Using Logic with Zoom teleconference

Hi Tim and Federica,

I've been experiencing a similar problem to the one Tim had when trying to connect Logic to Zoom. My goal would be to be able to record guitar during a zoom meeting and sharing my Logic computer screen/sound while doing it so that my producer can listen to what I'm doing in real time via the Zoom app.

I've been following your thread and made some progress (thank you!), but still I can't get rid of the latency issue. It seems that Federica explained how to fix the issue on her second to last post and that worked out for Tim as well, still I couldn't quite figure out how to achieve the same result. I fear I might have not understood the instructions correctly.

Would you guys mind sharing what you have on your audio settings on both Logic and Zoom as far input and output go?

Here's what I have:

Logic

Input - my audio interface

Output - zoom sound device

Zoom

Input - my audio interface

Output - my audio interface (I'm using headphones)

With these settings, as I share my screen/sound with my client, we can both hear my sound output on Logic, but with a 0.5 sec latency, which is fine for playback and parts discussion, but not feasible for actually tracking guitar.

Any suggestions? Sorry to intrude, any help is really appreciated.

Thank you so much!

A

Thank you Federica for the kind reply,

It all makes sense. For a minute I thought you guys were able to achieve no latency with the setup you were discussing, but I now do understand that latency is something somewhat inevitable when using the zoom sound device. Your idea of implementing an analog mixer is definitely a good alternative. As far as routing software goes, I already tried to implement an application/plugin called SourceNexus to solve the problem, but with no luck. Zoom was acting weird with it and not reading it as an input source. I will definitely consider the other options that both you and Tim listed here.

Thanks so much again!

A

Thank you so much Tim,

As I mentioned to Federica, I've done some experimenting with a software solution, but with no luck yet. Still, I'll look into the other options you all suggested. If you end up successfully implementing a plugin/sound app and you don't mind sharing your setup, please feel free to keep me posted! I will do the same.

Again, much appreciated!

A

Yes I was referring to the book. Of course is not yours :) but still: it was helpful.

just if you follow all my answers you’ll find out that it’s a little “old fashioned”, new osx don’t support Soundflower anymore. So: it helps only if you run a osx before Mojave.

I also wrote to the author to thank him and indicate the new BlackHoke beta software to do the routing staff :)

p.s: please, my name is Federica, not Frederica...no R in the first part of the name 😅

Thank you for posting this! I stumbled upon it myself and was definitely planning on checking it out.

Much appreciated!

A

@Frederica1973: Are you referring to the book in the the link I posted? I'm not the author. Edgar Rothermich is. http://dingdingmusic.com/. I can recommend his other books on Logic.

WD

My apologies for misspelling your name Federica1973. Typing too fast 😉. I'm sure the author will appreciate your feedback.

WD

Hi Tim -- great thread here... Question for you: How did you get GarageBand to route audio output into Zoom?

Thanks

Jann Klose

I bypass the feedback trouble ** using an external mic, and on the ZOOM preferences I choose my external audio device (Audient iD14) as MIC source. So, on Logic I have only the playback but still ZOOM uses my device to let me talk. If you need just for talking, this works!

Keep in mind not to talk when Logic is playing, if you want to talk stop it with the space bar. To me the real problem is about the resources needed for the conversion (44.100 on my projects, 48 the Zoom otput...it takes a lot of CPU I assume...). Still working on it...

I think the 'share computer audio' should work fine. I ended up spending a few dollars on a bundle from 'Rogue Amoeba' which included 2 handy apps- Loopback 2 and Audio Hack. I suspect the distance between myself in NYC and the people I was zooming in Australia contributed to the poor audio quality at the time.

You should be able to leave your setup running as your usual settings usual, then share your screen and make sure you check the 'share computer audio' box.

As far as I know that should work. Like I said, I purchased and use Loopback 2. Soundflower and Blackhole are two freeware apps that do the same thing, although I can't vouch for they effectiveness.

In Loopback 2 you have 3 columns, first one is sources (physical inputs and software), second column is virtual devices you create, and the third is outputs. So again, you leave everything else about your set up the same expect in this app you add Logic (and your computer mic so you can chat at the same time) to the source column then connect the outputs of Logic to the input of the virtual device in column 2 (little virtual cables). Then in Zoom prefs you select that virtual device is the mic in.

Hello Tim,

Would you mind sharing what worked for you in the end?

I happen to have exactly the same setup as you (including Clarett 8Pre)...

Thanks!

Jon