One component I'm missing is effective instrument monitoring AND hearing the Zoom output (i.e. the student) through headphones. I need my electric guitar and the students voice in my headphones, and obviously not my own mic. How would you approach that with this exact mixer+interface setup? I can do a complicated song and dance of software routing, but that introduces significant latency to my self-instrument monitoring no matter what magic driver you use, so now I can't play.
Hello everyone. What about using a camera such as the LUMIX G7 when teaching via zoom? I use it already for pre recorded tutorials. As a webcam it seems like a huge improvement of the video quality, but would this burn my MacBook Air 2020, consume to much CPU power and be just too much for a normal internet connection? I’d be great to have a full HD lesson… though if the connection freezes an investment such as a cam link “el gato” seem less smart. I’d like to know before buying, if any of your had the experience :) Many thanks for your channel, it has been a game changer for many. Cheers
Help ! lololol Have Motif XS8 with Midi ( Thru/OUT/IN) going to M-Audio Firewire 410 with Midi (Out/In) Trying to get to J5create Hub so I can see the keys moving with Chordie app and OBS/Zoom. Or Motif XS8 with Midi (Thru/Out/In) Midi cable to USB and bypass the M-Audio Firewire 410 ? And do I need a Daw to use with Chordie app and OBS/Zoom ? ( HP Laptop) Thank you in Advance love your videos.
Really super useful video, thank you. I've copied it to my wife who is a music teacher and I also recommend it to my choir and opera group. Do you have any experience of CleanFeed, which has been recommended [cleanfeed.net]? It seems to be more oriented towards radio / phone interviews by cutting out extraneous noise, rather than improving music signal, but I'm happy to be corrected! .. Thanks, John
Hi, I have Yamaha MG 10 XU mixer,one Pre amp Speaker mam now my question is daily we are participating prayer through Google meet audio hearing from laptop speaker only,by using above mixer and speaker can I hear better recording for prayer plz suggest me ,and how to connection given plz explain
Looking to purchase the USB mixer but wanted to get proper cables. What do I need to connect my PC to the mixer. I am teaching Fitness on Zoom with a wireless Shure mic. Thanks
So do you think you could get by okay teaching drum set lessons with just a MacBook Pro and an external USB mic? What would you think about the MacBooks own internal mic for such a use ... Looks like we have the same CPU ...
Thank you very much. Need you kind help to understand the mix/minus setup using the Mixer + Audio Interface + Zoom. I don't want the users to listen to their own voice.
Thank you for this video. You mentioned that you can put a microphone up to speaker to record into a DAW from my student for Singing lessons from ZOOM but what I’m wanting to do is connect to my Pro Tools DAW from Zoom to get an interface that works from ZOOM to my Pro Tools session so the quality should or could be better but I’ve no joy getting this sorted. I’ve used vertical interfaces but they won’t connect to Protools so it’s very frustrating. I also use a Scarlet interface for recording in live sessions for teaching. Are there any suggestions you could advise me for connecting Zoom to Pro Tools. Would really appreciate your feedback. Thanks so much Helen
I want to be able to teach without using headphones, just as you appear in this video. You've only presented an option that requires headphones. Any tips? Webcam microphones seem to be okay at this but obviously don't sound very good. I have yet to experiment with mics and placement but thought you might have something to add. I have several professional microphones available but I don't have a USB mic yet.
Great video 👍👍. I have a question, can I connect the audio interface with mic and guitar to my android mobile phone to take live skype classes? (I don't have a laptop) plz help.
Hi, my concern is if you can hear your student's instrument for example acoustic guitar? I believe there's some sort of tone clarity and delay. Specially if they don't use any gears at all.
Do you think you can only use the mixer and put the signal directly into the laptop? I tried that and it did not work properly - I had quite a bit of delay, which made it impossible to play the piano. Thank you!
Do you know if it is possible to use the built-in microphone and a digital piano at the same time on a zoom call, rather than having to invest in a microphone, mic stand, leads and an interface/mini mixer? I am trying to keep my setup as simple and clean as possible for video calls and using the internal mic and a digital piano plugged into my laptop just seems to make so much sense, but I can't seem to work out how to make it happen. Cheers
I used to teach but I got tired of the scene and then the pandemic came and I just shut the door completely to teaching any one period. But after watching your video you have inspired me to share with the world what I know and best of all....online where everyone and anyone can benefit from my lessons. Thank you so much for making this video.
I have watched so many videos trying to get this information and no one comes close to explaining it as well as you do. Thank you so much! Learned more in 17 minutes than I have watching multiple videos the last few months.
