I didn’t read all the comments, so I don’t know if this was said already, but if you want the best audio for digital music rather than your own music or voice you want to use “Share Computer Audio”. If you are doing something like a fitness class this is the way to go. You do this after your zoom meeting has started by going to the Share menu, selecting advanced at the top, then select share computer audio and press the share button in the corner. A banner will show up on your and the other meeting members screen saying that audio is being shared. Anything you now play from Spotify or TH-cam or iTunes on your computer will be shared without any loss to everyone else’s computer. No loss from the mic or the internet. Even when you use “Original Audio” it is still being sent over the internet phone protocol, which can (and does) drop packets. Hope that helps.
Yes, I've heard this. It doesn't with that well for music lessons or fitness classes where the instructor needs to give verbal cues. The class can't hear them. They could buy gear, but my purpose for this video was to show a way to do that's inexpensive and possible for anyone. 😊
Zen Fitness Try the instructions I said above and yes you would play from your computer (although you can use a separate Bluetooth speaker). Health Sounds Music is correct, however, in that your spoken cueing can be difficult to hear unless you use a separate mic. Bluetooth connected headphone/mic like you use on your phone should work fine. You will then need to set your input (mic) and output (speaker) in the Audio settings. A little testing with volume levels will help.
@@toadlguy This is helpful thank you. Could you please clarify/confirm then .. If I am using a bluetooth phone headset/mic (Jalabra 45) and cueing into it .. Will listeners hear that on top of the music played from my computer if I set input(mic) to (Jalabra 45). Thank you in anticipation of your help.
I play it from my computer but I also hear the music from my computer not through my earbuds that I'm trying to talk to them through. Suggestions on settings?
I am an audio engineer who teaches at a Community College in San Francisco. Your description is very well done and I'm certain that everyone who is new to this appreciates your wonderful explanation here. THANK YOU!
Maam how do you adjust the computer sound volume? I want my voice to become much audible than the background computer sound. Thanks in advance for the response!
Shnzoned the computer doesn’t add sound. Do you mean the sound of the space you are in? That would be your acoustics in the space and the ambient sound of your space. You have preferences in whatever software you are using and you can adjust the sound in the sound or audio preferences.
haha, I actually am pretty tech savvy. :) Over the past 15 years, I've created dozens of websites, taught myself how to record and engineer music, do graphic design, ads, and numerous other things. :)
@@DAlchemiss I don't think it's so strange to assume a music teacher/physical trainer is not a techie; it's not really a tech oriented job. She proved me wrong ;-)
Excellent video. Learning how to adjust the students volume was huge! Thanks. BTW - This is one of the most personable videos I have watched. Your personality, friendliness and humor came across very well.
Thank you for the tips! I am a speech therapist and I am also making TH-cam videos teaching parents/clinicians how to better their experience using Zoom during teletherapy. Sound is key and a good experience for everyone. I do lots of singing in my sessions to stimulate language and increase the child's attention. Not used to all this online platform for therapy but it's our new normal.
Thank you so much, I have been struggling with the sound quality and looking for a simple explanation of what to do for a week. Really well conducted explanations.
Thanks for the audio pref's tips! I've got a zoom gig tonight for friends' wedding in Australia - this helps dial in the sound. Thanks for sharing the magic.
Thank you soooo much for your video. I did my second Zoom class after putting in place everything you suggested and it all worked! Good enough sound, no glitches in video and everyone had a great time , especially me as I knew it was all working well.
Thank you sooooo much for this info! Exactly what I was looking for! I am a fitness instructor and I have been so disappointed with the audio during my classes. Here I am blasting the music and shouting over it and then when I listened to the playback you couldn’t even hear the music anyway! I am so excited to try this tomorrow!
Thanks that's the most useful and informative video on zoom settings that I've seen. All the others just tell you how to change the settings, but you explain why they need changing and what the effect is. Great.
Thank you SO much. I've been struggling with audio while trying to teach fitness classes. I used my AirPods as the mic connecting them as you described then adjusted the settings. Everyone could hear me well. One person said the music could be louder...I had it super loud (to me) on a JBL bluetooth speaker connected to my phone. I will work on that, but otherwise this helped me tremendously. Thank you again.
Please help! I just got mine and used t for class today teaching in ZOOM. I use a BEATS Pill for the music and connected this and the blue to my mac. The girls could hear me but just barely. I thought I was going to be loud I almost had to stand on top of the mic and talk super loud so they could hear me at all. I did all the settings she mentioned above am i doing something wrong???
@@bethanygonzales8944 change your settings on your computer: system utilities --> sound--> mic. you have to have the mic you're using connected (bluetooth etc). makes a huge difference!
Laurie, this has been the most informative posting that I've seen on Zoom, and your presentation is totally charming. You must be a good music teacher. Thanks for that. Having said that, I just have one problem and that is how to connect an external mic, which nobody seems to have addressed. I have a Zoom R16 8 channel mixer (coincidentally the same name), into which I've plugged my mic, but I don't know how to set the Zoom settings so that it will mute the built-in mic computer but still sense the R16 output, which should be playing the mic audio applied to the R16. I should mention that my external mic input is for a headset so I cannot plug my mic directly into it.
Go to audio property settings, right click volume bottom right of laptop screen.select record ,you will see internal mic and below that line input if you have your external line plunged into your laptop, click on internal mic and disable it, then it will default to line input. Hope this helps. BE SAFE EVERYONE.
