OBS VST Plugin Tutorial - Improve your microphone audio quality!

[@turkgamertr9069]

TNice tutorials is one of the best intro soft softs I've ever seen. The entire basic worksoftow with no B.S.!

[@itllBuffGaming]

I found a tutorial on these plugins years ago and redone PCs and lost those plugins and never found them again. Thank god for this video I’ve watched 6 videos now and I finally found the reaper plugins again! You’re an absolute unit sir ty

[@darthshuichi3453]

This has been the most comprehensive tutorial I've watched in the last four hours about using OBS VST plugins. Thanks, man.

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Thanks for the kind words, I hope it helped :)

[@Playa923]

Been messing around with my mic settings for the past week or two and this is the best tutorial I've seen yet. Thanks so much!

[@bn811]

Best all-inclusive tutorial I've found. Watched MANY videos prior to finding this one, and wish I found this one first.

[@benosatv]

Thank you so very much for this video. You need to hear my audio right now. YOU ARE THE BEST.

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Glad it helped! :)

[@santuliti1113]

I am kind of late, but I just wanted to say this is the best tutorial I have seen in my ENTIRE life. Thanks a lot man!

[@architektradim]

Thanks a lot for your tutorial, it helped me a lot to improve sound from my quiet USB microphone.

[@LordNarkham]

Something I found out: If you ditch the regular gain filter, subtract the noise profile, and then use the output gain on the right side of the subtractive equalizer to raise your mic volume, you'll have much better results. Basically, the regular gain also boosts the signal of any unwanted sound going to your microphone, which results in more frequencies being cut out by the equalizer and thus lower voice quality. The second option cuts out the noise first, making everything better.

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Interesting! I hadn't thought of that 🤔 I'll have to try this myself later when I get home!

[@Aurosai]

@@MaelstromALPHA was it better? and you deserve more subs maelstromALPHA, i subbed and liked.

[@MaelstromALPHA]

@@Aurosai Hey there! Thanks for the kind words :) I found for my own use case scenario, in a relatively quiet room (with PC fan noises being the main background noise) that this alternative method produced worse results. That being said, try it out! Your mileage may vary 👍

[@RepairGuyDK]

This is ABSOLUTELY!! the best walkthrough/learning of OBS Vs. Reaper plugin on youtube, PERIOD!. This was VERY VERY! helpfull, so thank you. i now sound amazing on my dekstop mic (Audio Technica AT2020)...Kind regards from Copenhagen / Denmark

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Thanks for the kind words, really happy it helped! :)

[@Ciara0]

Super useful. Thanks for uploading!

[@AllCityLiveTV]

Absolutely Amazing video! Thanks so much for your help. You turned my steel series artic 7 headset into a studio sound quality Mic! Really appreciate your help!

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Glad it helped!

[@BarrelsOFun]

Anomalina recommended me this video and it really helped with my audio. Thank you :)

[@omegamaelstrom1001]

Awesome tutorial, man. Aimed at n00bs (*cough* me *cough*). Some dude told me about something called VST Reaper plugin. And now you jump in at the right time :P Thanks.

[@aniketghule2990]

Hey Bro, Don't talk down to yourself like that. believe in yourself and don't let nobody change your mindset of that!

[@cristianmendoza5774]

i was lookinng where to install loudmax, you sir are a savior, thanks

[@narutico4201]

The best tutorial I've ever seen, thank you.

[@abilisha8460]

Ok i just an Eargasm by the sound im getting now! Thank you so mutch!

[@kierangwynn3857]

omg thank you so much ive been looking for such a long time for a tutorial just like this and its rlly improved my microphone!!! instant sub and like

[@Justinforister]

Great tutorial dude it’s been hard to find a good one on the reaper suit for obs.

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Glad you found it useful :)

[@Betoaln]

Perfect, the best tutorial I've seen yet. Thanks you so much.

[@natentequechuor738]

This tutorial is really well done thank you

[@LucianSousa]

the best tutorial ever.

[@DVM]

AWSOME tutorial! Thank you MaelstromAlpha (:

[@ShubhamSingh-ms9ym]

Thank you sir For great explanation

[@Admiral_Jezza]

Underrated tutorial.

[@JohnnyKusiga]

Thanks for this tutorial, helped me a lot.

[@offic.dzanjo3048]

Best audio video online!

[@KingJuice]

Thank you so much

[@BenjiDWJ]

A great tutorial video 😁 Cheers! 🍻

[@rikussky]

I downloaded what you put in the description but its not coming up as an option in my VST 2.x Plug-in. What am I doing wrong?

