I never knew I could see my windows microphone boost in dB. It's a real gamechanger

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

Glad you learned something new from this. Hope it helps going forward.

@leduyquang753

3 ай бұрын

Heck yeah I was seeing the dB column on macOS and went a bit jealous but then massively relieved when he showed how it could be shown on Windows.

@Covarr

3 ай бұрын

For real. I've been using that control panel for DECADES and didn't know that.

Thank you. I hope many streamers find this video. You are helping ears everywhere.

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

I hope so too. Thanks so much for the kind comment.

@JJMasterDigital

3 ай бұрын

@@PodcastageThanks for video, i remember use your video about obs before to set my audio setting, but i can't find it on your channel maybe i forget the title, this new video really help when i forget the settings, now i can find it just by search on your channel by typing obs

I've watched 10+ videos over the span of days and this is the only one that helped. I have a gain knob on my yeti and I had my mic volume up in the volume mixer. Finally fixed my issue. Thank you so much!! ❤

@Podcastage

8 күн бұрын

I’m really glad the video helped. Happy recording!

My voice sounds so crystal clear now, its making me almost cry in happiness man

@Podcastage

11 күн бұрын

Glad the video helped. Happy recording Gabriel.

Heyyyyyyyyy - I learned something new! Right Click and change to decibels instead of percentage. How on earth did you figure that one out? Been using Windows / audio for 25 years and never knew that one! Haha! You rock, Bandrew :)

WOW... WOW... SUPER WOW!!! BANDREW TO THE RESCUE!!! This was amazingly useful information. I've been chasing my tail for 3 months, TRYING & FAILING to figure out how to do this. I was determined to get it right and refused to give up. THEN, I FOUND THIS VIDEO! I want you to know how much I appreciate you taking the time to share how to set the mic level. I've had brief moments where I liked the outcome I achieved. Then, I was unable to consistently produce/reproduce them. There were small places where the audio sounded harsh, surrounded by a nice sounding voice. I now know it's the clipping. Most importantly, I now have the solution to correct it because you shared it.

I'VE NEVER KNOWN THAT YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK THE VOLUME SLIDER TO CHANGE IT TO DECIBELS! My jaw dropped that for many years that I've been breathing, I just knew about that fact. I know. But setting that sucker to 0db, and then setting my mic just from the mic's gain dial really changed the game for me. You did it again, Bandrew, and thank you so much for making this video. This really helps me. I'm still using my Fifine K688 and after setting it correctly, noise is very low, and I tested my audios from whispering to screaming, no clipping anymore!

Stellar video, straight to the point and very informative. Will reccomend it to anyone that needs help with this.

The lifechanger we didn't know existed. Just one right click and you can see gain in Db... For years I thought that 0 Db is around 50% in Windows, and 0% is something like -20 Db thus I never used it... Now it turns out that 0% is 0 Db with my mic. And now it doesn't clip. I went to hell and back only to find out that I couldn't fix this issue and the mic was cheap. Now the problem is solved after all these years. I can't believe it was this simple

@fakamaka80

3 ай бұрын

100%

I have been waiting for this video for 4 years. Thank you, Bandrew.

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome. Hope you enjoy it.

2:27 This is really comprehensive, didn't even know this was a thing dude, ty so much!

I wish this tutorial existed when I was first starting KZread (Not on this account) a year ago! Bandrew... Never leave us!

I'll never cease to be amazed by your instructional way of doing this. You are simply amazing.

You have been helping us with various problems for so many years and I would like to say thank you for that. Keep going while you still can and have fun with it. You are my number 1 source when it comes to audio and especially microphones. ❤👍😉

I've been using in every audio workflow I do as an editor ever since I saw your original video on the second channel. Absolutely brilliant solution that's so obvious it's almost painful I never thought to do it. The education you provide for free is astounding.

incredible video, simple and straight to the point

Even tho I have fiddled a lot with audio plugins, this video was rather insightful! Thanks once again Bandrew

I knew at first glance he knew what he was talking about (all them damn mics in the background) but I didn't think this video would completely solve my problem. I finally found a video with someone who's using the same mic as me so I can just COPY THE SETTINGS

This was so helpful and easy to follow! Thank you for the quality guide

To the point and VEY helpful! Thank you!

