Separate Audio Tracks on Mac in OBS - THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!

[@NOMADsignal]

Thank you Michael. Excellent and useful tutorial.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks!!

[@morganejackson6479]

OMG thank you so much!! How is this not more popular??! This is amazing, thank you!!

[@atomicflower3686]

I have been searching (apparently not hard enough) for MONTHS to figure this out. Thank you so so much for the Mac content it has helped me so much!

[@NellieDeutsch]

Great job! I may have missed a step, but I do not see CASTER Stream MIx 1. I get no option on the Caster output. I have the paid version. Any help would be awesome!

[@TheYea]

SOLVED: For anyone having the same trouble as me: make sure to check ur advanced audio settings in obs, in the audio (center bottom) pane, click the gear, head to advanced audio settings. I had them all recording on the same track and didn’t know it. Bless you Mike for making all these vids 💪

[@wasbornpremiere]

thank you man you saved my starting career of a streamer

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

glad to help

[@SquawkTradeFX]

Amazing video Michael! Im all setup now. The internet needed this video. :). Cheers.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Awesome. Glad to help.

[@SquawkTradeFX]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr Quick question. I am using OBS to stream to YT with Zoom participants. My zoom participants say that my window captures are blurry, almost unreadable however the YT stream looks EXCELLENT. The windows capture is of greater resolution than 1920x1080 but I resized it. still looks great on YT. I was hoping to capture and resize the larger screen real estate. Any suggestions? Thanks again Michael! True pro! If I may add, it seems its just the virtual camera because if I screen share in zoom to my desktop it's perfectly clear. So, it's the virtual camera which is sharing OBS screen layouts to zoom. Any pro tips? Thanks

[@GeekShaggy]

Great Video you definitely are a life changer for MAC users

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

Thanks Michael! A one time fee is a nice option to get everything.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Absolutely!

[@djvinsimba]

I'm your follower from KENYA 🇰🇪 and this is the best tool ever I've tried it and it gave me an awesome quality sound with zero distortion,God bless you 🙏

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@marvinportillo3382]

Ohh yeah baby! Michael, thank you so much!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help

[@HSNBRGGaming]

What a great video. I’ve been fiddling around Blackhole for my streams, but I keep getting a weird delay with it with Nintendo Switch streaming. I’ve a lot of sound channels. I will test this for sure. Thanks! *UPDATE* What a great tip Michael!! The Nintendo Switch delay is sorted and the freedom of putting everything in a separate channel is awesome!! I just keep on streaming on the Mac!! I bought the license 👍🏽

[@goactivemedia]

The more I use Caster I now see it has a delay problem I so far can not fix. Doing talk overs it has a slite delay so it makes talking very hard as its like hearing my own echo in my headphone. The faster I talk the harder it is to use. When I shut caster off I have no problem. I sent a e-mail in to support will see what they say. I have it set to the lowest latency setting and that still is not getting rid of it all. Still good for mixing in the MAC sound to get it out to video as that is all pre-recording. But anything live talking or every playing an instrument it has a delay. I have to turn it off to record in Logic Pro once off the delay is gone. But if I need t be talking live and using MAC audio then I get the delay when turning it back on..

[@virgo2fly]

What a God send of a video this IS!!!!!! I literally prayed about this yesterday! For real.... was going crazy trying to figure out why I could not record computer audio using my headphones while doing a screen record!

[@taosophymusic]

Audio Hijack and Loopback accomplish these same functions at a significantly greater cost-and if I hadn’t just purchased Loopback, I would have definitely given this app a try. Great to have competition in this area!

[@sonicbloomtuts]

I don't understand why so many people seem so enthusiastic about this. The price for me is $118 now, and the company has been continuously jacking up the price. That's a sign that they may later on state that you need to get a subscription or whatever, just so they can make more and more money. There's no way I'm paying this just to be able to get my mic recognised in OBS. And the fact that I needed to first install this software to learn the steep price is a big red flag as well. Uninstalled! EDIT: The app installs virtual audio devices that are not uninstalled with the app and cannot be manually deleted unless you perhaps go through the Mac Library settings one by one. Awful app!

