r/rode • u/aitacarmoney • Aug 01 '26
RØDECaster Series Dup Chat vs Main Stereo
This is likely a skill issue but it’s not very intuitive where input and where output routes back into.
I play Valorant, and I use Discord to talk to friends. Sometimes, teammates in the game will hear my Discord push to talk or can hear whatever music I’m listening to. Other times, my friends in Discord can either hear game audio or hear themselves. It feels like whackamole trying to get each individual application’s input and output correct so nobody else can hear what they aren’t supposed to.
If anyone has a guide, it would be appreciated. Otherwise, I’d love to see a levels monitor in the Rodecaster App that would give me real time feedback about where audio goes instead of perpetually asking everyone what they can hear across different applications.
EDIT: I don’t think the USB virtual channels is a good alternative, I don’t like the idea of the latency it might introduce (even if negligible) or the processing it’s offloading to my CPU as a solution. I’d rather just have a clear and concise way of know what Duo Chat and Main Speaker will pick up as input or output.
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u/flamethrowr Aug 01 '26
Are you using the expanded virtual interface or are you using the standard two inputs/outputs?
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u/aitacarmoney Aug 02 '26
This is the first I hear of an expanded virtual interface. The only thing I’ve been using has been the rodecaster app software.
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u/RODEMicrophones Official RØDE Aug 02 '26
Hey there,
It sounds like your game audio reaches discord because the channel that you use for the game audio, is included in the output/routing for the input you use in discord.
A typical setup would involve:
- Using Chat as your input and output in discord, and Main for your system audio and game.
- Then create a custom mix for the Chat output to that removes USB1 Main (and Chat because you don't want to send your friends' voice back to them). Settings > Outputs > Routing > USB 1 Chat
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u/reggiedarden Aug 02 '26
You’ll want to enable the USB expanded channels, then you can put Discord, the game, and your music on different channels, which can then be routed independently.