Solved! Using A Multichannel Audio Interface with Skype

[@BarryGins]

This is very useful. Unfortunately, Soundflower does not support an M2 Mac. Any ideas for an alternative?

[@RayOrtega]

Try Blackhole as a Soundflower alternative existential.audio/blackhole/ Other apps you could try on a mac include: Loopback: rogueamoeba.com/loopback/ Audio HiJack: rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/ SoundSource: rogueamoeba.com/soundsource/

[@brooklynpodcastingstudio5061]

Normally don't leave comments but you just saved my life an hour before a live presentation on Webex (which has the same issue with only being able to read input 1 on a multi-channel interface), not many vids on this specific topic so thank you so much

[@RayOrtega]

Hey thanks for the feedback, glad this solved it for you, just in time!

[@MissTheMae]

OMG! You saved me! Was trying to do a Zoom call, but my M-Audio 192 | 6 wouldn't receive input through zoom so that I could hear other callers through my monitoring headphones that were plugged into the interface. Voice Meter is INCREDIBLE.

[@menriquez89]

Thank you!!!! Drummer here teaching lessons over Skype during the corona virus. This helped me get my drum mics and a talk back mic into Skype. Thanks!!!!!

[@RayOrtega]

Hey that's really cool, keep up the good work and stay well!

[@menriquez89]

J.A. Mena are you using a Ethernet connection to your internet? That will help the most with the quality, but the latency will never be good enough to play together in time with your student. I’ve been modifying my teaching techniques away from playing together and doing more call and response. I’m also looking for the types of lessons that fit best, so spending time on the psychology of drumming and “how to think” about things.

[@menriquez89]

Good luck!

[@christiancanalita6487]

Michael Enriquez did you use Sound Flower and Ladiocast too? On your MAC?

[@menriquez89]

Christian Canalita yes I used an Spindflower and laddiocast on my old ass MacBook

[@AimeeNolte]

You saved me today. Had to do a podcast interview where I played piano and sang. SO glad I didn’t have to use the built in mic to my Mac. Easy and clear instructions. I’ll share the crap out of this video! 🙌🏼

[@RayOrtega]

Aimee, thanks and glad this helped! Appreciate all the (💩-y) shares 😉

[@jordaneasbybass]

Extremely helpful! Needed audio from my microphone and bass plugged into the audio interface for online lessons on Skype. Thank you!

[@RayOrtega]

Glad this helped! I'm also a bass player so that's an extra bonus! ;)

[@LifeEssentialsVideos]

wow. Thank you. NO ONE else ever said that Skype only uses channel 1! Saved me!

[@MarkieSharky]

What a lifesaver! My guitar teacher can now hear me talk and play over skype during the corona virus lockdown. Thanks so much!

[@MarkieSharky]

By the way, the most recent version of Soundflower that I could find is here on Github: github.com/mattingalls/Soundflower/releases/download/2.0b2/Soundflower-2.0b2.dmg Confirmed working on 2019 MBP with Mojave.

[@NikolasBravo]

This was of great help, thanks! Just 2 things to note: 1) Soundflower doesn't seem to work on OS X Catalina. BlackHole works as an alternative. 2) In Ladiocast you can just use one input (the interface), and select both channels directly as L and R. No need to have a second duplicate input.

[@BrunoBaudewyns]

Thank you, this was extremely helpful. I'm a guitar teacher from Belgium, trying to keep lessons going during the lockdown. Couldn't figure out why Skype is only seeing the first input of my interface. I used a mixer to combine sources for a few days, but this made the process so much simpler. I'll pass on the word to all my fellow teachers ! How could you know, over one year ago, when you posted this video, that it was gonna help a lot of people to keep their job during this strange time. That is kind of beautiful. On the video side, I tried to improve my video quality by using a DSLR (T5i) instead of the macbook's webcam. I had to use two softwares, Camera Live and CamTwist, to be able to use it with Skype. Unfortunately the video quality is really low and unusable. Strangely it's great when I use the EOS Utility software from Canon, but as soon as I use it with Skype, the quality drops. I have a good internet connection (wired with an ethernet cable). I gave up, thinking my camera is probably too old to do the job, but maybe you know something about this issue? I'm gonna browse your channel to see if you already covered this subject ! Thank you again for sharing this tip, you are my hero today. Hope everything is good for you, stay safe !

[@RayOrtega]

Hi, Bruno, glad you found this video and yes seeing it surge in views due to COVID has been both a surprise and pleasure...not exactly what I was planning for lol! Really happy that it helps in any little way and glad to hear you're staying inside. I'm on lockdown here too, one week in. As for the video, it could just be Skype. I do have some vids on here which you may have found about using your Canon DSLR as a webcam and with some of the stuff you found. One suggestion would be to try something other than Skype. Look at StreamYard.com, they have a free plan and I'm really enjoying it.

