Twitch!

I like to stream on Twitch, its more an excuse to make me play through games I've wanted to finish for a long time but been too lazy to sit down and actually do so (as well as playing games I loved as a kid)

   (My setup, circa mid 2023)

Audio

I play with audio, so I have somewhat of a, ah, bespoke streaming setup, as you can see in the picture.

Vocal Chain

  • ↓ sE V7 Supercardioid Dynamic Handheld Vocal Microphone
  • ↓ ART TransX preamp (transformer isolated inputs and outputs)
  • ↓ Syemtrix 511A downward expander + dynmic noise reduction filter
  • ↓ Syemtrix 501 Compressor + Limiter
  • ↓ Allen & Heath MixWizard 14:4:2 analog mixing desk
  • ↓ Tascam 16x08 Audio Interface, 24bit 96khz
  • ↓ Ardour DAW
  • → OBS

Game Audio Chain

  • ↓ SMSL DO100 DAC, 24bit 96khz
  • ↓ Allen & Heath MixWizard 14:4:2 analog mixing desk
  • → (Optionally through a stereo FET compressor as insert/return if needed)
  • ↓ Bussed output to ART HeadAmp Pro
  • ↓ Feeds Headphone monitors (Currently AudioTechnica ATH-AD700 circa 2009)
  • ↓ Feeds SMSL DAC and speakers
  • ↓ Bussed back Tascam 16x08 Audio Interface, 24bit 96khz
  • ↓ Ardour DAW
  • → OBS

MIDI Hardware (not always used)

  • → Roland MT32 Revision 0
  • → Edirol (Roland) SC88VL
  • → E-MU Sound Engine

Input Chain

  • → Bussed Vocal chain to Intelligate Ducker
  • → Bussed Game Audio chain to Intelligate Ducker
  • → Fed back into Tascam 16x08 Audio Interface, 24bit 96khz
  • → Ardour DAW
  • → OBS

Once back in the PC, we feed all the busses back into Ardour, which feeds OBS, and we feed in 4 stereo channels.

Busses

  • → Voice
  • → Original Game Audio
  • → Ducked Game Audio
  • → Streamdeck Overlay

This makes feeding Twitch/YouTube really simple (Combined Voice + Ducked Game Audio + Stream deck), while still recording all 4 channels separately I can make videos without my voice, or use the raw audio without any Stream deck sounds covering it up).

Video

The video input side of things isn't so crazy, were running a Logitech Streamcam 1080p/60fps for face, and occasionally I use my old Canon VIXIA HF R500 via HDMI output to capture some 1080p overheads.

Video Options

  • → Logitech StreamCam 1080p/60fps (USB)
  • → Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus (USB)
  • → Canon VIXIA HF R500 (HDMI out)
  • → Extron RGB HDMI 300 (HDMI out)
  • → DataPath VisionRGB E1 (PCIE) (DVI in)
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