The COMPLETE BEACN MIC Tutorial

[@BLUEZ]

appreciate you man, came for the microphone settings and ended up learning about the entire audio routing system I didn't know existed & more, actual game changer

[@MiscastJoe]

That means the world. Really glad that you enjoyed and got something out of it.

[@susduck2294]

Yessssss, I’ve been waiting for more Beacn Mic content! I’m excited to be getting mine.

[@MiscastJoe]

Glad you enjoyed (or hope you enjoyed at least). You won't have buyer's remorse with this thing I promise you.

[@susduck2294]

@@MiscastJoe I absolutely enjoyed the video! It was very informative. My only fear with this Mic is the macOS release schedule, so until then I’ll be changing the settings on my PC and hoping it all works fine on the Mac after.

[@313MsPinky]

Awesome tutorial! I'm curently hooking up my mic, question for 16:30 what did you click to get to that menu? Thank you

[@MiscastJoe]

Sound settings>sound control panel

[@MiscastJoe]

And thank you for the kind words

[@313MsPinky]

@@MiscastJoe thank you so much!

[@m3rk0ugar63]

Thank you, i been struggling everyday lol, until i found your comprehensive breakdown, THANK YOU... i mean it. You saved me the headache.

[@MiscastJoe]

So glad to hear it. I hope it was helpful

[@m3rk0ugar63]

@@MiscastJoe not sure if it’s a common problem but after saving does your system reset all connections made I seem to have to assign audio channels after every start up

[@MiscastJoe]

@@m3rk0ugar63 I have not seen this issue. Assuming that you are saving the profile after you make changes to it, I would check out their discord they have great support over there

[@CynsCorner]

Do you have to use the Beacn software when using the mic? I'd like to just use it alone, through various apps like OBS/Streamyard/Audacity, etc. without the need for the software. I noticed that when I use the Beacn mic with OBS, though, the video I'm playing while recording sometimes stutters/freezes/glitches. Which is frustrating. I'm sure there's something I'm doing wrong.

[@MiscastJoe]

No you don't have to use it..it can be plug and play but you are leaving some powerful tools on the table. Regarding the freezing I'd make sure your firmware is up to date. I've never experienced that problem. If it persists you can reach out to BEACN on their discord.

[@DaBlackSeto]

Great Video man, thanks for the help.

[@MiscastJoe]

Thank you so much!

[@saleh3521]

Any update on the mic mute? I feel like beacn went too deep into the details and the "nerdy" audio stuff and left the simple basic. There isnt even a mute button on the main UI. Whenever someone reviews a mic on youtube. They say stuff like "here we got the typical mute button" and move on from it. Not even 10 seconds on it. But here. This seems like its gold. No mute on mic. No mute on UI. Crazy. The deity mic looks more and more better. Let alone a hotkey or a shortcut for it. It seems they dont want to add a mute button. Alot of people complained about it. But nothing changed. They add a lot of complex stuff. But the basic stuff is not taken care off

[@MiscastJoe]

There is certainly a mute in the software. there is a drop down in the software mixer you can select mute to audience, mute to self or mute to stream. There is no hot key for this, but if you add the mic as a source in OBS or something like that, you can set a hot key to mute the source from there. Aside from that, having their BEACN Mix or BEACN Mix create does it at the touch of a button.

[@e234darkrock]

Thank you so much for such an informative teaching ~ it's amazing! I only have one question left~because the mic doesn't have a mute button How do I set up a hotkey for the mic mute key? I desperately need the ability to quickly mute my mic anytime anywhere

[@MiscastJoe]

as of now there are no hot keys to control the software you would need to physically click on it. There seems to be a possibility that this will change in the near future, though, as they have a lot of planned feature updates in the pipeline. For now, the fastest way to go about this without touching the software would be to own the Mix or Mix Create to work in tandem with the microphone.

[@e234darkrock]

@@MiscastJoe Thanks for your answer~

[@saleh3521]

@@MiscastJoe hey any update on this?

[@lookitsnook4590]

Great video, the only issue I seem to have is that I can't wire my browser to the browser source in the mixer. Any thoughts on how I might fix this?

[@MiscastJoe]

If using the app volume and device preferences isn't working for you then insurgent hopping on Beacn's discord they have excellent customer service

[@healthyselffirst6845]

Great tutorial video! I'm in the process of weighing different options for microphones and I like the Beacn Mic a lot. I was wondering if there was a boom arm that you would recommend for this microphone? Thanks in advance!

[@MiscastJoe]

Well I am currently using the Elgato Wave Arm LP and I enjoy it though I have heard complaints of it drooping with heavier mics. I also have a Rode PSA1 and it is awesome as well. Truthfully though I had a cheap Neewer mic arm for the longest time for my Rode Podmic and it served me well. The more expensive ones are definitely better built and have some more features to them (ability to hide/organize mic cables) but I am always a fan of being cheap too

[@xtinct1918]

How are you routing to your headphones? I see that you don't have them plugged directly into the back of the mic but you still have a 3.5mm cable coming out of the beacn mic

[@MiscastJoe]

3.5mm extension cable run down my mic arm, under the desk and up the back of my chair.

