Live stream your Guitar through OBS to Twitch using REAPER | A Grym Tutorial (OLD)

!!! NEW UPDATED VIDEO THAT INCLUDESS GREAT PRODUCTION TIPS. !!!
• Live stream GUITAR to ...
ReaPlugs pack with Reastream DLL file:
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FREE Guitar VSTs:
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1. Audio Interface - Line 6 / Focusrite / Behringer Mixer / M-Audio)
2. Install DAW - Reaper / Cubase / Pro Tools / Logic
3. Install Streaming Software - OBS / SLOBS / XSplit
(Using Reaper with OBS)
4. Check audio device connected in Reaper
5. Arm track / monitor on / add FX (VSTs)
6. On MASTER TRACK add Reastream. Already comes with Reaper. If using another DAW, ReaPlugs download above. Contains Reastream.DLL
7. In ReaStream window. Click "SEND AUDIO' to 'LOCAL BROADCAST'
8. MAKE SURE REASTREAM.DLL FILE IS COPIED INTO Program Files/Steinberg/VSTPlugins (or just Program Files/VST Plugins) Create the folder if it doesn't exist.
9. Open OBS. Click Gear/Cog on Desktop Audio. Select 'Filters'
10. Add VST to Filters. Select ReaStream
11. Set ReaStream window to 'RECIEVE AUDIO'.
12. Make yourself a milkshake and a heavy metal Jam sandwich, you've gone and done did it.
Any questions or better ways of doing this, let me know in the comments below.
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[@GrymOfficial]

**CHECK DESCRIPTION FOR UPDATED TUTORIAL VIDEO** It's much better. --- Just a reminder, there is a step by step process in the description written in text, if you want to follow that. And to make note of this particular step as it has helped some people who might be getting stuck. 8. MAKE SURE REASTREAM.DLL FILE IS COPIED INTO Program Files/Steinberg/VSTPlugins or Program Files/VSTPlugins I think OBS reads VSTs specifically from one of those folders. And for your convenience 0:34 is where the tutorial begins.

[@FabulousIvan]

If i don't have this folders : " Program Files/Steinberg/VSTPlugins or Program Files/VSTPlugins " Where can i copied reastream.dll ??

[@GrymOfficial]

@@FabulousIvan You can just create the folder “VSTPlugins” in Program Files and put it in there. Should work fine!

[@batucertel]

Amazing tutorial Grym, thank you! If anyone is still having problems, add a media source, load a silent wav. track in there, loop it. Then add the reastream plug-in on that media source

[@HEXLOOM]

just wanted to say thank you. this has been an audio nightmare and this video helped me out

[@GrymOfficial]

I’m glad man. Audio can be a real pain in the ass. At some stage I’ll likely make a new version of this tutorial, with some other cool shit you can do in your stream. Like special effects automation during songs

[@DavidJohnSaffell]

Okay that shit had me dying. "Costs about 6 million dollars, you wouldn't need something of this magnitude".. funniest how to/gear videos I seen in a while.

[@Slormer]

Thanks Grym. Just the bones of the info without the extra garbage, appreciate it.

[@mumsue]

Cheers...there are quite a few articles and videos, like that, which explain how to send a stream FROM Reaper - which is what I already do. What I want is to duel stream by bringing a stream INTO Reaper - so I want to bring a stream in on one of the channels, mix with other channels (guitar and vocals) and then send out to SEcond Life as I currently do.

[@GrymOfficial]

Oh wow, so essentially you want to have all stream audio routed INTO Reaper, mix with other audio you have in Reaper, and then have it all routed OUT to Second Life? You might be able to have your OBS desktop audio set to a Virtual Cable / Voice Meter output - to which you set as the 'Input' on a track in Reaper. And then in Reaper have the master output / audio device output set to Second Life (or whatever input you may use for sound to be transmitted into the game). I am trying to wrap my head around it all just typing that, haha. I haven't tried to route audio like that before. Hopefully you can find a way to do it. I am sure there is a way!

[@Azzavhar]

Awesome stuff, Grym! A lot of knowledge in 1 handy video! Thank you! :)

[@GrymOfficial]

Thanks man!

