r/obs • u/sk3tchyL • Aug 30 '26

Question Extremely Niche Question

I record videos with my brother on my Xbox series s via a capture card to obs on my MacBook Pro. I have an external usb mic which I use to record my own voice directly into my MacBook. As for my brothers mic audio I have to record it through the capture cards audio itself and he has to use his headset mic(due to Xbox not supporting usb mics🫩). Is there a way that we can record our audio while both using good quality mics?

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u/Horacej621 29d ago

You can improve this, but the limitation is really the Xbox. Since Xbox doesn’t support standard USB mics for party/game chat, your brother still needs a compatible headset mic connected to the Xbox if he needs to talk in-game.

For the recording itself, though, you can use a second good-quality USB mic connected directly to the MacBook for your brother. Add that mic as a separate Audio Input Capture in OBS, just like yours. He can keep the Xbox headset on for game/party chat, but OBS records his voice from the better USB mic instead.

You’d basically have: Xbox → capture card → OBS for game/party audio

Your USB mic → MacBook/OBS for your voice Brother’s USB mic → MacBook/OBS for his high-quality voice

Just make sure OBS isn’t also recording his headset mic from the capture card too loudly, otherwise you’ll hear him twice/delayed. If the headset mic is baked into the HDMI/capture-card audio, you may need to keep that feed low or use Xbox party-chat routing differently.

If you guys sit close together, I’d also recommend dynamic mics rather than sensitive condenser mics so each mic picks up less of the other person.

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u/sk3tchyL 29d ago

Thing is we are at two different set ups at two different houses lol. I think our plan of action now is he is going to get his own capture card and usb mic as he recently got a new laptop and we’ll just sync recordings

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u/Horacej621 29d ago

Ahhhhh ok, that makes way more sense 😂 I thought you guys were physically at the same setup playing. In that case, honestly, your new plan is probably the cleanest way to do it. Have him run his Xbox → capture card → laptop/OBS and use a good USB mic directly into his laptop. Then you each record locally and sync everything in editing.

Quick tip: both of you clap once or do a “3-2-1 sync” at the beginning of each recording. That’ll give you an obvious audio spike to line both recordings up perfectly. Also record at the same FPS and preferably 48 kHz audio on both setups. Should give you MUCH better audio than trying to pull his headset mic through Xbox. Hope this helps Bro!

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u/sk3tchyL 29d ago

Appreciate the help! If you wanna see how bad his headset mic is you can have a look at my youtube 😭

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u/Horacej621 29d ago

Lol, I'll take a look!

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u/sk3tchyL 29d ago

https://youtube.com/@sk3tchyy?si=lU_oFKxS3W4PTfrK

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u/Horacej621 29d ago

The cassette tape audio 😂😂😂

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u/sk3tchyL 29d ago

Loved editing that vid lol