Hi! I had the issue of audio crackling because I didn't have a separate audio element for the Elgato Wave 3 from the Wave Link (Stream) one on OBS. Your video helped so much. Thanks!
Man this video has saved me. I couldn’t find anywhere explaining the way you have for slobs. That separating the mc from everything else in slobs in genius so thank you
Thank you soo much, dude you dont know how much I appreciate you making this video. I had a cheap crappy Mic to get me started streaming, it produced a bad echo which for some reason got worse during a live stream, so bad viewers started to say so. So i finished my stream and ordered a new mic... Elgato wave 1. I told my viewers I would not be streaming for 2 days until new mic arrived. Setup was easy...followed video instructions to a tee...booom same problems you have just addressed, I tried everything, searched for answers, looked on Elgato for a fix...Nothing. was ready to pull my hair out...just today! Now i can go home and fix this before my morning stream...Thank you again...You rock 👊🔥💯
Wow! I have been trying to solve these Wave 3/HD60X audio issues for days, especially the audio syncing with OBS on my dual PC set-up. I have watched 30-40 videos with no luck. The Wave Link System thing fixed everything! Yr a genius!
Bro thank you for the video! I was dealing with having everything from wavelink on one audio channel in OBS and it sounded terrible. Now I can have my mic on one channel with my filters and everything else on another. Thank you again. LIFERSAVER
I get the no background noise while streaming/recording but what ab when ur just playing off stream not recording. You can still hear all the background noise Bc it’s not going through obs or anything just the game audio
When your playing off stream, you can set up "threshold" to cut out background noise in both discord, and call of duty. im not so sure about other games because i almost always use discord when playing for my team chat.
Definitely appreciate your help. When I start getting loud on stream my mic starts going in & out it never did that in the past. Ever since I switch to Streamlabs it has been doing that so this video helped 🤙
My stream audio is jacked. Half way through the stream the audio gets choppy and robot like. Not a huge fan of this mic. It’s been a nightmare to get working! Any tips
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Yooo thank you this was super helpful. It makes so much sense that the system profile is for that, kind of makes the game channel redundant, but if it works and makes things easy then whatever.
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I can’t hear anything. I’m not sure what’s happening but even when I try listening to my voice through wave link nothing no sound but it says it’s working
You sir are a legend, been trying to add noise gates/filters for so long and was getting really annoyed with the whole (All in one feature) life saver!
I am so glad I found your video, I have had echo (no problem with the audio) but couldn't find the source doubling. Turns out I had the settings incorrect. Thanks for helping me to correct this!
Some super useful stuff here deffo helped me. Wondering if you've had issues with your stream alerts? I keep getting a deafening stream alert through my headset and my stream can't hear it but when I go on browser source and click test it says it's playing sound. I can't seem to find ANYTHING that helps.
@@mccaurthor so turns out I’m a moron. My computer audio was set to headphones. Which meant when my browser (stream labs alerts sounds played) it played at the reduced volume like I wanted it too but also the Streamlabs OBS app played it at default (max volume) to my headset. Changed my pc audio to wave 3 headset so nowhere essentially and it was instantly fixed
I thank you very much. The video is great.. I got rid of the keyboard sound but when I speak the keyboard sound appears again and I am playing.. What do you advise me to completely remove the keyboard sound even when I am talking.. I apologize my English is not good please help
how did you get your party chat with your headset and the wave link 3? If you are using an elgato if not then your probably screen recording is my guess?
Oh my god dude! You helped me fix my game audio issue! Some games that I have on stream would never produce game audio but after I get my sound output to system it solved it! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for the help. The feedback loop was driving me insane I didn't know how to separate my audio from the game audio. Another thing to look out for if you are still hearing yourself is this: Control Panel > Hardware and sound > Sound > Recording > El Gato Mic > Listen. Check off the "Listen to this device" setting and you shouldn't hear yourself anymore.
Had mine for about 5 days and im seriously not liking it. Do you find every time you reset your pc the settings get reset and you have to do everything all over again?
No I don’t have that problem. I even unplug mine sometimes, when my wife streams and I’m just playing with her. And I plug it in and have no problems. I’m sorry you’re having issues my dude.
