I am pretty new to Audacity. Having trouble recording a Zoom meeting. What are the common fixes, please?
Zoom offers a service where they record the performance for you. I believe if you ask nice, they will even give you files for the performers. Try it once.
Recording Zoom at home is not for the easily frightened. Zoom takes over the sound services in your computer and you have nothing to say about it. That’s how it got so respected and reliable. It does not try to play well with others.
I used to do conference recordings at work by setting an omni-directional, stand-alone recorder in the middle of a conference room table and record the room. The conference was on a separate computer. It’s not Hollywood Production, but it didn’t need to be. It just needed to be clear enough for everybody to understand the producers on three continents.
Koz
If you have a dead quiet, say, bedroom, you can set up a laptop for the conference with no headphones. You and the far end both play to the room. Zoom is actually pretty good at that. Then set up your iPhone to record the room using Lossless Voice Memo.
I think I have a sample here somewhere.
If you’re looking for a “push this button and everything will be fine,” you may have a long wait. Others may post.
Koz
Thank you. One of your suggestions has reminded me that I have a good mic and portable (Zoom H6) recorder. And in a quiet room, would probably be okay aiming that mic at the little speakers I bought to go with my (Lenovo) laptop (which would be producing audio from the Zoom meeting.) A good back-up plan, at least, anyway. Thx again.
OK. This wasn’t recorded on my phone. It’s an Olympus WS-823 stand-alone recorder. Its claim to fame is it will record in perfect quality stereo WAV format. This is an MP3 reduction from that recording.
There is no effort to clean it up and no effects. This is exactly how I recorded it in my bedroom.
Koz
See? If you’re paying attention, you can do way better than you think.
Just let Zoom do its thing.
Because of corporate problems, we had to do some meetings using Google Meat. It worked…but was missing the extra tools and conveniences that Zoom has, and the displays were wacky.
We made a firm request to get Zoom back.
Koz
Thanks. That audio quality sounds pretty good. Of course, we’re all at the mercy of the acoustics of the room of the person who is speaking on Zoom.
Only a problem if your goal is a four-way theatrical production.
I can give you my three Hollywood Rules.
–Eyes at a third.
–Lead the sight-lines.
–Never walk in front of a lens.
Now you too can crank out quality work.
Koz
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