Improve Your Zoom Audio Quality in 2020 - [6 Tips]

I have an important job interview and they sent me a link on Zoom. I tested the audio and it is mostly silent. Once in a while the sounds come through then it is silent again. So it seems like the sound is tryng to come through, but most of the time it doesnt.

The room, many giving advice forget about the room... don't use "bare" rooms. They are like "echo/resonance chambers". Carpets, curtains, fabric furniture, etc will help a lot

Thank you
I’m using FireWire 410 with audio tech iAT for ZOOM BUT MY SOUND is hollow and distant. Any thoughts? Thank you.

I recorded a presentation in Zoom, and during the presentation I played 40 seconds of audio from a website. This was a national radio broadcast, and I was playing the audio from a news report that had been livestreamed back in June, and the recording was uploaded to their archive site. After I finished recording my presentation I saved the recording as an MP4, and when I played it back I found Zoom had not captured the audio feed from the website. Is there a setting I can change so that it will capture any audio feeds in addition to my microphone audio feed?

Great information.
Could you please clear my doubt, that is what kind of speakers should you use to listen to the other participants properly in a zoom meeting.
And how to avoid feedback/interference of the speakers audio into your microphone.
I mean how to avoid your microphone catching the speaker audio output.

Thanks for the inputs. my question what are the recommended wired devises for Apple Mac book or Ipad

Hi. Great video. Advice needed - I am teaching over Zoom and will use my PC. What setup do you recommend? I need to setup video as well.

I have a blue yeti microphone but zoom makes it sound like a headset microphone. Any help?

Using zoom on Apple computer , want microphone one sound assist. Are Apple devices compatible with all microphones.

Great video, thank you for the tips! Can I ask about using AirPods with Zoom? What are your thoughts on the audio quality? I've heard that plug in headphones are better than AirPods. Would you agree?

Thanks for the tips, brother! Very clear and informative. 😎🎤🎙

I am not hearing a flat response in my earphones when doing zoom through Loopback and Scarlett. Is there a setting to check

how to use audacity to editout bad audio into a good audio and use that output into a zoom call?

Hello, What microphone you can recommend for our worship team to sing live via zoom? using either cellphone or laptop.

Excellent! The only thing I would add is wireless can be a problem due to battery drain (think: long meetings) or Bluetooth range (when paired with a computer, not a phone). Not a fan of USB mics, but to each his own. Use a Shure SM57 connected to a Soundblaster AE-7 (works great).

Hi I’d like a recommendation on what to purchase to give clear audio when using zoom on my MacBook? I’m holding online guided meditations so my audience needs to hear background music as well as my voice-over clearly. I tried it last week with the in-built mic and sound quality was really poor.

started using zoom in an open mic meeting ,using bheringer mixing desk and interface vocals are ok but guitar sound is distorted . when testing set up in audacity sound is great ,whats happening

Very useful video. Thanks. I have a focusrite 2i2 and a neumann mike. They work fine for recording but the signal is very quiet for zoom meetings. If I turn the focusrite volume to max I get distortion. My laptop is already on maximum. Is there anything I can do please?

I have a Tonor Q9 USB microphone with pop filter. The sound is terrible because there is so much bass. Is there a software Hi-Pass that I an use for live situations like Zoom meetings? No problem on pre-records as I can EQ the bass out, but the excessive bass issue when chatting live is causing me a world of pain.

It’s just using the AirPods Pro OK?

How much better is the audio with the various options?

Long question: Using wireless lav mic to mini mixer (pyle) that connects to USB on iMac. Using Ecamm that I put into Zoom. I get an echo on my voice, but the sound effect and music sound perfect from Ecamm into Zoom. Not sure how to correct this...Any help would be great! Thx

Great video! One question: Can you suggest an EQ software that will work on my mac to boost the bass in my voice? I'd be using it with a condenser mic and a usb-xlr box.

So to have a better Zoom audio quality I have to buy new stuffs :) This is so easy

Hey friend. Nice video. Question if you can...I tried making a zoom call with my brother and I switched back and forth between my regular Apple headphones that came with my phone and a $200 Blue Yeti condenser mic. My brother said there was no noticeable difference. He also said if he had to choose he would say the headphones sounded better than the Yeti. Any ideas why the Yeti doesn’t sound considerably better? Thanks for your time 🙌🏼

Hey very very informative video, so thank you for that.

I was wondering if I connect a mic to my laptop (for example: a USB / Bluetooth mic) post that I share computer sound with my viewers.

I being a dance teacher need my mic and sound to be in sync. So when I count my students in, it must be on time.
So if I connect mic and share computer sound, will it be in sync when heard please?
Thanks in advance

Great video. Very informative. Thanks! We are recording a podcast. We're using zoom b/c we want to see the client and maximize fluid, non-verbals, expression, etc...but we're only intently working on a good audio track to be recorded from zoom. We cannot affect much on the client end, but are there zoom settings to milk the best audio, regardless?

great video, what are the prices of usb Audio interface, is it really necessary?