I have noticed with mine, that the button/dial on the mic when it is set to PC/Mic mix will basically cause no sounds to play when I come back to the system after it has hibernated. The solution is terribly simple, after I spent half an hour tinkering and fighting with it; just turn the dial back and forth. The sound came back, I adjusted the level and boom, off and running.
I just can't download wave link it keeps saying "do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device" It says driver something and then I click Yes but then it says " Failed. Please reboot the installation." Please help I always wanted a microphone but I can't even use it. Somebody please help :(
Cool tutorial man. My issue is that the audio from my headset like gunshots or game chat keeps leaking from my astro a50 headset and into my wave 3 mic. Do you think these noise filters on OBS will fix that?
GhOsTs GeNeRaL if it sounds better at 40% than you’re good. Everybody’s set up is different, I keep my mic pretty close to my face so that’s why I have mine set lower. But if 40% works for you, you’re good!! Thanks for the question!
GhOsTs GeNeRaL have it set to whatever sounds good! Don’t over think it. You can use the program audacity to do some test recordings and play with different gain levels.
@@mccaurthor ah ok thank you very much I've been overthinking it alot I told my friend which one did he like more 30% or 40% gain he said the 40% sounds louder and a bit more clearer he liked it a bit more. I wanted to try 35% but I think I'll be overthinking which one would be better 35 or 40 lol so I'll just leave it at 40% thank you very much for the help
Anyone else purchase one of these recently? I loved it at first, but now I absolutely hate it. There is a bad audio delay in recording, streaming. The only zero latency is when you monitor via the mic's headphone jack, but when you stream and record there's a near 1 second delay. It sucks.
Cool video man, thanks! It really helped me. Only issue I'm having now is that I can't use "Mic in" as input device in Ms Teams. If I do that, no one hears me talking... I have to set the wave link stream as the input device so I can make it work, which will mean music will leak over the line... Did you encounter such an issue?
@@mccaurthor I just found the solution, it seems like the new option in wave link "wave gain lock" actually put the microphone in exclusive mode in Windows 10 sound settings, which prevented other software from properly grabbing it's input. The problem was that the "Mic In" in OBS would always be silent, and we could only hear the mic through the Wave Link Stream Mix.
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My problem is that if I set the output to the wavelink I can hear anything anymore, and if i set it to my headset the spund is back. Also although wave link says that the mic is recording my voice, no one can hear me... help
Let get this figured out. So your output is set to wave link in what program? Windows or SLOBS? Also is the correct headset selected in wavelink? That has happened to me where I can’t hear anything and it’s because my Corsair voids weren’t selected in wave link. And last your stream can’t hear you? Did you add the mic the way I explained it in the video?
@@mccaurthor woah that was a quick response! They now able to hear me, I just used the search for problems setting in the windows settings and they suddenly heard me. As far as I understand windows just changed the audio settings from 96000 hz to 48000. When I tried to put it back to 96000hz they couldnt hear me anymore, why is that? I don't quite understand the whole hz thing....
@@mccaurthor concering me not being able to hear anything: I still didn't find a solution. The output is set on windows and I seleceted my headset on wavelink. But it's wireless, is that a problem?
@@williamdripspeare741 so the reason they can now hear you is that your audio gets compressed to 4800 through twitch. No the wireless headset is not a problem. I use one. Make sure your audio is routed correctly in wavelink. So for example if your Firefox is trying to push audio through like your onboard sound card it won’t come through. Open wave link and make sure the audio bars are moving while the sound is playing if they aren’t it means that source is not added correctly. If they are moving but you still can’t hear it try restarting your headset and pc.
So I’m having the issue you stated. My SLOBS mixer shows audio is working. Mic is working great but on my streams no desktop audio. I just tried your fix and nothing changed. I’ve been messing with it for five hours and have no idea. Please help
When i was searching for videos to help get the noise background out and stuff like this i wouldn't have thought that literally this video would help. i been looking all day long how to fix it and you helped me when literally no one else could have. so i usually dont give likes or anything so this is a treat from me
MC, I'm planning to get the new corsair hs80, how do I add the headphone as the sound output since its wireless? Is it gonna detect the wireless dongle? Or is there other things I need to be aware of? Currently im using a headphone that connected direct to the mic 3.5mm
Don't know if this has been asked already but it looks like you're using a wireless headset with your wave 3 if you are did you or are you experiencing any sort of audio lag? I heard in a couple reviews that when using a wireless headset that cant plug into the 3.5mm headphone jack that you will experience a lag and just wanted to know how bad it is thanks in advanced if you reply ! Great video ! I subscribed!