I dont know how i stumbled upon this after DAYS of searching. I was legit gon return my Razer Seiren Mini after being so disappointed. But then this literally saved it, I am a sports broadcaster/commentator and do high octane commentary so I am generally very loud. I thought the seiren mini could not handle it and was this close to emptying my wallet on a sennheiser or an audio technica but THIS ❤. Now it works like a charm. Bless you brother bless you

Some very good advice! 👍👍👍

Dude ty so much for this. I thought I was going insane, I invested in a Shure SM7B and for so long I could not figure out why it was sounding so bad whenever I streamed. It sounds so much better now.

I have always watched your and Curtis Judd's videos for guidance and information. BUT THIS VIDEO REALLY ANSWERED MY LONG STANDING QUERY - "What does Level =100% mean on Windows?". In the last years, I have spent endless hours searching for the 0.0dB level - but never found out. My assumption, all through, was that 100% = 0.0dB point - and, so, my settings have been off the mark - by a whopping, un-necessary, gain of +30dB. And, today I came to know that there indeed is an official 0.0dB, close to the 50%! My pre-amp is now set optimally - with a consequent reduction in noise too - thanks!

Thanks a million for the video, i definitely have benefitted from it. I surely have learnt from your videos.

Thanks. Really appreciate this!

I’ve been experimenting for years now, this absolutely sums up what I’ve been not only experiencing but what I’ve had to work around using a Behringer usb to a blue yeti to eventually buying an MV7+ thinking it would solve all my issues. The detail and explain actions given are phenomenal and pretty much gives me a better understanding on what the hell is going on. Like clipping before hitting red because the microphone isn’t staged properly. It seems like very few people ever suggest -12 to -20 peaks, I’m not sure if that’s common within music equipment or anything but it seems to be a solid technique. I know this upload is about a month old already but I hope you get to see this just to see I greatly appreciate this and you’ve taught me something I’ve been cracking at for years.

Huge thumbs up! Thank you!

I use a dynamic xlr mic with a usb cable. I needed this. Tysm

I sound like a pro now! Thank you!!!

this is perfect. i have the siren mic so this worked great

Dude thank you!!! I had no idea you could add digital gain with an OBS plug in, or add a limiter like that. For years I've been frustrated because my audio was too quiet, but if I turned it up I would get clipping. I just threw in the towel and was accepting some clipping. This seems to finally be my solution for louder audio with no clipping. Thank you, my youtube videos and streams should be much improved now.

@Podcastage

11 күн бұрын

So glad to hear the video helped. Happy streaming Alex.

woah, db in windows settings? i had no idea... time to set up everything again and get the most of my current mic! great vid!

I AM ALWAYS EXCITED

thank God I found this video, hopefully this will improve recording quality

this is great. thank you so much for sharing.

One word. LEGEND

This is great, I need to compare this to my current setting, I am hearing impaired, so it's challenging to know how my voice is when most people tell me, "it's fine." Not only am I using OBS Studio, but I'm using Elgato Wave Link. So there is another layer there.

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

If you’re using WaveLink you likely have CLIPGUARD, and that resolves the issue of distorting, so you should be fine as long as it’s engaged.

Very nice and helpful vid. Now I'd really appreciate a vid showing how to do live compressor/limiting on the computer, so you can sound well both in OBS and f.e. Discord.

Thank you so much!

So many people need to find this video

If you're using OBS to check your gain, make sure you check before downmixing to mono as you lose 6 dB in the downmixing process and you'll wind up setting your mic louder than you should.

So, I have been streaming on Twitch for about three years and I installed the reaper VST plugins and have a noise gate, compressor, EQ, spectral denoise from them as well as the gain and noise suppression filters native to OBS. The Reaper plugins are awesome. Highly recommend!

IF I GET EXCITED

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

I AM ALWAYS EXCITED AND YELLING!

huge shoutout to you. wow

Bandrew. Thank you for this straightrforward tutorial and the poor victims that I play video games with because I yell/scream at the slightest moment of pressure I'm in. They can now put my volume above 60% in Discord. I extrapolated this tutorial with Voicemeeter Banana.

This video is literally like a blessing, there are SO MANY people i'm linking this to.

Genius tyvm

Awesome guide! Do you think maybe a similar one for EqualizerAPO could be a consideration?

