Get Audio from your DAW to OBS for live streaming

[@CMillerMusic]

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out in the comments and I will answer what I can for you 😀

[@ouroboricform]

Do you have the video for the 3rd gen focusrite? I don't know what you're talking about.

[@giulianeitor]

Hi Chris, i liked your video very much, in my OBS it doesn´t appear the "Open Plug-in interface" so i don´t know what to do, with the other plugins that appears i also appears the "Open Plug-in interface". Thanks a lot in advance

[@CMillerMusic]

@@giulianeitor very strange! You can take a look at this forum and see if It helps at all: github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/7617

[@giulianeitor]

@@CMillerMusicthank you very much Chris, you are great, i tried a lot of things until i get with the issue. I think it was a problem with installing too much times the reaper program in different folders. Then it appear but it didn’t work until i selected a different audio driver, one that i wasn’t using. Thank you again and I’m definitely giving you the sub 💪🏻💪🏻

[@alfreud49]

Hello ! Thanks a lot for this, but is there a way to change the vst folder in OBS? All my vsts are on my HDD and the folder used by OBS is on my SSD :/ dont want to reinstall everything from one place to another so if by any chance you knew how to do it that’d be cool ! Thanks for this video again :)

[@asa-od9pu]

I must be some type of special, I chose audio output this entire time... thank you for the wonderful tutorial and your extreme patience for something that is clearly undiagnosed.

[@CMillerMusic]

So you are all good now? My pleasure 😁

[@Labergemusic]

The double gain trick is VERY helpful my gosh

[@Glimpse_SiC]

Dude.. I struggled with his shit for hours. I come across this video. Simple fix.. you are a fuckin legend 🤘

[@INeverWanted2010]

THANK YOU! I was having a hell of a time figuring this crap out after OBS updated and broke the setup I had before. Your video got me back up and running. The gain tip at the end was perfect, too.

[@CMillerMusic]

So happy it helped you!!

[@jimmy5196]

This is the best video on this subject. Like everyone else commenting, I watched dozens of these videos and, while their intentions were good, most of them missed extremely important steps in the process. This was well thought out and thorough and actually works. Thank you.

[@CMillerMusic]

Appreciate the feedback Jimmy!

[@jackwoods8021]

hope this comment is true, coming from the dozens of other videos right now

[@CMillerMusic]

@@jackwoods8021 let me know if you run onto any troubles!

[@CMillerMusic]

@@jackwoods8021 it will depend on a few things. What isn't specifically working?

[@theaxeman87]

You're a f****** legend mate... I swear I watched a dozen videos, over 4 hours last night trying to make it work, and this worked instantly. Thank you for sharing.

[@CMillerMusic]

Glad I could help!!!

[@GSilke]

This is by far the best tutorial on this subject. I have been 18 months now trying to get it to work. One tip I found through trial an error was that when I played back my youtube live streams (electric acoustic guitar and vocal, 2 tracks) there was massive interference/crackle making it unusable. I found that deleting midi tracks on Ableton solved this. While the vocal recording is not totally dry the audio effects are not fully functioning on the live stream compared to recording a song using the same effects/plugins.

[@CMillerMusic]

Thankyou! Just to clarify, are you still having issues? Make sure your bitrate on obs and your daw are the same

[@DomOlivo]

@@CMillerMusic Having the same issue, but I need my midi tracks in Ableton. When I record, the audio is all chopped up. Thank you for this help!

[@DomOlivo]

bitrate on both are 48k

[@CMillerMusic]

@@DomOlivo what is your buffer rate set as in Ableton?

[@DomOlivo]

@@CMillerMusic 256 buffer size and 48k sample rate, thank you !

[@aiRxShop]

good lord... took forever to find a video that actually works. Definitely liking and subscribing. Thanks for the video!

[@quizzicalsebag]

bro idk what kind of sorcery but it worked. much appreciated

[@heathens3098]

This is the only tutorial that worked for me, thank you so much man!

[@SaltyCam]

Been searching for something like for a while. There are many videos on YT doing the same exact thing only without the double gain before the VST to silence the DI input. Finally I can get rid of the DI sound, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@CMillerMusic]

My pleasure!

[@LiveToRiff]

Hey Thank you so much for doing this. The part with adding the gain twice and going to -30db is key. I couldnt get rid of the direct input while playing guitar but that did it. Hero status sir

[@CMillerMusic]

You're very welcome!

[@venusguitar]

The gain trick solved all my problems. Thanks a ton!

[@millyhunter]

Bro I've been trying everything for weeks.. thank you so so much for this easy and simple tutorial!!