[@BrunoBaudewyns]

@@RayOrtega Hey Ray, thank you for the reply. I found the solution for the video ! I had to set the video resolution and the frame rate manually in CamTwist's preference menu, that's it ! This made me think: tutorial videos on the internet are like the GPS in your car, easy steps but you might forget to think outside of those steps and follow them blindly. Keep up the good work and stay safe !

[@Kozlakos]

i was looking for a solution for my problem for many hours and thanks to you i found it!!! I was traying to but my DAW as input in skype so my students can hear a mix of my microphone and instrument with eq compressor etc but skype was automaticly muteing my input signal in soundflower... but now, thanks to ladiocast everything is working fine!!!

[@RayOrtega]

That's great news! Really happy this helped, thanks for sharing!

[@jeankarloch1545]

Bro can you do the video tutorial for windows please. 🙌🏻

[@WCruttenden]

I used Blackhole instead of Soundflower (also on a Mac) but had missed a vital piece of information to make this work until I watched your video. Thanks!

[@RayOrtega]

Yes this is the second time I've heard about Blackhole. I haven't tried it yet but it seems to be the solution if Soundflower isn't working. Thanks for the feedback.

[@saverioammendola3122]

You've solved in few minute a problem that takes me hours of web research...THANK YOU

[@nicktubach7874]

You just saved me $500. Thank you for this awesome video.

[@RayOrtega]

That's great! Thanks for letting me know.

[@nicktubach7874]

@@RayOrtega Oh and I am on a brand new MacBook Pro. No issues.

[@artjohnson01]

Thanks Ray. I really appreciate your advice. I belong to a non-profit organization that is interested in starting a podcast. This information has been enormously helpful.

[@RayOrtega]

My pleasure. My advice would be to simplify the process. Don't over think it, try to do the simplest production possible and then grow from there. I saw your comment on another video where the person showed their setup with a mixer and H6 and there were several things wrong with their advice. For starters, for what he was showing, you don't even need the mixer when you have an H6. So many people will waste money on setup on following that advice.

[@Edge_SHOT]

I've been looking for a solution for a while! I already knew about Voicemeter Banana, but I didn't understand that common applications didn't use channel 2, only channel 1. Now I understand what's happening and I can make better use of my interface... Thank you very much for sharing this information!

[@furiousgeorge00]

I would also suggest that you could use a mixer in front of your audio interface. That way regardless of how many inputs you require your Audio Interface would get the final mix as one signal. Mic CH1/Guitar CH2/Bass CH3/Mic2 CH4 etc----->MIXER---(main out)--->Audio Interface CH1----(USB Output)--->PC--->Skype

[@davidefrasca8062]

Had my first online lesson last week, you saved me, thank you very much!! 🙏🏼

[@pepelsbey]

In my case with Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6 (or 3) there’s a way to combine selected channels into one on the device itself and send it via USB to Skype and receive caller’s voice from Skype via USB input back to Mix-Pre as a separate channel. Basically, it does mix-minus out of the box. Super convenient and “free” or at least less complicated and more reliable.

[@RayOrtega]

Yes I love the MixPre series and I will have one soon but I haven't seen where multiple inputs will be recognized by Skype. What is the setting for that? I know all the rest, how the USB goes to it's own channel and this is why you don't get loopback to Skype because Skype doesn't hear the channel 3 USB. I'll know more once I can test this for myself.

[@pepelsbey]

Ray Ortega I use it as 2 ins / 2 outs device for my Mac, not in multichannel mode. Once Mix-Pre is in advanced mode, I go to Settings > Outputs > St. Out Left/Right and send only inputs 1, 2, 3 to the left and right channels. Both channels are accessible from Skype. Input 4 is set up as USB 1 (you just press the knob and change input source) and I have Mix-Pre as an input and output device for OS sound. Now I can send 3 mics to Skype, receive and record Skype on channel 4 and send Skype + inputs 1, 2, 3 to headphone output where I have splitter.

[@RayOrtega]

@@pepelsbey Skype only picks up left side but since you are sending them left, that makes sense. And yes I've seen that ability but you lose multichannel at that point or will it still record discrete tracks to SD card? Cause it's cool that it does that but losing multichannel is not worth it IMO if you want to do post production. With the MixPre you can also select what channels go out of the analog output so one way to retain multichannel is to send all channels besides Skype and connect that to the computer so that you get the best of both worlds. Of course all of this is dependent on your workflow and if a mix works for you then recoding that is fine. This video however is about multichannel and retaining that functionality because in a lot of cases that is why people bought a multichannel device. Still love the MixPre and in fact it's the device that I put most podcasters who have a budget on but of course most can't afford it when they are starting out and they have a hard time seeing the value unfortunately.

