Zoom Settings for Music Performance - Update 2021
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2021
- A 2021 update to my video showing the settings to change in Zoom if you are singing and playing instruments. Useful info for musicians, DJs, and music teachers using Zoom.
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You were right on the money on this one … that switch on and off on top of the screen and change the setting made all the difference …thank you
I've been curious about how to improve the audio in Zoom for my guitar performance. Finally, I found your video. Thank you so much for a very clear explanation. Like & Subscribed already!
Thanks for this excellent and most helpful video, Greg! I look forward to improvement in Zoom with singing and guitar.
Thank you a lot for this video, Greg. Very clear and very useful.
Glad it was helpful!
I m happy to find this video and I m looking forward to the next ones concerning the Hardware - thanks a lot!!
Thanks friend. I'm actually going to premiere a video tomorrow evening about hardware and setup for Live streaming. Stay tuned :)
Thanks for all the helpful tips
Thanks Greg. Another one of your great videos to move to my saved box
Thanks Carmen. let me know if you have any topics you’d like to see discussed.
This has been a huge help with my guitar instructional lessons. Thanks a bunch!
Thanks so much! Our service tomorrow will be blessed tomorrow!
Straight to the point thank you Greg
You're great in teaching. Thanks for this!!!
I am happy to help and share knowledge.
I'm a Zumba Instructor and did an audio test with my friend yesterday and it was like listening to it underwater,it was awful but this has worked an absolute treat and you've saved my bacon! A thousand thanks! I've been doing a little happy dance! :)
Hi! I'm curious, do you play the music using an external speaker for your Zumba classes? If so, do you give instructions while the music is playing? How do you handle that? Every time I talk and play music, my microphone prioritizes my voice.
really clear and understandable
This video is great. I'm going to share it with my online students to help them with their setup. Thanks!
Thank you very much. You might also benefit from my video about using small USB mixers for online performance.
absolute clear and understandable teaching, thanks Greg..you're helped me a ton
Great to hear!
Greg do you know if you could answer any questions about my set up? I connect microphone and looper stations The American pro FX 12 mixer quarter inch lines out to iRig Pro Duo directly to my iPhoneWhen I go on Facebook Sound is crystal clear and beautiful but the other day I went through an app that I have normally you call Acapela and I have a video that I saved of the weird distortion I was kidding it wasn’t actually distortion more like popping in crackling and they can’t answer my question at all
I didn’t say american FX, My phone didn’t hear me right I had MACKIE Pro FX 12, sorry
Thanks, Greg. Perfect tutorial.
rock on. Much thanks.
Greg, Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for this - they don't make it simple!
Thank you for the essential help needed by a first time user, like me. Great work.
Thanks Greg !! This helped me alot 🤗
So glad!
Thank you for this post Sir.
Thanks! I have been looking for this information!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video ! Cheers mate
Huge help, thank you!
Glad it helped!
Thanks! I shared this with the HowToGeek page today where someone was trying to improve their symphony performance over Zoom.
Much thanks for the share.
Great stuff Greg!
Thanks!
Good stuff, thanks Greg!
You bet!
Nice, very helpful video
You saved the day for our sound healing retreat!!! I knew there had to be a better way to make that zoom sound work. Thank you so much for this simple explanation. It worked like a charm.
You’re very welcome. Yes Zoom is, by default trying to make voices and communication happen. If you introduce sounds like music or a strumming guitar, it can really mangle it. The setting changes tell Zoom that it’s listening to music or singing, not talk talk talk talk. LOL.
You saved my music audition. Thank you!
very nice simple and less complicated and very well tutored :)
Thank you for this, very clear and comprehensible. Fair play! Are these also your recommended settings for Zoom karaoke? (When you are singing on Zoom to a karaoke track?)
Wow, Thanks for this Tutorial...
No worries!
Thank you very much!!
You're welcome!
Love the birdie! He's too cute
Yes, quite the little rascal. We love her.
Thank you!
Very informative thanks
You’re welcome
Good stuff thanks
Thanks for the video. I just wanted your advice in regards to choosing the speaker and microphone options. I am trying to play the piano and sing songs and I am not using any external speakers or mice as I am using zoom app on my dell laptop. Is it ok to select the inbuilt speakers and microphone option or should I choose the other option listed? Thanks for your input.
this was so helpful thank you so much! (Liked & Subbed)
Thanks so much.
I have PodMic envy Greg!! Love these vids buddy.
