How To Record DAW Audio + Screen On Mac For Free (Ableton, Maschine, any DAW)

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There are 2 main ways for recording the audio output of your DAW inside your Mac for the purpose of creating tutorials or beat making videos. If you have an audio interface with a loopback feature you already have this option right out of the box. If not, there’s a free way which works with any audio interface or even with the built-in sound card on the Mac and in this video I will give you step by step instructions on how to set it up.
You can also use this for sampling from any application on your Mac, such as KZbin in your browser, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.
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0:00 Into
0:36 Setting Multi-Output Device and DAW audio device
2:45 OBS Studio Screen and Audio Recording Setup
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[@coreymumper2208]

This was so helpful! Finally all set to start tutorials! I got a few companies inquiring so LITERALLY MADE MY 2024! Your the man!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Awesome, glad I could help!

[@TiffyBeatz]

You got a sub from me, I have been trying to figure this out for awhile. Thanks a lot!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad the vid was helpful and thank you for the sub!

[@BLUEGOBEATS]

YOU SAVED ME HOURS I CANT THANKYOU ENOUGH BUT HERE IS A START THANKYOU

[@Enatural_7]

You’re a legend. I watched your video specifically because I know I can count on you. Thank you

[@LowHeatBeats]

That’s so good to hear man, much appreciated!

[@landel5923]

thank you for saving my life

[@LowHeatBeats]

My pleasure, glad I could help!

[@1313_TV]

You saved me a lot of time, man. Thank you very much. I used Soundflower, but the principle is the same.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad the video helped you!

[@dannyquestmusic]

I've come back to this video a few times now, thanks so much! Crushed this

[@LowHeatBeats]

Great! I'm so glad it was useful!

[@shanebaileycreates]

Thank you!!

[@LowHeatBeats]

My pleasure!

[@FaustinoBeatsBA]

life saver! thank you very much

[@LowHeatBeats]

My pleasure!

[@thegroovologist]

super helpful! fixed my issue

[@LowHeatBeats]

Great, glad it helped you!

[@prodchrisdontmiss12]

wow thank u so much! just did it all within 15 mins, works perfectly.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad to hear this!

[@ElvisAZ]

Thank you so much for this video. So simple.......looking forward to some more of your videos

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was helpful, and that you found my channel!

[@Deerob]

Hi, would you happen to know of a method that does what you do here but also incorporates yet another stereo pair of I/O for say, a analogue mastering chain? I use cubase and created a hardware insert (2ch in, 2ch out) and I would need to record these changes I make on the hardware in OBS too. But even with Blackhole 16ch i seem to get only 2I/O. 🤷‍♂️

[@LowHeatBeats]

OBS on Mac doesn't see the separate inputs of an audio interface. All the inputs are recorded together and there's no way to separate them. Not sure I understand your use case 100% so let me know if this answered your question.

[@ehsanur]

Sincere thanks for the clear and effective explanation for noobies like me🤟funny, when i created a final .mov file and uploaded on social media the sound disappeared, mysterious....

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it helped! If the sound was recorded correctly and disappeared after uploading to social media, then it must be an issue with that particular social media app.

[@nathanaelsitumorang1]

Hey bro thanks so much for the tutorial! This works a little differently while I'm using my airpods? It just makes it sound like I'm listening through a phone

[@LowHeatBeats]

Hey, my pleqsure! I wouldn't be surprised if it interferes with them in some way, but I don't have a pair of Airpods to test it.

[@maxhard5970]

Cool! It's a good way. he earned it. But I have a problem. I can't separate the sound left and right. I have it in mono for a reason. Can you tell me why that is?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Hmm, I'm not sure, for me the DAW audio has always worked in stereo. I still record all my videos with this method and never had a problem with mono sound.

[@davidfauremusic]

That was great !! It works just fine, you made my day ! :)

[@LowHeatBeats]

Hey, I'm really glad to hear that!

[@mattremblay_]

this works for recording ableton audio but i cant seem to get audio from the rest of my computer like youtube audio, spotify, my own wav files, etc?

[@LowHeatBeats]

It works for that too, you have to set the multi-output device as output device for your whole system in the Sound section of System Preferences.

[@VipinMishraProject]

Thank you. Very well explained and very helpful!

[@LowHeatBeats]

My pleasure!

[@iainforbes7934]

It worked! So simple - thank you so much

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad the video helped you!

[@jack2804]

Thank you for the short and clean vid

[@LowHeatBeats]

My pleasure, glad it was useful!

