Don’t you hate it when you’re streaming and you’ve got your music going and then an alert plays and suddenly your stream sounds like a chaotic mess? So maybe you reach for the mute button on your desktop audio and right at that moment an opponent appears and it’s too late.
Can’t OBS handle the audio itself?
Well, yes, in this tutorial we’re going to learn how to do it. We’ll have a StreamElements Alert temporarily lower the desktop audio which is a process called ducking.
For the really quick version:
- Make sure OBS.Live is installed. If you can see “StreamElements” in the menu on the top, then you’ve got it.
- Make sure the StreamElements Source is in your scene.
- Within properties on that StreamElements Source, make sure that “Control audio via OBS” is checked.
- In the Audio Mixer, you should now see your StreamElements Source appear.
- Now go to “Filters” on your Desktop Audio (or whatever audio you want to duck).
- Add a Compressor Filter and give it a good name.
- Settings I like – Ratio: 2.50:1, Threshold: -50dB, Attack: 1ms, Release: 1000ms, Output Gain: 0dB, Sidechain/Ducking Source: <your StreamElements source>
- Then give it a quick test, maybe mess with Ratio a bit to get the ducked audio just right for your stream and you’re done.
This was my first video tutorial in the tech area. Please let me know how I could improve it.