This allows for individual audio control, such as listening to game audio while the sound is muted for the stream.īy default, OBS Studio will output the monitor audio to the default playback device.

Monitor and Output - This mode will output the sound of the source to the stream and Desktop audio separately.

Desktop audio will need to be enabled for the sound to be captured.

Monitor Only (Mute output) – This mode will output the sound of the source to the Desktop only.

To enable audio monitoring in OBS Studio:ģ) In the Audio Monitoring category, select the Preferred Output Mode: Just understand that until you stop using your default audio device that you listen to audio with on your computer as your desktop mix in obs, you can’t separate anything, and also understand that once you remove desktop mix, ANY audio that you need people to be hearing happening on your computer needs to be fed to obs via virtual audio cables or application audio capture, and if you need to hear it too, enable monitoring for that source in advanced audio properties (monitor only means that only you hear it, output only means that you don’t hear it but your stream/recording does).To check sound levels, or listen to gameplay sound, OBS Studio can output OBS Link sound to the Mac's audio output, such as speakers or connected headphones. It’s so much better than it once was but it’s still a pretty major thing to conceptually grasp. You need to not use a desktop audio mix though and have your headphones as a monitoring device and just assign the audio sources to tracks and then set the numbered tracks for streaming and recording however you see fit.Īudio is always a hurdle for new creators. Either the virtual audio cable route or getting comfortable with capturing and monitoring audio in obs via the application audio capture source.

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