[@renzocastillo6009]

Best advices form Mac users... thanks Michale

[@TheTorahGroup]

Just found your content and ❤❤❤ Just downloaded Caster and asking how to send sound into live stream but also for the audience present in the studio too? Many thanks and keep it coming!!

[@TJP.]

I cannot stress enough how long I've been looking for a software that can do this! Thank you so much this video has helped me out a bunch! Left a sub and like 👍

[@Jaydee1975.]

Thanks for the info for OBS with Mac

[@Sunny晴れた]

Welcome back sir. The long hair guy was ok fill in, but I missed Michael Feyrer Jr (true) back in the driver seat.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks!

[@jonnathankiss]

Dude! This vid is amazing! Thanks for providing the insight!!!

[@BenjaminGib]

Awesome video, Michael, I definitely want this.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

It’s an awesome program.

[@justinadream7486]

This truly is a game changer. Amazing. thank you for sharing.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@miciomiaomaramao3883]

hi, everything works perfectly with my earphones, but when I try to record my screen while using my airpods to listen to what I'm recording they sound like there's interference both when obs is opened and when caster is opened. As soon as i close them it goes back to normal

[@HouseOfEll]

thanks for sharing.. just getting into streaming and have been looking for a way to add in different audio without doing a bunch of crazy steps. The Nice part is it looks like this does video also

[@threeeyedtribe]

Hey, just wanted to know if Caster has still been working out for you!

[@HouseOfEll]

@@threeeyedtribe It works great for OBS I also use it separate audio volumes played through the speakers in general (web browser, different apps, and general comp sounds). Caster seems to keep developing and updating the software. I have not been disappointed.

[@threeeyedtribe]

@@HouseOfEll I’m glad to hear it and thanks for the response!

[@the_kno]

Thanks for making a Mac video:D

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@ancker11]

tysm! this video was really helpful! ❤❤❤

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@DiegoRocca]

Do you have any video talking about streamdeck alternatives? Is deckboard for mac as well?

[@DonnieDevore]

Once I created multiple separate audio sources I cannot control the volume from the caster mixer like you can when they are all on the same. Is there a solution? Thanks.

[@stevemungarro2713]

Awesome! This is exactly what I have been looking for to add Zoom Audio into my live stream while using an interface/usb mixer.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

It’s awesome!

[@ElApartacobyK12]

Love the explanation, it’s going to very useful for me, thank u 🔥

[@MrLepley]

Having a bit of trouble. Paid and now the application crashes on opening....? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Contact ginger audio. They will definitely help you get everything working properly.

[@MrLepley]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr Thank You! I did and they had it resolved in a days time with a hot fix coming out this week!! Thanks again!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

@@MrLepley Excellent! Those guys at Ginger Audio are AWESOME!

[@noemismusic]

Interesting tool. I've been using Blackhole to route the audio from Mac & iPad into OBS so far. Am I correct in thinking this bypasses using BH altogether (I could see you had it installed)? BH has been working generally fine but occasionally I find that the audio being streamed has been messed up - nothing obvious to see but it sounds like the sample rate has been changed from 44.1 to 48kHz (deleting the audio device in OBS and recreating it seems to fix it, but it's seemingly random) so wondering if Caster might avoid that problem.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Yeah this would replace black hole and allow you to separate audio tracks.

[@techincaraibes]

Wow Awesome ! Before i was using "Audio Hijack who do the same thing but very difficult for amator. And now this tool is wow !

[@Kopacetix]

awesome video, exactly what i needed! thank you

[@MagnumDB]

7:54 - Any way to play each soundboard sound individually using Stream Deck buttons? Edit: 10:39 You answered it, thanks!

[@mrdappersam]

YOU'RE THE BEST! this was so helpful!! Thank you!!

[@BDKnight]

would this help me send a zoom meeting with the audio from said meeting to be heard on obs?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Yes

[@BDKnight]

@MichaelFeyrerJr ok cuz I hear nothing from my guest when I put the zoom meeting through obs. Is the desktop audio set up the only way?