I'm a composer and music therapist. Thank you very much Laurie , you answered to my doubts. I'm setting my studio for music therapy meetings and i tasting for having a good sound. You really helped me. Tomorrow i will connect my mic and all midi instruments. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this info. Teaching fitness classes on Zoom and could NOT figure out the music component. Just bought the Snowball speaker and made adjustments that you suggested. Trail sounded great. Thanks for helping us out!!
@@HealthSoundsMusic I will invest in a microphone- does it have to be a wireless one? or does it need to be wired and where do you put it? next to you or music? Also for now I am using the laptop itunes for music- does your audio settings you recommended stil aply when using laptop sound? (for now)
Loved it! Great job. As a music educator I really appreciate all points. Clarity, sincerity, specificity, depth and passion. Stay safe, stay healthy and stay connected with your students. ❤️
I’ve been struggling with zoom and not being able to do an acceptable live music ... I think the key work in your presentation is zoom compresses voice! And yes voice compression algorithms are not good for music. That pointer to advanced on the audio settings is a good piece of advice; like your video, like the way you present. Thank you!
@@gcuevasjl Thanks! I haven't done much on this channel since teaching voice lessons and being a fitness instructor. I will be posting more for sure! I'm shocked by the response of this video.
Thanks for this information. I will share it with my voice teacher colleages here in the Bay Area (San Francisco). I like you idea of sending exercises to students. Another method I've been using it to have them mute their sound while I play exercise accompaniments which they already know the patterns for. This is all a huge learning curve for all of us.
Thank you! You are not only an excellent teacher, have a beautiful voice and charming personality... but you're also GORGEOUS!!! If your students don't have a crush on you... they're deaf and blind. 😉❤
This was incredibly helpful. I recently played guitar live for my wife’s lifestream yoga class. Horribly garbled, I guess I got an hours worth of practice in, but besides that it was useless. I’ve been scratching my head to try to figure out how to enable decent sound from her laptop. I will do all of the above, your presentation was most informative and delightful! Kinda felt like I was getting a tutorial from Cinderella! Thank you, I subscribed!!!
Doesn't hurt of course to disable them, but you don't actually need to disable 'Suppress Background Noise' options if you've chosen the "Enable Original Sound" option in your meeting. Enabling Original Sound automatically disables all of Zoom's audio processing, including the Suppress Background Noise options (if you right-click/ctrl-click on the dialog "Show in-meeting..." to bring up the contextual menu, it will confirm this). Oh BTW, I have a Mac. In the app, the path to these options is Zoom.us/Preferences/Audio/Advanced. HTH
Thanks for the shortcut options! It's good to know where everything is too. I have my students who can disable the background noise, but they can't also have their Original Sound on, otherwise it causes clipping.
@@HealthSoundsMusic pleased to hear my comment was useful. As to clipping when your students turn on Original Sound, isn't that just a matter of them reducing the input levels on their microphones? Again something easily managed via the Zoom app's Audio Preferences (the 'test mic' option)? You don't even have to go into Advanced for that :)
@@PaulRedfern that's definitely an option, however I didn't have time to test levels with all of my students, especially because this was all new to them! It was easier to control what I could on my end. 😊
I've been a piano teacher for twenty-six years and not had to use any video conference app until now so I'm trying to catch on as best I can. My pupils are all on hold while I get to grips with Zoom. Unfortunately I don't have a laptop or computer, just an iPad....so I can only access the mobile version of Zoom. This means that frustratingly I can't get into the settings that are on the desktop version. Having had hilarious, chaotic 'meetings' with friends as a practice I witnessed the ridiculous sound and I said 'sounds to me like they've got some sort of random compression thing going on'. So this afternoon, watching your clip, I've learned that's exactly what it is (CRAZY....as you say, it's designed for soeech, but big deal if you hear background noise, who wants to 'not hear' all the audio detail of real life??' Especially when music is likely to be involved!!). It seems to me that all I can do personally in my Zoom version for iPad is go into Settings
Laurie, thank you so much for putting this together. I had figured out alot of this myself because I speak to a friend in Brazil often; but the advanced setting informastions has REALLY helped me a better, more pleasant voice teacher. I have been making a lot of my own mp3s in the past 4 years because the students do not play piano so I was a little ahead with this aspect before this all started. It does take a lot of extra work for the teacher yet my students are doing so much better because they are learning to listen and use solfeggio knowledge to sing the correct intervals. We are really able to get to the nitty gritty of pitch and intonation with these settings. Yay!!
Really simple and helpful tips. Can't wait to adjust my settings tomorrow and see the difference and hopefully being able to teach my Yoga classes with good quality music! Your smile and your energy are contagious. You are a joy to watch. Thank you 🙏
This is helpful though, as you point out, it requires lots of computer and internet resources. I’ve been doing the backend for Zoom church services, and learned early on that music and vocals can’t come from different locations, as you also point out. I started merging video tracks of vocals and accompaniment into a single video and sharing that via Zoom. There’s a setting in the screen share , which I think does what you’re describing but just for the screen share. While sharing your screen or window, you can click the three dots on the black bar at the top of your screen and select “optimize video for share.” This makes the sound that broadcasts from the video much better for participants.
Super helpful video! Where do you place your external speaker for fitness classes? Next to external microphone or behind you as you present class? Also… Do you happen to share audio during fitness classes? This seems to be crystal clear music on the participants end, but when i plug in my microphone, the audio turns off. Wondering if you had any insight!
