The RodeCaster Pro series devices are powerful tools, allowing you to mix a variety of inputs together seamlessly. With this, however, comes the increased likelihood of accidentally creating a feedback loop that causes echo. If your guest is hearing an echo of themselves, here's how to fix it in the RodeCaster.
Mismatched speaker/mic selection
The RodeCaster Pro II has a total of three available USB input/output channels:
- Main Multitrack
- Chat
- Secondary
By default, the RodeCaster Pro II will route the output from each USB channel to the input of the others. This means that if you select the microphone input from one USB channel and the speaker output from another USB channel, a feedback loop will be created.
To ensure that no feedback loop is created, your speaker and microphone selections in StreamYard should be the same USB channel:
If the echo continues after selecting the same USB channel for the speaker and microphone, you may have Mix Minus disabled for that channel.
Mix Minus
Mix Minus should be enabled by default on all output channels. If Mix Minus is disabled and you have the same channel selected as both your microphone and speaker in StreamYard, it will take the audio it receives from StreamYard, and send it back to the stream/recording through the output, creating an internal feedback loop. This may result in your guest hearing an echo of themselves during the session, and your recording/stream containing an echo of your guest's voice. Oftentimes you won't be able to hear this echo on your end while in the studio.
In order to resolve this, you can enable Mix Minus for your USB channel on the RodeCaster. This removes the input audio from going back out through your RodeCaster's output. Rode's instructions on enabling mix minus can be found here.
- Tap on your USB channel on the RodeCaster.
- Select Output Routing.
- Choose Mix Minus.
This should remove the echo on your guest's end from your streams/recordings!
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