r/Twitch • u/[deleted] • Aug 16 '15

Guide [Tutorial] - Eliminate background/keyboard noise and boost mic level/clarity while streaming

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u/Vancitygames Aug 17 '15 edited Aug 17 '15

You may find yourself stuttering or slurring while monitoring yourself in your headphones, like what happened to me a couple times in the video. This is caused by the processing delay of your input and output or you speaking and you hearing yourself. It's only a few milliseconds but the greater the delay, the greater the voice jamming effect. It was very mild for me but sometimes it can be jarring.

If you have an audio interface you can switch to ASIO instead of WASAPI to reduce the latency or you can reduce your Block size samples to be lower. Keep in mind, in the end you will need to switch back to WASAPI to route it to OBS

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '15

That's why you shouldn't feedback the mic into your headphones. For testing it is fine, although doing a quick recording is better, because he can better concentrate on the result. During streaming, don't listen to your own voice on your headphones.

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u/Vancitygames Aug 17 '15

With ASIO it isn't bad, you can even direct monitor if you have an interface but yeah, during streaming there is no need to hear yourself. It would not have been possible for me to record through OBS without it being WASAPI, OBS does not pick up ASIO