This will keep your communication and game audio on the same device which allows Shadowplay or Open Broadcast Software to record Discord chat as well as audio gameplay and system sounds at the same time. Open up Windows Sound Manager and then select your Game audio device, right click and say Set Default Device and Set Default Communication Device. This will allow your streaming software to also record the audio from the chat not just the game/system sounds.Īlso change your default communication device in Windows Sounds.

To configure Shadowplay to record your chat in Discord, Skype or any other chat program open up your settings and when you select audio device make sure it has the “Game” audio instead of “Chat” audio selected. This is so you can control the chat audio dial on the headphones and mix the chat audio with game audio in your ear to lower the game audio while raising just the chat audio so you can have an optimal voice to game sound ratio.Ĭonfiguring Discord So You Can Record Chat with Geforce Shadowplay

In my case I am using the Arctis 7 gaming headset from Steelseries and it has a separate game and chat audio feature. So if you are like me and you record a lot of gameplay or live stream with Geforce Experience formerly known as Shadowplay and you are not getting chat audio from discord while recording with Geforce Shadowplay then you may have run into a problem where you are using a USB headset that supports separate game audio and chat channels.

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