#Using h4n mac audio input trial
#Using h4n mac audio input Pc

It shouldnвЂ™t be, because IвЂ™m told that plugging into the line-in on the Zoom bypasses the preamps on the Zoom completely. But I am wondering whether the -25db cable sample will be noisier because of need to crank up recording level on Zoom H4N. Hypothesis: It shouldnвЂ™t really make any difference whether you use a -10db pad or a -25db cable вЂ“ you just have to raise the recording level a bit when using the -25 cable.

For this test, I read the first paragraph of a Paul Bowles short story, so itвЂ™s your basic male dialog.Д®quipment: AT875R mic on stand, 10вЂі away from my mouth Sound Devices MixPre Zoom H4N (with latest firmware update). It was a windy day today, though, so you can occasionally hear neighborвЂ™s wind chimes in the background. The recording environment: my finished basement, which is very quiet and covered in carpet. NOTE: ItвЂ™s necessary to use attenuation of some kind between the Tape Out on the MixPre and the Zoom H4NвЂ™s line-in, because the signal the MixPre sends to the Zoom is too hot otherwise, and will cause the Zoom to clip before the MixPreвЂ™s limiterвЂ™s kick in. mic -> H4N sans mixer (recording level set to 82) mic -> MixPre -> H4N line-in with -25db Pink Noise attenuation cable (recording level on Zoom H4N set to 27) mic -> MixPre -> H4N line-in with -10db M-Audio attenuation pad (recording level on Zoom H4N set to 19) Here are three recordings which test the following scenarios: But what, exactly, does the вЂњnext levelвЂќ sound like? I recently purchased a MixPre, and IвЂ™ve been asked by a couple readers of my blog to post sample audio. ThatвЂ™s all folks вЂ¦ these settings go against the grain according to the stacks of youtube videos IвЂ™ve watched, but none were playing guitar and singing via an audio interface вЂ¦ my Scarlett 2i2 is a superb interface, I use it with Cubase and ProTools and I was truly struggling trying to stream via OBS вЂ¦ I really hope this helps you, and if you have a Mac the OBS settings should still apply вЂ¦ have a go, finger crossed this fixes your issue as it fixed mineД§.If youвЂ™re a DSLR video shooter using the Zoom H4N, youвЂ™ve probably heard the Sound Devices MixPre can take your audio recording to the next level. finally, please right click on your MIC/AUX in the AUDIO MIXER PANEL and select ADVANCED AUDIO SETTINGS вЂ¦ here you should see only MIC/AUX and your WEBCAM вЂ¦ ensure that under AUDIO MONITOR you are set to MONITOR OFF (you will still hear your headphones/speakers through you AUDIO INTERFACE) вЂ¦ for your WEBCAM please UNCHECK ALL TRACKS вЂ¦ for MIC/AUX please ONLY LEAVE TRACK 1 CHECKED (this means everything plays through channel one) вЂ¦ I also checked MONO to simplify sound now ADD A SCENE and name it (mine is TESTING ECHO) вЂ¦ here all I added for SOURCE were my WEBCAM (iPad) and an IMAGE (for background prior to go live) вЂ¦ in the AUDIO MIXER PANEL you should see only MIC/AUX and your WEBCAM вЂ¦ MUTE your WEBCAM and also DRAG THE VOLUME SLIDER all the way down to zero just to be extra safe вЂ¦ this means you only have ONE AUDIO SOURCE for your streamД§.

now go to SETTING in OBS and click on AUDIO вЂ¦ here DISABLE DESKTOP AUDIO вЂ¦ and for MIC/AUXILLIARY AUDIO pleas select your AUDIO INTERFACE вЂ¦ for MONITORING DEVICE please select your AUDIO INTERFACE вЂ¦ close SettingsД¦.

FOCUSRITE) for both OUTPUT and INPUT channels (if it doesnвЂ™t automatically show) вЂ¦ underneath APP you will see OBS STUDIO running вЂ¦ for OBS please select your AUDIO INTERFACE for both OBS INPUT and OUTPUT вЂ¦ close Sound SettingsДҐ. scroll down to ADVANCED SOUND OPTIONS and click on APP VOLUME AND DEVICE PREFERENCES where you will select your AUDIO INTERFACE (e.g. next please open OBS STUDIO and leave it running in the background вЂ¦ then right click on your SPEAKER ICON and select OPEN SOUND SETTINGS вЂ¦ here you set your OUTPUT and INPUT to your AUDIO INTERFACE (mine is FOCUSRITE USB)Д¤.

#Using h4n mac audio input Pc

FOCUSRITE) is connected and powered up вЂ¦ then in WINDOWS please open RUN (WINDOWS-R) and type in CONTROL to open CONTROL PANEL вЂ¦ click on SOUND then under PLAYBACK TAB set PLAYBACK device to SPEAKERS YOUR PC SOUNDCARD (mine is REALTEK) вЂ¦ donвЂ™t worry that itвЂ™s not your audio interface, I wasnвЂ™t sure eitherДў now click on the RECORDING TAB and select STEREO MIX as your RECODRING DEVICE вЂ¦ right click on STEREO MIX and check the LISTEN TO THIS DEVICE box (yes, so many youtube vids as not to do this, but go ahead, weвЂ™re not streaming game sounds) вЂ¦ close Control PanelДЈ.

#Using h4n mac audio input trial

I had terrible echo/doubling when I first tried streaming via facebook, and I also could only get any sound output if I had Monitoring and Output checked in the Advanced Audio Settings вЂ¦ a few days of trial and error finally led me to these settings to get a perfect stream вЂ¦ only issue I have now is volume settings to sort out distortion, but thatвЂ™s because I want to play my guitar too loudДЎ. MY SETUP AND SETTINGS FOR STREAMING LIVE GIG USING OBS