Best way to handle group singing?

[stpeterseawa]

We're a church moving our services to Zoom and would like to allow attendees to sing along with recorded music. We would like to split the sharing duties so that the priest controls/shares the visuals while the musician shares computer audio just for the singing parts. I've read a bit about ways to achieve this but am not sure what's best. We're not too concerned about great quality of the singing - more about ensuring the accompaniment is audible and how to best split the sharing tasks. Thanks for any help.

[Arps]

Hello!

Depending on your setup, if the musician has a mixed audio signal from the sound system, they could feed that to the computer and use that as their 'mic'.  In this scenario, the musician only needs to unmute themselves for their audio to come through, and not take over a screen share from the priest. 

In the Zoom settings window, be sure to show the 'original sound' option, and have the musician use that while in the meeting.

Hope that helps and please make sure to mark the solution as accepted if this information is what you needed.

Thanks! Rick

[richardosj]

Hello, we have tried feeding an external mic for the choral group. what happens is that the transmitted audio is frequently muted during louder passages, or when the director speaks loudly. Is there a maximum level limiter? How would the sender know the level was excessive? We have used 'original sound' setting for the session.

Thanks for help.  Richard