[@6Flesh6Feast6]

I had just found you on twitch the other day and the stream was awesome. I've been having trouble with this myself for awhile now and I'm still getting the raw guitar sound with the distortion (very noticable with chorded tremolo picking). It's awesome you just uploaded this video thank you, subbed. Keep it heavy!

[@GrymOfficial]

Thanks man! Oh yeah, I know what you are talking about. Like the clean signal of the guitar is also mixed with the distortion sound of the VST yeah? What VST do you use for distortion? I know that with something like Guitar Rig, you may have to disable monitoring in the Guitar Rig / VST interface itself. So you only want to be monitoring the Reaper Track. It could also be that your audio device has monitoring enabled, maybe a button or switch. Could be a combination of both!

[@6Flesh6Feast6]

@@GrymOfficial yes exactly. I also noticed if I played anything else with sound like KZbin it would not let me monitor straight from the computer anymore.

[@GrymOfficial]

@@6Flesh6Feast6 Oh damn. I'm not too sure why that could be. Have you managed to solve it in the last month since asking?

[@6Flesh6Feast6]

@@GrymOfficial Yes sir all is good. Thanks man! Killer stream, I'll try to get more eyes on it. Rock on!

[@CustomTaylor]

Keep up the voice love it keep rocking

[@briangpoulsen5582]

Love your channel and appreciate this vid Grym! I know the Nameless sounds great but is there any reason you don't use the Helix for guitar? Where do you run your mic xlr? I have a Helix and want to stream but am running into all kinds of problems, don't think I can just use my Helix so I've tried a x1204 USB mixer, drivers just won't work...etc...at your convenience. Keep up the awesome work!!!

[@GrymOfficial]

Hey Brian, thanks for the message. I originally got the Helix so I had an all in one rig for live shows in venues. I don't currently have any live shows booked, so I never got around to creating a tone on the unit itself. Plus at the time, for streaming, the Fortin tone I was quite happy with. Since this video, I have recently created a Helix tone which I am now currently using all the time. And I much prefer it for the ability to switch to other tones using the footswitches. In fact, I will upload my tone into my VST/IR's channel on discord here - discord.gg/5S3jsjF My microphone is actually running through a GOXLR unit and not the Helix. I only have the guitar running through the Helix and I use XLR outs for my studio monitors, as the 1/4" outs created static in the speakers. When I am streaming I am using an XVIVE U4 wireless unit with Shure in ears. The receiver of the unit is actually plugged into the 1/4" Left output (mono). As it's only a mono wireless in ear system, and the headphones output is busted. Just sounds crap with everything I plug into it. The Helix certainly has it's quirks, but overall it's serving me well. But yeah this video serves as a way for people to use any old audio device, as long as they have some type of VST they can stream music! Thanks for the question and kind words!

[@evildaveshreds9572]

Geez o' Peets Grym! Thank you so much! Would you be willing to do a video on your computer setup, and what the components and peripherals are? I need to build one but don't want to go overboard unnecessarily, or under tech either. How do I get started with enough power but not end up broke? I have been playing for 40 years, but I am NOT a tech person.

[@TheErikMan]

Great video. Just came from your twitch stream tonight. Good to see how it all works on the other side! I subscribed here on KZbin as well! It’d be really cool if you did a tutorial on your awesome backgrounds/effects. Do you make them in Microsoft Paint? (More like Microsoft Slab)... or do you mostly use affinity? Do you key them in somehow like you would in video software? I was wondering how you dissolve into thin air. Pretty complex stuff to do while live. Keep up the awesome creativity!

[@GrymOfficial]

Thanks man! All I can really say is that the Wizard is really good at Landscaping! Affinity is also a great program. I like it a whole lot more than MS Paint!

[@fenrirgamingttv7703]

Could you plug in two guitars into the same interface and do this in the same room for a live stream? Or, would you have to have a physical usb mixer ? That would lead to another question of amp sims and vst plugins for both as well. Trying to figure out how to do a live stream of my wife and I playing guitar , and running into these questions and it seems you are the one to ask on this subject matter. Thank you for everything you do , keep up the great work! \m/\m/

[@GrymOfficial]

Hey man great question. I have successfully ran 2 guitars through the Helix. One through the designated guitar jack and another through the Mic jack. I had 2 chains setup on the helix, the mic chain and guitar chain, chose all the amps and effects for each one and set the guitar chain output to USB1/2 and mic chain output to USB 3/4 On Reaper I created 2 new tracks. One track set to receive USB 1/2 and second track to receive USB 3/4 Arm them both for recording and should hear the 2 on their own respective tracks. Entirely depends on your interface but yeah I got it working fine with the Helix that way. Just gotta make sure you can seperate them into their own tracks so you can apply the right plugins / VSTs to them. Hope that helps!

