🤌 How to get PERFECT stream audio using ONLY OBS effects! (OBS 29 Upward Compressor & 3-Band EQ)

OBS Studio 29 comes with a lot of awesome features, but some of the coolest ones have to do with audio - features I've been requesting! Here's how to use the Upward Compressor and 3-band EQ in OBS Studio 29 and how to get perfect stream or recording audio using only effects built into OBS.
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Thanks for watching this OBS audio tutorial for OBS audio filters and OBS Studio audio settings.
TIMECODES:
00:00 Your stream audio sucks
00:11 Lots of updates in OBS 29!
00:40 New audio filters!
01:15 Neat Mics King Bee II
02:02 Gain Staging
04:15 Processing Stage 1 - EQ
05:01 Processing Chain Order
05:10 Mic Technique Matters!
06:09 3-Band Equalizer Setup (Correction)
08:42 Compressor Setup
13:18 Limiter for Peak Prevention
14:25 3-Band EQ Setup (Flavor)
16:08 Noise Suppression/Removal/Gate
19:01 Upward Compressor setup for Game Sound
23:30 Your stream sounds perfect now!
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[@naveentechs]

been waiting for this love all your OBS videos keep it up :D

[@Denigirl]

I had been struggling with my audio as of late. And not only is this a great step by step video to get your audio sounding really clean and nice, but it also teaches you what all of these terms in all of the audio filters mean, so that from now on you understand how each one works and can make adjustments comfortably yourself! Thank you so much for this great resource!

[@djjinoreacts]

Your sound is so much better these days. You had some videos where the mic sounded too compressed. I've learned so much from your videos and applied it to my channel over the years. You and Podcastage have been the greatest influence on the audio quality of my streams. Thanks for everything! You deserve more subs and recognition.

[@EposVox]

Wow, thank you!

[@theMiklaws]

I think this is the only tutorial on all of KZbin that covers OBS filters with actual knowledge and without winging it and choosing whatever settings work for their mic and calling it a day. Actually helped me, thank you!

[@DizConnected]

You are my go to source for OBS audio and video settings! Thank you for all your hard work!

[@Naaackers]

Perfect video that captures everything you need to know about setting up a great sounding stream and a dope sounding microphone. This will be the first place I send people to give them a great introduction into what it takes and how learn! Great video Epos, thank you.

[@EposVox]

Thanks bro!! Huge praise

[@evaldas249]

Ayyy, I've been waiting for this video to drop since OBS 29 came out! Thank you!

[@FramePerfectJump]

Such an amazing tutorial. You actually explain what everything is doing.

[@somewhatfrog]

8:10 there is, record your voice without any filters, add this recording as media source, enable monitoring on it, then apply and adjust filters on it in real time and see/hear what you like the most. Great tutorial!

[@jntracksgaming]

Was about to suggest this, too. Easy example loop! (Glad I check comments first)

[@grandpahgamer3526]

Can you turn the filters on and off as you record? Then just play it back and listen to the changes? I have not tried yet so I thought I would ask. Or do the filters, even if eyed out, not change while the same recording is still going?

[@somewhatfrog]

yes, changes apply in real time, but it might be harder to differentiate the small changes just on recording itself compared to being able to enable/disable on the fly while listening@@grandpahgamer3526

[@ILGArenaBreakout]

The fact I didnt think of this myself is depressing! Thanks!

[@Malforian]

After months of trying to get my audio better i rewatched this video following the steps one by one, then moving these setting sinto my GoXLR instead of OBS and I appreciate you so much Epos, finally i have audio that I like, especially after lowering the Gain on my SM7B to 52 and then adding back in Post, its so much cleaner sound and less annoying mouth/breathing pickup... literally makes me want to make a new video now for channel. Thanks for all your guides

[@HeavyLiftSkilling]

It's so weird, I just searched for this help video and it was just uploaded within the last 24 hours. Thank you much EposVox :)

[@jolilottie]

thank you so so, so much for this! learning audio has been something of a crash course for me, and yours is the most helpful video I've found; I don't shy away from learning something new, but you've saved me from a lot of tears and frustration. (and thank you for including break reminders, I needed them and I'm probably not the only one!)

