I’ll make a note to do that but glad you got it sorted. I am not sure why you are getting a significant delay but the last time I tried Reaper-OBS-Zoom I ended up with really bad audio/video sync on the Zoom recording. So much so, at the last OM I dialled the audio direct to Zoom and did not use Reaper at all. Just took the video from OBS. I’ll review the process this week, while I work out my options for OM8. The Reastream method still works but the Rearoute is easier but could have caused the sync issues. If I get a chance I’ll try and get an update/amendment posted by the weekend.
If I get a chance I will try to capture the moment when video is finidng it’s audio so to speak. Since you mentioned that audio is delayed to video feed I think I will do a test and connect with my brother over Zoom to see if he is seeing and hearing everything okay. Thanks for the tip
Hi all. I was really impressed by people’s ability to route guitar, mic and effects into Zoom at the OM last night so I have spent a few hours today trying to do it. Unfortunately, no success yet. I’ve read through the above thread (though I certainly haven’t absorbed it all) and followed some Youtube / forum guides. So far, no success and I was hoping somebody could help/point me in the right direction?
I am using (i) guitar and mic into Scarlett 2i2 (i.e. guitar input 1; mic input 2); (ii) connected via USB hub to MacBook M1; (iii) using GarageBand as my DAW of choice (I’d much prefer to stay with GB if possible but if I have to jump to Reaper I could); and (iv) various plug-ins in GB (e.g. NeuralDSP’s Plini Archetype for guitar).
I have downloaded OBS and that is picking up signal from the Scarlett. My issue is that I can’t seem to (i) get the effects from GarageBand (i.e. OBS seems to be using direct signal); and (ii) I can’t seem to separate the guitar input and the mic input.
I saw a Youtube tutorial (based on Logic Pro: HOW TO: Setup OBS on Mac to Capture Voice, Guitar, DAW, Camera & Screen - YouTube ) that suggests using Blackhole as a virtual audio driver. I have downloaded that and followed instructions as best I could but still no joy. Either the tutorial (or me) is missing a few steps I think.
It may that this isn’t possible with GarageBand because it doesn’t (I think) have the master track that Toby mentions in Reaper?
If anyone could provide some support I’d be really grateful but no problem if not - I know it’s kind of a big ask.
Not being a Mac or GB user I can’t give specific suggestions, although I suspect someone will.
If OBS is getting audio from the Scarlett that suggests a routing issue somewhere. The 2i2 needs to be set up in GB as you would do for normal recording. The GB audio then needs to be passed to OBS. In my post Feb 16 I showed how to use ReaRoute as it is a lot simpler and as I understood it can be used on any DAW - I would hope that includes GB as well but can’t confirm. So if you haven’t already watched it, check out the post “Is there a better way”. I’ll have a dig around and see if I can tie up GB and ReaRoute and let you know.
Not had time to watch this but the write up suggests it may be what you require. Most of the guides written here had Windows in mind but hopefully this will help,
I run Scarlett Interface into a Mac into Logic Pro (so should be same for GarageBand) and then on via Blackhole to either QuickTime (with iPhone tethered) for video recording or zoom for the call. I didn’t use yesterday and I’m not sure how much latency it adds to the overall setup as I had issues previously but I think that was my zoom settings not this audio routing.
I also have it working so you can pick up Mac audio (eg backing track outside GarageBand) and send to your recorded / streamed audio.
Am happy to go through setup if want to or help troubleshoot as it was a pain to do and took me a few goes.
There is another loopback software for windows and Mac (vb-cable) that looks easier to use but I didn’t try as I had this working by the time I heard of it. A lot of guides refer to older software that hasn’t worked for last few Mac OS updates or to paid for software that I couldn’t quite justify spending on.
The video I posted is using Loopback. Just watched it and it seem very similar to ReaStream and ReaRoute on Windows. Looks pretty straight forward so an option for Martin if he want to take that route. Not the greatest of Tuts but has enough to be able to set things up.
Yep - I think the free version of that has a 20min timeout and paid version I think is ~$119… (Rogue Amoeba | Downloading and trying our software) But I would love to be wrong on that as it looks to take a lot of hassle out…
Thanks so much Al - this really is such a great community!
Similar to you I’m trying to avoid paid software or new gear if I can but having listened back to the audio quality of my little desktop work speaker (perfect for conference calls but evidently not music) I’d like to sort something better out before the next OM.
Great to see that you’ve solved this with a similar set up to mine. I will explore when I have a little time (might be a week or two between work and travel) and drop you a line if I run into problems.
If you mean JackOSX (I’m assuming an autocorrect here), ignore the version number. That’s typical of Open Source projects and doesn’t necessarily reflect on the quality or stability of it.
There’s also Downloads | JACK Audio Connection Kit which mentions Mac, but I’ve never used any of it because I don’t have a Mac. I know that people have successfully used Jackd on OSX.
The main thing is, it will probably work for you. If you aren’t prepared to try it because of some perception issue, there’s commercial options.
Any Cubase users around here? I have set up everything about 25 times already and I still don’t get the signal between Cubase and OBS. Everything else is up and running. Still have few hours to figure it out lol.
Lesson learnt…read everything twice. I kept adding Audio Output Capture, instead of Audio Input Capture. Oh well…very educational few hours wasted that could be used for practice .