[@gringoazucar]

Michael, when I download Divenity does not show up - Google Chrome and Control Center are present. Did I do something incorrect?

[@williammullins3837]

This is awesome! thanks for the adviice. this is a game changer for me! While I don't live stream, I do recordings for work and many of your tips have come in super handy!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@taowme]

Could you do the same thing with an audio suite like Protools?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I don’t know I never used it.

[@taowme]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr 👍 Okay. Thanks

[@BenjaminGib]

Unlikely.

[@firstpersonlooter]

5:57 - when you add a window capture of Google Chrome, I noticed on my Mac Studio that the window capture is delayed by a half second or so. When I scroll down, I notice it takes a half second or so to see that scroll happened in OBS. Does this happen for you? Or have you done something to fix that? My fix has to just Capture desktop and then I crop the window down to just where my browser is.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Window capture on a Mac was always that bad. BUT version 28 is supposed to fix a lot of the Mac window capture issues.

[@firstpersonlooter]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr Thank you. I’ll have to check what version I have - though I think it’s the latest. I’m on an M1 Max Mac Studio, too. Hrmm.

[@JordanWiens]

Is this different than all the different Rogue Amoeba sound routing apps that have been around for years?

[@martinlutherdaiiireloaded250]

Does this solve echoing issues for the Mac mic? I can’t seem to figure out how to play desktop audio without it picking up in my mic audio creating an echo in the recording.

[@gagethajet]

How do I get my desktop audio to stop picking up game capture audio? It's causing my audio to double for viewers. I use obs to listen to gameplay and stream alerts/music

[@fiveable]

Excellent video and app. Unfortunately, the price has already been bumped up to $59. Still not terribly expensive, but this seems to be a tactic that many companies use: first sponsor influencers and get them to pitch products at low prices; then increase price soon after.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I think it’s more a case of not knowing what price is profitable or what the demand will be for a product. Especially when it’s that new. I don’t think it’s anything nefarious.

[@BushidoBrad]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr they've bumped it all the way up to $99 now

[@wirelessmikedj7784]

The only competing product at the moment with hardly the features has is Loopback...it is just a mixer to a virtual device. VoiceMeeter is said to be in the works for OSX...but once again the ability to have individual audio devices for each input is pretty insane. Loopback is also $99, so for the features this has, against the competition with barebones functionality.....the price is still good buy.

[@israelmontes4795]

Now 199

[@wirelessmikedj7784]

@@israelmontes4795 Just purchased for $79 Caster Live.

[@Monomooshi]

Is there a way to stream music but have it removed from the Twitch Vods? Also, can the Vod also still have game audio?

[@StarBright639]

How do I separate the desktop audio from my microphone? Also the app is keeps being unresponsive because of the new voice isolation audio tool Mac added, & causing my OBS to render

[@hermandavid1757]

What is the difference between this and loopback other than the price?

[@mtlcub]

I was wondering the same. Using loopback now but it’s pricey and also not working with the Public Beta of Ventura. So I can’t wait to test this Caster one

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I’m not familiar with loopback.

[@AoibheDraws]

Thanks for the video, will have to check this out. With the tracks separated is there a was to exclude one from the recording while streaming in OBS? For example I'd like to play music while streaming, I'd like stream viewers to hear it, but I don't want the music included in the recording later. Was thinking maybe with the separate track recordings but then I'd still have to exclude audio from the recording. Completely new to this so sorry if I'm asking the wrong thing here.

[@JessieBlaze]

If you go into Edit>Advanced Audio Properties you can select which track you want your audio sources to go to. For example, if you’re streaming from track 1, and recording track 2, just deselect the audio source you don’t want heard on track 2. Hope that helps :)

[@offthetop_]

For the input option, trying to add audio to caster from my HD60S+ capture card, but I think it requires pay or something? Please clarify this for me

[@keemo008]

New to your channel and also to using macs. Wanted to know if this would work for dual pc streaming setups (pc/mac). Would i be able to capture my game sound from my gaming pc and input it into my mac obs?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Depends how you send the signal. It’s not impossible.