[@fenrirgamingttv7703]

@@GrymOfficial Thank you for everything! Def going to try this! Can't to see you next time on twitch! have a great new years eve and the best to you in 2023, cheers!

[@magmanizzer3546]

Hey man thanks for the video! I got about 80% through until you got to the Steinberg folder. I do not have that and was wondering where it came from? Either way I proceeded and reastream-standalone was still an option, but now there is no sign of volume through reastream.

[@GrymOfficial]

I think some software creates that folder. I also have a "VSTPlugins" folder in my Program Files. If Stienberg isn't in there, maybe that one is? if not, see if you can just create your own VST folder and place the Reastream.dll file in there and point your DAW + OBS to it. Hope you can get it working!

[@magmanizzer3546]

@@GrymOfficial Yeah I did copy over the file to the vstplugins folder assuming that it might have just been called something else. It ended up working through my microphone, but not my desktop. I recorded to hear it through my microphone and it seems to have issues with desktop audio. such a pain! Thank you anyways, your video got me the farthest to figuring it out!

[@fluidkarma83]

Holy hell i wish i found this video months ago. i been jumping through hoops trying to get my guitar sound through my OBS. Im curious if this is still your setup in 2022? And if you still run all your audio through the desktop audio and adjust your guitar volume depending on the volume of the song you're playing. thanks a million Grym!

[@GrymOfficial]

Hey man! Yeah this has been the way I do it! Basically have one big project in REAPER. One track is where I put all the songs, and another track is my guitar. Just using the helix tones, so all lead and FX stuff is through that. Good because I can double click on each song in the project and adjust the volume accordingly. Instead of changing guitar volume each time, just have all tracks sitting at a good level. And then using ReaStream plugin I send the whole Master Track in REAPER to OBS Desktop Audio, where all other audio goes too.

[@fluidkarma83]

@@GrymOfficial oh i get it! Brilliant! again thanks a lot for this video! got it all working and am super stoked to start doing non rocksmith streams now!

[@GrymOfficial]

@@fluidkarma83 Hell yeah man awesome 🤘

[@rocksteadyfreddy6180]

The restream interface doesn't open when I select it in desktop audio filters... I am using FL studio as my DAW and have it connect to my master channel. I'm not sure how fix it

[@JDmusic51]

How do u get guitar going through desktop audio

[@JDmusic51]

So my music works fine for streaming but my guitar isn’t matching up to the music :(

[@GrymOfficial]

Delayed audio / latency issue?

[@drewbennett444]

What do you do if there’s no Steinberg folder to save the VST plug-in to?

[@GrymOfficial]

I’d check to see if there is a folder already there in your program files called VST Plugins. If not you can just create the folder. I think steinberg was already created for me ages ago when I installed Cubase or something.

[@wmxx2000]

Thanks dude

[@electrodorito7999]

hey dude! so I've got every step completed other than one: when I put the ReaStream filter on the desktop audio or the audio input capture In OBS it won't open like in reaper. I press "open plug-in interface" and it doesn't do anything, I can't play around with the settings because of this. Also, I can access other filters on OBS that open fine, it seems to just be ReaStream that doesn't open. Do you have any advice on what I could do? Thanks man

[@GrymOfficial]

Yo! Yeah that is strange. I have had a similar problem before where I have clicked "Open Plugin Interface" and nothing comes up. I think I kept clicking that same button Open / Close and it eventually did. Not too sure what else you can do. Maybe making sure OBS is up to date too could help. Hope you can sort it out!