This is like watching an '80s instructional video

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

Darn it, I’ve missed a massive opportunity here. I should have added synth wave background music, recorded the entire thing to VHS and sold it for 3 easy payments of $19.99 on a late night infomercial.

4:46 This man singlehandedly making me sound so amazing :')

Great vid, just a suggestion so more streamers and podcast non-audio people see it, change the title to something like "The BEST OBS audio settings for Streaming" or "Do THIS to make your Streaming Audio better than 99.9%!" - idk, just something more generic and clickbaity since a lot of streamers probably dont actually know what "distorting" means

oh a even more in to detail video, what happend to the other one? this is my second comment on almoast the same video :D but still its really epic and nice to se a even third one realsed i think you should put up a long version with the old one in it and realest it on DVD :D

Gonna have to go through this video in a bit again. I have been video pofcasting with Rodecasters for years with OBS. Been super easy and great, last week the audio became super sensitive and the quality went down , I've reinstalled OBS and stuff and it's crazy sensitive now. Not sure what changed but argh.

this video came at the perfect time i kind of did something like this already with obs but i guess i didn't do it correctly. but yeah i want to do a joke in a video but it requires me to scream or at least get pretty loud and i was distorting in my video editing software but i thought if i did it in obs it would be good but it turns out i was still distorting so hopefully by following this i won't come across that problem anymore lol.

Danke!

We appreciate you buddy. Your expertise and ability to break this complex topic into understandable terms is so valuable to a lot of people. Keep it up!

Thanks for the video. It was really informative. I've tried adjusting the gain in Windows settings like you suggested and noticed the slider only goes between +16Db and +31Db. Do you know what would be the right setting there? Using a Blue Yeti like the one you used in the video. No other mics on my system are doing it, just the Yeti.

I didn't realise Windows set the 0dB point at 50%... EDIT: That has made a _huge_ difference to the background noise of my mic by turning up the AI's two gain dials (both don't have zero markers boo) and turning Windows down to 50% or 0dB... The more you know, thanks! EDIT2: 50% might be a coincidence on this mic, as 53% is -0.2dB and the closest I can get)

Thanks a lot, you're a genius! Could you do a follow up, if possible, for settings like these (USB, interface XLR, etc) that are "dynamic" or what to change to sound good all around. This is specifically for OBS and recording/streaming but what about getting into Discord for a call or using the mic inside a video game? Sounding distorted is a problem or too low/too high as well. And changing every single volume source is always so annoying haha.

@amsyarzero

3 ай бұрын

What I find is if your mic performs well in OBS and recording/streaming, then it sure will perform well in Discord and video games. The only difference is instead of doing it in OBS, you do it in an EQ app (e.g. Equalizer APO for Windows, Easy Effects for Linux, not sure what macOS uses).

sad thing is I have mine set up so I am howering about -20dB and I can still clip it easily. Might need to look at 32bit floating point interfaces or hardware limiter 😕

Thank you so muchh

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

Could you do a Noise Gate guide video for people who do not have good sound treated rooms? Thanks!

@nickglover

3 ай бұрын

Noise gates can't help you with that, they are for eliminating noise, not room reflections. Move the mic closer to your mouth, the closer it gets, the less room you'll hear.

@GamerJlee

3 ай бұрын

@@nickglover I mean, eliminating noise.

There are many guides like this, but I have only seen one before (that wasn't even a guide) that changes the Windows Sound Settings to dB instead of percentage... That trick alone makes this the absolute best guide to start with, that I have seen yet. If 0 dB is not 100%, everyone makes this mistake.

In discord the incoming audio from my guests was by default set to 200% volume which caused distortion. I recorded an entire podcast episode like this without being able to figure out where the distortion was coming from. It was very embarrassing. My guest was not impressed with me. 😂

thanks so much for all the help bandrew! Quick question since google is failing me :( I have an id4 interface and I've previously been using the mic 1 channel meter to gainstage per your last video. But once the 2 channel interface is mixed to mono in OBS the gain is not even close to -20 / -12db peaks. Do you recommend I continue to use the ID4 software to gainstage and massively gain in post, or should I use OBS as my meter like you did in this video? Thanks again!

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

I believe what you’re encountering is when downmixing your interface to mono, OBS attenuates the signal by 6dB. My understanding is that this is to account for Pan Law. You will likely need to add +6dB to compensate for this.

