How to Record Microphone and Desktop Sound Separately in OBS

This is a tip video on how to use and record with OBS by recording multiple audio tracks to separate or split your microphone audio from your desktop or game audio sounds.

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[ConCon]

ONLY HEARING ONE TRACK?

You have to take it into an advanced editing application to see all the tracks. If you are just playing the recording with a media player you can only listen to one track at a time, it's like how movies have different audio tracks for different languages. Edit it in your editing app the way you desire and then when you render the video all the sound will be on track 1 again for you to hear and upload or use the way you want.

[tjmitchell]

Multiple videos ruined because I recorded both audio tracks together & can't separate them... You're a legend, thank you for the in-depth tutorial.

[MegeGabe_Personal]

This video better explained it than some 200, 000 views videos were explaining it.
One of the keys of it being being better for me is how you actually showed it working by putting it into an editor

[vegrjds]

I was so confused about OBS that I didn’t know it could be used for anything else than streaming, making my life much easier with this tutorial!

[hyper_live]

I appreciate how straightforward this was. Clear an to the point

[widdershinnz]

This was the clearest video ever. Thanks for explaining! Lots of other OBS setup videos just skim over how the tracks work. I like that your showed the video file and how the tracks are separated when the settings are right. Thanks so much!

[postplays]

Thanks for this. I want to edit out any coughing or other accidental noises that happen while I'm recording and having the tracks seperate will make that easy without interrupting the gameplay.

[iBetUrWet]

Guys please keep in mind that windows media player doesn't play 2 different audio lines at the same time. However if you load it into your editing software you have the seperate lines, but mediaplayer does only play one audio line mic or desktop. So therefore a solution will be to add 3 lines, one combined one that can be deleted afterwards and is just to replay with mediaplayer. and two seperate ones!

[yevolution]

This is perfect because aside from you have absolute control of the volumes in the video editing.. we can also process our voices in audacity to make it sound better

[dowitchergaming]

Man you are a legend. Couple of days ago recorded a horror game halfway through, only to find out the audio was not great and game volume is too loud. This will be hugely helpful when recording next time. Thanks.

[Arutmisu]

Thank you so much for making this video, you have no idea how many videos I've thrown away or taken down because of this issue. So surprised that more people haven't seen this.

[Lil_Kloudyy]

Thank you, even two years later this tutorial is WAY better than other ones. Much love bro 🔥

[gccrazy]

Thank you so much, i was looking for hours and youre the only one that explained it easy and logical ❤

[SilverThePanFurry]

thank you ive been trying to figure this out for forever. recording on 1 track has been killing me so i either stayed muted, i cant be heard, or the game cant be heard. now this will save my life

[anotherjacob]

omg how did i not think of this for the longest time, so many videos could have been saved if i had just looked this up sooner, thanks for making this video! my future videos will have perfect audio!!

[Fly_silas]

Thank You, I am just starting to make Anime Content so when I couldn't separate the audio of the screen recording and me. I was super annoyed and it took me like an hour to find your video and actually fix the problem!!!

[orvonton]

THANK YOU I WAS LOOKING EVERYWHERE STARTING TO THINK I WOULD NEVER FIND A FIX!

[jamesnewo]

Thanks you! There are tons of other videos that over-complicate it and you were the only one that actually explained what I wanted! Lifesaver! Also, for anyone wondering, it works in Davinci Resolve.

[_The_Last_Ronin_]

Thank you so much! I could not figure out why my audio was not functioning properly.

[zeneomaple]

even two years later you are helping people, thank you!! you gained a sub :D