discord echo using blackhole + DAW to record system audio [macos catalina]

[xitanyav]

hi all.

I'm trying to use blackhole to stream audio from a game to discord along with microphone input via the multi-output device + DAW method. However, when I did this I essentially vocoded myself to the game—the people in the stream could only hear the game audio when they heard microphone input [so, only when i talked], and they could also hear an echo of their own voices as well. I don't remember how I achieved this exactly but what should I do instead to prevent that issue from happening?

[devinroth]

Sounds like noise cancellation in discord is the issue. And be sure to wear headphones. Devin

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On Aug 31, 2024 at 2:04 PM -0700, xitanyav ***@***.***>, wrote: hi all. I'm trying to use blackhole to stream audio from a game to discord along with microphone input via the multi-output device + DAW method. However, when I did this I essentially vocoded myself to the game—the people in the stream could only hear the game audio when they heard microphone input [so, only when i talked], and they could also hear an echo of their own voices as well. I don't remember how I achieved this exactly but what should I do instead to prevent that issue from happening? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[xitanyav]

yep, noise cancellation is definitely the issue, i was just wondering if there was a workaround that wasn't just turning it off.

and the echo's from internally recorded audio. since the application picks up all desktop audio and not just from a specific application, the voices in stream are being picked up by blackhole along with the game audio and everything else, hence the echo.

[devinroth]

You should be using headphones when recording. Devin

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On Sep 4, 2024 at 2:44 PM -0700, xitanyav ***@***.***>, wrote: yep, noise cancellation is definitely the issue, i was just wondering if there was a workaround that wasn't just turning it off. and the echo's from internally recorded audio. since the application picks up all desktop audio and not just from a specific application, the voices in stream are being picked up by blackhole along with the game audio and everything else, hence the echo. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[xitanyav]

i am! should it not be doing this when i'm wearing headphones?

[devinroth]

There should not be any echo when using headphones. You must have audio from the same source coming in multiple times. Test recording with Audacity. Devin

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On Sep 4, 2024 at 2:52 PM -0700, xitanyav ***@***.***>, wrote: i am! should it not be doing this when i'm wearing headphones? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[xitanyav]

I'm on MacOS catalina, is audacity still having issues with catalina?

[devinroth]

I don’t think so. Devin

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On Sep 4, 2024 at 3:52 PM -0700, xitanyav ***@***.***>, wrote: I'm on MacOS catalina, is audacity still having issues with catalina? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>