@SweetGeg

3 ай бұрын

@@Podcastage really appreciate your help, that makes sense and I'm glad I was playing it safe going by the id4 levels. I wonder if all the people we see thinking they need cloudlifters for dynamics is simply because many of them are streamers / youtubers mixing down to mono in their DAW - that would explain a lot haha. Either way, cheers again.

Any advice for when you have to have the mic off camera (Rode PodMic and 212 in my case)?

also backing a mic off of the source a bit can be useful

The digital limiter sounds alot like digital distortion. Its a little better. However, an anolog limiter sounds incredibly clean. I would love to save up for an anolog limiter, however, i dont need it. It's just a luxury. It's just a gear acquisition syndrome thing. Lol

@senpos

3 ай бұрын

Elgato Wave 3 has a feature "Clipguard", and as I was told, it is something they did on a hardware level, so it sounds good!

@Podcastage. Basic stuff that I already know quite well but I watch all uour videos because I often get something out of them. In this case I know nothing about OBS which looks like amazingly useful software as I now see. Why have you not done a video on OBS ?????

Basically, at every point of audio interconnect upstream, it should NEVER clip or be captured too quietly. That's also why noise floor and noise amplification per gain setting is really important.

Would theese compressor settings be optimal for the rodecaster duo?

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

These are just settings I like. If you’re happy with what you’re getting on the RCP2, no need to change it.

I just use safe mode on my 2i2🙏🏻✅️

what about getting pitch down in live ?

these OBS videos on KZread are great n stuff but it’s ultra frustrating when I’m trying to dial in OBS with a dual pc setup… I don’t know if I am to do this or that on the game or stream pc. I cast fullscreen to stream pc with Elgato HD60X. I assume videos like this are for single pc.

3:51 can i set up my gain inside EqualizerAPO instead of obs? since i am using compressor, limiter, eq all in equalizerAPO

@xphilipp7287

3 ай бұрын

Yes you can: that's my setup at work, so my voice is consistent across all communication apps (Teams, Zoom...). The only drawback is EqAPO does not display the visual feedback of filters/VSTs, so you have to tune your setup "by ear". This mean record yourself and listen back, or enable the monitoring ("listen to this device" option in windows). Tips: you can run an external VST host that displays the visual feedback to tune your filters and find the good spot. Do not forget to first disable EqAPO processing on your mic while doing this or you will process the audio twice :)

Strangely, with OBS on Linux, I have to set the limiter threshold to the level I want minus the amount of gain I've added. So if I want -1 dB, and I've added 10 dB of gain, I need to set the threshold to -11 dB. Probably a bug. Update: The problem was having the gain after the limiter.

if you’re doing a reverb-centric try on haul, please either stop it, or get some acoustic treatment!

Who else knows this is a reupload from this morning? 😆 I will still give it a like.

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

It’s the same topic and thumbnail, and the first 20 seconds are the same, but everything after that was re-recorded and expanded to make it a more complete video walking through gainstaging for different mics, and explaining why you can’t just set your level higher at the OS system and then limit in OBS/DAW. So it’s not an actual reupload.

@Nianiabe

3 ай бұрын

​@@Podcastage I'm currently watching it cause I'm setting mine up right now. I was pulling your leg a bit. I like what you're doing on your channel. 👋☺️

Issue is when using usb or headset mics you sound quieter everywhere else like discord or in game. Oh and I would set the limiter to -3

@Anco

3 ай бұрын

Still I would prefer a quieter voice over clipping. Also in discord voicechat you can adjust the volume of each person. So there it is not a problem IMHO. Voicechat in games is bit more a problem, but all just pushing an hitting 0db is not the solution for that. Maybe games should do a default compressor, or lower person if they clip

what do you think of voicemeter? i see a lot of streamers use it

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

I have only used voice meter once and Iw ain’t a fan of it. I just didn’t find it intuitive to get setup or use. Not my cuppa tea. But I have only used it once and that was YEARS ago.

@SatanN8n

Ай бұрын

@@Podcastage The new update allows more fine control of gain before fx and compressor/gate settings if you right click on the knobs. Super useful. What would you recommend minimum noise floor be?

What about the GoXLR? So far everyone told me to set the operating system level to the max to achieve best results and it seems to be good this way.

