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Getting started

HEARASIDE splits your DAW into two mixes: what you hear in your headphones and what your viewers hear on stream. It takes about five minutes.

1. Install

  1. Close your DAW and OBS.
  2. Run HEARASIDE-Setup.exe from the download page. It adds the VST3 plug-ins, the HEARASIDE source for OBS and cloudflared (for links over the internet).
  3. Open your DAW and rescan plug-ins.

2. Put the plug-ins where the sound is

| Plug-in | Where | What it does | |---|---|---| | HEARASIDE Hub | on the master, once per project | builds your headphone mix, sends the viewers’ mix to OBS, watches loudness | | HEARASIDE Track | last insert of every track you want to control | the You hear and Viewers hear switches, levels, pan and delay for viewers | | HEARASIDE App Audio | on any track | brings a program (Chrome, Spotify, Discord) or the whole computer into the track |

Plug-ins above the Hub on the master shape what viewers hear. Plug-ins below it only reach your headphones.

3. Choose who hears what

Every track gets two switches:

  • You hear: in your headphones.
  • Viewers hear: on stream.

A typical karaoke set-up: Backing track on for both, Vocal on for viewers only (you hear yourself acoustically), Click / Guide and Talk mic on for you only.

A track without HEARASIDE Track still reaches viewers through the master, but it isn’t in your headphones. Put HEARASIDE Track on every track you want to hear.

4. Check

Open the Hub and press Setup check. It tells you what you hear, what viewers hear and how to fix anything that’s off. Next: add it in OBS.

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