DJ’ing on zoom was much easier than I thought it would be. I thought I was going to have to do audio connection experiments, buy another piece of equipment, or if all else failed set my DJ speaker next to the computer mic so it would pick up my music.
But, turns out all I had to do was make a few tweaks to my zoom settings and it was up and running.
Check out my video to see what I did.
Here’s a quick list:
~If you don’t have a Zoom account, get one. It’s free and easy to set-up.
~You’ll also need to plug your DJ controller into the computer and turn it on.
~Next, once you’re all signed up and signed in, click on “Host a Meeting”. Turn camera on or off; whatever you like.
~Once you’re live Go to “Settings”
~Click the “Audio” tab
~In the Speaker section, set speaker to “Built in Output”
~In the Microphone section, set microphone to your “DJ controller”. (You may need to install a virtual audio device like Soundflower for Mac or Jack Audio for Windows, but hopefully this won’t be necessary)
~Next, uncheck “Automatically Adjust Microphone Volume”
~Press the “Advanced Options” tab
~Make sure you disable “Show meeting option to enable original sound” by checking the box
~Also check the boxes for “Suppress persistent background noise” and “Suppress intermittent background noise”
~Set “Echo Cancellation” to Auto
~Then close out of the Settings window
~Once that window is closed you’ll notice a box in the upper left corner that says “Turn On original sound” – click that box so it now says “Turn Off original sound”.
That’s it, you’re done.
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I suggest you have a second device on hand like another computer or your phone so that you can monitor your live stream. You want to hear what everyone else is hearing.
All you’ll do with your second device is log into your live meeting and view the stream as if you are an audience member.
I will say though that this is not perfect and that I am sure new updates will come along to correct the bugs.
In my experienceI had a lot of delay issues while DJ’ing on Zoom. Because of this it made it very hard to beat-match. For some reason, even though I would beat-match two tracks nicely in my headphones, it wouldn’t sound the same played out live. The tracks were no longer beat-matched and it sounded horrible. I ended up having to use a lot of echo-out effects while dropping into the next track cohesively.
This may not happen for everyone, but hey at least now your sound is playing through Zoom without having to set your computer mic next to your speaker right. =)