[@CrunchtimeDiego-bo1wy]

I've Been Putting off fixing my audio bc all the videos I saw over complicated things or tried to go to fast, expecting me to understand terms and concepts I had no idea about. this was simple, straight to the point, a very easy to follow along with

[@CoffeeOnPluto]

BROOOOO MY MIC SOUNDS 1 MILLION TIMES BETTER, THANK YOU!!!! I spent months and watched tons of vids to try to get my mic to sound good on obs. None of them has gotten my mic to sound so perfect as this video did!! I Love You Bro!😭🙏

[@TaylorDaleWright]

This was super insightful. Thank you! I just got a Deity D4 mic and was surprised at how much ambient noise it was picking up for a min shotgun mic, but now with these filters, I'm getting a good result, and I feel like I know how to tune things as I go.

[@Mako_Racing]

I watched several videos that were alarmingly...not optimal...before finding this one. Really well done.

[@EposVox]

Thanks!

[@Micalex]

As a "music producer", I always found adding a hi-pass filter to remove the extreme low end at the start nof your chain helps to get a cleaner signal for later compression and it also helps noise suppression to be a bit more precise as the extreme low end takes a lot more energy to be produce. most of the time its just the low end that triggers your compressor and limiters.

[@givemethesantahatfoo]

Yet another banger, epos! Even though my audio setup is fine (thanks to you and podcastage!) Your videos are so well made and high quality, it's still very enjoyable to watch. Love the new mic sound too!

[@EposVox]

Yay, thank you!

[@slavic_fox98]

Thank you for the video tutorial! Out of so many tutorials I've watched, this was the best for solving my audio issues. The same settings you used, worked perfectly for me.

[@RudyRayLDU]

just found your videos and it help me take my streaming set up to the NEXT LEVEL!! thank you so much and keep make great content!

[@JoshJoshJoshJoshJoshJosh]

I came here just to figure out how to get the sound of my AC not be picked up during my stream, but now my mic sounds WAY better as well. Thanks so much! I'll definitely be checking out more of your vids. Thank for the comprehensive yet easy-to-follow video. Edit: I would like to add that I have a portable AC like two feet from me that makes a lot of noise, so I followed the steps you laid out, BUT I did *Noise Suppression* below Gain and then a *VST Plugin* underneath the noise suppression. Then I followed the steps you laid out after Gain. There's a tiny bit more to the way I laid things out, but it helped a lot with my very low-end mic.

[@imAgentR]

Such a great video. Every time I have it dialed in, I learn I can tweak it just a lil more for an even better presentation. Appreciate it 😎

[@AgentVincent]

Awesome guide! I'm excited to try out these settings and filters to clean up my stream sounds.

[@Pilzinsel64Pilz]

The best tutorial and explination I've ever seen! Thank you so much for this, were looking for a long time for such a good video!

[@EposVox]

Glad it helped!

[@papateachme]

You're AWESOME, man!

[@savagealleycat]

a year and some change later, and I'm just now realizing that the ORDER of the filters matter. My mic reset for some reason and I just couldn't get the right audio again. You saved my whole stream dude. Thank you!

[@Nienna_Asyare]

oh my gosh, I was so stumped as to why I was sounding so awful and quiet, I can't believe I didn't even think of eqs/gain, this video helped massively! Thank you! ^_^

[@SebsDuran]

This is phenomenal. Gonna fix my audio today

[@derpymoose9948]

Good information, well explained, thank you

[@drewlegends3156]

Great video. Have watched other youtubers explain the same things and not one of them mentioned that the filters need to be organized

[@ApexLodestar]

WOW this is PERFECT timing. I just got the Maono DM30 but couldn't solve how to tame the peaking. You're awesome, EposVox!

[@EposVox]

Glad I could help!

[@TheRealClaylex]

Ty for this my dude! Gonna test this out with my stream this week

[@rqgerthat]

very in depth, and very helpful! thanks!

[@TheSolidscorpius]

this tutorial was awesome, thanks man.. I will be sending anyone needing help with this, to here

[@FrankMather]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing. I'm getting better with my audio, while streaming.