These are pretty difficult topics to break down succinctly in an accessible way. You do so effortlessly! Great advice and very easy to follow. Thanks 👍
Excellent advice, thank you! Just one area where I would disagree: I took the advice of several online piano teachers and bought a Blue Yeti mic for my electronic piano. it gives me superb sound so long as it is joined to my Mac with a good quality USB C adapter, is configured to the correct setting (cardioid) and positioned correctly. This took a minimum of trial and error. Of course a cardioid mic has to face the music, but, beyond that, I found it was intimidatingly loud and bassy when stationed on a table at the front of the piano, which made it very difficult to convey dynamics. I have now moved it to a shelf at the treble side of the piano, about a forearm’s length above the keyboard. This never fails to give me a little moment of pleasure at how good it sounds, so much so that I bought my daughter one as well. I realise that to connect the output from my piano would probably give a cleaner sound, but this method avoids a lot of clutter by mixing my voice with the sound output from the piano; and it sounds very natural. In a normal piano lesson, my pupils would not be sitting there with headphones on, experiencing a superior recording studio produced sound; they would hear the piano sound coming acoustically and mixing with my voice. In my opinion, the Blue Yeti is more than adequate. I have also saved quite a lot of money by doing it this way. Instead, I have spent money on: a document camera, positioned to view the piano keys from above; a large photography backdrop screen on a stand to keep the rest of my room private (as advised by my school); and any money that I can put towards this project from now on will probably go on another camera to show my feet on the pedals and some kind of vision mixer to enable me to change cameras really easily instead of using a drop-down menu on Zoom. Most kids respond to sight far better than sound these days. I find it cost-effective, therefore, to give them the clearest visual experience I can in order to keep their focus and attention.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I am glad you have had so much success with a USB mic. I agree, it is an excellent and simple solution. Hopefully this will help others ....
Fantastic info! As a drum teacher/player the problem with audio disappearing from the other end is not very helpful, the set up for audio on laptop and iPad will give me my sanity back, well, whatever was there to start with! Many thanks, JHK
Thanks for sharing this! My fiancee and I have been conducting guitar lessons using Zoom via my ipad. As I do not have a laptop, my main machine right now is iPad Pro 2018. Can I achieve the same? Have you experimented conducting your lessons using Zoom with an iPad with the same audio configurations? Thanks!
Now that the mobile app has the feature to use original mic then you can. And also you can connect an external mic or interface to improve the sound quality. Keep an eye on my channel, setting up on iPad is my next video ....
Your content is always so detailed so much clear mam. Very very helpful. I have been following you since I saw and read your content on how to connect piano to computer. Thank you.
Hi! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. It is really informative and helps a lot. I was just wondering how you would go about with different camera angles especially teaching piano online?
I think you can position one camera to have a nice long view of you and your piano, but it's good to be able to switch between a 'face to face' instruction view and an overhead camera that shows a good view of your keyboard. There is a good video here that might help you ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8sgKhQ15cFM.html
Hi, do you have any suggestions on how to eliminate latency? Is there any conference software that I could use as if it is a DAW (so that I could use ASIO driver and select individual inputs from my interface to route to the video conference)? I can't find anything like this in the market and it make teaching impossible. Does anyone has any way of getting over the latency (not taking about the software latency you would also get in a DAW or the internet latency but the latency of the system sound monitoring due to ASIO not being used). How could anyone one teach with the audio and video of of sync completely?
This video is to help music teachers get set up to teach online ... and make sure they have good enough audio streaming for this. There is too much latency with Zoom to use it for an online choir rehearsal in real time. You can't all sing together at the same time. But you can use other strategies. Try muting all participants, and sharing a backing track for them to sing along etc. Here is a very good (lengthy) video tutorial on using Zoom for virtual choirs. This is a link to the point where Prof. Jim Daus Hjernøe demonstrates a couple of his strategies for how to use Zoom for a virtual choir rehearsal ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X7l0kwKPJ4Q.html If you want to investigate live colloboration, then this article is a good starting point:It examines whether online live collaboration is possible, and some of the gear you need (affiliate link to Sweetwater) imp.i114863.net/live-jam And here are some links to Live Jamming Platforms which might be worth exploring. Each has its own guidance on set up and usage Try Jamulus (open source) llcon.sourceforge.net/ or Jamkazam www.jamkazam.com/ or Ninjam (open source) www.cockos.com/ninjam/
@@evanstevens8021 Yes. It is..I tried using JamKazam, but, that has too many crashes... These setting work GREAT for teaching, though, as long as I don't play with the student. Thanks!