[@CMillerMusic]

Very welcome! Now go create!!!!

[@petrush900]

It really Worked for me .... really easy to follow the steps . THANK YOU!!!!!

[@sigma_z]

Amazing, straight to the point and it worked perfectly. All the waffle of all the other 20 minute videos of other content creators are just plain rubbish and didn't work. Thanks! Subscribed

[@MijoBiscanMusic]

YO! I got a new pc and had to set all this up again and forgot the steps. This is perfect dude and hope you're well. Thanks :)

[@CMillerMusic]

Hahaha glad I could help mate!

[@WeslleyWith2Ls]

Awesome, this helped me a lot, thank you very much.

[@ruachlifetv]

The simplest and the best..thanks really

[@KingDodango]

Chiming in from 2024: this worked perfectly to stream audio from my UA Volt 1!

[@HUGE95]

J’ai cherché pendant plusieurs heures et tutos et c’est t’as solution qui a marché merci beaucoup 🙏

[@mironjacobs548]

This has worked for me 99 percent of the way. I can’t get my dry interface audio to go away even with the gain doubled with -30db. They are in the right order as well

[@CMillerMusic]

Double check that you are using the right "input". I'd you only have sry signal, you are not selecting the right input

[@PettiMusicStudios]

You are my HERO!

[@IbeWazir]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I've been trying to figure this out for the longest!

[@JoacoBustillo]

thank you sir, looking foward for that 3rd gen video :D

[@grav3yardmusic990]

BRO I STG IVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR YEARS THANK YOU

[@CMillerMusic]

Glad I could help 😁

[@AlphaBettaVT]

tysm for a quick and easy to understand video!

[@CMillerMusic]

Glad I could help!

[@empty.twitch]

Thanks for the video, Im using this for streaming drum sessions but I have a problem. Im able to capture the audio from DAW into OBS and send it to the stream, but when I play the drums on top of a song on KZbin, The audio comming from my DAW has an offset. Even though Im playing it on time. How can I fix this?

[@CMillerMusic]

Ypu can set a delay on whichever is play9ng first. Most likely this would be you youtube video

[@empty.twitch]

@@CMillerMusic Thank you so much for taking the time for the reply and help!

[@lexmusiclab]

thanks for the tutorial fam, setting this up rn 🙏🔥

[@StoneyEyeStudios]

You can also put the capture device to something not being used instead of default and then you don't have to put the 2 gain reduction plugins on there.

[@CMillerMusic]

You can, but if something goes wrong it makes troubleshooting very difficult for people not knowing what to do. Eg. People watching this video

[@StoneyEyeStudios]

Fair enough. It was definitely clever to use the gain like that. @@CMillerMusic

[@ThatCrazyFamily]

Noice! I do the same thing, but have a 3rd Gen Focusrite! 👀 looking forward to the follow up vid! I’m😅

[@beatsbyhabit]

Thank you! worked :) only took me like 3 years to figure it out lmao

[@stianmaurstad]

Stumbled on your vid, and I do have the 3rd gen interface. Would love the video on that. Great playing and singing man. Really good. Thanks for the video bud. Keep it up *Subscribed*

[@00xGhostx00]

Did you ever find what you needed for 3rd gen?

[@LukeDimondTV]

DUDE YOU JUST SAVED MY DAY

[@WolfieD4rkShorts]

Thanks bro!!!

[@CMillerMusic]

Glad I could help!

[@CarloPontevolpe_Music]

You're a legend! Great! Simple and effective!

[@edesbalazs]

Thanks a lot mate, this was incredibly helpful, very clean solution!

[@AldoXepulveda777]

Thanks so much du7de, it worked perfectly.

[@TheRedLogic361]

Worked perfectly. Thank you so much

[@alienproberecordings]

Cheers need to try this since the latest update of obs doesn't support win-asio

[@Pax30001]

Thanks for sharing!

[@derjoo79]

Thank you so much. You made my day.🤘❤‍🔥

[@paradiddle16]

Awesome many many thanks!

[@BabaGhanoushMusic]

Have you by any chance figured out a way to route the metronome out of Ableton into OBS? I think the only workaround I found is to create a midi channel and map out the click sounds.

[@CMillerMusic]

Do you mean, you want your viewers to hear the metronome? I'm sure there would be a way, I just have never tried given I never want my listeners to hear the annoying click 😅

[@BabaGhanoushMusic]

@@CMillerMusic in this case, I do want my viewers to hear it because I’m doing tutorials. Just curious anyways, my workaround works ok.

