Skiff
Calls and streams · Tips
Every app that records from Skiff hears your mic after its chain. Most of the work is stopping the app from undoing it.
01Set up
- Build a chain on your mic under Input, then flip the Input switch on in the menu bar. While it's on, macOS's default microphone is Skiff.
- In the app, leave the microphone on its system default, or pick Skiff.
02Turn off the app's processing
Call apps run their own noise suppression and level control. Two of the same thing stacked make voices pump and warble. Turn theirs down:
| App | Setting |
|---|---|
| FaceTime and most Apple-framework apps | Control Center → Mic Mode → Standard, during a call |
| Zoom | Settings → Audio → Original sound for musicians |
| Discord | Voice & Video → Noise Suppression None, Automatic Gain Control off |
| OBS | Nothing; it adds no processing unless you add filters |
Keep echo cancellation on if you use speakers instead of headphones. Skiff doesn't cancel echo.
03Hear yourself
Monitor, in an input's toolbar, plays the mic after its chain through your output. Wear wired headphones: speakers feed back, and Bluetooth arrives late enough to trip you up. Monitor starts off each time Skiff launches.
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