Best Audio Settings for ZoomHow to Enable Original Sound for Musicians on Zoom
Your Best Practices for Zoom Audio
Zoom, the video conferencing app Lessonface uses for lessons and classes, offers settings to improve your audio for music lessons and classes. See below how to activate them on your device.
Having trouble selecting the correct microphone and speaker devices on Zoom? Check out the Zoom Test page!
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A few quick observations: • Make sure Zoom is up to date. Download and install the latest version here or on your app store, or click "Check for Updates..." on the Zoom app. • These settings will affect the way your audio sounds to your counterpart in the meeting but does not fix what you hear from them, so feel free to share this page with your teacher/student if you believe they would benefit! Here's an easy-to-remember link: Lessonface.com/ZoomAudio |
Getting Started
Choose your operating system:
• Mac & Windows
• iPhone, iPad & Android
Contact us with any questions.
Mac & Windows
1 - Go to the Audio Settings Panel
2 - Make These Changes to the Audio Settings
Scrolling down on the audio settings page, mark the settings as follows:
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• Automatically adjust microphone volume - Unchecked • Volume level - Medium-high • Original sound for musicians - Selected • High fidelity music mode - Checked • Echo Cancellation - Checked |
The Audio Settings menu:
3 - Enable Original Sound
Selecting the "Original sound for musicians" option in the audio settings panel will give you the ability to enable it on the video window, but it still defaults to being switched off.
Switch it on, and you're good to go!
(It's good to keep an eye on it from time to time in case it gets switched off by itself!)
Quick note about Original sound for Musicians: if you have a fan or some kind of continuous source of noise in the room, it's good to check with other meeting participants how your audio is coming out, as the noise can be a little distracting or hindering to the clarity of your sound output. In case it is, you might want to consider switching from "Original sound for musicians" to "Zoom optimized audio" on the audio settings, and then setting the "Background noise suppression" parameter to Low or Medium.
All done! These settings should prevent Zoom from filtering out musical sounds that it might consider "background noise".
We'd love to hear your thoughts! Contact us by email or via the blue help bubble on the bottom left corner. We hope you have great lessons with great audio on Lessonface!
Note for Windows 10/11 Users
Windows 11 has an additional audio setting that precedes Zoom's audio settings and it's worth investigating. This adjustment is located in Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Sound Settings -> (your input device) -> Advanced. It's called Signal Enhancements or Audio Enhancements, and disabling this setting will allow the audio of your microphone to get to Zoom with less processing and potentially deliver improved sound for music lessons.
Tech Support Session
Would like to schedule a tech support session and test these audio settings with a Lessonface staff member? Book a free 15 or 30-min session here - it's just like booking a regular lesson.
• View your lesson schedule and messages by going to your Lessonface Dashboard.
• Looking for music lessons? Click here.
iPhone, iPad & Android
1 - Go to Zoom Settings
Before you join the meeting, open the Zoom app on your device, go to Settings >> Meetings, and switch on "Use Original Sound".
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2 - Join Meeting and Enable Original Sound
Join any Zoom meeting (can be your lesson or the Lessonface Video Test Room), click More... and Enable Original Sound.
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3 - You're all set!
Original Sound will be enabled and Zoom's noise reduction will be turned off. Go to the same menu to disable Original Sound, if needed.
These settings should prevent Zoom from filtering out musical sounds that it might consider "background noise".
We'd love to hear your thoughts! Contact us by email or via the blue help bubble on the bottom left corner. We hope you have great lessons with great audio on Lessonface!
Tech Support Session
Would like to schedule a tech support session and test these audio settings with a Lessonface staff member? Book a free 15 or 30-min session here - it's just like booking a regular lesson.
• View your lesson schedule and messages by going to your Lessonface Dashboard.
• Looking for music lessons? Click here.