[Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a text conversation I had with a friend in December 2020 that I decided to spin out into its own post about how I make my own bread. The recipe itself is pulled from various recipes and YouTube videos online, especially from Binging With Babish. Some things have been added, many grammatical mistakes were corrected, and a few sentences have been changed to make it flow better.…
On the final part of Toasty’s OBS Setup, we’re going to be going through the tools you need to build a welcoming environment in your stream from overlays to chatbots and a general code of conduct to abide by when you’re on the air so you can help set the tone for your stream that’ll help support the community that you’re helping to build every minute you’re live. Overlays Overlays refer to the various on-screen…
In the first OBS setup post I published, I made mention of external stream control tools such as the Elgato Stream Deck and how they can greatly streamline and automate aspects of streaming especially if you only have one monitor. Today we’re going to be focusing on one such example that makes streaming much more convenient, only relies on a tablet or smartphone, and enables moments such as this: Meme Scenes If you’ll recall part…
Audio mixing is one of the most challenging aspects of streaming to manage and it’s where your setup will diverge wildly from another person’s while also being subject to the most adjustments and tweaks over time. Everyone’s audio environment is highly variable based on a number of different factors and everything from the quality of your microphone to how loud your voice is, to the volume of other audio sources are relative to each other,…
Introduction A week ago, I ran a stream talking about my streaming setup going over everything from audio mixing to my scene layouts as a way to help a couple people out who asked how I set things up on OBS and as a way to say “thank you” and give back to the community that helped me become a Twitch affiliate. To all members of the Crumb Club new and old, there’s no way…
