How to Record Desktop Audio on Mac Using OBS (SIMPLE) - Big Sur or Newer 2022

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[@lulublues24]

legend thank you so much!

[@freyafoxmusic]

using M1 macbook pro it doesnt appear in audio midi

[@broudie2]

i need help :( when i download it and do the steps until 3:25 it doesnt let me change my volume D:

[@MysteriousTraces0]

It plays video from OBS, but there is video on the discord screen but no sound. Will this solve my problem?

[@ScuffedMinds]

where is the ive already donated button?

[@SuperGuitarProject]

Thank you. no bullshit, no intro, fast, straight to business, you only say things that are necessary, I cannot say how much I appreciate tutorials like this. THANK YOU!

[@poptasticc]

Thank you for this!! I went hours of videos and none of them had worked, Big thanks! you earned my follow!

[@sparzardv2307]

This might have been the best tutorial I have ever seen in almost anything... It was so concise and easy to understand I feel like if there was a tutorial like this for everything in life, I would be so much better off.

[@tylert3213]

By far bro

[@voydkid]

for real!

[@lilacsulsul]

i could not agree more!!!

[@j6snn]

i've had issues with this for months and have never found a solution until now. thank you so much will like and sub

[@jacksfacts20]

Holy crap man, I have been struggling with this for YEARS, I was using the interview setting on my yeti to pick up the audio from my speakers, that's how jank my set up was, I tried finding help at least 5 times and none of the videos were this simple. Thank you thank you

[@daniel89998]

I've seen hundreds of videos about this and none of those helped, and finally after 5 hours I've made it to record the audio from a video. Thank you!

[@fleur3745]

the new mac update has a completely different settings layout and no option to add a new device. it's not showing up when i search in the search bar to add it either. can you make an updated version on how to do this on the newest mac update?

[@Fluffy_Weirdo]

Every tutorial I used didn't help at all- but this one was simple, to the point, and fixed my problem. Thank you so much Evan! You're a life saver!!

[@MrFunktone]

It still isn't working for me 😭

[@CarmeloCotton]

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[@therealrussellsmyth]

Thank you! This is the third and final YT video on this issue I’ll have visit. Perfect explanation, kudos

[@DerekBaranProductions]

Dude... You're a beast.. CLEAN & SIMPLE!!! Thanks!!

[@slipstreamProfessional]

we need more people to recommend open source software like this. thank you for the tutorial!

[@Juruliam]

hey brother i just want to thank you for this video! if i didnt find this video made by you i dont think i was ever going to know how to record my desktop audio on Mac, again thank brother may god give you more views and subscribers.

[@darth1]

I can't control the volume of the speakers when Audio for OBS is selected. How can I add that to it?

[@Joshybabee]

This still works! Thank you. Pro TIP!!: make sure your monitoring device is your headphones and NOT the black hole audio file. I lost my marbles for like 2+ hours resetting and redownloading everything. 😅😅

[@JoeDoggTV]

hmm the moment I went to preferences -> sound -> Audio for OBS it made all my sound go away. I couldn't hear you talk, and I can't hear anything on my desktop play (GarageBand, OBS sound, etc)

[@LPSlight0]

In the audio midi setup application, when you create the multi-output device, select the Macbook speakers as well, so that it can play simultaneously with your desktop audio. So when you change your setup audio in systems preferences and select the "Audio for OBS" that you created, you can record desktop audio while hearing sound through your speakers.

[@H12Beats]

Had the exact same problem and nothing was working until I tried this: Go to desktop audio (on OBS) Go to advanced properties Make sure monitor and output is selected. This allows OBS to monitor the signal and output the signal from your device

[@its_sleepz]

for me it has the same problem but when I check for my headphones they are not there. when I click the input capture I get a lot of echoing. Is anyone else having this problem?

[@minimosa]

@@LPSlight0 It worked, thank you

[@blueheart978]

Thank you. This quick and easy ! works for Mac. Just make sure to go to System settings > Sound > and make sure you're selecting Blackhole 2ch as input and output when recording.