Dear friends, very useful video. Thanks for sharing. My question:I have a mix but not an audio interface. It makes a big difference to record with/ without interface like the Scarlett?
If you want to connect your Mixer up to your computer then you will need some kind of audio interface to do that successfully if it doesn't have built in interface
Hi Very useful informations about Zoom. My name is Costas and I am a guitar, bass and Ukulele teacher and I use the Zoom on my online lessons, but the only problem I have is that we can't play or sing with the student at the same time because it does not sync the sound, there is a delay. Do you have any solution for this problem? By the way I have all the equipment that you said (sound card, mixer, studio mics) very good internet connection, and I used a MacBook Pro. Thanks very much and I wait for your reply
Thanks for your comments. You can't play simultaneously with another musician in Zoom. Some teachers get round this by sharing backing tracks in advance for their students to play along with
I remember you helped me (tech-moron) figure out how to record my playing. And now as school teacher during the lockdown this is equally helpful. one of the rare times the YT feed works in my favor 😂
Thank you for the very helpful tips. I’m a singing teacher and using my Zoom H5 as an audio interface and microphone. Am I able to plug in my keyboard to the H5 and still use the H5 as a microphone so the students get both my voice and keyboard?
I have a Zoom H4N and although it can record 4 tracks at once, when I connect it as an interface then it is only 2 channel. According to the specs here, it looks like you can use the Zoom H5 as a 4-channel audio interface www.zoom-na.com/products/field-video-recording/field-recording/h5-handy-recorder#specs However, Zoom will only pick up the first 2 channels (in my experience anyway). So you will have to find some kind of solution to overcome this issue. You'll see I refer to a couple of possible solutions - there are links in the description.
Hi, Thank you very much for this video. IT really has helped me understand some basics of audio setups. As I'm also starting online piano lessons, I have looked into setting up such a zoom compatible setup. In conclusion, if one can have a usb audio interface with sufficient enough inputs or if we use an audio mixer with USB connectivity, we don't need mixer and the usb interface at the same time, do we? For example in my case, I'm looking at a Presonus Studio 24C (this is quite similar to Focusrite 2i2) or Yamaha AG06 mixing console. If I did connect the microphone to one XLR inputs and the piano (L & R line out) to the other input as a mono (using these these splitter cables) it should be better right? Instead of splitter cables and separate line outs from Piano, what if I did connect the headphone out directly to the second mic input of the Presonus, would that work? On the other hand, in the long run, what would be more beneficial, Presonus 24C or Yamaha AG06, specially, if i'd like to record some piano music ? Thank you very much again for the great videos you post. subbed already :)
Can I do this using my I pad pro? I’m working with Zoom but my webcam LogitechC922 doesn’t sync. I have a lightening USB connector (but not an Apple one) and want to show my piano keyboard from overhead.
I've been teaching via zoom for a few months but I'm damned if I can work out how you bring up (at 9.19 in the video) something you call a 'zoom client' screen. When I use it I press invite and then before the pupil joins me all I get is the screen where I see myself (the one with 'security', 'participants', 'chat', 'share screen', 'record', 'reactions' at the bottom). Could you explain how you do this. I may then be able to use my external mic. Thank you.
Hi! Thank you so much for this. How can I play music and have my voice heard at the same time? Say I'm teaching singing over a minus one song. Can I plug in a bluetooth speaker into the 2-channel mixer together with my mic? Will that work? Appreciate your help!
Hi. This was super useful. Question: My setup includes voice and an Indian pitch instrument - the Tanpura. What would the setup include if I two inputs 1) voice, 2) Tanpura, and also hear other participants? An audio interface uses the Aux/mic input of the computer and that disables the computer speakers. This is forcing me to NOT use an audio interface with multiple inputs. Please advice. Thanks.
Excellent advice - thank you! I'm based in Canada, but I am planning to teach in Hong Kong (have a residence there). Will your method involving digital pianos to mixer and interface allow me to teach at night without disturbing my neighbors (Hong Kong is 12 hours ahead of Toronto)?
I have a question that's more about going live with music on FB or youtube. I hope you don't mind I put it here. I have a mixer that says it has a built in audio interface, but I don't get it working, because my computer and IPAD don't see it. I almost have decided to buy a focusrite scarlett interface, but my point is that I also would like to work with my IPAD ( because better camera than my webcam etc). I have already the lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter. Main question is do I need special software on my IPAD or will the IPAD see the audio interface immediately?
