DOUGLAS MARTIN
Make music together 100's of miles away
Change hearts with your voice
Zoom and othervideo conference programs emphasize video quality and call stability with an eighth note or quarter note delay making music making or any effective coaching impossible.
Since the Covid - pandemic, music departments such as Oberlin College, the Academy of Vocal Arts, the New England Conservatory, and the Merola program of the San Francisco Opera have been using "real time" low-delay audio software like soundjack.eu.
You'll need free software for your Apple computer from A Mac laptop, or desktop with a least a 4-core processor is significantly easier to set up for low delay work than a PC.
WIRED, open-ear, non-noise cancelling headphones to hear your distant partner(s), and your own voice at the same time. In a pinch free airline buds (wired) may also work.
An ethernet cable and for most computers except the new I-mac 24" - an ethernet adapter - will quicken your connection.
PC laptop or desktop users will also need an audio interface (sound card, or music box) and an xls mic and cable:
As of March 2023, a soundjack app for iPad and iPhone is still in the testing phase.