Thanks will, full disclosure. The voice audio is actually recorded with a pencil condenser just out of frame above my head. That said, I use the pod mic for all my Zoom/Teams meetings and the like. And the boom makes it super convenient.
@@GregintheBox I have a couple Samson Q2U mics that I carry in my kitbag that work great, especially paired with my Zoom H6. Perfect for interviews and multi channel recording on the go. At the desk for meetings, I often keep either the ol' Blue snowball or the cheaper (but still decent) Neewer NW 7000 on my boom arm. I'm pivoting to a lot more audio recording and am trying to hold back my gear-nerd impulse of grabbing a couple PodMics and the Rode Podcaster Pro (soooo tempting!!)
thank you!!! excellent insight. hugs & kisses-jj
Thanks for this video, Greg! I posted a comment on your proFXv3 tutorial, and I'll ask the same question here: if you have USB 3-4 in the mix on your proFXv3, so that you can hear the other people in your Zoom call through your headphones, and if you have echo cancellation disabled in Zoom, doesn't that mean that the audio from the other participants (and any other computer audio that shows up on USB 3-4, such as alert sounds from Messenger and so on) will go into the mix that is streaming out?
I hope I'm mistaken!
If I'm correct, though, then I suppose the solution is to have the computer set to play through USB 1-2 instead of 3-4, but that has the glaring disadvantage that you'll be hearing yourself in mono. Can you think of any other workaround?
P.S. you might want to updote your proFXv3 video to point to this Zoom tutorial instead of the old one. :)
thanks Greg:)
Thank you! Now my singing bowl works for the group meditations I lead.
So happy I could help.
Thanks so much! ;)
You’re welcome
I could pretty much guess the correct settings to use, but thanks for helping me confirm my intuition was correct. 👍
Well done!
If I use your settings for playing music, how will they effect my normal speaking tones when talking to someone in between performances? Thanks.
Good tips .. if I want to sing over a mp3 over zoom .. is it possible ? Any advise how to do this ?
Thank you : )
Welcome!!
Hi. Great video but I'm trying to zoom my band performances on my iPhone but cant find the settings you're using. Do you know if they are there somewhere or simply bot possible on iPhone. Thanks
Thanks for this amazingly complete and easy to understand tutorial, especially for an old fart like me.
no problem. glad it helped
Hi, when I shared screen, I shared my DAW, and I use an Audio Interface, the sound doesn't come out, any suggestion? Thank you
Hi, Greg. Thanks for your wonderful video,. I do have a question regarding my ukulele. My microphone is a USB desktop model called MU900. I play the ukulele in front of that mike and when I record myself, the voice is clear but the sounds of the ukulele are choppy and unnatural. Is it possible for me to get a more natural sound with the ukulele and Zoom settings? If not, would an interface be an option for improved quality? Thanks for any advice.
One trick is for the other person to mute so that their echo cancellation doesn’t warble things further.
If you want them to play to your own loop, they would either need the file ahead of time or record themselves playing to your live loop over Zoom and text you the recording. There are many ways for this to then be played and analyzed over Zoom.
This DOES keep the student focused and engaged in a process, but should be done in hour sessions or create a program in which you are paid to analyze the recordings midweek.
good video
Glad you enjoyed
An audio interface SCARLET vs. YAMAHA AUDIO MIXER with USP port - what is the difference and which one should we use for live music performance streaming through ZOOM
Hi Greg...I"m simply trying to use my apple wired earbuds with mic on my Dell XPS 9720 but the sound was cutring out when I was singing and the coach was playing the piano. This was not an issue with a mic and preamp...lol. Any thoughts?
does this apply to pc's, like Dell, as well. Also do you ou recommend students also make the adjustment to enabling Original Sound on their Zoom Audio Settings? another youtube video on sound improvement on Zoom recommends this, she is a Zoom music teacher. Thank you
Thanks for the info. Which option do you recommend to have reverb during the performance, muting option during speaking
The best way to add in effects is to use a mixer with built in effect such as Mackie ProFX6
Hi, I need help, I have GarageBand and a friend connect via zoom to my computer, I want record that audio zoom out and into GarageBand, I just download blackout hole, but doesn't work, do you know about workaround? thanks a lot.
I’ve been doing gigs in zoom since 2020 and the sound has been fab. I recently changed from android to iPhone and did a gig on the iPhone and feedback was people couldn’t hear my voice or keyboard and I use a normal PA system without actually connecting the PA system to the phone - it’s live sound from the speakers in my room . I’ve tried every setting including enable original sound and my iPhone speaker is fine.
