Hi all

So far Audio has been the bare minimum so far for me but its time to get a bit deeper in the use and setup so how do you set things up.

My first 'extra' has been the use of a little Numark USB soundcard which took the feed from the events speaker's system as seperate input to mix into my stream. personal headphone into the laptop plug.

I now additionally have a little Behringer Q1002USB mixer.

how do I set up vMix , use various line input and others and maybe even split things up (audio lingo not familair with yet)

I realise there is no one way of using/verifying your sources , how would you ?
- headphone (mixer or direct into laptop)
- Mics
- camera audio (direct ie HDMI or to mixer)
- other audio sources
- ....
- main, A and/or B

when , what, why

appreciate to hear your workflow

Guy

Thank you Tim

Still getting familiar with the knobs and plugs :-)

regarding monitoring sounds... say you have a clip with sound to play (during break or so ) is this also monitored through your headset (to the mixer )?

Guy

Tim

Thank you for your scenario and tips

is what I wondered regarding your 'accident'
There is no way to have that routed to the mixer ? from reading thought the USB has also output ? (remember I also have a seperate basic external soundcard)

as an external audio newbie is this something ? : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w9ovvHmlEc or a I way of base :-)

exploring the various connecting possibilities...(and buttons /knobs too)

Guy

one I made ... recording the output without the sound checked on :-( ( silent copy of the production )

There is no doubt many ways to setup vMix concerning the audio management and 2 methods could be different but equal in terms of output. If I was going to turn off the Auto Mixing function then I would just have no reason for having the audio added for that camera source. However, if I had a camera that was only used for crowd shots and crowd sourcing the sound, then I would bring in the audio for that camera and have it turned down to the appropriate levels to bring in the crowd sound when needed.

Each one will develop a desired setup method and hopefully the new guys can get several good ideas to work from :) I have been doing this for several years and I am still learning new ideas from this forum :)

Our setup is complex, we are working to simplify it, but this is how it works right now:

We record mainly DJ sets, so we take the audio of the REC OUT of the DJ mixer.

On top of that, we record crowd sound (ambiance) with a Rode NTG2 microphone.

Both signals run into a Zoom R 16 recorder, which records the audio in multi track. If we make a mixing mistake, we can always correct it. It also allows to record in PCM wav the audio, and still use a compressed codec in vmix for the video signal. The R16 also allows for use of a few simple effects like reverb or delay, and basic EQ.

The audio output of the Zoom R16 runs into a Focusrite 2i2 and from there into vmix.

We have a few little issues: the Zoom R16 records maximum 6 hours, and when you restart the recording it transfers no sound for a few seconds. Also it's stupid the R16 can't record and be used as a sound card at the same time, it would eliminate the 2i2 in the setup.

Still it's by far the best solution we could find until now:

- We always have a backup of the sound, so in the rare case of a computer crash we can still do some editing afterwards and make it look like nothing happened.

- Also we can correct sound mixing mistakes afterwards if necessary.

- Having faders and LED's for each channel is also helpful and easier to use then a mouse. It's easy to see if sound is peaking in the red, and to do quick adjustments.

- We have uncompressed HQ audio, but still don't need to use large heavy videocodecs for our long recordings

- We have phantom power for our mics.

- In case of a band or something, we can do a basic live mixdown of up to 8 channels and even multitrack record it for a better mixdown afterwards.

But.. If we find a multitrack recorder which can pass the FAT32 limit and record more then 4GB in a file (the 6 hour limit) and act as a soundcard at the same time, we would love to replace this rather complicated setup by it :)