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How to Add Discord Audio to OBS

How to Add Discord Audio to OBS

OBS can capture Discord on its own channel instead of your whole desktop mix: add an Application Audio Capture source, name it, point it at the Discord window, and it appears as a separate slider in the Audio Mixer that you can level, filter, and route independently.

✅ Tested on
  • SystemWindows
  • AppOBS Studio 31.0.3
  • Also works onDiscord in Chrome: in the Window dropdown, pick the chrome.exe Discord tab instead of discord.exe.
  • Last verifiedNovember 2, 2026

Every screenshot below is taken from the actual recording on this device — no stock images.

Steps

Open OBS Studio

Open OBS Studio. The demo runs OBS 31.0.3 on Windows, with Discord already open behind it.

Open OBS Studio

Add an Application Audio Capture source

In the Sources panel, click the + button, then choose Application Audio Capture (BETA) from the menu.

Add an Application Audio Capture source

Name it discord and click OK

In the Create/Select Source dialog, type discord as the source name, then click OK.

Name it discord and click OK

Pick discord.exe in the Window dropdown

In the Properties dialog, open the Window dropdown and pick [Discord.exe]: Discord. (Other open windows in the list are blurred out.)

Pick discord.exe in the Window dropdown

Or pick the Chrome Discord tab

No Discord app? Pick the [chrome.exe] Discord tab instead — the same capture works for Discord in the browser.

Or pick the Chrome Discord tab

Check Discord in the Audio Mixer

Click OK in the Properties dialog. Discord now appears as its own channel in the Audio Mixer, next to Desktop Audio and Mic/Aux.

Check Discord in the Audio Mixer

Adjust the Discord volume

Drag the Discord channel’s volume slider to level it against your mic and desktop audio. The demo pulls it down to about -13 dB.

Adjust the Discord volume

Fine-tune in Advanced Audio Properties

For finer control, open Advanced Audio Properties: the Discord row there sets volume, balance, sync offset, monitoring, and recording tracks per source.

Fine-tune in Advanced Audio Properties

Good to know

  1. Application Audio Capture is labelled BETA in OBS 31.0.3, but it works as shown here.
  2. This captures only Discord’s audio, not your whole desktop — other apps stay out of the recording.
  3. Discord (or the Chrome Discord tab) must already be open before you pick it in the Window dropdown, or it will not appear in the list.
  4. When Discord plays audio, the Discord meter in the Audio Mixer moves — that is how you know the capture is live.
  5. The narration also mentions adding a filter from the mixer’s controls; the Filters dialog itself is not opened on screen, so it is not a step here.
  6. In Advanced Audio Properties you can set the Discord source’s volume, balance, sync offset, monitoring, and which tracks it records to.

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