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Sounds great… I’m a hobbyist audio engineer so can’t resist tinkering. My mic input goes to Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack which allows a chain of VST plugins to be used. I use a gentle noise gate, followed by Supertone Clear. This is excellent for removing any noise mixed in with my voice. It handles the dehumidifier near me with ease, and can also handle the portable aircon on heatwave days, which can be very loud. Next in the chain is some gentle and transparent compression, and then the output goes to the free Blackhole virtual audio device. Zoom then picks up that device. Tweaked Zoom settings and “original sound for musicians” button then stops it from compromising the sound as much as possible. I am tempted to have some EQ plugin tweaks too, but I love the character of the mic so I don’t mess around with it.

EQing the music played sounds interesting. I’ll look at the options. I tend to just have it at a level low enough that I can hear all speakers on the call.



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