[@dehoffe]

very nice, thx

[@corgisaan]

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TNTblast]

Best Tutorial ever thanks so much:)

[@MaelstromALPHA]

That's very kind, thank you! Glad it helped :)

[@cblytech488]

exelente, muchas gracias, pude configurar al maximo mi micfrono♥

[@Elevaated]

Amazing video! Helped a lot :)

[@linlin-mk3vl]

您的视频很棒 我是做trc 很期待与您合作

[@NadraNagy]

Thank you Thank you Thank you, you're the best!, though the settings were great without the compressor and the limiter for me :)

[@LEGENDARYGAMING-uq1rr]

and I will find my way back there too!

[@FraGGinShoW]

Nice video, helped me a lot! I'm your 100 sub yheeeiii

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Glad it helped, and thank you for the sub!

[@jonirolis]

This is great Sir.

[@GeMBoyYT]

2019: I'd use only Noise Supression, since OBS's one is degrading your voice. For EQ i use MarvelGEQ, and everything else in OBS is fine

[@chumpomcgee7811]

Awesome work mate, thanks for this!

[@roccoalabasta3129]

Godsend, thank you so very much!

[@LegendRaver]

works good i just need to remeber turn off other pc cos can still hear it in back

[@Supertre20]

really good tutorial !!

[@Admiral_Jezza]

I wasn't a big fan of the compressor because it would pick up minor things like breathing and stuff no matter the gain, but apart from that, everything else worked fine.

[@MaelstromALPHA]

You can tailor it to your own set up for sure. Different mics will get different results :) The compressors job is to bring your quieter moments up in volume while reducing your louder moments, giving you a smaller dynamic range. This will help save your audience from audio that's too quiet or getting their ears exploded if you suddenly shout (which I'm very liable to do!). If you find you don't need it (you naturally talk at a pretty standard volume) then it can be left out :)

[@destructov5433]

I cannot hear my voice when I set the Noise Removal because my fan is so close to me, is there a way?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

If your fan takes up too much of the frequency of your voice.. sadly, there is not much you can do except turn off the fan (or move it further away). The noise removal plugin doesn't distinguish between voice and background noise inherently and will just remove all noise in those frequencies as aggressively as possible. An alternative option (if you have an Nvidia card) is taking a look at the "RTX Voice" program they put out recently. You actually don't need an RTX card to use this program and it should do a better job of removing your fan noise than the reaplugs noise removal (although at the cost of a little bit of GPU power).

[@destructov5433]

@@MaelstromALPHA I'll try this one out thank you

[@Ryezn5057]

amazing. thanks so much. what mic are you using and interface?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Thanks for the kind words :) i'm using a Audio Technica BPHS1 headset plugged into a Focusrite Sapphire 6 audio interface.

[@tayen2494]

Thanks for the video my friend ❤❤❤

[@PA1NTS]

I was wondering which folder OBS tries to look for the plugins, i have all of the reaper plugins but they arent showing up in the Vst 2 list

[@LifeAsANoun]

It's pretty upsetting that no one handles this portion of the issue. Where does OBS look for the VST/VST2s?

[@ianadams5]

C:/Program Files/Steinberg/VstPlugins/ C:/Program Files/Common Files/Steinberg/Shared Components/ C:/Program Files/Common Files/VST2 C:/Program Files/Common Files/VSTPlugins/ C:/Program Files/VSTPlugins/

[@pumpkinwarrior]

@@ianadams5 Is there a way to move the directory to my custom vst folder?

[@gorgun08]

Thank you so much man.You are awsome!!!

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Thank you! Glad it helped you out :)

[@kianrb]

I installed Reaper and changed the file location into C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins\Reaplugs. I found "reaeq" in the and whenever I select it, OBS just crashes any idea why this happens? I'm talking about 12:03 just for extra info

[@aftertonightshow]

Very helpful, thanks

[@andrewpullins8817]

I was not able to get the noise removal plugin working. If I reset the settings then switch the mode to Subtract I do not see the yellow waveform. Infact my microphone goes completely silent and I can't hear anything when I record. When I check the Automatically build... box I see the yellow waveform drop from the top and flatten out at the bottom. Not sure what to do here any idea?

[@andrewpullins8817]

Huh I moved on with the tutorial hoping I could still use some of it and I also do not see the yellow waveform on the EQ section.