[@Jaguar821000]

👍👍👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@FranciscoSolano-sd3pf]

Does anyone know how to set this up in 2024 with the most updated OBS version? Once I updated OBS, everything went to crap and haven't been able to do guitar streams in two years :(

[@GrymOfficial]

You could try this other way. 1. Download ASIO plugin for OBS 2. Make sure ReaRoute is included in your Reaper install. May have to reinstall reaper and include it during the installation window 3. In Reaper, on master track or guitar track, click the Route button on track and add a new Send as Reroute 1/2 4. In OBS after ASIO plugin installed. Add new ASIO source / Audio capture source. Select ReRoute 1/2 Should hopefully have audio routing from Reaper into OBS that way too If you get stuck, look up on KZbin “ReRoute Reaper audio into OBS” should help 👍

[@dBProductions6]

thx man!

[@Maz_B5]

is there any way to get pod xt audio to work with streaming instead of using vsts?

[@GrymOfficial]

Does the POD XT have tones of its own? What audio driver does it use, ASIO? Might be able to use OBS ASIO input capture to get sound in from it.

[@franciscosolano6677]

Having the same issue as @Magmanizzer down below. So close to being done, only to not be able to find a Steinberg folder :( I have gone through so many efforts to try to stream guitar on twitch without latency, but still haven't figured it out yet. If anyone knows where to find the folder, please let me know:)

[@GrymOfficial]

Yo! So it might not be specifically in a folder named Steinberg after all. Check your Program Files for a VSTPlugins folder, or anything like that. For me when I installed REAPER I think it automatically created these VSTPlugins / Stienberg folders, so hopefully one of them should be there. If not you can always try and create it yourself, and maybe OBS will pick it up, or maybe you can set the folder path in OBS. Keep playing around with it, you'll get something working!

[@xdranberyox]

why do i hear my clean d.i at the same time my guitar amp sim?

[@GrymOfficial]

Does your audio interface or guitar sim have a “monitor” button? That would likely be the culprit.

[@xdranberyox]

@@GrymOfficial i already turned off still it has some clean d.i on it

[@GrymOfficial]

@@xdranberyox ah okay, not too sure then. What amp sim are you using?

[@xdranberyox]

@@GrymOfficial im using the same amp sim the neurals

[@GrymOfficial]

@@xdranberyox ah okay. Yeah I am not too sure then. The only other thing I could think of is if your device is like my Helix where you can set the output to be Multi, USB 1/2, USB 3/4 etc. Setting to multi doubles the signal, so it comes through my speakers plugged into the device. And also through the PC amp sim and out the speakers again. I have everything set to USB 1/2 both on my device and the device settings in REAPER, so it’s just one signal

[@officialjuanibarra]

I followed this exactly and it didnt work. Help!

[@GrymOfficial]

Hey Juan, how can I help?

[@officialjuanibarra]

@@GrymOfficial i followed step by step in Reaper and can not get it to work. I also tried the exact same steps in Ableton, and that DID work. But i would like for it to work in Reaper. Just not sure why it worked in one but not the other as I wamt to stream using Reaper

[@GrymOfficial]

@@officialjuanibarra that is strange. So you are getting sound in Reaper with your guitar, and you have added the ReaStream plugin as "Send to Local Broadcast" on the Master track of Reaper, and set the same plugin to "Receive" in OBS Desktop Audio? Maybe also double check your audio output device is set to the exact same device in both OBS Desktop Audio and Reaper. It should work if all those are right. There has been a few times where I have set the plugin in Reaper to send audio to local broadcast, and for some reason it doesn't when I close out of it. I go back into the plugin and have to choose it again in the drop down box. Could just be me not clicking on it correctly. But could have also happened to you maybe? Otherwise I am not too sure what could be happening. If it's working in Ableton it tells me the plugin is fine, and maybe it's just to do with audio device or double checking the plugin is definitely set to send to "Local Broadcast" in Reaper. If you have other programs also using the same audio output device other than Reaper and OBS, maybe try closing those to see if they are interfering with the routing of audio. Process of elimination really. Hope you can get it working!

[@officialjuanibarra]

@@GrymOfficial yes i double and triple checked all the settings for reaper with send audio to local and still nothing. Not sure whats going on.

[@GrymOfficial]

@@officialjuanibarra ahh man that sucks. Maybe could even try a re-install of Reaper or something? Not sure what else. I hope it works out for you soon!

[@cheetahfish]

At least this had a long annoying intro.

[@GrymOfficial]

I want to edit my comment here and just say I completely understand. Long ass intros in tutorials suck. I love it when people are straight to the point. This was my first tutorial style video and I have learned some stuff from it. So thanks for the honest comment.