Brilliant, so clear and easy to follow. I've been running a beginners Ukulele Group plus hosting Music/Comedy parties using TH-cam playlists I've created. We were experiencing all kinds of audio problems but thanks to your video those should be no more - just waiting for my Ethernet Cable & Adaptor from Amazon to arrive to complete your list of suggestions. Stay safe...….
I'm so happy to have helped! My son is learning Ukelele and loves it! They don't do group lessons though so I can only imagine the kind of audio nightmare your group has been having! Best of luck to you!
Great video and the thank you for the helpful tips. I am fitness instructor and just starting using Zoom. I appreciate the tips for the audio. Since you also teach fitness I can't seem to get a full body in the camera. How far do you need to be get a good full image on the zoom meeting. If that makes senses.
Thank you thank you so much for sharing !!-- just with your advice I will be able to hold my Zumba Gold classes for my golden girls with so much better quality sound -- they could see me but the sound was coming and going and now I know why.... Thank you sincerely from NZ.
So you're playing music on a separate device? Not on your laptop? That is huge! Thank you!!! I have not found any way to play music on the zoom computer so that it sounds good. The Original Audio setting only applies to the mic, and not to internal audio. Zoom compresses the life out of music played on the zoom computer.
Thank you so much!! No more warped and wobbly music! You are a super star. Much better for an exercise class. The only thing from using the original sound is that when I’m then close my voice seems to be slightly distorted/ crackly. Is this because I’m talking too loudly? I haven’t got an external mike available btw so having to use the Apple inbuilt on on MacBook. Thanks again
Thank you, this is very informative and helpful. My friends and I tried to entertain each other at our Happy Hour last night. Sound kept going in and out. Can't wait to try these settings next week. Thanks again!
Thank you so much! The menu looks different now for the advanced area of suppressing...any suggestions on the new menu and where to suppress these? Thanks!!!
Thanks for this video! What do to recommend for a choir trying to rehearse over Zoom? When we first tried it out, everyone reported: 1) some voices would be heard lagging and others would be in time 2) not every voice could be heard at once 3) the voices that were in time would disappear and then come back in lagging and vice versa.
That's because, unfortunately: 1) all video conferencing has some sort of lag 2) they are not designed to have audio happening together simultaneously. That's why I have my students echo me and the piano, instead of playing with them. I experienced the exact same thing. In Zoom, I don't think there's a setting or a way to fix those issues you've been having.
Great advice ! Thanks for the mic settings. I’m teaching electronic music through Zoom and using an app called Loopback (expensive) to route any and multiple sources to any and multiple monitors. This is especially useful when teaching DAW but could be used when teaching a piano connected via usb.
Thank you for this valuable information. I'm trying to conduct piano lessons via Zoom, and was about to give up when I viewed your video. Maybe it'll work after all!
Hi Florian (hope I spelled that correctly), Thank you so very much! Your suggested setting changes solved my specific recording problem with Zoom!! You are indeed brilliant!!! I was getting a really weird sound when recording my piano in a Zoom meeting though it sounded fine with exactly the same setup using Audacity. I was able to continue to use my wireless internet connection, but my Zooming laptop is only about 10 feet from the wireless router. I do keep it plugged into the charger. And this is using the built in laptop mike, but an external amp and speaker! I believe this is going to also solve a problem I'm having with a very similar distorted sound when another meeting member plays her piano live during a Zoom meeting. I can't wait to try that out at a more normal hour. :-) Blessings!
It looks like Zoom has changed the Advanced Audio Settings. Can you help us with an update on which settings to select (or not select)? It has "Echo cancellation" options of "Auto" or "Aggressive", and "When original sound is enabled" you have three options: "Disable echo cancellation", "High fidelity music mode", and "Use stereo audio". Can you help? Thank you so much! :-) You are awesome.
Yes, please. I just discovered your video last week and it’s been a game changer at my studio but now with the upgrade we’re back to where we started and it does not allow for the same adjustments. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated! Thank you
The suggestion of using an external speaker is just crazy (for musicians) - perhaps it's necessary for exercise. The best and most efficient way to transmit high quality sound to the students is the "use computer sound" checkbox in the lower left of the "Share Screen" window.
the problem with using the share sound feature is that only the music will be heard. If you are talking or singing that will not work. only the music will be heard
Hello and thank you thank you THANK YOU!!! This video saved me!!! I truly appreciate everything from this video. I have one question. I am a fitness/yoga instructor and all of the things you shared I have done and has worked amazingly! The only thing now is every so often about 30 min or so into the workout my camera will turn off and I will freeze. I use the ethernet cord so I know it can't be the connection. I have had my peeps all leave the meeting and we start again and that seems to work.....have you had this happen? I am using my laptop camera. Thank you in advance!! Much love!!
Thank you for taking the time to get back to me :) I have checked out your suggestion (really good idea, never thought of that) but unfortunately it was already set for 2 hours while plugged in. Thank you again for the idea! Ill keep on my quest!
Hi, is your computer running on batteries? Some computers are set to save electricity by limiting power to USB devices after a certain number of minutes of "idle time" (the computer may not be smart enough to realize that just because you're not interacting with it doesn't mean it's idle). Go into your advanced power settings and try to find any setting that will conserve power to the USB devices, cameras, audio, media... Also just having the computer plugged into the wall may cause it to not do this.
thank you soo much lovely lady one of crafts is working as a sound healer playing Cystral bowls and other sound instrument for workshops and privates , unfortunately I have had to limit how I play soo I really looking forward to trying this out. thanks again
Great video! Quick question regarding the "using original sound" option... Do you toggle it to use original sound once you're playing music or anytime your'e using an external mic?
