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September 29, 2025
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Original Sound for Musicians Toggle Gone

  • September 29, 2025
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Hi All,

In a recent update, I noticed that I can no longer toggle the original sound for musicians option on the top of the main screen.  I can change it completely in audio settings, but that's a pain if I want to go back and forth during a meeting.  For instance, I teach piano over Zoom.  When I want to play something for a student, I turn original sound on.  But if I'm typing a student's notes, I don't want the clacking of the keyboard to be heard.  So before, it was really easy to toggle on the main screen.  Now it seems you can only change it in audio settings.

 

Anyone else having an issue with this or has found a solution like a shortcut?

 

Thanks.

Best answer by Ray_Harwood

Welcome to the Zoom Community, @Pianonmanross.

 

Big change! Original Sound for Musicians no longer needs to be activated each meeting. Go down to the caret ^ by the Audio button and see the ability to change sound settings there. Whatever you set should be persistent between sessions. 

UPDATE:

Please also read the reply from @CarlaA down below (click this link to go directly).

Thanks to everyone for chiming in here. Make your voice known by submitting feedback as she suggests. 

22 replies

Newcomer
December 20, 2025

As many others have already said, this "improvement " is anything but.  I, too, lead meditation sessions, and the ability to toggle on and off easily, as one used to be able to do with one click of the button in the upper right hand corner, is way more convenient than clicking on the arrow on the bottom.  Also, it would be super helpful to be able to set Original Sound for Musicians as the default audio setting, which also seems to have disappeared.  PLEASE FIX THIS, ZOOM!

Newcomer
December 30, 2025

I’ll add my voice to this chorus. I toggle original sound on/off multiple times during piano lessons, and this update makes it very awkward. Please change it back.