Set up your microphone and audio mixer

This article covers choosing your microphone in Web Studio, checking your levels, and mixing the volume of everyone in your broadcast.

Before you enter Web Studio

On the pre-flight screen, pick your microphone from the device dropdown and watch the live level meter to confirm it's picking up your voice.

Mute, switch mics, and check levels in the studio

In the bottom bar, click the mic icon to mute or unmute yourself (shortcut: ⌥A on Mac, Alt+A on Windows). A thin level bar above the icon fills as you talk, so you can see at a glance that you're being heard. Click the small arrow next to the mic icon to open Select Microphone and switch devices without leaving the studio.

Fine-tune audio settings

Open Settings from the bottom bar and go to the Audio tab:

• Microphone Source — pick your device, with a live Input Level meter underneath.
• Noise suppression is always on — Web Studio applies professional noise reduction to your mic automatically. There's no switch for it, and nothing to configure.
• Studio Audio (High Fidelity) — an optional toggle for raw, unprocessed 48kHz/24-bit capture. Turning it on disables echo cancellation and noise reduction, so headphones are required — without them, your speakers will create a feedback loop.

Mix each person's volume

Your own volume slider and mute button live on your card in the Sources panel in the sidebar. Guests don't appear in Sources — each guest gets a card with the same volume slider and mute button in the Green Room panel instead, under Backstage while they're waiting off-air or On Stage once you've brought them into the live mix.

Dragging a slider changes how loud that person is in the actual broadcast mix, not just what you hear locally, so it affects what your audience hears live and what ends up in any recording. Whoever's currently talking gets a glowing highlight around their video preview, so you can always tell who's live on the mic at a glance.

Good to know: If you turn on Studio Audio (High Fidelity), echo cancellation and background noise reduction are both switched off for that raw capture — wear headphones, or your own audio will loop back through your speakers into your mic.