Right now I've toggled the original sound option whenever I'm doing a lesson regardless, just because otherwise I'd forget. :) I always have my external mic plugged in because my laptop mic SUCKS!
I’ve been using the iPad 6th generation for teaching zoom guitar lessons. Running through a helix line 6, external mic into a mixer with a 1/8 TRS out and into the headphone (mic input) on the iPad. For audio I am using Bluetooth earbuds.
You can definitely do it this way with mixers. A popular one is the iRig. I wanted to give people an option where they didn't need to invest much of anything. 😊 I'm sure glad you found a setup that's working for you!
Thank you. Two questions. 1) So you do not use the option (for fitness/dance lessons) of sending the music straight from your computer? I love how the music travels to them if you're playing it and sharing it with the advanced setting, but then yes, I want the microphone for my voice and not sure which microphone to use. 2) Do you know of a clip mic or wearable mic that you could recommend which does not include earphones as well?
For fitness classes, I personally do not use the option of sending music directly from the computer because I need to cue my class. That works great in dance classes like Zumba where there's no verbal cues, only physical. For what you're asking, there are a couple of options. If your space is small, you should be able to get away with a simple USB mic, like the Blue Snowball I showed in my video. The internal mics in laptops, etc, are generally pretty crappy. :) If you want something with more beef that you can connect with another audio source, like a big speaker system, I use the XIAOKOA 2.4G Wireless Microphone (on Amazon for about $30) with ION Audio Tailgater Plus Bluetooth speaker system. I hope this helps!
Great video. I was able to make the changes you suggested to my desktop; however, I was not able to access those settings on the actual device I use for the piano lessons.
In the Android version of the Zoom app the settings are to be found in the top left hand corner of the Start a Meeting/Join a Meeting page. Click on the little wheel there, then on the next page click on "Meeting" which gives access to the "Meeting Settings" page, and by scrolling down you can find the switch to "Use Original Sound" which is by far the most important one when it comes to getting music to sound even remotely like music.
I didn’t read all the comments, so I don’t know if this was said already, but if you want the best audio for digital music rather than your own music or voice you want to use “Share Computer Audio”. If you are doing something like a fitness class this is the way to go. You do this after your zoom meeting has started by going to the Share menu, selecting advanced at the top, then select share computer audio and press the share button in the corner. A banner will show up on your and the other meeting members screen saying that audio is being shared. Anything you now play from Spotify or TH-cam or iTunes on your computer will be shared without any loss to everyone else’s computer. No loss from the mic or the internet. Even when you use “Original Audio” it is still being sent over the internet phone protocol, which can (and does) drop packets. Hope that helps.
Yes, I've heard this. It doesn't with that well for music lessons or fitness classes where the instructor needs to give verbal cues. The class can't hear them. They could buy gear, but my purpose for this video was to show a way to do that's inexpensive and possible for anyone. 😊
Zen Fitness Try the instructions I said above and yes you would play from your computer (although you can use a separate Bluetooth speaker). Health Sounds Music is correct, however, in that your spoken cueing can be difficult to hear unless you use a separate mic. Bluetooth connected headphone/mic like you use on your phone should work fine. You will then need to set your input (mic) and output (speaker) in the Audio settings. A little testing with volume levels will help.
Hi! There is an option to do that from the iphone app? Thanks!
@@toadlguy This is helpful thank you. Could you please clarify/confirm then .. If I am using a bluetooth phone headset/mic (Jalabra 45) and cueing into it .. Will listeners hear that on top of the music played from my computer if I set input(mic) to (Jalabra 45). Thank you in anticipation of your help.
I play it from my computer but I also hear the music from my computer not through my earbuds that I'm trying to talk to them through. Suggestions on settings?
I am an audio engineer who teaches at a Community College in San Francisco. Your description is very well done and I'm certain that everyone who is new to this appreciates your wonderful explanation here. THANK YOU!
Maam how do you adjust the computer sound volume? I want my voice to become much audible than the background computer sound. Thanks in advance for the response!
Shnzoned the computer doesn’t add sound. Do you mean the sound of the space you are in? That would be your acoustics in the space and the ambient sound of your space. You have preferences in whatever software you are using and you can adjust the sound in the sound or audio preferences.
Its nice to see non-techie folks learning how to improvise and adapt using technology. Good job
haha, I actually am pretty tech savvy. :) Over the past 15 years, I've created dozens of websites, taught myself how to record and engineer music, do graphic design, ads, and numerous other things. :)
SeaTacDelta strange that you assumed she was “non-techy” when clearly she is!?
@@HealthSoundsMusic I guess I shouldn't assume. Still, good job.
@@DAlchemiss I don't think it's so strange to assume a music teacher/physical trainer is not a techie; it's not really a tech oriented job. She proved me wrong ;-)
Excellent video. Learning how to adjust the students volume was huge! Thanks. BTW - This is one of the most personable videos I have watched. Your personality, friendliness and humor came across very well.
Oh wow! Thank you SO MUCH!!!!
Hi rich. Both you guys should be posting this on Zoom for Musicians group on Facebook, it will come in handy, and you’ll know a lot of people there.
Thank you for the tips! I am a speech therapist and I am also making TH-cam videos teaching parents/clinicians how to better their experience using Zoom during teletherapy. Sound is key and a good experience for everyone. I do lots of singing in my sessions to stimulate language and increase the child's attention. Not used to all this online platform for therapy but it's our new normal.
