Better live internet sound
Hi,
Iām trying to find information on how to get that good sound I hear others have when playing live over the Internet. I have a zoom H4n pro, and a yeti mic. I would like to get really good sound playing live over the Internet. Thereās probably some information here but I donāt know how to find it.
Iād appreciate locating information or having suggestions.
Thanks a lot,
āRiver
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hi River,
If you are talking about zoom, there is a setting to use āhigh quality music audioā or something like that.
if you are talking about streaming your play on YouTube or TikTok, I have no idea.
overall I think the mics are good enough and the limiting factors are more of something else, for example the internet speed, software limitations etc. -
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Firstly, connect to the internet using an ethernet cable rather than using the wifi. (assuming you are on desktop computer) Then, the Zoom H4 may be your best choice as a mic. Connect it to the computer and use as āaudio interfaceā setting. Then make sure that the H4 is chosen in your system settings as the sound input. Then if you are in Zoom (app) you must choose āoriginal sound for musiciansā in audio settings - the H4 is a stereo mic so you check the three boxes underneath āoriginal sound for musicians settingsā. Make sure the H4 is chosen as your microphone on Zoom. Then in the upper left hand corner of the Zoom, make sure that āoriginal sound for musiciansā is turned on. Zoom also has a new option for live-streaming audio which is even more robust than āoriginal sound for musiciansā to use that you should be connected to the internet with a cable. There are fancier ways to do this as well but I donāt think those are what you are looking for as they can get quite complex.
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Tomas Rodriguez this is very helpful Thomas thank you.
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In addition to all the great advice above, if using the Microsoft Teams app, enable High Quality Music Mode (Settings > Devices > High fidelity music mode) and turn off Noise Suppression (Settings > More > Noise Suppression). If using the Zoom app, be sure to reselect the āOriginal Sound for Musiciansā as the setting does not always persist over sessions. Also consider carefully the microphone placement and the room acoustic. You can make some Acoustic Panels to help lessen the harsh sound of bare walls, alternatively just drape some blankets or duvets around. I find it better to stream from an acoustically ādeadā room and then add a touch of reverb. You might also want to consider using the free Open Broadcasting System (OBS) for combining multiple camera views, audio streams and adding audio effects like Reverb and EQ. However be aware of latency in the stream due to transcoding with OBS.
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I am not an expert and my sound is at thousand of light years far than great. However, there are some good resources on Tonebase on this subject starting with this course with martin Martin Zimmy
https://app.tonebase.co/guitar/live/player/academy-recording-course-1-first-steps
If you make a research on Martin on Tonebase you will find several others live stream with him on this subject.
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Hi Andre,
Thank you, I am taking that course now and have downloaded Reaper.