[@fabianyahir9171]

It help me a lot, thank you!

[@TekWit]

thank you for the tips I can now stream Spotify music !!

[@Mqiue]

you're wonderful, thank you very much !

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@QmanBean]

ive been having so much trouble with my audio on mac, n transferring to OBS. do i have to pay to get a single audio source like spotify into OBS? Im testing and apple music works, along with chrome, but spotify doesnt. pls help me michael i beg you :(

[@ashleypsenicka8433]

Will this work if I'm trying to play Spotify music to my stream? I use a capture card to stream my ps4 gameplay to my Mac.

[@AgustinDeGracia]

there was an error reading the package! Supposed to received a discount. Didnt happen. Now I paid and I cant event install the the program.

[@Lord_Mangoat]

So do I not need Soundcloud or Sound Flower, whatever the other audio options are, which have been a pain to use in the past?

[@ee-xo2om]

Is there still a free version of caster? i'm only seeing caster live. If not is there any free alternative in 2024?

[@deandawiz]

THANK YOUHHHHHHH 😋😜

[@ChristopheCVB]

Hi there! Do you know if there is an API to be able to remote control the software?

[@swishfire1734]

Hey Michael! Great Video! I switched to MAC just because of this! Only Problem I have: Hotkeys do not work if Caster is in the background. Any Ideas what could be the problem here? Listening to Keyinput is allowed for Caster in MAC Settings...

[@SoundDful]

Make sure to enable Keyboard input monitoring under CASTER settings > preferences

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Also be sure caster is opened before obs in the starting order. This is generally a pc thing but Mac may have the same issue.

[@onlymaiidol]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, i'm a newbie streamer but all i have right now to work with is my school macbook pro and its barely keeping up but its all i have. on top of that i'm a mobile game streamer as well so its really hard to find any videos or even other people who are in the same situation as me

[@JustShernette]

how did it work for your stream?

[@onlymaiidol]

@@JustShernette i actually couldn't figure out how to make it work. in the end I separated the audio from the VOD track in my OBS settings which works completely well for me

[@lifewithjanie3368]

thank you for this informative video. Only caveat is you need to upgrade at an additional cost in order to add more devices to the live stream. I'm trying a different method using Audio MIDI set up and adding all my devices hoping that it will work in OBS.

[@809lion]

I stream on Mac but I need help. Do you have a playlists for Mac?

[@thecartooncynic]

OMFG THANK YOU!

[@mrdappersam]

Help! Since installing this it causes my OBS to crash as soon as I "Go Live"

[@gotchasupershiny]

Thank you so much for this! Just curious--I noticed the stream volume sliders on caster don't seem to change the volume on stream. Any way to fix that? Thanks again!

[@s0enix]

Im having the same problem

[@dodger1music]

Can you add vest plug-ins such as reverb for performing / singing live…

[@madstarbo]

Will it work with elgato HD60 S+ audio?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Yes

[@rambojacksonjr7887]

THANK YOU!!!

[@firstpersonlooter]

Can you control the soundboard with a Stream Deck?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Good question. I didn’t try it.

[@NikkiColon]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr oh man my exact question?

[@NikkiColon]

My exact question....did you get an answer already?

[@firstpersonlooter]

​@@NikkiColon I forgot I asked this question! YES it works. 1) Click fire icon on top left of app or Settings > Hot Keys... and scroll to Sound 1, Sound 2, Sound 3 etc and chose your hotkeys. 2) Settings > Preferences > Enable Keyboard Input Monitoring. 3) In Configure Steam Deck chose "Hotkey" under System. Label it and type in your hotkey for each sound! DONE!

[@NikkiColon]

@@firstpersonlooter Got it thank you

[@mndessbeatss6505]

QUESTION - so I use my Xbox with a Elgato capture card & then use my Mac to stream. My question is am I able to use my external mic as my “Xbox mic” so instead of using my actual Xbox mic use the one I use for streaming? Hopefully that makes sense.