Any idea what it could be as to why my voice isn’t coming out clear to the audience ?
You’re really asking for trouble doing it that way. If you’re using a mobile device, there area still options. Consider that the right cable has allowed people to successfully connect and use this Mackie mixer with a mobile device, but to be more assured of success, consider some of the mobile device options out there, like: www.long-mcquade.com/240611/Pro-Audio---Recording/Audio-Interfaces/Roland/Go-Mixer-Pro-X-Audio-Mixer-for-Smartphones.htm
Or www.amazon.ca/IK-Multimedia-iRig-Pro-Duo/dp/B084PP4DT8/ref=asc_df_B084PP4DT8/?tag=googlemobshop-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459055161792&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7961578043932512764&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000101&hvtargid=pla-908075074034&psc=1
And don’t forget to make sure all of your viewers/audience have their mics muted. Which you can control in Zoom as the host. Some times it’s the simple things that are the solution.
Situation: drums miked, into hardware mixer, into old tapco usb 2x2. the drums never show up. I think they're too loud. I don't know how to quell that kind of volume to satisfy zoom. I'd sure like this to work.
Thank you for this video. Do I need to have an audio interface to sound good on zoom or is it not necessary?
Well, yo can use a professional mics and instruments and plg them into an interface. Is it needed , no, but a good mic is pretty much vital to sound good. the built in mics in devices like laptops wont be much good. Now, yo could buy a USB vocal mic that plugs straight into your PC, but them you'll never be able to connect more than 1 mic. So a mixer with usb capability is the quickest and easiet way to improve your audio quality. Specially if youre a musican or performer. Check out my video on using a USB mixer as a musican to Zoom call or live stream....ua-cam.com/video/TZjNrL4420o/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/eQl55gr7I74/v-deo.html
Hi, is there a latency issue between two musicians playing guitar over Zoom? Thanks.
My video image freezes for my viola students when I’m giving viola lesson. I’m not sure what the problem is because when I use it for my therapy practice that doesn’t happen.
i am playing piano on my hp labtop . People on other side can not hear my piano. My original sound is on . Maybe you can help??
I don’t know if you still check your comment section. Would these settings help if I’m trying to set up a group performance of happy birthday in a Zoom meeting? (Like if there is piano accompaniment?) I want it to work!
Trying to figure out a way to get our organ music sound out to listeners during our church service. We recently hardwired the pastors mic to laptop and have achieved great sound, no more breaking up, lost sound stuff. Guess we could spit another mic and put it closer to organ?
You need a mixer that is also a USB interface that connects to your laptop. Like this: Sound Better Online with the Mackie ProFX6v3
ua-cam.com/video/eQl55gr7I74/v-deo.html
Thanks for the video! I'm helping out for a church service where we have musicians giving their performance through zoom and had a couple of questions I hoped you could help with.
There are two computers involved. One is the musician's computer that they use to connect into zoom, and the second is the church's computer. The musician connects to us through zoom and then we just use our computer to broadcast their performance out to our audience.
Should these settings that you talk about in this video, such as enabling High fidelity music mode, setting "suppress background noise" to low etc. be done on the musician's computer, the church computer, or both computers?
Additionally, would making any changes on the church computer, such as setting original sound to off or enabling high fidelity music mode, have any impact on the sound quality of the musician zooming in.
Hope that makes sense. Right now we're just enabling these sort of options on both computers just to be safe but it would be nice to have a better understanding on what is actually needed.
Hi there, if I’m understanding you right, this might be an unusual setup. Technically, if the musicians and you (tech). Are in the same building, then only 1 laptop should be used. The audio signals from instruments and mic’s should feed into the tech laptop only. They should not need their own laptop. Are you at the same location as the musicians?
@@GregintheBox The musicians are in a different building from us, so two different locations. location 1 has the church (tech) computer, location 2 is from the musician's house (or studio).
I have a Mac connected to Zoom, settings are very different from windows eg raw is not available 5.9.1.
I have an issue where the volume control slider is disabled for my audio interface card ( Steinberg UR22C ) that is I have connected to my MAC.
My setup is as follows. All mics and instruments are connected to my MIXER Yamaha MG12XU. Stereo out port XLR L and R channels go to the inputs on the UR22C, which is connected to Zoom. On the back of the UR22C is a pine out which connects to my PA, so I get to hear all the sounds from my drummer and his midi track. We tried recording the session for some strange reason, the recorded session doesn't pick up my bass guitar or my vocals. Meanwhile off my PA when we are playing I can hear it all fine. All my equipment is from Long and Macquade as well. I don't know why Zoom disables the vol control slide when the UR22C is selected for both speaker and MIC. Does Zoom require add on drivers for the UR22C? I am quite baffled because when I speak/SING into the MIC, the input level bars are just above half.