First of all thank you for subscribing! You are my 100th sub and my personal goal was 100 by New Years. So you’re awesome. Second no I have not experienced an lag at all. I’m using a Corsair void pro.
@@mccaurthor Yes, Actually Still on Void PRO. The audio bars are moving but i have no sound. The only way that it worked was using my Beats Studio connecting by the P2 port direct on Elgato Wave.
@@AlexandreBorgesNoRec if your output is set to the void pros and you’re seeing the audio bars. Try restarting your pc. That has worked for me when it happened once.
Just got this microphone and my friends are telling me that it sounds awful on discord, and that my headset microphone was way better. Any fix for this?
That seems to be a common issue. I think it’s because they have a mixer of their own. And I don’t think they will work with wave link. I’m really debating buying a pair to try to figure it out for you guys!
@@mccaurthor so your video shows how to set it up for stream. Say for instance game chat itself on COD. My fan is blowing in my mic in my game chat but not on my stream.
@@necco.1 so in COD you have the same option to adjust your threshold. I’d turn that up a little and it will stop hot micing. I believe I have mine set to around 3
Hey great vid man.. :) Do u see any chance of elgatp releasinv an update for this mic with an eq? Whre u can control the bass of ur voice for example?? Its so amnoying that u cant set up ur voice that goes trough the mic.....
i have a issue if anything is set to Elgeto what ever like Discord is set to Wave link Voice Chat when i open it after PC booting wave link will turn my WINDOWS AUDIO DRIVERS off i dont get why Also does it to every game that is set to Wave link Game
Great video. Do you know if there is a way to link the wave 3 with wave link to include in game chat with an Xbox series x? Or maybe any other viewer that watches this has figured it out. I’m thinking it may work with the Xbox companion app on my pc. But maybe that’s just party chat and not in game chat. Anyway, if you have an idea or can help, that would be great. I use the Astro A40 mixamp TR gen 4. Right now I chat through headset mic but the wave 3 would sound much better.
@@mccaurthor I was able to get that worked out but now I don't have any "in game" chat audio. Meaning I cannot hear death chat or communicate with people in game without being in a private party (discord, xbox compannion...etc)
Hello, I have a Wave 3 coming today and I play on the A50 mic. If I use the Elgato Wave exclusively as my mic and my a50 for game audio there will be no issue correct? (A50 are wireless with a base station)
I have a friend who recently got this mic and we talk almost every day and I find it way to sensitive as I can hear pretty much everything in her home which is really annoying. Things like her kid crying in the living room which is quite a distance away but yet it feels like I'm in the same room as her. We've tried adjusting different settings but it reaches a point where I cannot hear her because she's too quiet. Using something like a noise gate doesn't really work as even if we get it to the right setting where it only activates when she talks we can still hear the background noise while she's talking. Are we doing something wrong or missing something? Is there no way of doing the noise supression outside of OBS as we talk through discord?
Great video, I just bought one, also, I stream with my wife in the same room as well, so when I saw that you do too, I went to check out your stream, you guys have no echo, how were you able to accomplish this? On my stream, we are dealing with echos. Thanks!
Well first of all thank you for checking out my stream and the positive words about the video! It took some time fine tuning the filters and sounding like dummys making a bunch of noise to find out at what level our mics pick each other up.
I'm curious about the second mic setting in OBS you created. If you create another Scene for your stream and need to add audio to that Scene... Under Sources are you going to add Wave Link Stream or the Mic In you just created?
It depends on what you are using the scene for. I’d just add the 2 audio sources in the audio section not individual scenes that way you don’t ever have to mess with them when adding or deleting scenes.
After switching to Wave Link software, now I'm facing audio delay, why is that? when I shoot in r6 siege, I hear the bullet after like half a second. My headset is: SteelSeries Arctis 7 Wireless. thanks.
im still having issues my mic is picking everything up like the typing breathing and going straight to my headphones had the mic for awhile and it just started doing it
make sure that in WZ audio options your recording device is set to you default recording device. there is also a known glitch in WZ right now with in game chat. had the same thing happen with a buddy the other night who was playing on Xbox. mid game just stopped being able to hear each other. it may not be you at all, it very well may be the game.