It may be my untrained ears, but I'm having a hard time noticing the effect of both the Limiter and the Compressor. Having either of them on or off sounds so similar that I can't notice the difference.

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

The compressor on this demo was mainly audible on the loud portion. If you don’t want to use the compressor and the limiter, use the limiter. The limiter will ensure you do not exceed 0dbfs, while the compressor will still allow you to get there and potentially clip.

@DenilsonSa

3 ай бұрын

@@Podcastage I understand making videos takes a lot of time (many many hours)… But an idea for a future iteration of this video is to also show a scope (i.e. the waveform) of the audio with and without the limiter, and with and without the compressor, to help seeing the differences, in case we can't hear them well. I even thought: Can't I hear the difference due to my (definitely not professional) headphones? Or is it due to the KZread compression? Or is it because I'm not trained to hear the differences? Still, I appreciate your videos and all the effort you've been doing.

Very helpful video. What about in-game voice chat? Or what if you're streaming and also talking to other people in Discord/in-game chat?

LoudMax

I hope this wasn't due to me. I was just being some nameless guy on YT throwing out his $0.02 Regardless, this is super thorough, and I'm sharing to several people I know. Two thumbs up!

Can you reviews sennheiser xs1 dynamic microphone

Hi. I followed step 1.2 for my Fifine T669 mic, however, even with the gain knob set to the max, I peak at around -50db in OBS and Audacity. There were a couple of instances where the input suddenly shot up to a more reasonable level to where I had the gain knob set to half and was peaking at around -15db, however this only happened in OBS and not Audacity. Do you have any advice for me? I'm going to try reinstalling windows to see if it fixes the issue. What a pain. lol. Anyway thanks.

@BandrewScott

3 ай бұрын

If you’re running into that issue then try increasing your level at windows higher. Perhaps there’s something funny with how the gain structure is implemented.

@TechnicalD499

3 ай бұрын

​@@BandrewScottseems like that's the only solution for me at the moment, because I ran into the same issue on a Windows vm, another machine, and a linux mint install. That said, I thought it was worth mentioning that yesterday, my friend bought a new usb mic similar to mine, and his max gain in windows is -2.0db.

@protowave

3 ай бұрын

@@TechnicalD499 Fifine is an incredibly cheap no-name brand that has tons of bad problems, i would invest in a new mic from an actually reputable manufacturer instead of investing your time pulling your hair out

Bro what do u think about Maono PDX400 PDX200 against shure sm7b? Is it good choice or not even a close with sm7b? I am kinnda unhappy thats shure costs 500 euro for sm7b ;( kinda sad moment, i wanted to buy it if it costs 300$ but in my country it costs 600$ ;((

Imagine him waiting all these years to make this 😂😂😂😂😂 not needed for me but i love the qaulity and how well it was made

What? KZread didn't remember my comment! 😢 Have a good... Good)) with good wishes, like always😊

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This is great! However wouldn't that make the mic a little too low while it's also used by another app, say discord?

Love this. But you lost me at 0db lol.

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

Sorry I lost ya.

@MeppyMan

3 ай бұрын

@@Podcastage haha. Nothing I couldn’t read up on. I probably learned about db and sound 30+years ago in physics at uni. Safe to say I’ve forgotten more than I leaned. 🤣

i have this proplem where the pc make all my mics sound like telephone include : fifine am8 hyperx quadcast blue yeti

I got a question, why does my microphone interface buzz when I add gain? (I have a teyun q12)

3:06 well I just got my moneys worth already.

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

Glad you got something out of it.

Dejavue

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

Yup. Got too many questions which meant I didn’t have a complete video before. Had to rerecord and add the additional information to make this video useful.

@willcarter7079

3 ай бұрын

@@Podcastage oh! I was thinking that this one seemed longer. Ill watch it again tomorrow. :)

Tip for setting audio interface input gain: cough in the general position you want to record audio and slowly turn the dial back until the coughs stop causing clipping, only after this should you worry about the rest of your audio chain. Another tip for OBS, to use the noise gate effectively you should start by dragging the "open threshold" level at the lowest possible value, manually increase it until you see the green bars of your mic in OBS disappear when it gets quiet, set the "close threshold" to this value, then make the open level around 10db higher than this, this is especially useful if you have an AC or a loud PC.

Can I get a love??? First here

@Podcastage

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I really appreciate you coming by,