My sound quality is absolute poo and I can't figure why

[Voran]

Any ideas? It doesn't help that I'm on an old, slow computer but buying a new one is not an option right now. I'd like to apply to join Offsquare Music's virtual sessions and I don't think attacking their ears with harsh, scrapey, glitchy input is gonna help.

 

[Mike $]

-Make friends with someone who has a much faster computer with a really nice microphone and ask to borrow it for a few hours whenever you want to perform.
-Start one of those donation sites where people can donate to buying you new equipment.
- Rob a bank.

 

[Voran]

LOL! No seriously though I was wondering if it was something fixable. Someone told me to turn on original sound but I don't HAVE that option on this machine

 

[Mike $]

I wouldn't bother to guess, since I have no idea what computer you use. There should be a return to factory settings options in your Settings-Reset Settings menu. I have no opinion whether that would work or not. Things you need to broadcast a quality video is, a good videocam/recorder, good microphone, lighting, talent and speed. Take one of these out and your quality suffers.

 

[jtsteam]

Which version of Zoom do you have? If you have a version after 5.3.0, which you must have because you can't join a Zoom meeting with an older version, then you should have something like this in your Audio settings. And then, once you join a meeting, you'll get an option in a meeting for "Original sound". It makes a huge difference - without it, Zoom will optimise for speaking and it'll think the ukulele is background noise. With any luck that'll fix everything!

 

[Voran]

Which version of Zoom do you have? If you have a version after 5.3.0, which you must have because you can't join a Zoom meeting with an older version, then you should have something like this in your Audio settings. And then, once you join a meeting, you'll get an option in a meeting for "Original sound". It makes a huge difference - without it, Zoom will optimise for speaking and it'll think the ukulele is background noise. With any luck that'll fix everything!

Ok thanks I shall try this!

 

[Doug W]

I have a work computer at home with Windows 7 and Zoom version 5.13.7 ,(which I just noticed is in keeping with what jtsteam says above about version compatibility-therfore this edit), My wife and I have been experimenting with Zoom lately mainly with the idea of getting passable sound while singing and strumming.

Voran,
What are you using for a mic?

 

[Voran]

I have a work computer at home with Windows 7 and Zoom version 5.13.7 and have had no problems joining Zoom meetings. My wife and I have been experimenting with Zoom lately mainly with the idea of getting passable sound while singing and strumming.

Voran,
What are you using for a mic?

Just the computer mike but I tried attaching an external one and it didn't do much

 

[Doug W]

Just the computer mike but I tried attaching an external one and it didn't do much

What external mic do you have, (brand and model)?

 

[Voran]

What external mic do you have, (brand and model)?

Can't remember, doesn't say, but I think it's immaterial, this computer is just run down and old. The sound is now only working at half speed and throwing distortion that sounds like a malfunctioning Terminator lol.

Think Imma have to get a new one

 

[Voran]

Wait, got it working some after restarting and running some updates.

I THINK in retrospect the noise issues may have been caused by running zoom in my browser rather than downloading zoom client...I'll see if this old machine can accept zoom client.

 

[Doug W]

Excellent.
I did some testing with Zoom. I am going to start a new thread rather than hijacking this one.