[@Mrjononotbono]

Isn't audio input capture in OBS for microphones? I've trying doing what you have done in video and my options are 1 Default 2 Microphone Apollo Twin Thunderbolt. When I choose default, it just uses the microphone of my Webcam. So not quite sure what I've missed here! Thanks for the video

[@CMillerMusic]

Odd? Make sure in your windows audio settings that you have your interface as your default audio option.

[@AdamWellsMusic]

You are the man! Thank you

[@louloup4246]

thank you crazy tips .

[@BrianWGuitar]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@canalmarcelolobo]

I have a simple question, but first I'd like to say thank you so much for this video it really helped me on this issue! So when you have it all setup do you hear everything on your headphones with effects etc? If so where do you enable it, in the DAW or the OBS? Does it have a delay? Thank you so much mate, greetings from Brazil!

[@CMillerMusic]

Listen through Ableton. Turn off monitoring in obs you will have too much delay and it will be impossible to play along

[@canalmarcelolobo]

@@CMillerMusic That's what I figured, thank you for clarifying

[@Zentr0]

great content very helpful

[@Slowcoachy]

Works with Cakewalk, thanks

[@lukaszczygiel]

Amazing! Thank you!!

[@Caleb_Plays_Saxophone]

this was mad helpful

[@chekazu-dreamteam]

Thank you so much, this video was super helpful!

[@drewdavis7244]

I did this with Synchronous Audio Router routing Cakewalk Mic to OBS.

[@pramodkumarpoudel9967]

Gtreat Bro💯

[@elmaobielum9570]

Great explanations Chris, so how do I send my audio to obs is it with usb I am a little confused between the daw and obs Tnx!

[@CMillerMusic]

The plugin is the "sending" tool. The chain becomes Sending: DAW > Reastream in DAW > Receiving: Reastream in OBS.

[@GalaxiaDeFavio]

I don't get sound when i add the two -30 db gains . . . ok I got the sound by selecting in in monitorization or by arming the track with the record button I looks like It is getting the default sound first then the reapluggin

[@jimmy5196]

One question (I’ve been meaning to ask this for months): I end up with my audio input capture, which I’ve renamed to my DAW (Sonar). I also end up with a track called “mic.” When I play music from the DAW, BOTH meters are lighting up. Is that what’s supposed to happen or am I suppose to mute one? This is the only part I don’t understand. Oh, and one more thing: I imagine the volume faders in the DAW should affect what’s coming into OBS, correct? So, if you are playing a project from your DAW and turn up the fader on the snare, for instance, you should hear that in OBS, correct?

[@CMillerMusic]

Volume faders adjusted in your DAW will change the sound going to the master, so if you have the Reastream on the master, then yes. I'm not sure why both mic and DAW are receiving audio, I would need to see a few screenshots to get an understanding.

[@jimmy5196]

@@CMillerMusic Which one should be? Just DAW?

[@singletonentertainment9037]

Thank you

[@ajmorenomusic]

Cheers Chris. Now the audio is coming through but for some reason when I'm testing sounds or going through samples on my menus on the left, that audio isn't coming through obs, any ideas? Cheers

[@CMillerMusic]

@ajmorenomusic I may be wrong, but I think that goes through the monitor route not the master.

Nice so i Can stream my guitar and vocals vi my interface by using what you teach here

[@CMillerMusic]

You can stream any sound from your DAW. So your interface going into your daw, you can stream the sound yes!!

[@mindkeycoaching]

@@CMillerMusicGreat 🎉🎉

[@zachskatesstreet]

mate you life saver wtf thanks

[@thinkmusic-y5v]

big love u mate ! it works ! kiss from Russland

[@sheppard0587]

Awesome tutorial. I would add that the sample rate in the DAW and in OBS have to be the same or else OBS won't receive anything

[@CMillerMusic]

Thankyou and great point!

[@ronevlogstv]

how do you change it in obs?

[@Lynden.]

I can't find the plug in in Pro Tools, could you help me figure out why? I've checked all the plug ins in the program, it just isn't picking it up. Is it not because Pro tools uses a different software to VST?

[@CMillerMusic]

I'm not sure where the plugin folder is for Protools as I don't use that DAW. SORRY

[@alibi_streamhighlights736]

This works great but is no real solution for me. Once I do this the stream hears me from the DAW but after a time my normal mic stops working in OBS so even if i close my daw I get no signal on my Mic until i restart OBS is there any fix for this?

[@CMillerMusic]

@alibi_streamhighlights736 I would need to see the example. In sure this is an easy fix. Do you have twitch and is there a clip?