[@pepelsbey]

Ray Ortega yes, I’m sending 2 channels to Mac and recording multitracks on SD card at the same time. I believe it’s a pretty rare feature for audio interfaces like this. I used to have Zoom H5 and I was really disappointed with lack of this feature. I’m really happy with workflow where my Mac is just a source of an audio and input a mix for caller’s convenience. All recording is happening on the device itself, including Skype’s track. It feels much more reliable. Also I double checked my settings and I’m sending channels 1, 2, 3 only to L in both St. Out L/R options for some reason. I don’t remember why but it seems I got it right :)

[@RayOrtega]

@@pepelsbey Cool, I'm getting the MP3 for work and I look forward to testing all this out. Have fun!

[@evendir]

You are my hero! I was trying to figure out how to use my Focusrite 2i4 and mic over Skype, and this works perfectly. Thank you!

[@RayOrtega]

Cool! So glad this worked and you found this video. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@toodark6]

We've got the Saffire Pro 40, and after trying this and another option, involving a cheap 4-channel mixer we also have, we ended up just sending the Saffire's headphone out to the mic input jack on the PC (haven't tried the blue line input jack, but that's next). Done. There's maybe 3/4 of a second delay/lag, but definitely something we can live with, and it sounds way better than just the mic on the webcam. We're running 5 drum mics, 1 overhead condenser, and another one for the drummer's voice through the Saffire and the Skype user on the other end can hear it all and the levels are mixed and controlled by the interface. Also, we disabled Skype's automatic handling of the audio and set the level ourselves to about 7.

[@RayOrtega]

Yes, any way you can combine a mix and send as a single track should work which is what I recommended above for a possible ipad option/hack. Glad you got what you needed!

[@SandiaPeaks]

That was a huge help. Thanks!! The combination of those two apps is exactly what I needed.

[@RayOrtega]

Super, glad this worked for you!

[@philkwon1316]

the answer that I was looking for. I really wanted to sing with my guitar over video chat like zoom, skype and etc, but I could not find a straightforward answer until your video! thank you!

[@GuitarSkillsChannelRD]

Thanks for the great video 🤘 But after having done all the settings (Scarlett 8I6 and ladiocast-sunflower) Skype doesn't get any sound , any solution please ? 🙏

[@RayOrtega]

If Soundflower is not working for you, try Blackhole existential.audio/blackhole/, you'll see in the comments here that this has worked better for many people

[@GuitarSkillsChannelRD]

@@RayOrtega thanx a lot Ray 🤘🎸

[@aspiremusichk5380]

Thanks so much for this video Ray, it's been a real help. It's been getting tougher and tougher to hold on to students over the past few weeks. I'm hoping that the ability to give Skype lessons with above-average sound quality (using good mics through an interface) will allow me to keep more of them and maybe even attract a few new students. Fingers crossed! Thanks again.

[@RayOrtega]

Glad this helped! Good luck to you, stay safe and healthy!

[@TheCharismaticVoice]

Love this content! Directing many other musician friends who are teaching during coronavirus to you. Thank you!

[@mattgiovanisci]

That was super helpful! Got a Focusrite 18/20 and wanted to use ZenCastr. Was having a hell of a time trying to figure out why I wasn't getting a signal. Problem solved thanks to you!

[@RayOrtega]

Awesome! Zencastr is great, it should take inputs one and I think two but after that it's this method. Enjoy and thanks for watching and commenting!

[@mattgiovanisci]

@@RayOrtega Will do! My only problem with ZenCastr right now is audio drag. Have you experienced this or know how to stop it from happening?

[@RayOrtega]

@@mattgiovanisci Do you mean the audio files go out of sync? If so it appears to be a tricky issue and only SquadCast.fm has solved it so far. Or are you talking about something else?

[@RayOrtega]

This is a referral link btw if you want to check them out squadcast.fm/?salescamp=PGMtgm7oGHuShp4P42AbFvQg They're the first ones I've seen to solve the biggest issues that these double-ender systems have such as progressive upload and sync.

[@mattgiovanisci]

@@RayOrtega Dude, another win! Thanks for all the help, this is exactly what I was looking for :-)

[@alexandervoth5722]

Exactly what I´ve searched for! God bless you!

[@ListenToMarisa]

Having this same problem going from focusrite into my iPhone for live-streams on instagram/Facebook. I’d like to have my piano or guitar in one channel and my vocal in the other, but it only recognizes whichever channel I make noise into first. Any solution you can think of?

[@chrismunroe8015]

I can't get this to work on Windows 10 with Voicemeter!

[@AengusHackett]

Amazing, thanks for this video Ray. About to start teaching all of my guitar lessons on Skype. So helpful! You are going to help a lot of people out over the coming weeks and months!

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks, Aengus. I definitely wasn't planning for a pandemic situation but glad it may help even a little! Good luck with your lessons, I just picked up the bass a year ago and I'm loving it.

[@AengusHackett]

@@RayOrtega That's great, well you will have lots of time to practice now haha! Enjoy it, and thanks again!

[@nelsontorres-dv8jy]

Thanks. I work in Windows and use Cubase 10.5. Can you do a tutorial for the same result but for windows? Thanks.

