really good stuff. I always struggle with my audo on my videos and this has helped quite a bit. (PS - I'm not a big icecream fan, so I guess no flavor...lol)

[@Ninja614]

Great! Thank you!

[@paulgray1343]

Thank You!

[@silenteden4250]

Your stream's audio inspired me to improve both mine and my girlfriends audio months ago. love to see ya get into the details! thanks for sharing!

[@Ninja614]

Glad to hear it!

[@vensius5065]

Thanks for your bountiful and helpful explanation. I was aware of audio balancing, filters and mic types but since I am not an audio engineer, some terminologies were very confusing to understand. This has helped me understand, and setup my environment to my needs. And for that i am grateful; Subbed.

[@Ninja614]

You are so welcome and I’m glad you found it helpful!

[@sneakynoahking]

thanks so much 😀

[@greyghostplays]

Rocky Road is my jam, thanks so much, this helped me lots!

[@zebzdead2488]

Coffee flavor and Moose Tracks, thanks for the tips man. Just tried recording my first video with OBS and the audio was a train wreck. Live and learn. You rock \m/

[@Towerdweller-1]

Marbled cake batter with caramel and chocolate chips mixed in (from “Coldstone” Creamery) Very informative video about audio mixing.

[@Ninja614]

Thank you 😊

[@psychictoker86]

Thank you for all the help. You completely broke the details down just the way I needed. Btw my favorite ice cream is cookies-n-cream

[@marcusmurphy3812]

Thank you so much for this video! This was the most informative video I found and it’s finally fixed my mic issues in obs!

[@Ninja614]

Excellent! Thanks for letting me know!

[@LothbrokArrow59]

I know this is an old video but I'm glad I found it! Favorite ice cream is espresso cookie!

[@D.J.Berryman]

Very helpful stuff, Ninja! I know you mentioned that this took a lot of editing but I'm thinking it was well worth it. If I ever get back into streaming I'll be coming back to these last couple of videos to get things tweaked. But, most importantly, mint-chocchip. The absolute champion of ice creams!

[@Vindahlia]

Thanks for the shoutout! And also for talking audio to us, this is all super informative and helpful and so so sooooo IMPORTANT 🙌🏻 (Oh and I'd have to say....pea-flavored ice cream!😜)

[@Ninja614]

You are so welcome! AND EWW

[@D.J.Berryman]

Eww that's a thing?!

[@Danipenn]

Thanks, very informative and with your help I managed to improve the sound quality of my mic. However, I needed to remove the noise suppression from ReaFIR, since it made my voice like a was speaking through a bundle of cotton. I needed to use the Noise suppressor in bundle with OBS, in order to remove this. It must have been my mic (on the table in front of me, from Razer. The small one).

[@jasoncalisthenics]

So after setting up obs yesterday. I streamed. I tested it out with somebody. He said ir sounded good. Just listened to it not too long ago and I think it sounds pretty okay (untill i get a USB MIC, but for now its good!) So thanks again! Later tonight will try out the bitrate thing from your other video!

[@TheDangerousDiva]

THANK YOU! I just got back into recording games after a few years off and my audio has been so low & wacky. Trying all your tips tonight! 🙌🏻

[@groovyfoxtrot8730]

This was SO HELPFUL! Thank you Ninja!! I recently discovered an Earl Grey ice cream I am hooked on, it's incredible

[@tonyhansen1509]

Dude, this is BADASS!!! Thanks for taking the time to learn & share.

[@2x3lijah]

idk why but i feel like this video helped me out a lot, I deeply like how your so nice and loud about what we need to do. Don't worry ill tune in to your strems to help ya put

[@aniki5727]

MY GUY. You are the MAN. Super helpful tutorial. Simple and straight up. Also either vanilla or cookies and creme with cookie dough ice cream 😎

[@JvsEvil]

New subscriber here, I'm going to try these settings cause I want to get rid of the hissing sound as I talk , my fav ice cream is caramel dip cone

[@Kurigo]

Really awesome, i always had a little problem with the audio voice/game. I had to reinstall my OBS And your video did help me out a lot.

[@Ninja614]

Great to hear!

[@TomTheEGamer575]

This helped me alot my mic was low after adding the filters and your settings fixed that 👍

[@ChuckHaney]

It's rare that I'll subscribe after only watching one video from a channel. First time viewer - Like and Subscribe earned. Thanks for a great video!

[@roguemunkii]

Thank you for this it helped me understand my audio mixer better and I hope my stream ends up sounding better tomorrow… thank you again… I will come back to you if I’m struggling still… Non video related… love your beard… you look like a streamer Gandalf…brilliant

[@MoogeyTV]

This was a very informative video! I hope to improve my stream quality with the info I've learned here!

[@WreckItRenee]

😭😭 Thank you! I’ve been struggling with my audio since an update and you’re a savior! 🙌🏻

[@Ninja614]

Glad I could help!

[@CarlosRuizPadilla-j3f]

this is by far best video i have seen. thank you very much. works great on streamlabs

[@nolycs]

Thank you for this video, i will try these settings with my AT2020 ♥

[@Stands-In-The-Fire]

What can I say, I'm boring... I like vanilla. Also, while I don't stream I do use Discord a lot for RPGs, many of which we record. So I'm likely going to go back and make some notes about the compression settings you're using, and tweak what I have been doing in Audacity when I edit down the sessions.

[@Ninja614]

Hope it helps!