That's terrific! I'm so glad this could help the much needed work you do.
Thank you so much, I have been struggling with the sound quality and looking for a simple explanation of what to do for a week. Really well conducted explanations.
Thanks for the audio pref's tips! I've got a zoom gig tonight for friends' wedding in Australia - this helps dial in the sound. Thanks for sharing the magic.
Thank you soooo much for your video. I did my second Zoom class after putting in place everything you suggested and it all worked! Good enough sound, no glitches in video and everyone had a great time , especially me as I knew it was all working well.
That's wonderful to hear!
Thanks. I have been trying for weeks to get good audio on Zoom with piano and vocals. I haven't tried a couple of these tips, but I will!
Thank you sooooo much for this info! Exactly what I was looking for! I am a fitness instructor and I have been so disappointed with the audio during my classes. Here I am blasting the music and shouting over it and then when I listened to the playback you couldn’t even hear the music anyway! I am so excited to try this tomorrow!
Janine, how did it work for you?
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU from a music teacher in Perth, Western Australia. You are a legend!
Thanks that's the most useful and informative video on zoom settings that I've seen. All the others just tell you how to change the settings, but you explain why they need changing and what the effect is. Great.
Thank you SO much. I've been struggling with audio while trying to teach fitness classes. I used my AirPods as the mic connecting them as you described then adjusted the settings. Everyone could hear me well. One person said the music could be louder...I had it super loud (to me) on a JBL bluetooth speaker connected to my phone. I will work on that, but otherwise this helped me tremendously. Thank you again.
Please help! I just got mine and used t for class today teaching in ZOOM. I use a BEATS Pill for the music and connected this and the blue to my mac. The girls could hear me but just barely. I thought I was going to be loud I almost had to stand on top of the mic and talk super loud so they could hear me at all. I did all the settings she mentioned above am i doing something wrong???
@@bethanygonzales8944 change your settings on your computer: system utilities --> sound--> mic. you have to have the mic you're using connected (bluetooth etc). makes a huge difference!
Thanks. I'm a classical guitar teacher, and this has been helpful.
Thanks for your simplicity in explaining things. Very useful indeed
Laurie, this has been the most informative posting that I've seen on Zoom, and your presentation is totally charming. You must be a good music teacher. Thanks for that. Having said that, I just have one problem and that is how to connect an external mic, which nobody seems to have addressed. I have a Zoom R16 8 channel mixer (coincidentally the same name), into which I've plugged my mic, but I don't know how to set the Zoom settings so that it will mute the built-in mic computer but still sense the R16 output, which should be playing the mic audio applied to the R16. I should mention that my external mic input is for a headset so I cannot plug my mic directly into it.
Go to audio property settings, right click volume bottom right of laptop screen.select record ,you will see internal mic and below that line input if you have your external line plunged into your laptop, click on internal mic and disable it, then it will default to line input. Hope this helps. BE SAFE EVERYONE.
I'm a composer and music therapist. Thank you very much Laurie , you answered to my doubts. I'm setting my studio for music therapy meetings and i tasting for having a good sound. You really helped me. Tomorrow i will connect my mic and all midi instruments. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this info. Teaching fitness classes on Zoom and could NOT figure out the music component. Just bought the Snowball speaker and made adjustments that you suggested. Trail sounded great. Thanks for helping us out!!
That's so great to hear! Thanks for letting me know.
@@HealthSoundsMusic I will invest in a microphone- does it have to be a wireless one? or does it need to be wired and where do you put it? next to you or music? Also for now I am using the laptop itunes for music- does your audio settings you recommended stil aply when using laptop sound? (for now)
@@clarked98 I use a wireless one and then connect it (bluetooth) to the computer. I'm a dance teacher so wired is not an option for me.
Loved it! Great job. As a music educator I really appreciate all points. Clarity, sincerity, specificity, depth and passion. Stay safe, stay healthy and stay connected with your students. ❤️
I do fitness Boot Camps on Zoom and ran into this issue on day one with the music. I’m going to try all these tips thank you for posting this!
Thank you! Gonna go try this now for my students @FirstdanceStudios in Jamaica!!! We really appreciate you for taking the time to do this!!!
You're so very welcome!
I’ve been struggling with zoom and not being able to do an acceptable live music ... I think the key work in your presentation is zoom compresses voice! And yes voice compression algorithms are not good for music. That pointer to advanced on the audio settings is a good piece of advice; like your video, like the way you present. Thank you!
By the way I think you will soon have more followers!
@@gcuevasjl Thanks! I haven't done much on this channel since teaching voice lessons and being a fitness instructor. I will be posting more for sure! I'm shocked by the response of this video.
Thank you, have been playing Indian music to our meditation group, I feel this will really help!
Thanks for this information. I will share it with my voice teacher colleages here in the Bay Area (San Francisco). I like you idea of sending exercises to students. Another method I've been using it to have them mute their sound while I play exercise accompaniments which they already know the patterns for. This is all a huge learning curve for all of us.
Thanks for this helpful video -- and good job! You've got great public speaking skills, very warm and expressive...
Thank you! You are not only an excellent teacher, have a beautiful voice and charming personality... but you're also GORGEOUS!!! If your students don't have a crush on you... they're deaf and blind. 😉❤
This was incredibly helpful. I recently played guitar live for my wife’s lifestream yoga class. Horribly garbled, I guess I got an hours worth of practice in, but besides that it was useless. I’ve been scratching my head to try to figure out how to enable decent sound from her laptop. I will do all of the above, your presentation was most informative and delightful! Kinda felt like I was getting a tutorial from Cinderella! Thank you, I subscribed!!!
