Zoom Settings

How to enable and configure original sound for musicians

While Zoom’s standard noise suppression is great for most situations, removing the audio filters and increasing the audio codec quality may sometimes be necessary and more useful. This could be due to you using a higher quality microphone with built-in audio filters, or just wanting to capture the full range of sound produced by your instrument.

• Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.
• Click your profile picture, then click Settings.

• Click the Audio tab.

• Under the Audio Profile section, select Original sound for musicians.
  Additional audio options are displayed below.
• Select the following audio options:

High-fidelity music mode: This disables echo cancellation & post-processing, while raising audio codec quality to 48Khz, 96Kbps mono/192kbps stereo. Professional audio interface, microphone, and headphones required.

Echo cancellation: Prevents the creation of echoes between mic and speakers. Disable only recommended when using headphones to isolate audio or when playing instruments. Uncheck

Stereo audio: Encodes mic audio in stereo. Requires a stereo-capable microphone or audio interface. Uncheck

Once enabled in Settings, this can be toggled on and off during live meetings as needed. Make sure to click the setting on. This is done by clicking on the word, off.

Once you click off, you will see the message: Original sound for musicians is on. Noise suppression is disabled.

The final screen below indicates on the top left that the setting, original sound for musicians is active and on and noise suppression is disabled.

An additional setting worth investigating is viewed when clicking the Advance tab. Scroll to the bottom of the Audio section to easily access this tab.

Change the default setting from ON to OFF by selecting the appropriate choice from the drop-down menu.

Signal processing by Windows audio device drivers -> OFF (Windows – Raw)

IMPORTANT:

For stable internet, it is essential to physically hardwire your device to your router. It will drastically improve the stability of your Zoom sessions. This is done via a Cat6 or Cat6a ethernet cable (Cat7 also acceptable). Typically, modern PCs do not include an RJ45 Ethernet port. In such cases, it is necessary to get an Ethernet-to-USB adapter to connect your computer to the ethernet cable.

A Wi-Fi wireless connection will not suffice as the bandwidth is unable to support live audio and as a result, you will get dropouts, muted and unstable audio.