[MusicTlk] Music platforms

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Peter:

To add to what Ignasi has already told you, the trouble with what you are trying to do with Skype is that Skype's audio compression doesn't support the quality required to play music. Even if you have professional equipment, Skype compresses the audio on the receiving end, creating either a wall of sound or a distorted product or both. Either way, you simply won't get performance-quality music through Skype.

Incidentally, the same can be said to a lesser extent of Zoom's compression. However, you have the option in Zoom of turning on the "original sound" feature, which feeds the audio into the Zoom meeting exactly as it is coming out of your mic, without any compression. This is important if you have an external mic and you want to be heard clearly and in stereo.

Hope this helps!

Chris

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From: MusicTlk <musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ignasi Cambra via MusicTlk
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 3:08 AM
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Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] Music platforms

Peter,

Again, you won't get good results playing music over Skype. That's not what it was designed for, so things won't sound good. Give Zoom a try in high fidelity music mode, see what you think. There are many other options out there such as Team Talk, or even Jamulus or similar low latency solutions if you're actually trying to play together with other people.

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> On 12 Jan 2022, at 08:39, peter acosta via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I have been trying to connect with audio and video with other 
> musicians using Skype… I use Apple products and it has not been going well at all.
> I mainly use the MacBook.
> reaching out to others who may use Apple products and have a reliable 
> platform in which to share audio and video… Musically
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Peter Acosta
> Happy new year to all!
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