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.
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 June 2023, a soundjack app for iPad and iPhone is still in the testing phase.
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