obs screen recording and premiere pro audio

[pauld79720263]

Hello,

I am recoring some videos with obs (screen recording + mic) and then edditing them into premiere pro.

When I edit them, I sometimes need to rerecord a sentence, the record tool in premiere pro is great for that, but the quality of both the recording from obs and the recording from premiere pro is very different even if the mic is the same. is there a way to even them automatically?

Thanks

Paul

[David Arbor]

What do you mean when you say the quality is different? I imagine the input levels might be different and the OBS and Premiere recordings might come in at different volume levels, but the quality should be the same. OBS does have effects you can apply, so is it possible you're applying some audio processing effects in OBS? If so, you should disable those. If the difference is just volume then you can adjust the input levels slider to match the volume of the two.

[pauld79720263]

Hi David,

Thanks for your answer,

After checking the quality is similar it is just the level of the sound which differs. Is there a way to have everything equilised automatically? I have lots of different re recording within premiere pro + I put it on the same audio chanel so I can't put an effect of amplify the volume as it will affect the other one

[David Arbor]

No, you can't do this automatically, but this is what VU (volume unit) meters are for and both OBS and Premiere have them. You can balance change your input levels and make sure you hit the same levels in each application. Do this by reading the exact same text in the exact same way and at the same distance from the microphone. Then adjust your input levels until you're hitting the same levels on the VU meters. Note, you never want to record levels at 0 dB, which is as high as they go. You always want your recording levels to be green, but hitting a little yellow is ok. This gives you headroom to mix your audio later and raise the volume without clipping it during recording.