[@Dalkeo]

Could you do a video on how to set up Voicemod with the Beacn mic now since it's finally supported? I tried setting things up but the only video on it I can find isn't as detailed or useful as yours have been.

[@MiscastJoe]

I can look into that

[@Av3rag3GuysGaming01]

Love the video you go way in depth thank you! Question I'm only using the mic to record my voice into OBS but when setting, setting in OBS I only get Beacn Mic as and input option, but mic is flat, and my voice is low. I don't have the Mixer turned on, do I need to have it on for setting i have for the mic to pull through?

[@MiscastJoe]

If you have set everything up correctly in the BEACN App (and leave it on) then you should have the BEACN Mic, Audience Mix (BEACN) Voice Chat Mix (BEACN) and VOD Track (BEACN) as available sources in OBS. As to the sound of your mic, make sure that you have properly set up everything in the mic chain (EQ, Compression, etc) AND have saved it to your mic, then it should sound great coming through any of those sources. Jump on my discord (link in description) if you need to go into it more

[@Dalkeo]

Hey man thanks so much for this. I've been trying for hours and your video answered some questions that so many others didn't. Thank you so much! However, I just want to confirm here.. I am new to OBS.. I don't need to add individual audio output captures in the OBS sources for each scene? All I need to do is change the Mic to audience mix for everything to work?

[@MiscastJoe]

You would only need to do that if you added BEACN as an audio capture device on your scene. Then you would have to do it on each scene. If you go into settings>audio and set the device up in there, then it is a default on every scene

[@felixagyekum]

Hello. Can I connect it to an iPad Pro and use it in garageband?

[@MiscastJoe]

Not at this time. I am pretty sure the app isn't supported on iOS which removes all of its mic chain settings and the stuff that makes the mic good. I also don't think that you can connect the mic in any way other that a usb a input. At least according to any of my research

[@CruuushaL]

Is there a way to turn off the led ring completely when using it ?

[@MiscastJoe]

Just turn the brightness down to 0 in the BEACN app

[@MiscastJoe]

@@CruuushaL i believe where you set the colour in the app, you can turn it off

[@SleepyGhst]

Thanks for the video. Really super helpful, just got mine in the mail. One question I have is that I use a hard-driving headphone that uses a SoundBlasterX7 as an amp selecting it as a source. I guess it becomes a bit incentive when im routing all of my sources through something that's named after my microphone, it feels so counterintuitive. then breaking it apart again in OBS.

[@MiscastJoe]

Enjoy it!

[@eduardshugar]

Nice tutorial, thanks! For me personally, there was too much music in this video, but no offence - that's just me, I wanted to listen to this mic a little more :)

[@MiscastJoe]

Fair point. Thanks for the feedback!

[@matthewkinsey9044]

Help, I just got the beacn mic but I have a wireless headset( steel Series artis pro). I'm not get any sound out my headset now. I have the mic set as default communication and my headset as default

[@MiscastJoe]

Double check the personal listening device on the mic's mixer in the BEACN app? That's the only thing that comes to mind. You won't hear your own voice because of the delay. if you run a 3.55mm cable from the mic to the arctis' hub and select the mic as your personal listening deivce, you'll hear yourself and everything. Saving that, try out BEACN's discord, they have excellent customer service. They just helped me through an issue with myu profile

[@MiscastJoe]

Thanks for Watching! What BEACN Device do you want to see a tutorial for next? The Mix or the Mix Create?

[@Tonyyforlife]

Hey man curious if your mic is showing up in the beacn app on the create but not on the actual selection to pick the microphone what do you do

[@MiscastJoe]

Never heard of that happening. I know I've lost it in the myriad of sources that I have. If you are experiencing that issue, check out BEACN's discord. They have great support

[@MiscastJoe]

OK so legit just looked at my beacn app and the same thing happened. I unplugged and plugged the mic back in and it was right as rain

[@Shahhh]

Hey, so i have everything setup, my two problems are the software wont open after i closed it once, and the mic keeps automatically muting itself. any help?

[@MiscastJoe]

Never heard of the mic muting itself. As far as the software not opening after you close it, go into the task manager and see that it is not still in there. I've been experiencing that lately with a different program. I'd recommend you check out BEACN's Discord server

[@Shahhh]

@@MiscastJoe I tweeted at them and they told me to join the discord which I did, theyve been helping me ever since, it's either the mic is bad or I cant use a wireless headset with the mic

[@MiscastJoe]

@@Shahhh wireless headsets are never a great idea with a mic anyways because of the latency issues. Glad you were able to reach out to them