I tried this and it didn't work. I want to set up Zoom and Keynote (slides) in SoundDesk, and preferably also use a pair of bluetooth headphones, so that when I am hosting a Zoom meeting, I can: (1) hear the other participants through my bluetooth headphones, (2) they can hear me speaking, and (3) as I'm showing slides in Keynote, when I play an audio or video clip from Keynote, both they and I can hear that audio also. The goal is to have no external sound in the room where I'm sitting, other than my voice.
I've solved this in the following way (there might be a better way but this is what works for me).
Channel 1 - Mic - To AUX 3-4 - To Master
Channel 2 - System Sound - To AUX 1-2 & 3-4 - To Master
Chennel 3 - Browser (in your case Keynote) - To Aux 1-2 & 3-4 - To Master
Channel 4 - Zoom - To Aux 1-2 - To Master
Channel 5 - Headphones - AUX 1-2 receiver - To my BT headphones
Channel 6 - To Zoom - AUX 3-4 receiver - To Virtual Cable (Stereo)
Master - To my monitor headphones
In Zoom my Mic is Virtual Cable (Stereo) and my speaker is Virtual Driver.
That way I don't hear my myself via my Mic over my headphones and the Zoom audio is not sent back out creating an echo for participants. Hope that helps.
Andy - Thanks for posting this setup. I'm very new to SoundDesk and audio engineering in general. One question I had was for Channels 2 & 3, you have two AUX listed. Under Utilities for each channel I see Aux Receiver, but it only has one dropdown option, so I don't know how to select two, like Aux 1-2 and Aux 3-4. Or am I looking in the wrong place?
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I tried this and it didn't work. I want to set up Zoom and Keynote (slides) in SoundDesk, and preferably also use a pair of bluetooth headphones, so that when I am hosting a Zoom meeting, I can: (1) hear the other participants through my bluetooth headphones, (2) they can hear me speaking, and (3) as I'm showing slides in Keynote, when I play an audio or video clip from Keynote, both they and I can hear that audio also. The goal is to have no external sound in the room where I'm sitting, other than my voice.
I've solved this in the following way (there might be a better way but this is what works for me).
Channel 1 - Mic - To AUX 3-4 - To Master
Channel 2 - System Sound - To AUX 1-2 & 3-4 - To Master
Chennel 3 - Browser (in your case Keynote) - To Aux 1-2 & 3-4 - To Master
Channel 4 - Zoom - To Aux 1-2 - To Master
Channel 5 - Headphones - AUX 1-2 receiver - To my BT headphones
Channel 6 - To Zoom - AUX 3-4 receiver - To Virtual Cable (Stereo)
Master - To my monitor headphones
In Zoom my Mic is Virtual Cable (Stereo) and my speaker is Virtual Driver.
That way I don't hear my myself via my Mic over my headphones and the Zoom audio is not sent back out creating an echo for participants. Hope that helps.
Andy - Thanks for posting this setup. I'm very new to SoundDesk and audio engineering in general. One question I had was for Channels 2 & 3, you have two AUX listed. Under Utilities for each channel I see Aux Receiver, but it only has one dropdown option, so I don't know how to select two, like Aux 1-2 and Aux 3-4. Or am I looking in the wrong place?
Andy seems to be busy, can anyone else answer my follow-up question above?
Hi Scott, please check the following link for AUX setup: https://www.loudlab-app.com/user-area#/discussion/47/sounddesk-aux-setup
Hey Scott - sorry for the late reply. I just wrote up how I do it here: https://blog.gugten.com/posts/2022-11-22_sounddesk-setup-for-videoconferencing/