TOTAL Control of your Audio in OBS | Virtual Audio Cables [2022]

If you want full control of your audio in OBS, you need to learn how to use Virtual Audio Cables. It's easy to set up and use, so you can control your audio in OBS Studio.

Make sure to watch the video all the way, or you'll miss some important info. Then you'll be like "why can't I hear the sound now that it's going to the Virtual Audio Cable?"

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[Elendrial]

If anyone's having issues with this now: This is kinda out of date! Not in that it's wrong/broken, it still contains useful information, but in that OBS can now do a lot of this for you if you add "Application Audio Capture"s to your sources.
However, virtual cables are notably still very useful when you want to have stream only audio, that you don't have to hear yourself.

[illbean]

As someone who is brand new to this type of things, this was immensly helpful and solved all my issues with the sound and recording. Now i can finally listen to music while recording.

[coachjamin]

This was the most well explained video on this sound setup that I've seen yet. You're awesome man!!

[GLENNpm]

So, basically, we don't need Voicemeeter anymore? I can't believe how much simpler this is now. Thank you so much!

[ghostacc]

Lifesaver!!! You ROCK!!! Spent 5 hours trying to solve this problem!!!

[lamlo]

In professional recording studios, outputs are generally placed on top and inputs are placed on the bottom of a patchbay, which is essentially a hub connecting all the studio's hardware. This is done because having an output placed directly on top of an input allows the patchbay to automatically route that output (of that piece of hardware) into the input (of another piece of hardware) without the use of using a physical cable. But you are right, in this case where they show the outputs and inputs of the same source, it makes no sense to have the output on top and input on the bottom lol

[TheApplianceGuy]

I have looked at many No Success😡... Came across you video and it has saved the day!!! You are awesome!! 🤩 Thank you so much!

[kenneyaf]

I tried. I got well into the weeds after watching this. Admit this covers the basics but falls apart for me the moment I have to bring in PC game audio on a 1-PC setup. Would be more useful if targeted specific Twitch/YT Gaming use cases and illustrated the entire audio configuration in OBS. 1. Game streams. 2. Avoid music in the broadcast. 3. Playing music in the broadcast, but leaving it out of the VOD track. Ultimately I went back to sending Spotify to a display audio output and running a TRS cable from the display into the AUX port of an Astro Mixamp. Far more simple configuration for what I do.

[Sweeneytv]

thank you bro. this was so simple. other people are not as direct. Much love.

[silversugar]

Is it possible to get an updated tutorial for this on Mac specifically. I am struggling to follow along due to the differences. I managed to get things installed but as for adding it in and tying it to the game I'm trying to split I am super stuck. Thanks~!

[Darkqualza]

Your a lifesaver dude! Now I won't have to deal with Twitch thinking I am listening to a DMCA song (when in fact I was listening to something royalty free on pretzelrocks) and muting my VOD audio!

[ejoaquinhuertas]

This by far was the best explanation and a game-changer for improving our Zoom meetings without having to monitor as an attendee in the very Zoom meeting. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[englishwhynot]

At last a clearly explained tutorial on how to set up virtual cables... Good job...

[uselessbutunited]

Bro, you're a legend and I love you for it. Sick guy!

I believe you have hit right on the spot the problems I'm having. I'll check first but I'm quite confident you've solved the problems.

[chrismurdock]

Thank you so much. I have gotten this half set up 3 times so far with other partial explanations but this was the most straightforward by far.

[SirTriGar]

This was the best video on these cables i had seen good job brotha

[sickchain]

This works like a charm but is there a way to avoid having to change the monitoring on windows (Listen Device) to either the Headphones or Speakers all the time? It's a drag.

[Protolindt]

Finally a tutorial that fixes the audio playback. Thx man

[iiOrenda]

when you just jump right in and download along with him and suddenly everything goes quiet but the video is still playing LOL