[@LonelySenpai666]

Gotta be the best tutorial on this. Staight to the point and exactly what i was looking for bro 🔥

[@SMERKALBO]

after hours of googling nonsense this was the life saver ! thank you

[@truthdecodedtv]

Evan, man thank you so much, You are truly at a master level of making these tutorials. so straight forward and easy to understand, Really appreciate it!

[@Xrobyte]

thank YOU! i was going through a bunch of tutorials and you were the only one that made sense and made it actually work!

[@parsathil4438]

Great, fast and concise tutorial. The only problem with this setup is I can no longer control the output volume on my laptop while recording?

[@ericdfelker]

Surprised more people don't mention this. Makes me wonder if most people aren't having this issue

[@GroundedTech]

As someone who hasn't used a Mac in a long time and have never used it with OBS the audio was definitely confusing me. Thanks for the absolutely spot on guide.

[@Dogemis]

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[@ioisv]

Really help and easy to learn. My OBS works for audio recording on Mac now.

[@atticusfina]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! I have been trying to do this on my own for weeks, and it took you four minutes to show me how to actually get it working lol- my future Minecraft KZbinr career thanks you.

[@Panikillz]

Thank you man!! I never comment on videos but this just helped a lot. For those who are looking for a way. This is the most easy and perfect setup to record audio from your desktop. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻

[@themaxreeder]

Bro you're a lifesaver, could find nothing remotely close to this online and this is the perfect solution. Thank you so much I'm very grateful to you.

[@AutoversewithMaddy]

This is "the" best tutorial I needed. Thank you so much bro..You're the best... Not able to control my Audio through OBS though like you did...

[@kingotn]

THANK YOU MAN! THIS ABSOLUTELY WORKED WONDERS! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GET THIS TO WORK YOU ARE A LEGEND!

[@matildasweightloss]

Evan, I can't thank you enough for this tutorial! I've spent countless hours trying to figure this out and a lot of headaches later, you gave me the solution, THANK YOU!!

[@Astroiid_ethan]

So I normally don't comment on videos, but when I say this was the fastest tutorial that actually worked, I mean it! I have been working on this for almost a year and a half, and I decided to quit and then today I came back and tried to do it again. I searched for videos and this was the one, thank you so much!

[@captainpancake1749]

Thanks Evan! You saved me a lot of confusion. Good explained and easy to follow. 👍🏻

[@jerrygray3768]

Only video I’ve watched in the past year that actually worked. Thank you.

[@nightflyer5442]

Way better then how it was structured before on how to get audio working through OBS on mac. Thank you so much Evan!

[@lilshredda6117]

I've been trying to set up my audio through OBS for soooo long. Going through a DAW would make you think that streaming a software that makes sound would make it easy to configure sound output through OBS but that would far from the truth. You solved all my issues in the span of 4 minutes and for free!!! Thank you so much!!!!

[@afampus]

You are a FLIPPING savior!!! I tried so many other videos and they didn't work, and this one does! Thank you SO much

[@railrider5]

Followed another tutorial and got so close, fiddled around with settings for a good 20 minutes until i found this and you had the exact fix i needed. Thank you so much dude

[@Carsian]

Super helpful, thanks for this. Also, I see that Madeon hat you're rockin'. Love it!

[@dakpruett1678]

Dude I have been struggling for the past 2 hours to figure this out, thank you so much man

[@Shadowster23]

I used to try and do this with Soundflower back in the days (and the OBS version still installed on my Mac was v0.16.2 lol) and it was so hard and unclear for the young me lol. Thankfully today you have new, easy ways (Blackhole) and great tutorials (yours!)! Thanks chief!

[@joshuapaul_]

the best tutorial that i have seen on this. Very well explained on how to get audio to a recording on mac and to use mic too.