[@andrewpullins8817]

Apparently, you should close OBS and reopen it after installing Reaper. This seems to be working now.

[@MaelstromALPHA]

@@andrewpullins8817 Glad you got it working :)

[@fzsalim]

sadly, when i selected a new filter with Plugin VST 2.x .... when i need to { Please Select a plug-in} the list is empty =\ ... i try everything but obs somehow doesn´t find the plugins i already installed. Can anyone know how to fix this? Thx anyway, excelent tutorial

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Hi there! There are a couple of things to do to check you have the plugins installed correctly. First, if you're using 32-bit OBS or 64-bit OBS, you need to make sure the version of Reaplugs that you download match that version, otherwise they will be incompatible and won't appear. Secondly, make sure you install the plugins to the default location (this should be "C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins\Reaplugs"). if you installed it anywhere else, you will need to move them into this folder for OBS to pick them up properly. Hope this helps!

[@fzsalim]

@@MaelstromALPHA Thank you soo much for your reply, i feel a little shame but... you´re right! i dont see i have downloaded the wrong version (32bit) and my obs is 64! Thank you soo much for your help! i´ll leave my follow also on Twitch

[@BlockABoots]

So after you setup all the filters if you happen to lower the mic/aux main volume on the obs mixer tab because maybe the volume is slightly too loud on the capture video, does this throw out all the filters you have just set up?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Lowering the mic audio on the OBS mixer is basically the "final point" of adjusting the outgoing audio to the stream/recording, so changing the level here will have no negative effects on the filters/settings :)

[@Thial92]

Great tutorial, I was wondering if there's a way to normalize the mic audio for when I get further away from the mic or when I get tilted and become a little loud and this explains it very nicely.

[@zornzembrano5558]

So are the mic settings on OBS used for all my programs on my computer?...or just on OBS?.for example..i use virtual DJ and a condenser mic...the mic is xlr via a Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 interface. The settings on the OBS is for the Focusrite. Are the settings on the OBS being used on it?...i hope that makes sense..lol..thanks!

[@MaelstromALPHA]

If you follow this guide, it will only apply the microphone settings for OBS. However, you can download a go between program (such as "VST Host" or "Cantabile Lite") and apply all of the effects on there instead (the settings from the tutorial still apply, just it will be in a different program than OBS). If you do it this way, the microphone settings will be changed for all applications. Hope that helps!

[@zornzembrano5558]

@@MaelstromALPHA Wow..yes..it does!..thanks so much!!..I will give it a shot!! I appreciate the response!!..xD

[@MaelstromALPHA]

@@zornzembrano5558 Glad I could help! 😊

[@Nomisuryoutube]

Thank you for this video. How can we save this effect chain to re-use it later ?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

If you wanted to use it elsewhere (like discord etc) you can, but you would have to use a separate VST hosting program. I'd recommend a program called "Kushview Element" if you go that route :)

[@Nomisuryoutube]

maelstromALPHA Cool ! Thank you very much for answering !

[@kylemenos]

I dont see the OBS limiter on 64 bit OBS. It's not streamlabs. Is it necessary or should I download an alternate plugin for it?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Oh, strange.. it should be there! Make sure you're up to date on OBS Studio too (current version is 23.2.1). You might not need it though, it largely depends on how loud you get. I tend to shout from time to time while streaming, so a limiter stops my audience from getting their ears blown out :)

[@shaktipeetha3418]

it's in OBS 23.2.1 please update

[@melvincillo8]

soft. THANKS TO THE THE TEACHER.

[@AnthemTD]

where do you put the plug in files so that they'll actually show up in OBS?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

In your Windows drive, under "Program Files\VSTPlugins\" :)

[@sherazraza4563]

windows system.. lets you focus on what your using it for only.... making soft. Enjoy the journey my new friend!!

[@AG_before]

Excellent thank you. 1 question: My voice ends up a little 'metallic tubish' is the best way I can describe it. It's sort of a reverb but with the prior qualities I just mentioned. Where do you think I could be off?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Thanks for the kind words :) Usually, if after applying this effects chain your voice ends up sounding "metallic", it's to do with how much background noise is having to be removed and how that affects the overall quality of your voice. Sadly, if you are in a noisy environment or your microphone picks up too much background noise over your voice, there isn't too much you can do to remove this metallicness. :( I did suggest to someone else in the comments that if the noise removal plugin from reaper doesn't do a good enough job (or produces unwanted metallic/tinniness) then a good alternative is using the Nvidia RTX Voice application to remove your noise before you apply any other effects to the microphone. Bear in mind however, you need to have a fairly recent (9/10/20 series) Nvidia graphics card to use this software.. and it might have a slight impact on your GPUs performance while running. If you fulfil the requirements for it, it's worth a shot though! 👍

[@fvlog9723]

help a lot. but it reduces naturalness of sound i think

[@MaelstromALPHA]

You're not wrong. Sadly, it's one of the trade offs when "processing" your voice that it will sound less natural.. but the benefits are a more balanced dynamic range, less background noise etc. Your mileage also may vary depending on your environment and quality of mic.

