How to Add External Audio Sources Using the Shot Audio Icon

TL;DR

Upgrade your broadcast audio by attaching professional external microphones directly to your video sources. This quick tutorial explains how to use Wirecast's Shot Audio Icon to replace hollow on-camera sound with crisp, clean mixing board feeds.

In this tutorial, we show how to use Wirecast’s Shot icon on the toolbar to add an external microphone to a particular shot.

If you’ve ever wanted to use audio from a sound board or small mixer in your live stream, this is a very handy thing to know.  “On camera” microphones are acceptable for more guerilla-style shooting tactics, but to gain that professional edge with Wirecast, it’s important to have a good, clean audio source.

Whether you use the Blue YetI USB Condenser mic (like we do here) or another external audio source such as the Shure SM58 vocal mic or the Sennheiser ME64/K6 shotgun mic, you’ll want to add your external mic using the steps outlined in this short tutorial.

 

 

 

 

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Article FAQs

On-camera microphones generally capture hollow, distant sound and pick up excessive ambient room noise. Using a dedicated external microphone drastically improves your production value.

Yes, by using the Shot Audio Icon in Wirecast, you can map an external audio source directly to a specific video shot, overriding the camera's default audio track.

Absolutely. Wirecast can natively recognize and route audio from USB condenser microphones, standard audio interfaces, and professional XLR mixing boards.

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