Go Live
Sign in with your OpenMic account to start a live stream.
Live streaming is available to artist accounts. Become an artist in the OpenMic app to go live.
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How will you stream?
Stream with your webcam and any microphone, USB audio interface, or mixer connected to this computer. Pick it as the audio input below — Music mode sends raw stereo with no voice processing, so your audience hears your mix exactly as you send it.
Viewers watch a vertical, full-screen frame — the area between the guides is what they'll see. Center yourself before going live.
Stream from OBS, Streamlabs, or any RTMPS encoder. Route your mixed sound from your DAW (Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton…) or hardware mixer into the encoder for full control over audio and video. We'll give you a server URL and a stream key to paste into your software. Set your canvas to 1080x1920 (vertical) so phone viewers see the whole frame — details below once your stream is created.
Paste into your streaming software
Keep your stream key secret — anyone who has it can broadcast on your channel.
Recommended encoder settings
- Use a vertical canvas — OpenMic viewers watch full-screen portrait, like the phone app, and a landscape stream gets cropped on phones. In OBS: Settings → Video → set both Base (Canvas) Resolution and Output (Scaled) Resolution to 1080x1920 (type it in), then arrange your camera and sources to fill the tall frame.
- Video: H.264, CBR, keyframe interval 2 seconds, up to 8.5 Mbps
- Audio: AAC, 48 kHz, stereo, up to 320 kbps — your mix is passed through to listeners untouched
- In OBS: Settings → Stream → Service "Custom", then paste the server and stream key
Your stream goes live automatically when your encoder connects. If you stop the encoder, the stream ends on its own about a minute later — or end it here right away.