Doesn't hurt of course to disable them, but you don't actually need to disable 'Suppress Background Noise' options if you've chosen the "Enable Original Sound" option in your meeting. Enabling Original Sound automatically disables all of Zoom's audio processing, including the Suppress Background Noise options (if you right-click/ctrl-click on the dialog "Show in-meeting..." to bring up the contextual menu, it will confirm this).
Oh BTW, I have a Mac. In the app, the path to these options is Zoom.us/Preferences/Audio/Advanced. HTH
Thanks for the shortcut options! It's good to know where everything is too. I have my students who can disable the background noise, but they can't also have their Original Sound on, otherwise it causes clipping.
@@HealthSoundsMusic pleased to hear my comment was useful. As to clipping when your students turn on Original Sound, isn't that just a matter of them reducing the input levels on their microphones? Again something easily managed via the Zoom app's Audio Preferences (the 'test mic' option)? You don't even have to go into Advanced for that :)
@@PaulRedfern that's definitely an option, however I didn't have time to test levels with all of my students, especially because this was all new to them! It was easier to control what I could on my end. 😊
@@HealthSoundsMusic This is a very nice presentation, and Paul thanks for your additional comments.
Thanks so much! Was ready to throw out my newly-acquired mic thinking that was the problem. You save the day!
Thank you for this! I can't wait to try to settings on my next coaching session!
I've been a piano teacher for twenty-six years and not had to use any video conference app until now so I'm trying to catch on as best I can.
My pupils are all on hold while I get to grips with Zoom. Unfortunately I don't have a laptop or computer, just an iPad....so I can only access the mobile version of Zoom. This means that frustratingly I can't get into the settings that are on the desktop version. Having had hilarious, chaotic 'meetings' with friends as a practice I witnessed the ridiculous sound and I said 'sounds to me like they've got some sort of random compression thing going on'. So this afternoon, watching your clip, I've learned that's exactly what it is (CRAZY....as you say, it's designed for soeech, but big deal if you hear background noise, who wants to 'not hear' all the audio detail of real life??' Especially when music is likely to be involved!!).
It seems to me that all I can do personally in my Zoom version for iPad is go into Settings
I certainly hope that works for you! Please let me know. Best of luck.
"Turn on original sound" is the most vital of the settings for music -- it should make an enormous difference.
Laurie, thank you so much for putting this together. I had figured out alot of this myself because I speak to a friend in Brazil often; but the advanced setting informastions has REALLY helped me a better, more pleasant voice teacher. I have been making a lot of my own mp3s in the past 4 years because the students do not play piano so I was a little ahead with this aspect before this all started. It does take a lot of extra work for the teacher yet my students are doing so much better because they are learning to listen and use solfeggio knowledge to sing the correct intervals. We are really able to get to the nitty gritty of pitch and intonation with these settings. Yay!!
This is AWESOME!! Thank you!! My virtual spin students will be delighted. :)
thank you for such great advise! I stumbled upon your video and I think it saved me a ton of research time! God Bless you!
Great tips! O'm going to try these for my online Zumba classes! Thank you for sharing these valuable tips! 😊
I can't can't cannot thankyou much.....I was going mad coz of it for my Zumba classes. God bless you 🙏.... Lots of love from India🇮🇳♥️♥️
Oh my goodness, you're so very welcome! I really hope it helps you have great Zumba classes. :)
Really simple and helpful tips. Can't wait to adjust my settings tomorrow and see the difference and hopefully being able to teach my Yoga classes with good quality music!
Your smile and your energy are contagious. You are a joy to watch. Thank you 🙏
This is helpful though, as you point out, it requires lots of computer and internet resources. I’ve been doing the backend for Zoom church services, and learned early on that music and vocals can’t come from different locations, as you also point out. I started merging video tracks of vocals and accompaniment into a single video and sharing that via Zoom. There’s a setting in the screen share , which I think does what you’re describing but just for the screen share. While sharing your screen or window, you can click the three dots on the black bar at the top of your screen and select “optimize video for share.” This makes the sound that broadcasts from the video much better for participants.
Thank you. This is very good, and you've done all the research work for us.
You are awesome. Thank you. I am a guitar tutor and have been finding this really frustrating.
Super helpful video! Where do you place your external speaker for fitness classes? Next to external microphone or behind you as you present class?
Also… Do you happen to share audio during fitness classes? This seems to be crystal clear music on the participants end, but when i plug in my microphone, the audio turns off. Wondering if you had any insight!
Excellent tutorial.. thank you for this. Now to check this out with my class!!!
I'm a fitness instructor, thank you so much for sharing this!
Brilliant, so clear and easy to follow. I've been running a beginners Ukulele Group plus hosting Music/Comedy parties using TH-cam playlists I've created.
We were experiencing all kinds of audio problems but thanks to your video those should be no more - just waiting for my Ethernet Cable & Adaptor from Amazon to arrive to complete your list of suggestions.
Stay safe...….
I'm so happy to have helped! My son is learning Ukelele and loves it! They don't do group lessons though so I can only imagine the kind of audio nightmare your group has been having! Best of luck to you!
Your son could check out my own TH-cam channel - Mikelele’s Tune A Day to see an enthusiastic player in action!
