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rhalf t1_jefw1p2 wrote

They need to be checking constantly if the audio is on and if the levels are OK. They often push a mute button when their mom calls and then forget that they're muted, so instead of making a silent stream, they can hear their voice missing and fix it. They're live mixing stuff like music, game sound, their own voice and other sound effects, so they need to make sure that they're all at the right volume.

Basically headphones are the same thing like looking at the screen. That's why we call them monitors. You can't use speakers for that because the microphone picks them and it makes feedback.

If you want to stream but don't want to have big headphones, you can still use in ear monitors like musicians do on stage.

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Walmiltur OP t1_jeghrwb wrote

I don't quite understand, i saw a ton of other people that aren't using them too

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rhalf t1_jegilfc wrote

Yeah, some people take the risk. Their streams crap out often though. they rely on the chat telling them that something is not right. There are also some that have a second person handling this and other stuff like chat moderation. They also often look at the controls to see if everything is OK.

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