[@IamKingReacts]

SEARCHED EVERYWHERE THANK YOU FOR THIS🔥

[@FYMPRODUCTIONSMEDIA]

I know this is old but you saved me a massive headache after switching to Mac from PC. Thank you dude!!! SUBSCRIBED

[@emmajrich]

Thank you so much! I was struggling to capture the audio on my Mac and I can now capture audio from the window I was playing. Very clear video and much appreciated

[@lukasdelas]

thanks so much. the only video tht helped

[@TheKelsmommy]

Thank you, thank you! I couldn't figure out how to get this work with other tutorials, but you were straight and to the point with easy to understand language. I appreciate you!

[@SuperSonicBlake]

Dude thank you SO MUCH 🙏 You are a literal amazing human being who deserves everything good in life. Liked and gave you a sub bro, keep at it 🔥

[@AIUnknown]

Evan you saved me. I'm an old lady and new to a lot of this so when I was trying to set up a small studio with my ancient mac mini and obs there were so many issues! So I've been chipping away at getting everything set up and this was one of the last hurdles I had, getting the audio to work on the screen recording. Thank you so much for this! New sub because it looks like you're interested in a lot of the same things I am.

[@tylermccabe4817]

First time viewer and I'm subscribing on the basis that this saved me a massive headache. Thanks man

[@everythingsolani]

Thank you so much! I was panicking for a second thinking I did something wrong, but I remembered to restart my computer, and everything works perfectly! I just started streaming a few months ago, so every video bombed in audio. I can finally post successful live streams thanks to you!

[@jamie206]

as soon as i switched my output audio the video froze. do i need to restart my laptop

[@everythingsolani]

@@jamie206 I think it might work. That’s what I tried. It seems like for Macs the entire system needs to refresh to take on the change. Shouldn’t take long. Let me know if restarting worked if you want!

[@laruethelegend]

Brother! I have wasted hours looking for this exact solution and you exlpained everything so well Thank You!!!

[@asmisius]

bro, thank you so much! i just started streaming and people have been telling me that they can barely hear the game audio and you fixed it for me!

[@gabbyrodsde]

Thank you so much! New to streaming and trying to work with what I have. This made it so simple and now I feel confident with my streams!!!

[@AndrewMycol]

This tutorial was so straight-forward I'm almost stunned how simple this was to understand! Thank you for making this.

[@thaticelandicguy]

thank you so much for this tutorial chief!

[@anhhoangnam5959]

Thank you so much because it's been days since I was stuck with my "Macbook Speakers". When I check OBS for my desktop audio, Macbook Speakers didn't exist. When I click desktop audio it said no sources were selected, I was so confused. But when I saw your video everything works out fine when I install Blackhole. Again thank you.

[@neeezobeatz6085]

No joke, ive been trying to find this way for months and this worked. I hope u get whatever u want in life

[@amnacph]

Omg God bless you Evan

[@abidinberkay1]

Stooop. Wait wait. Dude, you are good, no no, YOU ARE A HEROO!!!! Damn, I don't know how much time i spent on that idiot thing and you explained in very short time in a very concise, tidy, clean and professional way. Really really thank you very much

[@pennyyiscool]

i cant hear the audio when i record it, the audio comes in the recording tho. is there a way i can hear my audio while recording it?

[@MindfulAttraction2.0]

how can I use this for airpods or bluetooth as sound outpjut

[@Paytonwh]

So when I do this, I can't hear anything coming out of my MacBook because the black hole is taking the audio. I'm not using headphones I don't have an audio interface I'm just using my MacBook speakers. I want to be able to use my MacBook speakers and headphones, if necessary to hear my audio as I'm recording my computer how do I do that?

[@luke_1234]

OMG it works…it actually WORKS Dude you are a life saver!!!!!!

[@JustPinky2]

THANK SO MUCH I BEEN PASSING THROUGH MULTIPLE VIDEOS TO TRY TO FIX MY PROBLEM AND U HELPED ME WITH THAT TYSM!