[@madstarbo]

Did you have a problem with 2x Xbox Sound? When i add a audio indput for desktop and one for my Capture card the desktop picks up capture aswell? So i Can hear the game Sound double

[@Esrom_music]

Ohhhh does this mean i can capture pro tools session audio without rerouting? Experiments to come for sure

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I hope it does what you need. If not it could be something they add.

[@davecaresforyou7606]

Is there something for just audio like twitter space

[@RoutemasterStudios]

tysm

[@Le_angee]

How do i unistall everything about this app help

[@microstrader]

I didn't feel it worked that well. Maybe it was just me. I asked for a refund and got it. Looking for other Mac options. I found when it routed my microphone (Lewitt 440) it did not do a great job. Maybe its my system resources but it just didn't work that well for ME.

[@randomrandy3059]

Does this still work for mac?

[@criqdekuyper9259]

So, it’s just a fancy GUI for Soundflower, etc…

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Is it?

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

Oh, and nice haircut!! Lol

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks Dave!

[@ReyMartinez133]

the question is using CASTER we still need blackhole. Thank you.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

No

[@focusgroupcreative]

Update they force you to pay now. Cant add more tracks in free version

[@MagnumDB]

12:28 - Well.. it’s $90 now. Black Friday sale for $60.

[@Druggmoneymedia]

why are they asking to monitor my keystrokes?

[@proprvillage]

Pros and Cons between Ginger and Loopback?

[@SoundDful]

I tried it and I can see that in GroundControl caster you can add plugins for processing, record all audio coming in, and route audio separately to OBS - and it's much cheaper

[@kuyajhonny9684]

The alerts sounds no sounds

[@Majorjabroni]

Wait does this mean I dont need to use Blackhole 2ch anymore?! No way!

[@OliverBerger]

Unfortunately a year later the program comes with a price-tag that resembles a dedicated Windows PC ;)

[@renanletenski]

developers sponsoring this video: lets make an ugly app okay: that

[@RA7581]

полезная программа. такую надо, для виндовс.

[@bigsistermusic]

hey! why are you yelling at me??

[@epikgamer1124]

useless fix. still records my mic.

[@Intenzity]

So yea, just because YOU didn't know the mac has been able to do this for years, doesn't mean the mac can't do it. There are probably 5 different apps that have done this exact same thing for a very long time. Soundflower, Loopback, Ground Control...so. yea, don't make click-baity claims that are simply not true. This has been trivial to do on MacOS for a very long time and with multiple options to do it.

[@Rhythmattica]

I know right.. The difference is the ease of use... Ive been using Soundsource for years.. it also allows plugin chains per app, Real time... Im more a audio music/film guy, But, as for this vid, It really is in relation to OBS, so I'm happy it'll make it much easier for them

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks for the feedback. This video is in relation to adding sources directly into OBS. I’m not aware of anything else that lets you do they. And certainly not at this price. Also OBS is in the title…

[@SoundDful]

@@Rhythmattica In GroundControl Caster, you can add a plugin chain per app, record, and create virtual audio devices. so it's like you get Soundsource Loopback and Audio highjack in one single app.. and the price is MUCH more attractive.

[@Rhythmattica]

@@SoundDful Im not dissing the product. Damn, if you read my post you'd know that... Dont need to be so defensive , I was just bringing a bit of balance to intensity's post.. Seems you may of missed my reasoning... here , let me reiterate... "this vid, It really is in relation to OBS, so I'm happy it'll make it much easier for them" To Add, Ill probably get it myself ..It could be a quick way to do Instrument/FX hosting for Testing....... As it supports Midi.. So ill be checking out the demo...

[@SoundDful]

@@Rhythmattica I am sorry if it came out as defensive! I just wanted to point out some more facts about this. have a great weekend

[@proprvillage]

🙂

[@AndreiChrisso]

i don't like Mac os

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Ok

[@m_adamec]

So good 🔥

[@mrnastytime8791]

thanks for being a legend really Michael F.