[@rorrosalgado]

wonderful that it works for everyone. but I have a problem. When I finish configuring the channels and do the signal sending test, Skype does not receive a signal from soundflower2. The blue dots on the microphone do not move. I have tried everything, can anyone help me? Thank you very much, greetings from Chile

[@rorrosalgado]

Please please!!!!!!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@MorganÅgren-Drums-Music]

Hey Ray, that looks great, I will try, thanks!! I am still not sure if the guys you speak to will be able to hear you in stereo? I will do some drum classes on skype and would like to send stereo audio from my sound card. So I am trying to make my sound card as a "sound in" option in Skype. I installed "soundflower" which comes up in the mac prefs, so Skype can detect "sound in" from itunes, but it seems more complicated to have the sound cards pop up as "sound in" in Skype.. and it might still be in mono? Would be so nice if it was possible to use a good pro tools mix through my universal audio sound cards into skype..

[@RayOrtega]

I think everything you do will be mono because Skype is mono and thus the reason for this issue. The two channel interface which uses essentially a stereo connection to give you the two mono channels will only be seen by Skype on the left channel (1). So I don't think there is a way to do stereo. But I've also seen drums mic'd mono so perhaps just a compromise?;) Take a look at another service for connection like StreamYard.com and that might work.

[@MorganÅgren-Drums-Music]

@@RayOrtega Thanks :-)

[@SingerSuparnaBiswas]

Hi Ray, your information is really helpful. But When I am recording my vocal in Garageband with an existing music track in Garageband, I am not able to hear the music track. I would like someone on the other end of skype to hear my recording session remotely. I have the audio interface connected to my mac. I did install LadioCast and Sound flower as you mentioned. When I am testing the audio, I can only hear my voice, not the music track in Garageband. Would appreciate your help very much.

[@NomkeMusic]

Hey Ray, thank you so much. I have MacOS high sierra, my interface is Apollo Twin. I installed the soundflower and configured the LadioCast the way you showed, I receive Audio to LadioCast but my Skype do not receive any signal when Soundflower2 is the mic input. Have any recommendations on how to solve it? Thank you for your time

[@RayOrtega]

If you didn't get it fixed check out the pinned comment for a solution using blackhole

[@maxhighstein]

Thank you! This gets me PART of the way to where I need to be. The other part is that I would like to be able to patch my DAW into the Skype session along with the live mics, so that I can play back part of what's been recorded in the session to the listener on Skype call. In my case I'm using a Focusrite Clarett 8Pre Thunderbolt. The output of my recorded tracks in my DAW is going into Thunderbolt 1/2, but Ladiocast does not see that. How can I route that signal in as well?

[@RayOrtega]

First if you are recoding Skype in your DAW make sure you are not monitoring the audio from the DAW or you will send the Skype audio back as well creating a loop. The output of the DAW can't go into the interface and then have that also work as an input to Skype. I think you'd need to try and use Soundflower to route the output of the DAW to LadioCast. You'll need to expirment since this gets all jumbled in my head lol. You could also route the output of your computer back into the Clarrett and then use that channel as the input for Ladiocast. Let me know how it works out.

[@austinlbryant]

THANK YOU! Definitely the best video out there for this! After 3 hours of Youtubing, you saved my sanity.

[@paulmileswhiteheadmusic]

Used to work perfectly but since updating mac security update Skype won't receive audio from Ladiocast (I'm still on Mojave 10.14.6). Zoom works fine with Ladiocast though. Please help if you can.

[@railgraf]

same here - unless built-in microphone input Skype cannot hear any other input. I tried to create Aggregate Device (Applications>Utilities>Audio MIDI Setup.app) and put Soundflower(2ch) there and use the device is microphone source for the Skype - same deal. It does not hear it while if built-in microphone added to Aggregate Device works. They made skype not being able to hear anything but directly assigned mice interface

[@paulmileswhiteheadmusic]

railgraf this might help, what I’ve done as an alternative kzbin.info/www/bejne/moSzZ62daKucj7c

[@wanderingrob]

This is so awesome man! Thanks for this, posted a little over two years ago, but still helping people! Thank you

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks, Robert!

[@nerdygameinggurl]

so what I needed to was unplug it from port 2 to port 1 LOL god dangit thank you! Easy and clear instructions!

[@RayOrtega]

Glad you got it worked out, thanks!

[@animeniac10gaara]

So helpful! Quick question - is there any way to also get the computer's system audio to go through to Skype using this method? For instance if I'm doing a skype music lesson and I need my teacher to be able to the track I'm playing along to as well as hear my instrument?

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks, Oliver! You probably need to route the app you're using for music to Skype kind of the same way I show using an app like this. On Mac there is an app called Loopback which is cool for this as well as Audio Hijack on Windows look at Voicemeeter

[@animeniac10gaara]

@@RayOrtega Thanks Ray! I'll look into those!

[@oudein]

That WAS extremely helpful to me, thanks Ray! I was stumped when I saw that the Focusrite software didn't support Output Routing for the Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen, but you sorted me out!