[@BIGO.CHILLIN.SIDEWAYS]

Vanilla ice cream is my go to. Thanks man your video really helped out my audio game!

[@JimmyJJShabadu]

I appreciate a video with a good call to action.

[@JimmyJJShabadu]

Did I ever tell you how much I like coffee-flavored ice creams and granitas?

[@Ninja614]

LOL thanks, Jimmy!

[@Lordrip1]

Dude thanks for this, I been struggling with this for a long time.

[@KuadraTV]

Such a necessary video!

[@ChelseaPearl]

This is the best audio tips video I've ever seen, thank you for explaining this in such a practical way!

[@chickiewhickie7329]

Very awesome video. Loved the examples and explanations you gave us I have no AV experience and was at a loss on why I could not be heard almost lowering game volume to 50% just to hear a whisper like sound but your examples where you turned everything off to show the effect was very cool and helped me understand every aspect of the settings. Thanks for the great video.

[@KingCU14]

Thank you for your help with my audio issues!

[@Obey_Raiinbow2]

You are the freaking GOAT! Thank you so much, by far the most useful and user-friendly sound info for new streamers! NEOPOLITAN

[@rivervaughanmusicstuff5771]

I would suggest getting rid of the gate altogether or adjusting the order to reafir, noise gate then compressor and adjusting your noise gate settings. Other than that, everything is solid.

[@verigumetin4291]

Thank you. You made my stream sound like a thousand bucks. Which only sound impressive if you image what a dollar stream sounds like. That's what I sounded like before you.

[@justApplay]

Great guide. Thanks a lot.

[@mindsettrader4747]

very easy to follow thank you for such an informative and well well explained video

[@itsbricksgaming4895]

Thank you! This video was super helpful!

[@sirenofsound]

"most of us don't live in a treated studio" lmaoooo we do! My husband is a studio engineer and we operate out of 2 rooms in our home. I still can't get my sound right, and this video gave me lots of food for thought to try and fix it. Thank you!

[@lucasalcoba7288]

I love French vanilla. thanks for the great tips!

[@turtle19XX]

Butter brickle. This is amazing content and information. Thank you.

[@Hazillian]

this is amazing and i love it, im gonna add this to our discord because this helped me out a lot.

[@GuyaretoGames]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much Ninja614!

[@ExileCast]

Oh heck yeah?! This actually did the trick I believe. Thanks a bunch for the help.

[@pixaleksey]

This was amazing! I can't thank you enough for all I learned watching this one video! Keep it up my good man!

[@AquaNobody]

Thank you so much for this video man you just earned a new sub!

[@AdrYeah]

Liked and subscribed, thanks for your work!

[@Ninja614]

Appreciate it!

[@GotDaMShaEshaE]

uhhh im not tech savvy so this might be a dumb question. But how do u get the plug in to obs??

[@GotDaMShaEshaE]

Ahh nvm. I installed the wrong one haha

[@barringtonsmith852]

Hey Ninja614 thank you for your expertise on setting up audio. Of all the videos I have viewed on fixing audio issues, your video have helped me the most. I have basically used your settings. The one issue I am still having is my audience be picked up. Can you help me fix that problem. Thanks in advance!

[@azraelkrieg]

Cheers for another informative vid Ninja. Other tutorials I've watched have mentioned using Limiter and Noise Suppression plugins for the microphone. What's your opinion on that? As for ice cream; cookies and cream.

[@Ninja614]

Limiter might be necessary, but if you balance your audio and do compression properly, it’s usually unnecessary. The ReaFIR plug-in and noise gate I cover in this video is, in fact, noise suppression / cancellation.

[@mauriceredding4219]

GOOD DAMN VIDEO! I've needed this video for so long!

[@puckkcmo8756]

My stream sound is pretty solid and on par with yours, but I came here to watch and learn because my knowledge base is NOT on par with yours! Kudos, Brother!

[@Ninja614]

Thank you! Appreciate it, brother!

[@ned_kellyhd]

All ice cream is good in my book, cheers for the help!

[@Mr-Evil-Dave]

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing. If you ever do another one of these in the future, it would have been great to hear the room tone comparison without the music playing at 13:41 I'm Evil, but I'm not a monster, vanilla is my favorite flavor.

[@Ninja614]

Yah. I meant to remove the music during that part but forgot to go back until it was already published. In any event, I think people get the idea. At least I hope!

[@Dame_Z]

Amazing job, I am one year late, but thank you for the tips.

[@Luvimor]

Great vid by the way...Ice Cream?...For a long time it was Cookies & Cream, but as time past by I'm appreciating Neapolitan more and more.

[@Ninja614]

Thanks!

[@ianfugate9987]

Wow! This video helped me out so much!! Thanks for all of this info it was greatly appreciated! By the way, it's mint chocolate chip!

[@acescorcher4979]

My favorite ice cream is vanilla. Also this helped me alot with audio.

[@loscompis2016]

Vanilla Ice cream. I watched the whole video and excelent turorial. I do have some aditional questions if may i ask you. We are two persons close to each other while recording content and using two mnics. One is Hyper x duo cast and the other one is Solo cast. As an adult i get a louder voice from my kid but his mic is picking up quite a lote even though we have Expander filter in OBS and while editing both audio channels i get echo. Can you give is a good tip / solution on this one? Once again, thank you. Oh, and i dont see you use Limiter, EQ and the actual Expander i was talking about.