Sustained Tone for Bell

We have found that IF you can create the sound you wish coming out of your computer or computer app, then you can “broadcast” that sound to all participants by “sharing sound”. This will NOT work for sounds which are NOT created on the computer (like ringing a bell with your hand).

1) user must be a host or co-host

2) “Screen-sharing” must be allowed in the meeting setup settings

3) after meeting starts, user (who must be host or co-host) who will run the app to create the sound should click on the “share screen” button at the bottom of their screen; then when the window opens,  click the “Advanced” tab at the top; then click the button for “computer audio”, then click the “Share” button on the bottom-right.

4) from then on, any sound created by any app on your computer will be heard by everyone in the meeting. The use controlling this can turn it off by clicking the red  “STOP SHARE” button at the top of their screen.

We use this weekly and it works

I have found that reducing background noise suppression to Low in the audio settings makes things better in many cases. But I also see that Windows 11 users have all background noise completely suppressed despite the audio settings being modified. Has anyone else experienced that?

I struggled with the same after the update that happened several weeks ago. What works NOW is changing just one setting in the mic settings in the top menu bar (I'm using MacOS Sonoma). That menu with a mic/video icon appears when you START the meeting. You then click it and set "mic mode" to STANDARD. 

That's it! 

Other settings (from the zoom audio settings) I have set are:

- "Automatically adjust microphone volume"  and

- "Zoom background noise removal" is set to LOW. 

good luck! 

In the last month or so, I've been having this problem.  The solution that I have come upon is to open the audio settings within the zoom meeting.  Then scroll down and click "Advanced". 
On this page, adjust the "Signal processing by Windows audio device drivers" to "Off (Windows - Raw)".  

DaynaZMcGuire,

On Macs, whoever rings the bell needs to go to the audio settings (click the up arrow to the right of the mute button). The audio settings are at the bottom of the menu. On the right side of the resulting page, you will see "Zoom Background Noise Removal." Click on Low below that.  Test it for your audience.