We’ve covered a few specific audio and video filters in their own dedicated episodes in
the course, but I wanted to devote a couple full videos to covering all of the audio and
video filters available.
Let’s start with audio filters.
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tutorial course.
I have many, many more videos on the software in the playlist linked in the description.
Check that before asking questions, and check the introduction video to learn how this course
works, if you get confused.
Alright, so to access audio filters, click the gear icon next to your audio source in
the Mixer and click “Filters.”
Under “Audio/Video Filters” click the plus.
Here you have a multitude of options to choose from and customize.
A “Compressor” can make your voice sound a little more punchy or uniform, and helps
prevent peaking and clipping from screaming, shouting, yelling, or other loud noises.
It can also raise the noise floor of ambient or background noise, however.
“Gain” does just that - adds gain to your microphone’s “volume” level.
Always try to raise levels via your hardware or Windows Recording Device options first,
but this is an option.
Next, you have “Noise Gate” and “Noise Suppression”.
Both of these work to help reduce background noise, but in different ways.
Both can also make your audio sound pretty bad if not set up right.
Always treat your recording environment before trying software options.
The “Noise Gate” just cuts off the mic below certain thresholds - but can make obnoxious
pops to the listener.
The “Noise Suppression” filter just tries to filter out quieter noises, but can make
your voice sound…
funky.
You also have “Video Delay (Async).”
This lets you add a delay, measured in milliseconds, to your video source to better align it with
your audio inputs.
This is useful if you have an out-of-sync USB device.
Lastly you have VST plugins.
We covered these and showed a free option in episode 127.
VST plugins are third-party plugins that can be used for even crazier, or just higher quality,
audio processing.
The OBS team is always working to add new features and filters to the software, so there
may be more in the future, but this is the gist of what’s currently available.
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