Advanced audio
Game sound, music and crowd noise can drown out the person you came to hear. Advanced audio uses an AI model to separate a stream’s voice from everything behind it, so you decide how the stream sounds to you, without changing anything for other viewers.
Where to find it
Section titled “Where to find it”On a live stream that offers advanced audio, the player shows an extra button with a sliders icon, labelled Advanced audio. Click it to choose a mode. If you don’t see the button, that stream doesn’t offer advanced audio. Recordings don’t have it.
The three modes
Section titled “The three modes”| Mode | What you hear |
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| Original | The streamer’s full mix, exactly as they send it. This is the default. |
| Balanced | The voice held clearly above the background, set for you. |
| Voice & background | Your own mix: one slider for the voice, one for the background. |
A stream may offer only some of these. Original is always there, so you can switch back at any time.
Original
Section titled “Original”Nothing is changed. You hear the stream the way the streamer mixed it.
Balanced
Section titled “Balanced”BEAM measures the voice and the background separately and re-mixes them so the voice sits clearly above the rest, at about the same overall loudness as the original. Pick it when commentary keeps getting lost under the game, and you don’t want to adjust anything yourself.
Voice & background
Section titled “Voice & background”The custom mode: you set the balance yourself.
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Click the Advanced audio button and choose Voice & background.
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Drag the Voice slider to set how loud the streamer is.
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Drag the Background slider to set how loud everything else is: the game, music and crowd.
Turn the background all the way down to hear only the streamer, or the voice down to enjoy the game sound on its own. This mode is tuned for speech, so music and game sound can be less crisp than in Original. Your mix lasts while you watch; the next time you open a stream, it starts from Original.
For streamers
Section titled “For streamers”BEAM turns advanced audio on per channel. There is nothing to set up in OBS or your encoder: each viewer picks their own mode, and your original mix stays exactly as you send it. The separation runs on BEAM’s own systems and nothing is stored. See the AI Policy for details.
Credits
Section titled “Credits”Audio separation functionality by Audioshake®. All rights reserved. AUDIOSHAKE, INC. AND ITS LICENSORS HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
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