[@deepfrieddevelopment3123]

This video is crazy good! I had a bit of trouble setting up the ducking for my music based on the explanation given. For anyone having problems, I was trying to set the threshold around my talking voice and then nothing was happening, but it seems like you need to set the threshold lower than your talking voice, and when your voice crosses that line it will duck in relation to how far the line was crossed. As a loose example, if the voice is hovering around -8db, and you set your ducking compressor to have a threshold of -22db, then when you start talking it it will duck your music by ~12db. Maybe this is incorrect and the ratio is at play here as well, but that is what I observe. Either way, thanks for the amazing video!

[@MohsenTheKnight21]

thanks your obs guide videos are really helpful

[@cloudPES]

This was incredible advice man, thank you 😀

[@YeetCrew]

Amazing video! ill be implementing this whole video later today.

[@BackPackGearsYT]

most helpful vid i ever watched for audio thank you brotha

[@Prince_EssVR]

Thank you so so so so much I've been having so much trouble with this stuff I followed another persons tutorial and didn't understand anything I was doing and sounded terribly but now at least I understand what all the different things do and I feel like my audio is way way way better you're doing gods work thank you

[@BoysVideoo]

This Is AWESOME INFORMATION --- GOOD JOB

[@TheDkmariolink]

Thanks for this amazing tutorial!

[@codycroosh3073]

Nice I’m gonna use some of these tips to help illuminate that HissI’ve been getting. You were right lowering the gain seemed to help out a ton.

[@sheryzoneyt]

very nice video bro helps me a lot thx

[@vick7848]

This is the greatest obs sound video ever made

[@ronniepaulinc]

this was brilliant, my multitrack mixer went down and I meixed my audio that way... This is way better.. Brilliant!!!

[@DannyUntamed]

This video was great very informative. This has taught me a few things I can do with mixing and mastering. Thank you

[@EposVox]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MedixQuiz]

this improved my sound MASSIVELY. Previously, it was always clipped while speaking (now i know its because the time-delay "attack" was set to 6ms instead of 3ms), the noise reduction didnt really work well. It either reduced waaay too much or you could still hear cars outside which was unfortunate. And then my voice was very low, I had to talk so loud that it hurt after 10 minutes. Really stressful. Also you get a headache pretty quickly and the whole process is not enjoyable. Well. Your video did wonders! Now when talking VERY calmly, the audio is really good to hear. Loud. But also sounds nice. And background noise as well as mouse clicking and keyboard tapping is cut out. And the limiter prevents my loudest moments from being deleted. Overall a very nice tutorial. Thanks for that! I have a rode smartlav microphone. Nothing special at all. around 50$ I think it costs. Anyways. The sound is more than good for my expectations and I am really happy now. Thanks again man.

[@ggzii]

thanks for this

[@Quelkaima]

After much consternation and "I'm never gonna be able to figure this out!", I did it. After watching it all the way through one time, I re-watched it with OBS open, seeking to different points to follow through with you step-by-step. While my streams will still not have great audio, it will be vastly improved! Since I cannot (for whatever reason) use Exeldro's Source Record plugin, adding in redundant, unfiltered audio tracks for capture card and PC audio that aren't sent to the audience but are saved with the video allows me to clip highlights with the game audio only. I'll be making a backup of this new setup because I have to reinstall Windows 11. That's another story for another time, however!

[@AJCoReTV]

super helpful video

[@Karsteski]

I love you for this video. Thanks! :)

[@EposVox]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mattL1ghts]

love the glasses 🤓

[@mathemitnullplan]

thanks mate! the best explaination for obs so far and it really worked. this video came just in time, i was close to release low level audio for upcoming videos, but now that changed. cool video would be how to setup a screenrecording in 4k hdr (codecs colors and so on).

[@EposVox]

HDR recording guides are here: HDR Content Creation Guides kzbin.info/aero/PLzo7l8HTJNK_HIUFhcIqOKSmlz0u0VJpB

[@ILGArenaBreakout]

Very useful explanation even for an audio novice! Thank you!

[@EposVox]

Glad it was helpful!