Thank you so much. A very helpful video. Especially for my as a beginner. I want to have such lessons with my e-guitar teacher soon. One question still left. I guess with mixer I have more features to control my sound, but just to understand the tech-basis: Do I need a mixer AND an audio interface to stream my mic/guitar OR is it enough to use the digital audio interface ? Thanks.
Hi; I’m really bad at tech stuff so , maybe my question is kind of dumb but; Why that cable (the two headed red/yellow for the piano) and not the regular cable line? I don’t have that one you have.
Hi and thanks for the clear and knowledgeable instruction. I would add that using headphones (plugged in to the audio interface), is the best way to avoid echo and feedback. I teach online brass instrutrments (= acoustic) as well as using electronic keyboard and theremin (= electronic), using a mixer and audio interface going into my Mac as you have outlined in other videos. I forward your videos to my students - I should add that I'm in Italy (I teach"Music in English") and you are very clear and precise in all of your instruction, so your videos are also accessible by those who speak English as a second language (DAW comes up as "door" in the auto-generated subtitles, ha ha, but otherwise it's perfect, thanks to your clarity). Cheers!
Just wondering how the student at 2:22 with the long nails can play a right hand strung guitar just flipped over for lefty ....I guess it can be done...Doyle Bramhall comes to mind...
Thanks for this. It was very helpful I am taking online guitar lessons, and even though I have all of these settings as you suggest, when I first start playing, my instructor says that my sound cuts out for a few seconds, and then kicks back in (his does the same, which makes it hard to hear what he is doing. I don't know if I am overdriving the mic or computer sound card (I have turned down the volume on my usb interface). Any additional advice? Thank you very much.
Thanks for sharing. Great job and keep it up! Anyway i do have a quick question, can i just use the audio interface (the one that you use) alone without adding a mixer if I only plan to hook up to my digital piano and my lapel mic to capture my voice and also the digital piano sound? if so, then how and what cable should I use to connect my digital piano to the audio interface?
Excellent info! I mostly do in-person lessons and a few weekly online lessons that I've done organically through my webcam/mic set up, but it lacks the audio quality that I want to have. I already had the equipment you've described here that I've used for home recording but never thought to combine them with my zoom lessons. All of your info was awesome and I'll be implementing them on those online lessons. Thanks for posting this!
Hi there I just found your site and it’s great. This video in particular- This video was made nine months ago and I was just wanting your opinion as I heard the zoom settings have been altered? In other words do your suggestions in this video nine months ago still stand for today’s zoom teacher and student?
My main computer is a desk top computer in my living room, but I want to be able to set something up on my Apple iPhone as I do not have a lap top computer. In another room is set up for students with a digital piano and electronic organ and keyboards.
remember to be realistic - you'll have to put in some work whatever system you choose for learning to play the Ukelele I have spent months studying different systems and found a great website at Arthurs Uke Blog (google it if you're interested)
Hello, This is John from India. I have a question. I'm a music teacher. How do I connect keyboard and virtual keyboard on laptop. This will help me for my online lessons. Kindly help me if you can thank you.
Thank you so much for the wonderful information. It has helped me so much with my online teaching. I have a question. I teach cello and string bass online. I find at times the lower strings on the bass and cello sound distorted, coming from my students end. Should I invest in a small mixer to try to adjust the sound? I already have a Blue Nano Microphone, a Rode Interface, I use my desktop Mac and I teach on Zoom. Thank you so much!!
Great video! I learned a lot. So do the students have to go in and disable the defaulted audio enhancements on their end as well? To get the best results?
Hello, I am a Masterstudent for the Classical Guitar. Due to Covid19, we now have lessons online with Zoom. My gear is a Ipad pro 12,0 USB-C, and a Yeti Pro Studio mic. When I connect the Yeti to the Ipad, it is recognized by the Ipad as earphones and the internal speaker of the Ipad is turned off. That means: My professor can hear me playing and talking thru the Yeti, but I can´t hear him, as there is no speaker. I could connect a headphone to the Yeti, but as there is a certain latency between what I am playing and what I hear. Also I can´t properly play with headphones and that cable stuff around me. Do you have an idea what do do. Would appreciate very much your advice. Thanks Felix
Hi, yes I do, choose the interface as the speaker, plug headphones in to interface, make sure headphone volume is turned up and you should be able to hear through your headphones then
Very helpful! I have a PC, not a Mac and I can't find those audio settings you were showing on my PC. Can someone help me? I'm getting ready to move my lessons to online and I'm doing research!
