I need some insight on teacher side and student side setups for online lessons.
I moved from Vienna to Prague and my students in Prague still want to take lessons.
We tried to do a lesson and it wasn't great because the technology side.
The challenges requiring a solution:
- hardware: how to have a bass plugged in and active microphone for both participants?
- I used a Yamaha USB mixer, the bass was clear, albeit a bit quiet without a preamp, the vocal mics I used only worked in close proximity. Would need suggestions for a solution that allows bass clarity and voice clarity.
I have a zoom h4n, I might try that.
- the student used the computer mic, his bass sounded horrible due to noise suppression software.
- video conferencing platform:
- Google meet had the best video quality + whiteboard feature, but the record button is no longer there.
- MS teams had horrible video and was buggy.
- zoom has a time limit, but it might be worth the $20/month for me, although I don't teach daily and I have no other use for it.
- one idea was to call from mic and call from hardware/bass, the lesson would have 2x student and 2x teacher, this way retaining the ability to use both the internal microphone and the USB mixer.
The basic questions:
- what software do you use to teach that has some recording function (or a chrome plugin that works well)?
- what is your hardware setup to be able to play and speak?
- what cheap hardware solution is there for student mic/bass?
Any outside the box solutions are welcome!
I moved from Vienna to Prague and my students in Prague still want to take lessons.
We tried to do a lesson and it wasn't great because the technology side.
The challenges requiring a solution:
- hardware: how to have a bass plugged in and active microphone for both participants?
- I used a Yamaha USB mixer, the bass was clear, albeit a bit quiet without a preamp, the vocal mics I used only worked in close proximity. Would need suggestions for a solution that allows bass clarity and voice clarity.
I have a zoom h4n, I might try that.
- the student used the computer mic, his bass sounded horrible due to noise suppression software.
- video conferencing platform:
- Google meet had the best video quality + whiteboard feature, but the record button is no longer there.
- MS teams had horrible video and was buggy.
- zoom has a time limit, but it might be worth the $20/month for me, although I don't teach daily and I have no other use for it.
- one idea was to call from mic and call from hardware/bass, the lesson would have 2x student and 2x teacher, this way retaining the ability to use both the internal microphone and the USB mixer.
The basic questions:
- what software do you use to teach that has some recording function (or a chrome plugin that works well)?
- what is your hardware setup to be able to play and speak?
- what cheap hardware solution is there for student mic/bass?
Any outside the box solutions are welcome!