Great video and the thank you for the helpful tips. I am fitness instructor and just starting using Zoom. I appreciate the tips for the audio. Since you also teach fitness I can't seem to get a full body in the camera. How far do you need to be get a good full image on the zoom meeting. If that makes senses.
Thank you, thank you, thank YOU! The awful music I’ve heard on my initial zoom meetings has driven me crazy. This is so incredibly helpful!
You're so very welcome!
Thank you so much for this. At last an easy to understand lesson in setting up Zoom to play music and sing live with others
I’m a fitness instructor and vocal instructor too! I just stumbled across your video looking at zoom tutorials. Thanks for the info!
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Great advice and well explained- thank you
Friendly and so helpful. This is wondeerful. I will get my listeners to change their settings, too.
Thank you so much for this video! I teach voice also & found it to be very helpful!
Very annoying and informative! Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you... I think... :D Glad I could be of help, sorry that it was annoying.
Thank you thank you so much for sharing !!-- just with your advice I will be able to hold my Zumba Gold classes for my golden girls with so much better quality sound -- they could see me but the sound was coming and going and now I know why.... Thank you sincerely from NZ.
Did it work for you, Valerie?
So you're playing music on a separate device? Not on your laptop? That is huge! Thank you!!! I have not found any way to play music on the zoom computer so that it sounds good. The Original Audio setting only applies to the mic, and not to internal audio. Zoom compresses the life out of music played on the zoom computer.
Thank you! I teach dance and I'm a movement coach. These changes are going out a lot.
Thank you so much!! No more warped and wobbly music! You are a super star. Much better for an exercise class. The only thing from using the original sound is that when I’m then close my voice seems to be slightly distorted/ crackly. Is this because I’m talking too loudly? I haven’t got an external mike available btw so having to use the Apple inbuilt on on MacBook. Thanks again
It might be because of the internal mic.
Thank you so much for this video. The bonus for me is your a vocal coach! Awesome. How much are your skype lessons?
Thanks for sharing this! I teach piano and fitness and will be trying these settings for a yoga class this morning.
Please let me know how it goes!
That was really helpful, and gorgeous to watch. Easy to follow. Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you, this is very informative and helpful. My friends and I tried to entertain each other at our Happy Hour last night. Sound kept going in and out. Can't wait to try these settings next week. Thanks again!
This is awesome! Thank you so much! (I am a music teacher.) I am definitely sharing your video!
Thanks for this simple and sweet straight to the point, much appreciated, xx.
This is great help and I agree with Lisa Wall-Urgero. You have great video presence! Thank you so much!!
Ha, thank you!
Thank you so much! The menu looks different now for the advanced area of suppressing...any suggestions on the new menu and where to suppress these? Thanks!!!
Thank you so much! Helpful video with charm ;)
Thanks for this video! What do to recommend for a choir trying to rehearse over Zoom? When we first tried it out, everyone reported: 1) some voices would be heard lagging and others would be in time
2) not every voice could be heard at once
3) the voices that were in time would disappear and then come back in lagging and vice versa.
That's because, unfortunately:
1) all video conferencing has some sort of lag
2) they are not designed to have audio happening together simultaneously. That's why I have my students echo me and the piano, instead of playing with them. I experienced the exact same thing.
In Zoom, I don't think there's a setting or a way to fix those issues you've been having.
@@HealthSoundsMusic Darn. I appreciate your reply. Stay safe and well.
Excellent job there doing all the research. I’ve been sitting trying to find the solution for several days now! Thank you 🙂
You're so very welcome! I figured I might as well share what I found out. 😊
Great advice ! Thanks for the mic settings. I’m teaching electronic music through Zoom and using an app called Loopback (expensive) to route any and multiple sources to any and multiple monitors. This is especially useful when teaching DAW but could be used when teaching a piano connected via usb.
Cool! What a great thing to teach. 😊 I'm glad these settings will help.
Thank you! We are going to try out those new audio settings tonight!
This information is quite helpful. I'm a Vocal Coach so these settings recommendations were very timely. Thanks!
Thank you Lorianne. I've been having the exact same problem while trying to teach music through Zoom. I'm going to implement your advice immediately.
Thank you for the tips! Excellent review..
Thank you for this valuable information. I'm trying to conduct piano lessons via Zoom, and was about to give up when I viewed your video. Maybe it'll work after all!
Please let me know how it goes!
THANK YOU SOOOOO MYCH - you just saved me!!! I made my first 2 lessions and they were CRAP (fitness instructor) NOW everything will change.
Please let me know how it goes!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! OMG I''ve been searching and searching and you're the first person I've ever heard giving answers on this!!!
Great! That's why I did this video. :) There's plenty of tutorials on how to share the sound within Zoom, but that doesn't work for all applications.
Hi Florian (hope I spelled that correctly), Thank you so very much! Your suggested setting changes solved my specific recording problem with Zoom!! You are indeed brilliant!!! I was getting a really weird sound when recording my piano in a Zoom meeting though it sounded fine with exactly the same setup using Audacity. I was able to continue to use my wireless internet connection, but my Zooming laptop is only about 10 feet from the wireless router. I do keep it plugged into the charger. And this is using the built in laptop mike, but an external amp and speaker! I believe this is going to also solve a problem I'm having with a very similar distorted sound when another meeting member plays her piano live during a Zoom meeting. I can't wait to try that out at a more normal hour. :-) Blessings!
It looks like Zoom has changed the Advanced Audio Settings. Can you help us with an update on which settings to select (or not select)? It has "Echo cancellation" options of "Auto" or "Aggressive", and "When original sound is enabled" you have three options: "Disable echo cancellation", "High fidelity music mode", and "Use stereo audio". Can you help? Thank you so much! :-) You are awesome.