[@JayN-D1]

Straight forward and got me up and running with capturing my audio n led than 10 minutes. Had previously spent close to an hour searching online with no luck. Thank you!!

[@GoninjaSeven]

OMG. THIS IS SO HELPFUL. I was using Caster, another app to record audio with, but the audio sounded kinda scuffed. With Blackhole, the audio sounded great! Thanks for this tutorial!

[@TubeMySwag]

Thank you for this video. I wanted to know, would this setup work with air pods pro? Or any other bluetooth headphones

[@grantrettke4851]

Staring into ∞ Infinity ∞ can sometimes be distracting but in this case no because your video was awesome and the primary focus.

[@ArzeYt-11]

omd thank you so much you are a lifesaver

[@pacifickidproductions2254]

This is fire all the tutorials were for pc so this saved my stress

[@asuneshoku6463]

was searching for alternatives for 3rd party applications and right as I was about to give up I came across the video, thank you for making and sharing this. 🙏🏽

[@OfficialSETI]

dude your awesome, took me 2 hours by myself until I found you

[@konserrs]

As someone who is very scared of downloads online I REALLY appreciate this man, easy and simple. THANK YOU

[@onekeyy]

Dude you saved my life thank you, these forums were no help at all I had to come to KZbin 🤦🏽‍♂️🙌🏽

[@javierlg7597]

you are A BEAST MAN it is incredible how are you able to help people even a year after doing the video

[@50Asian-Music]

I can't seem to adjust my volume

[@BrizSolo]

Broo u saved me im on a mac rn cuz my pc in the shop... lol Amazing!!!! ty ty ty

[@m.r]

You are amazing man!

[@Steekideeki]

Dude! Thank you SO much! I was tearing my hair out over this.

[@4zim34]

THANK YOU!!! I tried so many things and watched so many videos without success! You helped me a lot, been struggling with this problem for over 6 months now!! Thank you so much for your help!

[@lukepettit1025]

God bless this man I was loosing sleep because of this issue

[@justinreyes4501]

if I can like this video 100 times I would like it 1000 times. thank you so much for this .

[@xkb360x]

Thanks! Why won't it let me adjust the volume in my Mac settings when I'm using Multi-Output Device?

[@santiagobarrera2545]

Best tutorial ever!! And don't needed to waste money in paid apps to record MAc audio. Thanks a lot dude!

[@dante_r2k691]

Thank you dude

[@barretojricardo]

Bro thank you very much, I have an important stream tonight and this was one of the final touches to be completed!!!!

[@RoyalRedQueen]

Thank you sir! That worked beautifully!! I haven't been successful in getting OSB to record audio on my iMac for years and this video helped me out SO much! Thank you!!

[@VulThePix]

There’s a 64ch is that fine too?

[@Cam-on2jw]

this was extremely helpful and to the point thank you homie. also love the madeon hat

[@C1K450]

Such a big help

[@DerindenTeknoloji]

Great tutorial, clean and smooth. All you need. Cheers !

[@YiChen0519]

QUESTION! For this setting (Sound -> Output -> choose Multi output device), I realised that I cannot adjust volume at the control centre or the hot key. How to solve this? and Thank you for this quick and straightforward tutorial.

[@SarasTech]

Now I can record audio, but I cannot hear the audio on my headset. Any solution for this? I am a Windows user, and Macos is driving me CRAZY.

[@bigjimmy3792]

Wow man you did what no other freaking video could do for me thanks so much for the easy to follow and in depth tutorial 👍 you earned a subscriber

[@EliSoMexican]

Bro thank you so much I have been looking for a tutorial for so long and you helped me so much

[@LavitoBeats]

Straight forward and on point, thank you.

[@Bunnikins_And_Friends]

OMG you just SAVED my LIFE!!! Thank you so much for making this tutorial!!!!

if there was an oscar for tutorial videos, you'll be there

[@ItsMeDrizz665]

man this guy did this complicated process seem so easy and fast. thank you so so much!