@@garza2o551 you bet man. i hope that helped. 99% of the audio problems i have had with in game chat are because the wrong device was selected in the game. the other 1% is bbecause of WZ being glitchy. i highly recomend using discord when possible.
For some reason every time I turn my computer off and back on it does not recognize the wave 3. I always have to unplug and plug back in the mic for it to work. Anyone know how to fix this?
@@mccaurthor Thanks for the Video Mate. Just one question, does the workaround for using MIC track and Filters work on a dual PC set up? Will OBS pick up a seperate feed for the MIC, and allow filters, if it is plugged into the Gaming PC? Reason I ask is I want to Stream DayZ and MIC input is needed to communicate with other players IN game. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Isaiah Black I’m sorry I’m not sure my friend. I run a single PC set up. I would assume the only way that would work was if you were using a team chat software like discord on your streaming PC.
I can hear audio from my game and my mic is accepting audio input in the Wave Link software. But for some reason, Discord and COD MW both aren't accepting any audio input. Any suggestions? I added the Wave Link Game and Voice Chat inputs in the software.
Make sure that you have both set to "default device" for the recording equipment in both cod and discord. and also make sure they are routed properly in WaveLink
Darth Vader you bet dude! If that doesn’t work jump into my discord there are a bunch of people and myself that can help you out! The link is pinned to the top of the comments.
Mann I'm struggling! Mine was running perfectly until just now.. No sound is coming to my headphones, its picking up sound like I can see the green bars moving up and down but no sound to my headphones.. I tested everything, changed everything re installed it and still nothing... I am usually pretty good with this things but I'm dead in the water with this problem man.. Any help will be much appreciated
So when that happens to me it sounds weird but just selecting a different pair of headphones in wave link and then re-selecting your actual headset seems to fix it. If not, jump into the discord I have linked and I’m sure someone can help you out my dude.
I adjusted my settings the same as you have routing all the sounds through the wave link system, but now I can’t hear anything from my browser in my headset.
Kilian Wilson did you add your browser as a source in wavelink? If I remember correctly my browser was also giving me trouble try routing it through one of the “Aux” options in wavelink. Let me know if this helps!
Thanks for the video! I had this working for a few months, same style set up with Wave 3 and SLOBS. Just 2 days ago, it stopped working. Namely, I'm not getting audio from SLOBS. I record console gaming, and it was working forever. Any thoughts?
I desperately need help. I got the Wave 3. Prior to plugging it into my computer, my headset was working properly. Then plugging in the Wave 3, I lost all audio except if I plugged it in to the Wave 3. Then when I removed the Wave 3, my headset still didn’t work. How do I fix this? Also how can I separate the two so I can have my headset plugged into my computer rather than the Wave 3?
@@mccaurthor it’s a black shark V2. I also figured it out after doing some troubleshooting. So when I plugged in my mic, it changed the output to the mic. I had to set my headset as my default output and then run the system troubleshoot for audio. i went to settings -> update and security -> troubleshoot -> additional troubleshooters -> playing audio -> run the trouble shooter -> select the desired output (my headset in this case) -> open it up, click ok, and it'll auto restart
This just help me fix the issues of having double audio through my mic. If I had my wavelink mic mixers on and running it through obs separately you get double audio and its annoying. Thank you for telling me to just mute the wavelink mic plug in. They need to update that so we can set out mic apart from the rest of the software
@@desmond1439 Because it is a USB Mic. with no built in filters. so it is very sensitive. That's why I came up with the work around for the filters in OBS/SLOBS. You should be able to apply the same train work around to any other program. but unfortunately just plugging it in out of the box it is VERY sensitive.
Ok this was the best review help ive ever found could u help with streaming from streamlabs with a elgato hd60s and having team chat and audio able to play if i plug my headphones into my game controller
Oh man, I’m not sure. There are a few issues. First of all, you’d have to make sure wave link works on Mac. Second you need to find a way to isolate your party chat from your ps4 to your computer. I want to say no it wouldn’t work but I could be wrong.
@@mccaurthor thank you. I was thinking if it could capture the remote play audio i can capture my audio and party chat audio on one channel. Macs are easy for podcasting but a huge pain for streaming.