[@preciouz1017]

OBS cannot find reaper?

[@จตุพลวรินทรเวช]

How? Could you please give ? It will be very helpfull!

[@MrFlawlist]

do u need to have the virtual audio cables for thiks ?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

For this particular tutorial/setup, no need for virtual audio cables, although they are very useful for other things (such as separating your discord audio from your PC audio etc)

[@jonathanmllernielsen1399]

Hi there - is it normal that the Reagate opens whenever i open up OBS - then it launches?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Hm.. not something I've heard of happening to be honest. Not sure what would cause that behaviour 🤔

[@Halefa]

I have an option to check "Open Interface when active" - did you enable that maybe?

[@regisj2567]

my voice has an "echo: any tips?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

The first and most simple thing is to make sure you're not doubling up on your microphone somehow. Make sure you don't have the microphone set to come through on 2 different devices through OBS, or make sure that you haven't got OBS set to "monitor and output" the sound from your microphone. You can do this by right clicking anywhere on the "Audio Mixer" in OBS and select "Advanced Audio Properties". If it's not the case of multiple instances of your microphone or accidental monitoring producing the echo, the problem becomes a little more tricky to solve. Reducing echo through plugins is sadly much more difficult than it may seem at first, but there are some plugin solutions available online.. but none I could find for free at a cursory glance. An example would be the "SPL De-Verb Plus" VST 2.x plugin (www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/spl_de-verb_plus.html). This plugin will be compatible with OBS, but only has a 14 day trial and actually costs $50.. I also can't speak for it's effectiveness so i'd suggest trying out the free trial to see if it works for you if you go this route. The best way to treat echo (and most sound issues) is at the source.. so if you're in a room with a lot of echo/reverberation you may want to look into getting some sound dampening foam for the space to reduce that reverberation. I hope this helps!

[@abilisha8460]

Sorry teacher i can't come to class, i have Hysterisis :((

[@bbmirza24]

Any way to get this to work on macOS?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

By default Reaper don't offer the Reaplugs VST plugin suite for macOS, but if you can find comparable VSTs (like a configurable compressor, noise reduction etc) my guidance through the settings should still be applicable.

[@KoaraSanjiiTwo]

My noise suppression makes everything sound alien like

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Noise suppression can only do so much and the harder it has to work, the more it will distort your voice. Ideally you need to stop the noise at the source (turn off a fan if it's too loud, don't have the mic so close to a PC etc) if the noise suppression distorts your voice too much. Otherwise, there are other software options available other than reafir for noise removal (if you have a fairly recent Nvidia GPU, consider RTX voice).

[@KoaraSanjiiTwo]

@@MaelstromALPHA yea thats the thing like the bg noise isnt really that bad its just the actual software, like the noise supression I had set on obs before watching this vid worked better

[@MaelstromALPHA]

@@KoaraSanjiiTwo Interesting.. perhaps there is something else in your setup somewhere that's messing with Reafir 🤔 If the noise suppression built into OBS works better for you I would just replace the Reafir step with that in the effects chain, it won't affect any of the settings in the rest of the video :)

[@KoaraSanjiiTwo]

@@MaelstromALPHA sounds god

[@expat2010]

Thanks but the excessive mouse movement is distracting. You should minimize that in future.

[@Warfalcon]

Question, when you are being quiet for the noise reduction should I keep my fan running? So it removes that?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

If you're planning on running your fan while streaming, you can try leave it on when you do the noise reduction and then test how it sounds :) Depending on the mic quality your mileage may vary, some microphones will lose too much quality like this and others will be just fine.

[@Warfalcon]

@@MaelstromALPHA I have a blue yeti for now and I kept fan running. It came out very nice. I used almost all your settings. Very nice work!

[@MaelstromALPHA]

@@Warfalcon Glad to hear it! :)

[@badlegend8329]

Bold Move

[@BenjiDWJ]

What microphone do you use?