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks, Andrew. So glad this helped!

[@Raffaele.Tovazzi]

OMG!!! The solution I was searching for... Best KZbin Channel ever!!!

[@RayOrtega]

That's great! It's one thing to make the video, it's another for people to actually find it when they are trying to solve this issue. Glad the title worked!

[@samlelowitch]

This worked for me on my Mac using the two-channel version of Soundhole in conjunction with LasioCast. I had to fiddle with the settings within Skype a little but I think the test was successful and hopefully it will work for my guitar lesson next Thursday.

[@hassaanmian234]

Hey man, great video... for starting should I get the presonus audiobox USB 96 or focusrite 212 3rd gen? has a $60 difference for 2 input interface but is it worth it? I want to record videos through OBS and also in future do physical and online podcasts via skype/zoom... would really appreciate the help Secondly which key light are you using in this video?

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks, key is version 1 of this light podhelp.me/120dKitvmountBH and both Presonus and Focusrite make interfaces that are on par with each other so either would probably be fine.

[@mikemanlun]

Thanks Ray. Now i got my guitar and mic working. However my system sounds (itunes, KZbin etc) doesn't integrate on the call. How do i fix that?

[@RayOrtega]

That's going to be trickier. If you have an additional input a computer but it will probably need to be a separate computer or tablet/phone. If you don't have any more inputs then you'll need to use some software to send system audio to a channel like I do with LadioCast in this video so that it can be included into your Soundflower channel that Skype is getting.

[@mikemanlun]

@@RayOrtega ok thanks, giving it a shot.

[@ReydiSutandang]

Thank you so much, this has been very helpful for my Zoom/Slack video call meeting!

[@RayOrtega]

Great, thanks for letting me know!

[@lemondrop201]

This helped me out a great deal. I am subscribing in case you do any other videos that help me out. I had never heard of the software you mentioned in your description. Thank you very much Ray.

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks, Resto, appreciate the sub and compliments!

[@jackssax]

Great Vid!!! So relevant right now. You have fixed Microsoft teams for me, thanks :)

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks!

[@Factotum6814]

Thanks Ray! Have been banging my head over this - it seems that the fancier your studio setup, the more problems you run into with Zoom and Skype. I have an M1 Silicon Mac Pro, which Soundflower doesn't support, but I can confirm that Blackhole + LadioCast works! Hooray!

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks for the feedback, Emily, glad this was helpful!

[@Factotum6814]

@@RayOrtega had some issues with the local sound on my computer being heard. My fix in the end (lessons over Skype requiring an audio interface with instrument line in and mic in , plus music backing tracks) was to route the backing track from my Mac headphone jack into the audio interface channel 3&4, then route those via LadioCast to BlackHole. It worked!

[@RayOrtega]

@@Factotum6814 Glad to hear you got it sorted, congrats!

[@singingexpertspg]

Thank you so so much, I've been looking for this in order to teach my singing lessons via Zoom. Fingers crossed it'll work

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks I hope it's been working for you! If not check out the pinned comment that gives an alternative

[@akiradanaka]

thank you for this !! it really helped. but i am facing a problem here.. Ladiocast mixer is showing input source to output (soundflower) connected. but somehow when i choose Sound flower 2ch on Skype, it doesnt pick up any sound. i tried both using Audio interface and build in mic. same thing happens. any tips?

[@MrCorando]

Well produced video! you can clearly see how much effort you put into it :)

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks! I really appreciate it, each vid is definitely a lot of work but I love making them and helping others get answers to the same questions I have.

[@xylosara]

I'm trying to hook up a Roland V-Tech TD-10 to my skype lessons. Any suggestions? I have a pc and can't seem to get the input recognized. I would like to be able to feed this into a skype call for giving student lessons. I have a M-Audio Duo. Do I need additional equipment? Thanks in advance!

[@RayOrtega]

Sorry, not sure why it's not being recognized. On Windows it's often drivers and or firmware, make sure it's all up to date. Also try different platforms other than Skype like Zoom, StreamYard etc

[@xylosara]

@@RayOrtega Thanks Ray - I can;t get virtual banana to see it as an input.

[@hypnosiscenternyc]

Thank you ray ... you're phenomenal. From your videos over the years, I've learned how to record audio into my Canon 70D ... as well as numerous other twerks that no one else answered on youtube (I've watched many of your videos ... many times). This is going to be another one of those videos as I have a closet full of xlr mics, just ordered a focusrite so I could use two channels with Skype and Zoom, and then found out the programs only accept one input. ... Again ... thanks.

[@RayOrtega]

So glad this worked for you! There are some apps that will recognize the two channels like Zencastr.com I believe but not all do so this is a decent hack when needed. And thanks so much for all the kind words!