[@spicywe1ner]

You are a godsend! Thank you so much

[@NoNameFoundTV]

Explanation about sound isn't the only amazing thing, the windows XP taskbar too! A nice retro touch. Much love brother, maybe you can explain how you did it! ❤ Keep it up! ❤

[@MASSAGEMANMESSENGER]

this completely changed my youtube channel ty

[@MetaMarmite]

Great advice -- Thank-you! It's made a terrific improvement to my gaming recordings #thumbsup

[@finalmakerr1]

Great explanation 🙏

[@MystikBlaze]

you are amaizing!

[@louaguado995]

Great info, thanks! Makes my cheap $20 mic sound so much better 😁

[@1v9khan19]

incredible video I love u

[@Kevin700P]

21:04 Damn. I didn’t know that…. That’s so cool. Thx ❤

[@INCOMEINSIDER10X]

Best audio EQ video on youtube! This is exactly what I was looking for.

[@Miguel_Pratz]

THANK YOU! 10/10

[@bubbabubbys]

thank you!

[@eademsedaliter]

Thanks, this helped a lot. Second thanks for the clear instructions

[@HablemosdeRunning]

What's up friend, do you happen to have a video on your channel where you teach how to record and edit your audio? but I'm talking specifically about the audio that you record in off. Sounds great!! I have a Rode NTG but so far I have not achieved excellent recording quality.

[@ENunn]

is there a way i can sidechain two sources? my chat audio is separated from my desktop audio and when i sidechain both my mic and my chat, my desktop audio gets really quiet when my mic and chat audio are active at the same time.

[@jfilliaplays]

thank you for this video man, it really helped me now i sound like a narrator from the history channel and its fantastic lol I just started using a webcam and applying filters after a year of streaming i feel reborn again lol P.S zero much

[@NicDroid]

Bless this video.

[@bm______]

Thanks!

[@frxxdqm8980]

Thank you Faze Jev

[@permsn]

Thx Maestro, gonna check it strait away ;-)

[@permsn]

Wow sound improved a lot, still need to fiddle around but what an improvement, thx again ;-)

[@whyrule]

How well does this apply to the Go XLR / Mini? I know the stream setup is a bit different using that piece of hardware. Awesome guide, as usual! Thank you for your content!

[@sirdeadknight]

The gain in the obs filter is clean? Nice, didn't think it would be, I only put 1-2 on it before but I may tune down my mic and bring it up a little in obs. I love that bee mic, I'm on a deity shotgun mic and it's pretty good too. Your mic is mounted on a tall boom, do you have a link? Did you add an extension to it?

[@brunoamiguel]

Thank you so much for this guide! If you ever do a guide for this in Linux and are using Pipewire, you can use Easy Effects to apply extra filters before it reaches OBS.

[@WereCatf]

This is exactly what I needed/wanted. Now, I do have one question that's related, but not exactly on the topic: what microphone would you recommend to someone who has very limited budget and who *doesn't* like having a microphone all up in their face, like you have?

[@DirtyCes]

I wonder if OBS can have a virtual mic plugin that other programs like discord etc can select as a microphone, you did all the work to find the perfect settings in obs I wish there was a way to carry that over to other apps

[@tonytuthill]

GOAT

[@welpgeeko8232]

New subscriber here. Keep it up. Thank your sister for telling me abt u.

[@Bayesic]

I've noticed when I follow the instructions here I still get a lot of weird clipping specifically with short a sounds like "cat" or "ow" type sounds like in the word "how" any idea why this is happening and is it just a problem with the mic? I'm using a Blue Yeti Again I'm not actually getting any clipping it's just those particular sounds that sound super janky

[@Bayesic]

Ok nevermind figured it out. What I did was lower the mic volume in the sound settings of windows 11. Had to drop it all the way down to like 30 before running through the gain stuff in this video. But thanks you're a life saver!

[@IvanSergio1984]

Microphone sounds really good

[@AndresReviews]

You can loop a monitoring sequence, for that just do a test recording and use it as a media source on a loop + apply filters to it

[@seymourshinies8782]

randomly the exact video I need. I just bought an at2035

[@heaven-uh6zy]

thanks!

