[ddots-l] Re: Skype and direct audio input?
- From: "Steve Wicketts" <steve.wicketts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:31:05 -0000
Hi David,
There's a few problems you may find when trying to teach more than one
student online, I'd personally keep to one on one.
Your quality of audio needs to be as clear as possible so best to use either
a sound card that allows you to have a piano and a microphone plugged in to
it at the same time or a little mixer going into your sound card.
Always use headphones as that will not only help you hear the student more
clearly, (the chances are your student is going to be using his laptop's
microphone and laptop speakers) and that could possibly be awkward for you
to hear.
You will need to test the level of your piano against your microphone as
pianos can sound quiet in your headphone but maybe distorting on the
students laptop.
I'm not sure whether you are aware of GW Skype? GW Skype is especially
designed for visually impaired people and it's free.
a quick example of my set up when using Skype:
1: Piano and Microphone are plugged into my Hardware Mixer,
2: The Hardware Mixer master outs are plugged into the inputs on the sound
card,
3: the sound card master outs are plugged into the monitors. The monitors
have a headphone socket.
I used headphones which mutes the monitors, ( I don't want the audio from
the speakers going through my microphone and back down the Skype line)
I'd try Skype's test call option to check the balance between microphone and
piano.
The very best
Steve W.
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