[@GhostWritersParanormalPortal]

im getting the scarlett 2i4 and I want to be able to use OBS or streaming to youtube, and want to record/stream my internal PC sounds, something i'm playing on my pc AND my mic.. I have a mixer with xlr mic.. so i'm thinking, hook up interface, output going to mixer input (RCA to TRS cable) then RCA to TS cable from output of mixer to INPUT on the interface. am I correct? will i be able to record system sounds from the pc this way? with the soundcard I have now on the computer OUTPUTS or RECORDING i have MIC and WHAT YOU HEAR, or onboard sound there is MIC and STEREO MIX

[@samnewman2184]

How would I set this up so I could play music during one of the podcasts? Can I set the music to its own channel? Thank you!!

[@RayOrtega]

Sam, you'd have to send music into channel two either via computer output that was only playing the music or use a phone then if you are connecting to Skype you'd use the setup in the video so the other person could hear both

[@Sunglassesonaduck]

Anybody have any experience with it working on discord? It's been an issue getting a mixer to work with a mic and piano on discord. :(

[@RayOrtega]

I messed around with Discord and my interface a little bit, it's very interesting. Give this a try. Plug your microphone into input 2 and see if Discord will pick that up. It seems like Discord only picks up voice and knows the difference between other sounds. I tried both tapping the mic and playing an instrument and it wasn't picking up that channel but when I spoke into a mic on the same channel, it picked it up. So run that experiment and see if you can at least get that second channel to be picked up by voice so you know both channels are actually getting picked up by Discord.

[@Sunglassesonaduck]

Thank you so much for answering! I'll be sure to let my friend know to check that!!

[@sebastiendeheaulme125]

Hello Ray, thanks a lot for your video, very clear and works well... Almost well. There is still on step failing to me. I use GarageBand on Mac. I can send the signal of my guitar in Skype but without the effect added on garage band. Situation 1 : I hear clear sound in headphones plugged in the Scarlett and the other person in skype hears the sound with effects. Situation 2 : I hear sound with effect and other person hears without...We can't have both the sound mixed by GarageBand... Any idea / tips for this ? Many thanks.

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks. Hard to say given I'm not sure which gear you're using but you need to figure out how to hear the output of LadioCast and there could be a lot of latency if you are trying to route the audio from Soundflower. Hope you found a solution!

[@brcaranto]

I wonder why it's not working for me. Here's my setup: behringer UMCD404HD guitar is in input 1 mic is in input 2 I'm using an amp as my phones. When I try to use the same setting in this video, there are no signals. But when I change Input 1 to "built-in microphone", it works. Is there something wrong with how I set it up?

[@RayOrtega]

Does your Input 1 have HiZ for your guitar? It needs instrumental level power, turn it on if so unless you are already coming into the interface amplified. Also try seeing if your mic works in input 1 to help understand where the breakdown is happening

[@brcaranto]

​@@RayOrtega Thanks for your reply! The mic works on input 1. I tried to switch the guitar from input 2 to input 3 and the gain increased (about 50%), which is great. I still couldn't make the Soundflower and Blackhole work though. BUT I was able to make things work without using them at all. My goal was to be able to use my audio interface and play music while on a Zoom/Google call. So what I did was literally just changed my microphone settings to the audio interface I'm using (Behringer), and I was able to use both my mic and guitar in the call. :)

[@RayOrtega]

@@brcaranto Great to hear!

[@philboy521]

I have a pioneer S9 (2 channel mixer) that's connected to my Scarlett Solo via XLR. The only audio that comes through clearly on a zoom chat is the mic (connected to my S9), but audio from my turntable does not. any thoughts?

[@curvaneles]

Thanks a lot. That saved my wife's online lessons!!

[@PalPurnhauser]

Ray, are there any alternatives to soundflower? Can't get it installed to my Mac (it goes through, permission is given and in the end it says installation is unsuccesfull) Many thanks!

[@RayOrtega]

Did you see the extra notes about permissions and Mac? Read the part in the description about Soundflower and then on their page read carefully. If you do it wrong the first time, I think you have to redo it all. The other apps I list in the description would be the alternatives I found.

[@PalPurnhauser]

@@RayOrtega yes I did. Thank you anyway!

[@222anonymus]

@@RayOrtega I have read, that "BlackHole" (also available at GitHub) is the updated plugin for Mac Catalina :) It works for me.

[@RVEmcee]

Thanks for this! Any idea if there is a hardware solution to do the same thing? I want to be able to use multiple XLR mics, or even an external sound generator like an iPad

[@TozeCerdeira]

Thanks for the video it realy help me a lot !!! Been searching for info about this.

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks, Toze

[@seanachiescourt6659]

thank you so much you are a life saver! since the corona i will be having online vocal lessons over skype and you just made my day and probably my teachers as well so she can hear me over studio mic and not over webcam xD TY! (oh the problem was, i wanted to plug in guitar into second channel)

[@MarcoTullius]

Hi, is there any way to do the same on an iPad Pro? I'd like to have a small portable setup to do my teaching and bought an iRig Pro Duo, but unlike on my laptop, on iOS Zoom has the same 1 audio channel problem as Skype. Any ideas or is it simply not possible?

