Best Zoom Settings for Podcast Recordings (Step-by-Step) 🎙

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2 жыл бұрын

If you podcast or record audio of any kind, and you're using Zoom...unless you make the changes outlined in this video, your audio quality is going to be bad. Like, really bad.
Everyone using zoom should follow the steps in this video for optimal audio quality for your podcasts and recordings, and to make the life of your editor easier. Maybe that's you!
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@JohnWass79 2 жыл бұрын

Sending this to my on-camera team members, so they can make the necessary adjustments, while I go back to editing.

@AtomicPixel 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys! Super useful. :)

@harrisonalicante7862 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO! 🤩🔥 i've been searching for a solution more than 2 days already on how can i make my audio clearer knowing im using a boya pm700. It's such a big help! more good energy to you guys 😍

@oluwakemiabisola4134 Жыл бұрын

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@dahliak9240 2 жыл бұрын

Good topic, thanks

@MeredithForReal 2 жыл бұрын

GREAT tips! Two questions 1) So are you saying you WOULDN'T ask your guest to adjust their ZOOM settings? 2) Can you lock the screen on just the guest while recording in Squadcast (AKA not show my face - I use a 4K camera for that)?

@godzilla2721 2 жыл бұрын

What are your thoughts on Soundtrap? I use it to record with a friend who lives out of state. We usually get good audio, but I have to run each track through audacity to remove background noise. Do you think I lose audio quality exporting each track twice before putting it in the final mix?

@alvinreypodcastseditor Жыл бұрын

Thanks Pat and Alban (I heard Alvin) Haha! This is really helpful to podcasters and also for editors. :)

@marklafond1446 Жыл бұрын

I very much appreciate the video. At the 4:49 mark when you reference the original sound off control in the upper left hand corner of the screen I have an issue. I find no such control on my screen. Could you suggest something else or what am I doing wrong. Thanks

@mogulgrp 2 жыл бұрын

Just tested it out. Works amazing.

@oluwakemiabisola4134 Жыл бұрын

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@AuthorYMNelson 2 жыл бұрын

What about guests who are comfortable with zoom and averse to downloading or learning anything new "just for your podcast"?

@timsmalshow Жыл бұрын

Did Zoom recently change their audio options? I can't seem to have original audio and noise suppression on at the same time, I have to choose between them. Zoom now has these two options: 'Zoom Optimised Audio' (with noise suppression) and 'Original Sound for Musicians' which disables the noise suppression. When you click 'Original Sound On; in the top left corner, it tells you "Original Sound for Musicians is on. Noise Suppression is disabled." I guess there is no way to have original sound with noise suppression anymore in Zoom?

@Brandon-gw4ed Жыл бұрын

Pat, dog, thank you for this. If someone could answer two questions for me I'd appreciate it. 1) when you say use headphones is Bluetooth acceptable or do I need to line-in? 2) When saving Zoom podcast can I save them to an external Hard Drive or is local (directly on my computer Hard Drive) the best alternative? Thanks!

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@JhamEntertainment 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been a podcast editor for 3 years or so now. I have not seen a client get exceptional quality a single time using zoom. I always push them to switch off of zoom because it pretty wastes every dollar they spent on their fancy mics. Sure you can get it to sound decent, but if you spent good money on a mic, it’s not worth your time using zoom imo

@henryg8085 2 жыл бұрын

What do you recommend to use instead of Zoom

@JhamEntertainment 2 жыл бұрын

@@henryg8085 Discord works really well but a lot of people over 30 hate it lol. StreamYard is my second favorite.

@lilycarroll179 5 ай бұрын

Just to double check, do I have to have my podcast guest do all the zoom settings or just for my end?

@musicnotes4755 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, but if we want to do an interview podcast and can't ask your guest to purchase a special mic and headphones, what then?

@nicholasolivas317 Жыл бұрын

You recommend zoom or Riverside fm?

@godmightyfortress1232 Жыл бұрын

I dunno, I know Squadcast has better audio, but I'm getting consistently dropped interviews at the 40 minute mark and having lag with my guest, ethernet or not. I am so frustrated by this that I've been experimenting with going to the unthinkable Zoom. I always have Zoom as a plan b and if nothing works (even going into phantom mode) we switch to zoom with all the settings above, which do help. With AI to clean up audio, the sound is almost as good as Squadcast at the end.

@patio317 Жыл бұрын

What about trying to improve the audio quality of a Zoom session that's already been recorded, using Audacity, for instance? Is that possible and what steps are needed?

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@genuinelyinterestedpodcast 2 жыл бұрын

I am guilty, will definitely make the switch but its good to have Zoom as a background as I've had guests that experienced many problems with other platforms in the past and Zoom is just a convenient and reliable backup when everything else fails

@BGRecon 2 жыл бұрын

I've enjoyed discord and the sound quality is great but it's a pain to record it with OBS

@lifecrux7 2 жыл бұрын

I signed up for the free trial of Squadcast and I immediately ran into tons of problems. Has anyone else tried it? Did anyone else have difficulty setting it up?

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