[@profitboy]

thx bro i do the steps and it works, thanks for this video and your work you are make my life so mutch esier

[@LowHeatBeats]

I’m so glad it was helpful!

[@MrEffectify]

I use Cubase on Mac and I’m unable to have independent input and output devices. I can send the DAW audio out if I have the virtual device selected but I can’t do any input recording (instruments etc.) while recording.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Oops replied from the wrong account. Yeah, some DAWs don't allow that. It's a bummer. I think as of Mac OS Ventura there's another, built-in option to capture system audio, you might want to investigate if that would allow you to use inputs in Cubase while capturing the audio.

[@afroplug]

How to you record this Video : OBS too? Recording your own camera and Computer Screen?

[@LowHeatBeats]

I recorded the screen with OBS but I think the camera was recorded externally. But these days I usually record everything with OBS, including the camera.

[@MrHectorjalo]

you save me a lot of mnoney. thank bro

[@LowHeatBeats]

Awesome, glad I could help!

[@MaxwellCasazza]

THANK YOU! much love

[@LowHeatBeats]

My pleasure!

[@untoldstory176]

Hey, Big uP! how do you record your music videos? the same? There are of course different options, it would be nice if you would say more about them. I would like to put something of mine on YT at some point.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Yeah, I still record all my videos (including camera and screen recording) with Blackhole and OBS, works really well.

[@untoldstory176]

@@LowHeatBeats Very Nice Thx lot!

[@nicoraibak]

fffing genius

[@LowHeatBeats]

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[@wise1beats]

thank you bro! I've been waiting on this one 🔥

[@LowHeatBeats]

That's great fam, glad it's useful!

[@wise1beats]

@@LowHeatBeats yo big dawg, do you have a vlog setup video? I'm thinking abt documenting the grind 💪🏾 much love!

[@LowHeatBeats]

@@wise1beats Not really bro, that's a bit outside of the scope of this channel. But if I was vlogging, I would use a mirrorless camera with a rotating screen (to see what's in the frame if I'm doing talking head vlogs) and a shotgun mic mounted on the camera. Or you can use your phone of course.

[@jaidabrown7247]

Hi there! Thank you so much for this video. It was so helpful. It worked! You don't know how much trouble I had trying to record my screen using OBS... I noticed an "Encoder Preset" setting in the output section. If you have that option now on OBS, what did you set that option on?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it helped! The encoder preset is set to "veryfast" but if you have a powerful computer you can try "fast" or "faster" and see if it improves the quality of your recording.

[@patrickj8581]

Hey thanks for the video. So, by following those steps I shouldn't get any ambient audio from my environment right? For example, I wont hear my dog barking when I screen record right?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Yeah, just make sure to mute the mic audio source in OBS if you're using a device with a built-in mic like a Macbook.

[@patrickj8581]

@@LowHeatBeats thank you :)

[@ThomMillsDrums]

Great video, so easy to follow and straight to the point, thanks so much! I'm all setup but experiencing latency, I'm recording 12 channels of live drums along to a track All in Logic, but there is latency with what I'm playing on the drums live to the audio track if that makes sense? Even when the drums are played on their own it almost feels like there is an echo type effect happening, any help would be much appreciated!

[@ThomMillsDrums]

Actually all good, just fixed it, needed to tick drift correction on both blackhole & my interface!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad the video was helpful!

[@peterkroman]

That is really helpful. Thanks. But I have problems with delay when recording from my webcam. The voice is rather much delayed from the video. How can I fix that 😁

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was helpful! Usually the video is delayed and not the audio. But if that's the case, right click on your video source, choose Filters and in the Effect filters section you can add a Render Delay. Then experiment with the amount of delay and set it so that it lines up with your audio.

[@peterkroman]

@@LowHeatBeats You are right of course. It is the video that is delayed. Can I fix that too? And it also seems that the video quality is rather poor. I use a 2K webcam and a MAC mini with 16 GB RAM.

[@LowHeatBeats]

@@peterkroman I don't know why you're getting bad video quality, there could be many reasons. But to fix the sync, go to Edit - Advanced Audio Properties and set Sync Offset for your audio source to delay it.

[@cumstantin6564]

Thank you so much!

[@LowHeatBeats]

My pleasure!

[@iwillmusic]

The multi output device is not showing up in my ableton (I use a Scarlett 2i2 interface)

[@LowHeatBeats]

No idea why that may be happening, every audio device you have in the Audio MIDI setup should show up in Ableton.