[@ritmo113]

Hi Ray. Thanks from Peckham Road Studio, London. Stay safe! Paul.

[@apzzpa]

Many blessings upon you for delivering us from this strife. Seriously though Skype need to up their game

[@dominichackl]

Nice Man!! Your video came just in time. Bravo!

[@dianethomas8310]

Hello, I followed all instructions here but when I get to the test call, nothing happens. We did this because when we called someone on skype to interview, we couldn’t hear them, they couldn’t hear us. We have ECamm recorder attached to Skype...could that be the problem? Stuck...😔

[@DavidKennedyMusic]

Lifesaver, thanks! This works for Microsoft Teams too. Using LadioCast on Mac with Teams :)

[@SeyyideSultan]

Hi Ray, I ended up installing Voicemeeter Banana for my PC. So I don't see a right and a left channel on Voicemeeter… but I got to mix the computer sound (music I play) and the microphone in one channel which I could feed into a Zoom conference. However, the mic comes like about 1 second after the music... there is a lag and that kills my efforts to count over music when I'm teaching my dance classes online via Zoom... Do you know how to fix that lag? Why the mic falls so far behind from the music coming straight from the computer? Thank you so much in advance.

[@williamsian9032]

Sound flower seems to be limited to 4 channels. What software would you recommend.for 6 channel requirement?

[@EtherGamerNetwork]

Can I use sound Flower with Logic Pro X, I need to record one person over Skype & 2 in studio and have the Skype caller hear both voices? Also I’m using the focusrite scarlett 18i8 second generation. I had no problem 2 weeks ago, now it says in Skype the speaker is muted and the caller can’t hear our voices.

[@RayOrtega]

Did you get it solved? Try using a service like zencastr.com

[@equacoaching2483]

HI Ray great tips but does this work in Catalina? I don't seem to be able to download Sound Flower anymore?

[@sampoole1755]

Hello! Thank you for this very helpful information! Unfortunately I’m having some problems and Ladiocast is saying two channels are there but Skype isn’t picking up anything when I select Soundflower (2ch) do you have any suggestions?

[@occamseraser]

+1 to this having the exact same issue, it worked for several days but now won't.

[@homonym7638]

Same here!

[@novan_the_one]

it might be because of iOS updates. after the update ladiocast didnt work for me. I tried one of the other suggested programs (loopback) and then it worked that way. (before that i uninstalled soundflower and ladiocast)

[@BenPhelps]

This looks great. Is this also a mix minus in effect?

[@RayOrtega]

Thanks. Not a mix-minus per se however nothing that comes in via USB also goes back out USB so the Skype caller will not hear themselves but you couldn't then also open up software and record the whole thing on independent tracks because the Skype caller is not coming in to it's own track. You could however record the whole thing by hooking up an audio recorder to the headphone output but again you'd have a mixed signal.

[@BenPhelps]

@@RayOrtega Ahhh, I see. So unlike a Mix Minus, you don't get separate tracks with this setup? So if you want separate tracks, in order to treat each track with different effects in post-production, the only way is still to use a Mix Minus?

[@RayOrtega]

@@BenPhelps You could still get multitrack by selecting the multichannel device as your input for your DAW.

[@fbeckerschiavo]

HI I have just configured this to work with skype and IT WORKED! Thanks alot for that. A couple of questions: 1. now that I have downloaded all this and configured it for skype, will it affect other programs like facetime, zoom, web online classrooms etc? and 2. Is there a way to configure this setup to also have audio from my computer being routed through this so i could for example play a track on youtube and play along to it on guitar and have my students hear that on their end? Cheers!! :D

[@RayOrtega]

Glad this worked. It's going to get trickier to try to bring in audio from the same computer. You might need an additional app like Loopback that I listed in the description or what you could try is bringing the output of your computer into the audio interface cause you need some way to get the audio from KZbin into the interface either through an app where you route the browser audio to Soundflower or by physically plugging the computer output which can only be KZbin or else you'll get other sounds, into the audio interface itself and then sending that channel to Skype via something like the setup here with Ladiocast. You can also use an external device like a phone or other computer to input into the audio interface and just play youtube or any other music through that dedicated device.

[@fillthevoidstudios9168]

Best alternative to ladiocast for more than 4 inputs? Using an Apollo 8p and doing drum lessons over Skype during the virus outbreak. Doing research myself, maybe you could speed it up!

[@RayOrtega]

If you can find a way to gather the channels like a mixer or maybe even a DAW then output that to an app then maybe that could be the input for Skype. Apps like Loopback and Audio Hijack might work for this.

[@P3REiiRANO]

Hello, do you know if it works with a Zoom H6? I've tried everything but had no luck. Please advise Edit. I guess this is no longer working with the latest updates. I also a Focusrite and it is not working. Skype still does not recognize channel 2.