[@backup-2022]

Thank you so much !

[@Ghostnotes1221]

I need to figure out how to do this with Sonar and 12 tracks for my drums. Been trying to figure out how to do this for years!!!!

[@CMillerMusic]

If sonar uses vat plugins, I d9nt see why this method wouldn't work

[@Ghostnotes1221]

@@CMillerMusic It did thanks I figured it out. Did you ever do a video for the focusrite? I just added one with loopback since my new rig does not have firewire for my achient Alesis-io26.

[@MartotheMartian]

I just got the focusrite 18i8 and obs isn't getting any signal from my daw or mic inputs! I'm losing my mind every vid I see and follow the steps doesn't work for me. Help! 😢

[@CMillerMusic]

Check the focusrite control centre and ensure you have that setup correctly first

[@tomfooltunes]

This has been super helpful but for some reason no matter what folder I drop these plugins into I can't get OBS to read that they exist. I've tried putting the plugins in every folder I've found that contains plugins that ARE being recognized by OBS but these REA plugins just aren't showing up. OBS 29.1.3, same versions of the REA plugins you have here. I got it into Ableton without issue, but OBS just won't see them. Any ideas?

[@CMillerMusic]

There are specific folders it must be in. Make sure when you drop it into a folder you believe is correct, restart obs to let it find it

[@concernedsink2128]

this is a great vid, thank you! one issue i still have is whenever i begin to play my track on fl studio the audio somehow crashes and stops being recieved on my OBS. i have to remake a whole new audio channel but that still doesn't solve the issue, what do I do?

[@_monogreen]

Thank you👊

[@FIRSTNAMETYLER]

Thank you G!!!!

[@PSXMicha]

where's the tutorial on the loopback feature of focusrite interfaces?

[@x_TheShogun_x]

Great video homie. I seem to have a delay on OBS side from Able. any suggestions on how to fix?

[@CMillerMusic]

Ensure that you are not monitoring within OBS and only monitoring from Ableton.

[@x_TheShogun_x]

@@CMillerMusic okay I just checked that, and it seems like it’s mirroring properly. Seems to have the delay now when I record desktop audio and ableton at the same time on OBS🤔🤔

[@CMillerMusic]

@djchesnut5791 how big of a delay are we talking? If it's small, use the delay settings in the advanced audio settings. If it's large, you may have a CPU issue

[@LifeLess1999]

Thank you for this!

[@thepianouniverse4755]

nice one!

[@Leosss27]

MEEEEEERCIIIIIIIII

[@BassamMusic]

Hello when I do this I cant find the rearstream plugin, I only find fl vst (im using FL) I tried so many different things but OBS never finds rearstream in the vst list

[@CMillerMusic]

Sounds like Reastream isnt installed in the OBS default VST path C:/Program Files/VSTPlugins/. Make sure you have the VST in there and if you don't, you can just copy and paste the ReaStream plugin from your installed path, to the above path. Hope this helps!

[@BassamMusic]

@@CMillerMusic it worked! Thank you so much!!

[@CMillerMusic]

@@BassamMusic You're very welcome and enjoy!

[@booties420]

Hey there friend, I really need some help with something. I’m wanting to add preset vocals fx onto my Obs Studio, such as fx that they have on bandlab recording studio already ready to use. I Just don’t know where to find all of the presets and how I’m supposed to install/add the presets onto Obs studio. Please help

[@CMillerMusic]

Is the preset a VST when you install it?

[@esSH4DII]

I got everything up until 3:20, HOW DO YOU ADD A PLUGIN TO OBS, your video shows you have a lot of plugins but with mine it doesn't pop up a single plugin

[@CMillerMusic]

Ensure that you have installed the reastream plugin into the correct directory for obs. Obs uses specifics places

[@SHONSL]

Thank youuuuuuuu!

[@pferrer90]

Hi, I really enjoy your video, excellent and easy to follow instructions. Now, I do have a problem that I cannot find a video on it. I have a Nexigo N620E USB camera on my Desktop, a Mackie Profx 6v3 and a Rode NT1 microphone, and using Reaper as my DAW, wanting to record myself performing with my guitar and also live stream on Facebook. Can't figure out yet how to connect all that, and been looking for a video but can't find it so far. Do you have any suggestion for me or instructions on that, or a video already on this matter. I will truly appreciate your help. Thanks so much ahead of time for your input.