Yes, please. I just discovered your video last week and it’s been a game changer at my studio but now with the upgrade we’re back to where we started and it does not allow for the same adjustments. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated! Thank you
@@elevatefitnessstudio Did yall ever hear back?
Did yall ever hear back?
Nope.
The suggestion of using an external speaker is just crazy (for musicians) - perhaps it's necessary for exercise. The best and most efficient way to transmit high quality sound to the students is the "use computer sound" checkbox in the lower left of the "Share Screen" window.
the problem with using the share sound feature is that only the music will be heard. If you are talking or singing that will not work. only the music will be heard
Exactly. You cannot hear anything else if you share the music internally.
Super helpful. Thank you for this, will try today
Hello and thank you thank you THANK YOU!!! This video saved me!!! I truly appreciate everything from this video. I have one question. I am a fitness/yoga instructor and all of the things you shared I have done and has worked amazingly! The only thing now is every so often about 30 min or so into the workout my camera will turn off and I will freeze. I use the ethernet cord so I know it can't be the connection. I have had my peeps all leave the meeting and we start again and that seems to work.....have you had this happen? I am using my laptop camera. Thank you in advance!! Much love!!
Could it be an internal setting for your camera? Or do you have your laptop set to sleep after so many minutes? You could try disabling that.
Thank you for taking the time to get back to me :)
I have checked out your suggestion (really good idea, never thought of that) but unfortunately it was already set for 2 hours while plugged in.
Thank you again for the idea! Ill keep on my quest!
@@samanthawaagenaar3807, I have the same thing happen, also with ethernet cable. I think it is Zoom.
Hi, is your computer running on batteries? Some computers are set to save electricity by limiting power to USB devices after a certain number of minutes of "idle time" (the computer may not be smart enough to realize that just because you're not interacting with it doesn't mean it's idle). Go into your advanced power settings and try to find any setting that will conserve power to the USB devices, cameras, audio, media... Also just having the computer plugged into the wall may cause it to not do this.
very helpful and well presented. Thank you.😀
Very helpful. You have a delightful, warm personality!
thank you soo much lovely lady one of crafts is working as a sound healer playing Cystral bowls and other sound instrument for workshops and privates , unfortunately I have had to limit how I play soo I really looking forward to trying this out. thanks again
Great info. What can you do for online glee clubs or musical theater.
Great video! Quick question regarding the "using original sound" option... Do you toggle it to use original sound once you're playing music or anytime your'e using an external mic?
Right now I've toggled the original sound option whenever I'm doing a lesson regardless, just because otherwise I'd forget. :) I always have my external mic plugged in because my laptop mic SUCKS!
Thank you so much for taking the time to share. Blessings!
I’ve been using the iPad 6th generation for teaching zoom guitar lessons. Running through a helix line 6, external mic into a mixer with a 1/8 TRS out and into the headphone (mic input) on the iPad. For audio I am using Bluetooth earbuds.
You can definitely do it this way with mixers. A popular one is the iRig. I wanted to give people an option where they didn't need to invest much of anything. 😊 I'm sure glad you found a setup that's working for you!
I liked your screenshots. Thank you for the video!
This was super helpful-thanks so much!!
Your video was very well done, indeed. Great presentation! If its alright, I will use this in my English classes in Japan. Cheers and be safe!!!
Yes, of course it's alright!
Just what I needed! Problem solved thanks to you!! Thank you!!!
What a nice, charming and useful video you made! I’m a piano teacher and I actually already apply some of your advices, but great tips. Thanks :-)
Thanks for the pointers. I have a class this morning and will try it out.
Thank you--this finally made it possible for me, even without a smart phone.
That's awesome!
Thank you so much! I am a vocal coach too. One question. Does your cliënt also have to adjust the audio settings? Thank you!
Thanks so much. Very helpful and clear.
Thank you. Two questions.
1) So you do not use the option (for fitness/dance lessons) of sending the music straight from your computer? I love how the music travels to them if you're playing it and sharing it with the advanced setting, but then yes, I want the microphone for my voice and not sure which microphone to use.
2) Do you know of a clip mic or wearable mic that you could recommend which does not include earphones as well?
For fitness classes, I personally do not use the option of sending music directly from the computer because I need to cue my class. That works great in dance classes like Zumba where there's no verbal cues, only physical. For what you're asking, there are a couple of options. If your space is small, you should be able to get away with a simple USB mic, like the Blue Snowball I showed in my video. The internal mics in laptops, etc, are generally pretty crappy. :) If you want something with more beef that you can connect with another audio source, like a big speaker system, I use the XIAOKOA 2.4G Wireless Microphone (on Amazon for about $30) with ION Audio Tailgater Plus Bluetooth speaker system. I hope this helps!
Great video. I was able to make the changes you suggested to my desktop; however, I was not able to access those settings on the actual device I use for the piano lessons.
In the Android version of the Zoom app the settings are to be found in the top left hand corner of the Start a Meeting/Join a Meeting page. Click on the little wheel there, then on the next page click on "Meeting" which gives access to the "Meeting Settings" page, and by scrolling down you can find the switch to "Use Original Sound" which is by far the most important one when it comes to getting music to sound even remotely like music.
A lot of useful information shared. Many thanks.
Thank you soo much. I teach yoga and I’ve been struggling with the sound. I can’t wait to see if this helps.:)