[@iwillmusic]

@@LowHeatBeats could it have something to do with the fact that I also don’t see a built in audio option?

[@LowHeatBeats]

@@iwillmusic It's should all be there, unless you're looking at the wrong drop-down menu. It should be under "audio output device", not "audio input device".

[@junnianmusic]

Hey, thanks for the video. Very good, but I have one question. Is it possible to separate the metronome, so that you can hear it in Ableton but not record it in obs. I've tried a few things but can't get it to work. Best

[@LowHeatBeats]

I would assume that it’s not possible. You will need something with more extensive routing capabilities to do that.

[@junnianmusic]

@@LowHeatBeatsOh, that's sad... Under Windows it is easy to solve the problem with the Reaplugs Reastream VST. I hope that I will find a solution. I will let you know. Thank you

[@bloomingbeats1318]

Hello! so i ran into an issue im not sure if you were aware of... I cannot record anything while using OBS. What if i want to stream making a beat and want to record with a microphone. It will not let me change the input of my audio track in pro tools, it i greyed out when i use the multiple output.

[@bloomingbeats1318]

and im not talking about inside of obs, im talking about inside of the session in pro tools.

[@LowHeatBeats]

I doubt that this has anything to do with recording system audio in OBS. I haven’t experienced a problem like this.

[@bloomingbeats1318]

when you change the output to multiple outputs. it wont let me change the inputs of my tracks anymore.@@LowHeatBeats

[@LowHeatBeats]

@@bloomingbeats1318 I assume this is because Pro Tools doesn't allow you to have different audio devices for input and output like Ableton Live does. In Live you can use the Multiple output device as an output and your regular audio interface as input, so recording works fine. I've never used Pro tools so I can't confirm this 100% percent but this is the most likely reason.

[@huntrrams]

thanks for this! how do i record one section on my track ( like a closeup of a drum track).

[@LowHeatBeats]

No problem!

[@LowHeatBeats]

You can resize the OBS capture source to zoom on the drum track, but you're probably better off zooming to it while you're editing the video after recording.

[@huntrrams]

@@LowHeatBeats thanks!

[@Mainamusicc]

Thanks for this video. How do you set up your mic. Would your mic audio come from your OBS or would it come from Ableton?

[@LowHeatBeats]

I set it up on a separate channel in OBS, so I can process it without affecting the DAW audio. I don’t have it running through Ableton.

[@Mixedbydavey]

When OBS records, does it mix the mic and the Ableton output together? I keep getting them mixed as one embedded into the video. How can I have 2 audio stems? One for Ableton out and one for mic?

[@LowHeatBeats]

@@Mixedbydavey Yes, they are recorded mixed in the same file. I don't know if it's possible to record them separately. There's an OBS plugin called Source Record that lets you record different video sources to different output files, but I don't know if that applies to audio as well.

[@prodchrisdontmiss12]

subscribed!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Much appreciated!

[@flowtibeats]

what is the audio preference supposed to be in ableton?

[@LowHeatBeats]

I’ve explained it and shown it in the video, maybe you missed that part?

[@flowtibeats]

@@LowHeatBeats you didn’t really explain everything but I figured it out

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you figured it out! I still think I explained everything relevant to the topic of the video. If I had gone through all the other preferences that are not related to capturing the audio it would have watered down the video, as this isn't a general tutorial about Live's audio preferences.

[@baytheproducer]

Thanks. Where do you record your voiceover mic to?

[@LowHeatBeats]

I record it in OBS as well - create an Audio source and choose your audio interface as audio device for that source.

[@bloomingbeats1318]

its not caputring the audio inside of the daw, its capturing the audio from my mic on my computer

[@LowHeatBeats]

If you followed the instructions correctly it should record the DAW audio as shown in the video. Also you have to mute the mic audio source if you’re not going to use it.

[@Jhizzle473]

Is there a way to do this on pc?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Definitely, I've heard there an application called Voicemeeter that works for this but I don't have a PC to try it and make a video with it.

[@johnwitcher7039]

i record it but there is a echo on video why?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Can you be more specific? I’m not sure if you’re referring to audio echo or the video feedback that happens when you record the same screen that you have OBS on.

[@bloomingbeats1318]

what is the obs?

[@LowHeatBeats]

The most popular software for streaming and recording video

[@ashwientertainment5547]

what about PC?

[@LowHeatBeats]

I didn't have a PC back when I made the video. I now have one and will look into it at some point.