
VoiceMeeter Banana is the answer to a lot of common stream audio questions. What follows is how I use VoiceMeeter Banana, Virtual Audio Cables, Windows 10 audio routing, and Open Broadcaster Software (OBS). I obsess over audio quality and consistency, and I wanted to document my setup in case I need to replace my PC in the future or if a Windows update screws everything up unexpectedly-which has happened more than a few times. I stream on Twitch ( ) occasionally, and I ran a small recording studio in the 2000s.

This blog post is an end-to-end setup guide about giving you more control over what you and your viewers hear when you’re live streaming. If they can’t hear you very well over the music you’re blaring, then you’re not really enticing them to stay. Viewers come to your stream and stick around for the commentary, not necessarily the gameplay.

Audio is such an important part to creating a good live streaming experience for your viewers on Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, or elsewhere.
