Virtual audio drivers compatible with Windows include JACK and LoopBeAudio. It’s worth noting that this isn’t an application that Windows users can benefit from. The virtual audio driver offers no additional latency, and is free to download and use. It also supports sample rates from 44.1kHz up to 192kHz It seems simple enough to use, and most importantly, of course, is compatible with newer Mac OS X versions up to Catalina.

Now, BlackHole might be our saviour.īlackHole offers 16 channels of audio inputs and outputs, which can be configured to accommodate 256 channels – although it might be unlikely the average user will require such a beastly amount. The only problem is that Soundflower’s code was based on Mac tools that are not as accessible as they were 15 years ago when Soundflower was conceived. I've had to deal with a lot of people lately in audio-focused Zoom-type sessions who hem and haw and are all like 'eh, my router is all the way over there.Soundflower is a great utility tool for routing audio around a computer’s OS and recording audio between apps and is often favoured by OBS users, or those looking to route audio from one DAW to another.

You then use Apple’s Audio MIDI Setup utility to create an aggregate audio. You can also just click the little dropdown menu to the right of that button and make sure that your audio interface is checked - this ensures that audio interface always uses the original sound option.įinally, both of you should be on ethernet if at all possible. You’ll need to ensure that ZoomAudioDevice is installed on your Mac (this is the software audio path into Zoom). Make sure you're both upgraded to the newest version of Zoom, go into Audio Settings>Advanced and check the boxes for 'Show in-meeting option to 'Enable Original Sound from microphone' and 'High fidelity music mode.' Back in the main Zoom window (during the meeting), there is a button that should say 'Turn on/off Original Sound.' You want it to SAY 'turn off' (because that means it's currently ON). The concept of malicious websites serving exploits to infect endpoint devices has been mastered by fraudsters the notorious BlackHole exploit kit and other. You shouldn't have any problems with audio ducking (echo cancellation) if you're both using headphones. You'll need to monitor through Pro Tools using headphones. The inputs in Pro Tools should be both your audio interface (for your voice) and the virtual audio driver (for the Zoom audio). The input of your Zoom session should be your audio interface, the output should be the virtual audio driver. On Windows, I believe you can do this with ASIO4ALL. On Mac, you can do this by creating an aggregate device. If you want to record your audio simultaneously, then you will need to have Pro Tools recognize both the virtual audio driver and your audio interface simultaneously. Use a virtual audio driver (Blackhole on Mac, VB-Cable on Windows) to get incoming audio from Zoom into Pro Tools.

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