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Thanks for the kind words! I use a broadcast headset (that has a good dynamic mic attached) called the Audio Technica BPHS1. It's a little pricey for it's quality compared to some similar priced microphones you can buy, but I got it for the convenience of having a headset over a boom arm + mic :)

[@BenjiDWJ]

​@@MaelstromALPHA You're more than welcome 😁 wow dude! I genuinely could've sworn that you were using a regular condenser or a dynamic mic. I may very well look into either the Audio-Technica BPHS1 or the ATH-G1 at some point in the foreseeable future.

[@institutoinesi]

Unstoppable today, I'm unstoppable today ¬sia

[@pecros]

but how do I even install the plugins? they dont show up in my OBS

[@MaelstromALPHA]

There are a few things I can think of to check. First off, are you using 32-bit or 64-bit OBS Studio? Depending on which version you're running, make sure you install the correct version of Reaplugs (32/64 bit). Second, have you installed the plugins to the default install location, or somewhere different? I think you can change where OBS searches for VST plugins in the settings (I might be wrong about this, I can't remember) but I suggest installing them to the default install location for ease of use. If they still aren't showing up then reply back and i'll see if I can think of anything else, but hopefully you got this sorted! 👍

[@Ok-ib4si]

@@MaelstromALPHA still not showing up

[@MaelstromALPHA]

@@Ok-ib4si Just to check, are you using OBS or Streamlabs OBS? It is a known issue with SLOBS. Otherwise.. i'm not too sure what the issue is 🤔

[@_isaac6402]

my vst does not download any plugins ):

[@MaelstromALPHA]

If you download the links in the description and install them into their default locations, OBS studio should pick them up (works with Streamlab OBS too) :) If you are trying to use different VST plugins, OBS only works with certain version 2.x VST plugins, so it could just be that it doesn't support them. If you are installing the VST plugins into anywhere except "Program Files/VSTPlugins" OBS won't be able to find them as it only looks in that location. Hope this helps!

[@_isaac6402]

​@@MaelstromALPHA thank you I'v already fix that and by the way you have a beautiful backround!

[@MaelstromALPHA]

@@_isaac6402 Glad to hear you got it working, and thanks!

[@_isaac6402]

@@MaelstromALPHA np

[@Betoaln]

i setup all plugin, when close Streamlabs OSB, reset all plugin again, so bad

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Sorry to hear you're having issues :( while this tutorial is technically for OBS Studio, I do know people who have got it working with Streamlabs OBS, however I think the plugin preferences not saving is a known bug with Streamlabs OBS (a quick Google search brought up a number of topics about it). One suggestion I can think of (if you can't get it working) is to download a program like Cantabile Lite, or VSThost and do all your microphone effects there before it reaches OBS, but it does mean you'll need to run a separate program along with your Streamlabs OBS all the time. Hope this helps and you can get it working!

[@Betoaln]

Thanks for answer, I stop to use Streamlabs, and start to use OSB Studio, plug-ins work perfect there. Your video help me to much, now I have a good quality my live stream. Thank you again.

[@MaelstromALPHA]

@@Betoaln Really glad you got it working and the tutorial helped you out :)

[@awasungkawa488]

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[@TaiwanBnB]

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[@hoanglong3961]

Saeee hahahah, you just have to play with the daw and you gaing experience slowly

[@okoruwavictor7257]

with tNice tutorials..

[@petesvidz]

Reaper isnt free its trial for 60 days

[@MaelstromALPHA]

Correct, but ReaPlugs (the VST plugin suite) is free. This tutorial never actually uses Reaper, just the plugin suite.

[@kiberonenice9467]

U just need ur pc, ur pc keyboard and a mouse.

[@Ismael_Perez55.]

I hope everyone one else becos successful because I’m not

[@fetexl1805]

Nah literally...

[@aaasss8852]

"Semblance" at 1k? Just facepalm.

[@AbdulRahman-sp9oj]

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[@zuplex8933]

Alpha Gaming faker xD

[@MaelstromALPHA]

who? 😂

[@zuplex8933]

maelstromALPHA just a joke Bro ;)

[@MaelstromALPHA]

@@zuplex8933 I was genuinely confused xD I have now looked up who he is! A coincidence in our names 😂

[@zuplex8933]

maelstromALPHA Haha of cause! 😂✌️

[@brncz1]

Thank you very much

[@SpankedSandwich]

Hey Im finding that the Noise Removal part actually causes my mic to echo any idea why?