Thanks for the great video!. Have one Question: I attend a lot of calls on my laptop and i m using a wired headet with MIC. I m looking for a BT headset with noise cancelling MIC but most of them costing over 200$. And most of the regular BT headphone come with a decent MIC which pick up lot of ambient noise. So, i was planning to buy an external NC MIC with 3.5mm pin and plug it into aux port on Headphone. Wanted to know if this work? I mean will i be able to use external mic in place of built in MIC on headphone. Thanks!

Hi, I'm Mandy, can you help? I am trying to teach my fitness classes on Zoom i need to give instructions over the music for the participants. I have a Bluetooth head mic going through the laptop but when the mic is connected there is no music! The music is fine on its own so sharing computer sound on setting the same as system. Tried all ways to get the sound over to the participants via blue tooth. should I change a setting in the laptop?
Thank you Mandy

I just bought the Stellar X2. I’ve watched several reviews on this microphone; they all say this mic is amazing for the price.

What would you recommend for concert style performance with a violin taking the place of the vocals and backtracks streaming to the computer? Thanks for the sound advice. It was very useful.

Really great video. Thank you.

I saw that amazon is sold out of the samsung lave you mentioned. But will keep looking. Thanks!!!

Is it possible to use an USB Mic plus a headset?

Is there anything I can do to improve the audio from my students without requiring extra equipment for them? Often I can hear the piano but not their speech unless they get close and shout into their mic. This problem is primarily with one family whose 3 children I teach. It makes thing so difficult!!

Do you have a recommendation for a mic that would work well when I have headset fatigue and want to have more of a speakerphone type of arrangement and don’t want to even wear monitor headphones but do need to hear other video conference participants? Will a g-track pro as my mic in cardioid pattern pick up echo from a sound bar placed 16 inches behind the mic under my monitor at a reasonable volume?

Thank you... for a clear and helpful video....

However... !

I have a problem. I’m using a Plantronics Legend headset with Zoom (for teaching... and as a student). It works well on my (aged) Samsung laptop (running 3rd generation i5).
But I don’t think the (outgoing ) sound quality is good enough.

I have tried a Rode Lavalier mic (with the 3 rings) but the laptop soundcard doesn’t recognise it.

My question: if I use a condenser mic with an appropriate audio input device OR a wireless microphone input, then what do I use to monitor the audio coming back from Zoom?

My Plantronics Legend Bluetooth headset does it all in one. And Zoom (and my laptop) have no problem in recognising it.

I would like some kind of monitoring set up that is small, discreet (in ear, ideally), ideally some form of wireless set up (Bluetooth or wireless). I would be happy to use a Bluetooth headset... but it has to have high quality outgoing audio (which the Plantronics doesn’t have).

Can you help?

Amazingly helpful. I’ve been trying to find a better video conference solution and have a few different uses cases and you covered solutions for each. Sometimes I want to be mobile and away front the computer screen and you last option for the bill. The Samson G-track pro is a great choice for when I don’t want to fuss with a headset and can have a great mic experience and listen to audio from my sound bar and avoid echo with the cardioid pattern! Thank you so much for bundling all this help for multiple situations in a single video.

If you don’t mind, I have a silly question. I’m looking at a Ride mic with an arm. But what about my speaker set up, to hear the mtg attendees? I have a Bose external Bluetooth speaker, but does that set up make sense? Any information would be sooooo appreciated!

Hi, I'm an actor. A lot of us have to do our work and training via Zoom. I appreciate this video with your suggestions. I'm curious about your advice on setting up an audio interface, such as a Zoom H4N with a smartphone and external microphone attachment. Can you give me your opinion about this and how this could be done?

I am using an audio interface (M-Audio 192 | 6 to be exact) and it just sounds bad in zoom. I've tested the interface in FL Studio and the recordings are crisp and very clean with the AT2020 but I record my zoom meetings and when i listen back to them it sounds pretty bad. I don't think its my connection since I use my pc close to my router. I will try Ethernet to see if there is any improvement. Not sure if its a problem with zoom or my connection. I suspect the latter.

Your link for the Blue Snowball goes to Audio Technica microphone.

Thanks a lot for your information. What will you suggest me. I am a P.E. teacher. Hope to hear from your soon!!

Hi. Thank you for the help. I just got a brand new iMac 21.5 and the internal speakers (and perhaps mic) are really dark on zoom. It seems like there is no treble. Thus it sounds darkly round. There doesn't appear to be an equalizer function on it/. It does exist on the "Music" app, but that doesn't drive the zoom sound production. Is there anything you can recommend? By the way, I downloaded a few free equalizers but they didn't work on any sound. Thanks so much Helium.

Why aren't there bluetooth headsets that record audio in better than telephone quality?

Hello would i hear my teacher's voice through my phone's speaker during the use of lav mic? NEED ANSWER ASAP!! THANKYOUU

Thanks so much for great tips. I do a cooking class from my kitchen and toggle between different cameras and of course lose sound when my back is to the main camera from my computer. I don’t want a headset and the one Samsung device you suggested is no longer available on Amazon. The other one is $200 which I’m not sure I’m willing to invest at this point. Any others that you recommend. Question two, how well-versed are you with using zoom. Seems that I can’t get in contact with them but maybe your expertise can help me.