[@CMillerMusic]

If you are able to get the audio into your DAW, then you stream on Facebook using this method. On Facebook live, you will need to find the stream key and place that into OBS. There are lots of videos on how to setup OBS for Facebook streaming. Follow this tutorial to get the audio from your DAW into obs and it should work!

[@pferrer90]

@@CMillerMusic thanks so much I will try to do it. I appreciate your help. Blessings

[@vitorzardi]

Great tutorial buddy! Now let me make a little challenging for you. What if i'm using a pc only for DAW mixing and a different one for broadcasting? How can i send that DAW output to another PC? Thanks a lot!

[@CMillerMusic]

You can achieve this with reastream also! As long as both PC's are connected to the same network, instead of selecting local, you select "send audio/midi:ip" and select *broadcast. On the second pc, add your reastream and select receive. Important to note the names as identifier must be EXACTLY the same. Let me know how you go 😁

[@huggishill894]

Hi Chris , i just started using rea-stream , but when I look back at the recorded video it seems to be very choppy and unaudible I've tired different audio interfaces and different buffer / sample rates but cant get my daw audio clean while recoding on obs

[@DomOlivo]

Hello Chris - I'm having this issue too. Everything is working, but the recorded audio is all chopped up. thank you!!

[@CMillerMusic]

Unfortunately without looking at your sample rates and your setup in general I can help diagnose the issue

[@ArthurKlisiewicz]

Does not work for me. When I click to open the "reastream" VST in OBS, nothing happens (despite I see the plugin on the list) :-(

[@CMillerMusic]

This sometimes happens when you have multiple instances open at once. I recommend restarting obs and trying to click the Open Interface button. Then check your obs in the start bar to see if it's there

[@alexandersheikh84]

Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@SomeRandomDudeOntheNet]

Quick question where can I find my Master Channel? im new to Studio one so sorry.

[@CMillerMusic]

I'm not familiar with studio one, im sure there are tutorials for beginners on KZbin 😀

[@Rickjinxx]

Thank you very much for this tutorial, help me a lot appreciate it man 🤘🤘

[@CMillerMusic]

Very welcome!

[@Rickjinxx]

@@CMillerMusic i had some issue with audio stuttering but I'm figuring out with updating and reinstall the driver, and the restream software and done perfect 🤘😆

[@ADDLOOPS1]

Wow thank you sir (subscribed!!) this actually worked on OBS 29 tested today. I had issues with running virtual cables and REAStream with all the other tutorials until this one. Thanks again. Quick question: How do I adjust latency within OBS to Twitch utilizing the master track settings? Is there a setting? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[@CMillerMusic]

Make sure that you don't have "stream delay" enabled in OBS. Go to File> Settings> Advanced and scroll down a little to "Stream Delay". Other than that, you can't change the delay between OBS and Twitch. Hope that helps

[@Sollazzon]

Great! Thanks !

[@WoodyPianoShack]

last time i tried this, there was a significant delay caused by restream plugin, any thoughts on this?

[@CMillerMusic]

Reastream will not cause a significant delay. It's a low latency plugin. That being said, what makes you say significant delay? Are you hearing to audio's on your ears? If so, you should always turn monitoring off in OBS and only monitor from your daw

[@brianmenear4458]

I need help. Downloaded Reastream, installed. it shows up in my plugin list on Cakewalk. Applied to Master Faded. I see my audio signal working. Go to OBS, add a audio capture to sources. go through steps off adding RStream. there is nothin in my drop down menu, and that little box below it that says "close plugin in interface" is not there. i tried copying the .dll to different folders, VST, Cakewalk VST, OBS plugins, i tried so many places i forget where all i tried. still would not show up in that menu. Am i doing something wrong or is something not working? My Reastream does not say "standalone" on it but it was the one at the top of the list. Any help would be appreciated. i need to get OBS working so i can record some tutorial videos next week. i do not need to actually live stream yet. i have bee able to add my phones and tablet as "cameras" and i am getting audio signal from my desktop when i play youtube as a experiment.

[@CMillerMusic]

@brianmenear4458 make sure the vst is installed in c:/programfiles/vstplugins Ensure you are installing the same bit as obs (32/64).

[@mmaybrown]

Got a new subscriber out of me!

[@mtso1122]

Thanks for the information. I notice it will stop working if I minimize the daw. Not sure if you have the same issue

[@CMillerMusic]

@@mtso1122 it shouldn't. This might be a DAW thing. Check your daw settings

[@mtso1122]

@CMillerMusic thank you. Will check the daw settings

[@嗜睡君]

I love you

[@NoiseJester_]

thaaaank youuuuu

[@KROWNCHAKRATV]

appreciate it man