Otoawase Beta Release Adds One-Click Audio Balance For OBS Streamers
Otoawase treats stream audio balance as a measurement problem solved inside OBS rather than by ear, and the bundled Mixer Bridge and per-game saved settings point at creators who run the same setup night after night.
Reporting from 1 source: MoguLive.
Mana Kumoito released the beta of Otoawase on October 14, a free Windows app that measures microphone and game audio loudness during a stream and writes the correction straight into OBS Studio. It reports levels such as "Game audio is too loud, -3dB" and an Apply button moves OBS's faders, so streamers can match volume without judging it by ear. Targets sit at -16 to -14 LUFS overall, with game audio 8dB under the voice.
The app watches loudness while the streamer talks and prints a plain reading on screen, then writes that correction into OBS through an Apply button instead of asking the streamer to retype numbers into the mixer. Target levels are set at -16 to -14 LUFS overall, with game audio 8dB below the voice; settings can push the voice 2dB or 4dB louder if it needs to sit further forward.
Otoawase also flags whether a peak exceeds -1dBTP, which is where clipping starts. The installer bundles Mixer Bridge 0.1.0, the plugin that carries audio output from OBS to the app, so nothing separate is needed. Windows 10 and 11 x64 with OBS Studio 31 or later are supported, a Chrome extension handles viewer-side volume, and a Mac version is under consideration.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.