[@jamisonniezurawski7092]

Question, I'm trying to run Ableton with a 4 channel interface and stream the audio coming from Ableton. I have backing tracks and such. Any idea how I can route that? I tried this and have the it set up its working but I can't get the tracks to work. Thanks!

[@ypgaminghub7112]

This is what i was looking for!! Thank you so much! 😊 More power!

[@MrRozzwell]

A sincere thank you. Problem solved straight away.

[@Rafiovideomaker]

hello and congratulations for the channel. I wanted to ask you how do I insert two microphones in ORTF microphone technique? how can i change the pan pot for separate left and right channel?

[@williamdevonshire356]

how come the audio on skype sounded less quality than yours on the video? wouldnt it be the same?

[@TheBenjammin515]

Hey Ray, this was super helpful but I am stuck again. I am running Soundflower so that I can record Skypes audio in Logic. I did Ladio cast and now the Skype (soundflower track) is picking up the mics as well and doubling everything up. We run seperate tracks for Inputs 1 & 2 right now so we were hoping the 3rd input would be the skype call. It seems we will have to run all three through one track in Logic unless I am missing something where soundflower sends both inputs to Skype but doesnt pick them up as well?

[@MarianoPulgar]

Thank you Ray! This is exactly was I was looking for :D

[@RayOrtega]

Glad this helped, Mariano.

[@jpmoraes9515]

Hi Ray, great hint - tks. However, it turned out to me that I need to have Ladiocast always running to use my Scarlett 2i2 - whereas before, I just needed to plug the usb in and I could already hear my bass on the scarlett headphone out. I could not find a way of stopping Ladiocast of running or uninstall it - so once installed, can it be deactivated?

[@jpmoraes9515]

Sorry, ignore the previous message - the direct monitor was off...

[@drummeroberto]

Hello Ray, I followed all steps but it's not working properly. I have a scarlett 18i20 and osx Yosemite 10.10. 5 The faders aren't catching any sound yet. Thanks for any help

[@GabrieleLopezGuitar]

Hi can i use a usb mic and put the guitar in the audio interface? Do you know if this way can create problems ?

[@RayOrtega]

You'd then some app to mix the two sources for any app your are trying to get audio into because you'd have two separate mic inputs

[@GabrieleLopezGuitar]

@@RayOrtega Thank you very much!

[@PaArmyVet]

Ray, my brother and I play/practice guitar together. The problem is we drown each other out. Kinda like when we try strumming together, it phases out. Ideas on each end?

[@AJStrong]

Haven’t been able to get either soundflower or blackhole to work. I still only get the audio from channel 1 of my scarlett 2i2 into Skype.

[@AJStrong]

Changed both L/R to 1 on input 1 on Ladio and changed both L/R to 2 on input 2 with both outputs to BlackHole and it worked!

[@bandpapa]

Hey Ray, I followed all the instructions, but my zoom h6 just won't make any sound after all. I connected the channels 1-4, because I don't have the click-on device for 2 more xlrs on the L/R socket. My logic accepts the h6 as an interface, but I had to rearrange every track with a plus 2, so my input 1 is my input 3 and so on. Any advice? Or do I have to buy the click-on thingy? Best, M

[@bandpapa]

hmmm, just did the same with LadioCast...+2 for all the channels seems to work...couldn't test it, yet but levels are good...

[@RayOrtega]

@@bandpapa Interesting, not sure what's up, I haven't done this with the H6 but even if you just came line out and into a line input, that would work for combining the channels.

[@davidhammerton6599]

This is so close to what I need, but one more issue to overcome first. I have the Guitar and Mic feed into Skype by following the instructions in the video. However, I have backing tracks in Guitar Pro 7 that I'd also like to combine into Skype. I hear the backing track through my headphones, but when I test it using the Skype test call, it only contains the Guitar and Mic. Any suggestions? I have the Scarlett 2i2.

[@davidhammerton6599]

I may have solved my own issue. I'll try it properly tonight in my guitar lesson. Firstly select within Guitar Pro to output to SoundFlower 64ch. Then configure LadioCast like so: Input 1: Scarlet to main (SoundFlower 2ch) Input 2: Scarlet to main (SoundFlower 2ch) Input 3: SoundFlower 64ch to main (SoundFlower 2ch) Input 4: SoundFlower 64ch to Aux 3 (Scarlet) This seems to send all channels to skype and I can hear it all through my headphones. Please comment if you have any suggestions to do it better.

[@TreyAlexander]

is there a way to do this on my iPad???

[@RayOrtega]

Trey I don't know there there is an app that will combine the channels on iPad however how are you connecting the iPad? maybe you can send the monitor output from your interface into the iPad as a combined input. Just trying to think of ways to hack in since I don't know of apps like Ladiocast for the ipad although you should look at the apps I listed for mac and see if they mac an ios version.

[@rednek218]

Thank you so much, I was struggling to find a solution!!!

[@danfoxchannel]

This just saved me a ton of time. Thanks for this!