More from the Home Recording Studio Blog here. Not only is Camtasia simple to set up and use, but it also has a fully functioning video editor built into it. Therefore it made sense for me to go with Camtasia. I found OBS to be overly complex for what I needed to do. I haven’t fully tested OBS so cannot guarantee it will work in the same way.

If you don’t want to purchase Camtasia then another option is the free application OBS. However, using the Caster application was essential for getting this to work for me. If you make video tutorials for demonstrating audio then having a separate audio feed for your microphone is important.Ĭamtasia is one of the few screen recorders that allows you to do this. Therefore I am able to record my microphone and system audio independently. Subsequently, I can select this virtual output in Camtasia as my microphone input. What Caster allows me to do is send my microphone signal to a virtual audio output. If I play music from applications using the same audio device then the music gets mixed with my microphone/voice. So I can only record an overall mix from my audio device. I am not able to select individual microphone inputs. So, you may be wondering why I need Caster? In my video, I explain how the audio input options in Camtasia are quite limited.

But it also allows me to record separate audio for my microphone and system audio. This screen recording software allows me to capture my webcam, my screen and my microphone. The second application I use is Camtasia. If you download the free version of Caster and then decided to buy the full version please use my affiliate link: ‘Caster’ is basically a virtual mixing console for routing audio from microphones and audio applications and sending them to different physical or virtual outputs. The first is a free application called: Groundcontrol Caster. I use two applications that make it possible to record separate audio feeds.

Camtasia record system audio