[@Raglarak]

I just came back to do this tutorial again, and I also watch your other 2 audio videos. I noticed that my voice is kind of loud and cracking, compared to yours and with other streamers, I'm currently running a shure mv7 with a goxlr mini, imo the problem is comming from my GOXLR settings, by any chance do you have another video, or do you know what should be my EQ, Compressor, etc. in GOXLR?

[@Kordanor]

Something related and maybe worth another video: Distances and Echo. Essentially in two scenarios: Free movement and Narration. Let me explain what I mean: In your case you are sitting infront of a microphone, with a more or less consistent distance. Small differences don't matter too much in a stream, they maybe even add in depth (like audio reflects, that you are turning around). However if you move a lot, lean back and have your head positioned rather differently, your sound will be all over the place in case of volume and echo. Thats one reason I am still using a headset: It does have a consistent distance to my mouth, meaning the volume and echo is always (almost) the same. I guess the nvidia echo removal could help (I cant test, graphics card too old), and for volume maybe the upward compressor. But there are the two specific usecases I mentioned in the beginning when it's espeically important to keep consistency in mind: 1. In Narration, when you don't want any variety at all. If you are narrating a documentary for example, 2 takes at 2 different days should not sound differently, just because the one day the microphone was 3 cm closer. It's already bad enough that you naturally can sound differently every day (if you slept bad, more nose problems whatever), these issues add to it. For narration I use a Yeti microphoen and I try to make sure I always got exactly the same setup and distance. But options to adjust that automatically (again echo remover and upward compressor) would be nice. 2. When you are at a workbench and there is no way you got your microphone 20 cm infront of you. Maybe you are using a shotgun. But because of the range of movement and differences in distances the voice will sound vastly different with different volume. Here adjustments would also be nice to have. That workbench could also just be a cooking livestream, or if you are livstreaming how you are soldering something, or putting together a PC.

[@jin_raven192]

I think my highest priority is the EQ. As easy as this sounds I'm really struggling with boominess of my voice and trying to fix this. It's effecting my subwoofer which I noticed. Since every voice is unique I try my best to get a best voice from EQ!

[@GNEWSSS0]

You just saved my life! When I become the number 1 creator in the world you will be in the THANK YOU speech! Much love!

[@ilyaa108]

Thanks [*thumbs up*]

[@Numero80]

You. Are. A. Savior.

[@jenks_TV]

First off, THANK YOU! Second, what about an "Expander" for noise suppression? I've found those seem to give me better results in OBS. What are your thoughts? Oh, also, where would you recommend placing a de-esser in the chain?

[@Panzer_Revolt]

Thanks very match :) i forget my comment to you! You are good guy :)

[@Scotty_Elgin_Nunn]

You are awesome, I have been struggling with why my microphone was being muffled and I couldn't figure it out but with your walkthrough, I sound golden. I do have a question though, So with the 3-band equalizer is there a reason you'd use those two instead of something like Voxengo Marvel GEQ? I tried what you recommended and I almost like it's good but i have too much base. Either way great video

[@EposVox]

If you have an EQ VST you like, go for it.

[@TeaOS]

Welcome to the King Bee club. I traded my RE320 for this thing

[@Zidakuh]

Now all OBS needs for perfect audio is a master bus or a master bus for every audio track enabled, so we can finally glue compress and limit the entire audio signal instead of lowering the loudest peaking signal to -5dB. -5 seems to be the sweetspot to avoid inter-channel peaks clipping the combined output and translates to an about -2dB truepeak.

[@Missbillie_jean3]

Thank you thank you thank YOU! Thanks to this video, I still have hair. Literal hero. 🙏🏻 "We are not worthy!"🙌🏻

[@Missbillie_jean3]

Hey Epos, So the sound has been great, but wondering if you could specify which area to potentially alter a "raspy" after voice. My voice has a tendency to get a bit of a raspy drag to it (Like if you were to vocally say "Uhhhhhhhhhhh" out loud). Not so much nasal, not really a low tone either. Not sure how to explain it. Anywho, if you could point me where to target (rather than sliding the levers all around and scrambling all the work you helped me achieve). If you can, would be extremely grateful! TTFN