I have a question. Wil the guitar sound mono (coming thru one set of speakers, for example the left) if you connect it to an audio interface?
hello, this could be different based on the type of interface and your computer setup. so can’t really answer it 100%. this said, normally the answer would be no. some interfaces would feed either input into both speakers, where as some interfaces work as a stereo out from the main bus so the left input would feed to the left, but in these cases, you can often pan the input of your guitar to the center position. also, the software you’re using, such as NI guitar rig, will allow you to select a mono in, and process it as a stereo output.
Thanks Greg! 2 questions I got mine ProFX10v3 and I'm getting so upset about how this mixer works: 1) On Audacity: Can you confirm to me if your ProFx mixer has a sightly L/R signal more higher than the other (on your XLR/mic channels)?
2) Into my gaming livestream with my friends in a call. The issue: If I choose the same settings as you are in this video (channels 1-2 / Line ProFx) here I needed to engage the To Phones button to hear them back but engaging the To Phones my headphone monitoring turn my Mic signal into a mono signal as an example of it, if I turn on profx effects as nº 18 ping pong delay (just to troll them) to me the signals is mono but in the usb-out (what they listen) is a normal stereo signal and if I turn off the To Phones option in the mixer i can get the Stereo Headphone signal but I loose the windows sound (my friends). Is there any solution for it?
Ps.:: And If I choose the channels 3-4 function i can get exactily
what i want in a full control of my stereo main out but the ProFx merge my windows sound (my friends call) + my mic sound connected in the ProFx in the same mic signals, what it means? They listen them back (loopback) in my mic signal at discord or teamspeak. :(((((((((
thanks in advance Greg
your videos are awesome
Trying to figure out your question my friend. Can you give more info?
There is a lot to digest in those questions. Something that i did not get into in my video is the use of the Blend knob. Have you experimented with that?(1/2 return).
@@GregintheBox Yep, using the 1/2 as you showed in this video I can separate the mic signal from the PC audio (my friends), that's a OK solution. In this case (try it to yourself) what is annoying in this option is the fact that when "to Phones" is ON the FX mic signal turns into a mono signal on headphones monitoring (try to record your vocal with the effect "ping-pong delay") you'll gonna figure out.
@@GregintheBox About my first question, using audacity I notice that my microphone signals has a sightly Right Side signal a bit higher than the Left side even with the PAN in the middle (on ProFx6v3 you'll not gonna have the Pan knob only a L-R button), my question is: Can you check it on your ProFx6v3? I'm gonna send a printscreen of what is happening here to show you.
Here's the screenshot:
imgur.com/a/uVBZSWe
Hi why cant i hear the sounds of my piano, only my voice
Hi :) Whats the best way to get Stereo Sound when performing with an electric piano in Zoom? :)
The best and simplest way is to use a usb mixer as an interface. Check out my videos on this: Sound Better Online with a USB mixer - ART USBMix4
ua-cam.com/video/TZjNrL4420o/v-deo.html
Sound Better Online with the Mackie ProFX6v3
ua-cam.com/video/eQl55gr7I74/v-deo.html
Yes!!! Thank you!!!! 1Nation4Life
your’e welcome. best of luck
What's about signal processing option, anyone tested it with focusrite?
Yes. It works fine for me
Hi Greg,
Ever since the latest Zoom update we've been having problems with Zoom putting in a sort of "PSCH" noise between verses in singing and speech. We cannot get rid of it?
The sound you describe, happening in the quiet spots in between, would suggest some sort of auto gain control or auto volume adjustment. This could be happening in Zoom, or in a mixer or other hardware that you are using before it goes into your computer.
Make sure you have followed all steps from the videos, specifically the tip to turn off the automatic control of the microphone level.
Finally, if you are using mobile devices like cellphones, then the options to control the audio quality are greatly reduced.
Best of luck.
@@GregintheBox We've got all the correct settings in Zoom. We've got high quality mics and a good mixer. All started after we updated Zoom to the latest version?
Hi how about the settings for the receiving end?
interesting. as an audience member, there are no settings required for good quality listening. what’s important for the audience in a zoom performance, is to keep their mics muted during the performance, or use headphones to listen. as the host, you would be able to mute attendees yourself if they forget. this is so important to manage. if people join and their mics are left on the sound will be terrible for you and other attendees as well. once the song or performance is over, if they want to turn their mic in to clap or offer a complement or question, that’s fine, but be sure to turn off their mics for anyone who forgets when you start performing again.
Thanks Greg that was really helpful. will this be good for me as a fitness instructor playing fitness music for my class also will my clients still hear my voice clearly with the music
This is simply the setting for Zoom itself. what is very important, along with these settings, is the use of a small USB mixer/interface. I’ve worked with other ath/rec instructors and set them up with the mixer featured and explained in one of my other videos: ua-cam.com/video/TZjNrL4420o/v-deo.html
Is there a certain specs I need in my laptop to make sure that my sound signal is being processed efficiently and effectively
Hmmmm, well a pc does not need to be super powerful for audio production, but add in video and other demands and it doesn’t hurt to have the best possible computer for the job. This said even an older computer can achieve this sort of thing, if it’s in good running order. Consider going through a good online check list of settings and fine tuning of your operating system for audio production. It can help with older computers.
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Hi my problem is when i play piano, zoom dont recognize it and music cant be heard. But i can hear my voice however
Only the first few channels go out the USB connection to Zoom. The higher number channels are for listening back tot he return of the usb connection. So if you don’t have you piano plugged into channel 2 let’s say, then it won’t go to Zoom.
So, I’m using and IPad and running Zoom version 5.6.7. I don’t have the option of having that many settings for my audio. Are you on an android or Chromebook? Why don’t I see these controls?
Hi MaryAnn, I’m on a PC running Windows 10. On an IPad or any mobile device, you would be running the mobile app version of Zoom, and the settings options are limited to none. to get the flexibility and quality improvements you might be looking for, a full size laptop or desktop will really help. on a cell or tablet, the only options to improve sound are to use headphones (to minimize echo/echo cancellation, and/or you could invest in a mobile audio interface like the the IK Multimedia Pro Duo I/O Mobile 2-Channel Audio/MIDI Interface. best of luck.
@@GregintheBox Thanks so much!!!
@@GregintheBox Hello Greg - Check again. There are options for Original Sound on both iOS and Android versions of Zoom, but finding them would require another tutorial video.
oh, I saw the bird only at 0.37 min :DD
Great video but I can’t clearly hear the student and they are using the zoom app on their phone not a laptop
You nailed the problem. If you get it right and the other person doesn’t, they believe you are hearing them like they hear you.
This causes a cognitive dissonance and the student gets frustrated at you.
A dongle that enables an audio interface helps.
If I start up lessons again, I am likely going to make it a program in which they get a basic interface with my logo on it with either ‘iOS’ ‘Android’ ‘Mac’ or ‘Windows’ accessories.
This worked in athletics, but it would be new to musicians. Then again people will quit anyways if the system doesn’t work.
Different ppl said differently like when you see original sound on ACTUALLY is off , original sound off ACTUALLY is on. My head twitch bigger abt this …. 😇😅😰
That can some time be explained by people in a confusing way. Think of it like this……. Zoom will usually do a lot of processing to be successful at two way communication between people, usually these people are using poor quality mics built into their computers or webcams. Zoom does a lot of processing to make their voices as clear and intelligible as possible for each other. When you try to sing or play music, the processing used to make talking sound good, makes music or singing sound terrible, so there are settings to let Zoom know not to do all that processing because the mics and mixers being used sound good and don’t need to be highly processed. The result is, Zoom let’s the original sound you’re sending it pass through without all that processing. So, “Turn original sound” to “ON” means to let your original good sounding mics/mixer/singing/instruments pass through without being scrambled by processing. Original sound to “ON” means Processing is off. It’s not as backwards as some might explain it. Best of luck on your Zoom adventures.
@@GregintheBox Your explanation is really CLEAR does make sense . Really appreciate it !!!!
I really don't think this feature as it is, is done well. It should be set in the settings, for Default. I never realized I had to use the button in the main view; to set Original Sound ON; and it's OFF by default. I just glanced at it, and it did not register; until hours later I needed to set it ON from the main view! So annoying; and this is a new feature; it just gets "punched in" with a required software update; now you have a system that will filter everything except voices. So Annoying.
You see how the mic picks up your voice … now try to play a song on the same computer to see if it picks up the same way … that’s what’s happening to a lot of people .even with all that you explain I think the issue is with zoom 😢