Just thought I’d share my Zoom setup, since it took me longer than I’d like to admit to figure out. I’m teaching a masters-level analysis course this semester, so I had to find a way to have a keyboard visible at all times in order for the students can see whatever voicings I’m demonstrating. This is a Windows setup, but anything I play on my MIDI keyboard will sound through Zoom, as well as my voice from a USB mic, and anything I play back through Dorico, Roon, Transcribe, YouTube, whatever.
I’m using a freeware program called VMPK to display a keyboard at the bottom of my screen at all times. It will easily work with OBS and this guy’s tutorial was a good step in the right direction for me. Unfortunately, I’m using my Fuji X-T4 as my webcam (love the 16mm f/1.4 lens for this) but the Fuji webcam software doesn’t work with OBS, so I use ManyCam. I have managed to get everything working with VoiceMeeter, FlexASIO, and MIDI-OX (to route MIDI signal to multiple devices at once) but it’s pretty complicated …
Here’s my setup:
Windows Sound Output - CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)
Windows Sound Input - Microphone (MiC Plus)
VoiceMeeter Potato - Hardware Out (A1) - ASIO: SPL USB Audio Device
Hardware Input 1 - CABLE Output
Hardware Input 2 - Microphone (MiC Plus) - turn off A1
Virtual Input 1 - Voicemeeter VAIO
MIDI-OX - on, minimize to system tray
VSL Synchon Piano - VoiceMeeter Virtual ASIO (lower latency than FlexASIO), if issues use
FlexASIO
Dorico - FlexASIO
ManyCam
Import “Zoom Settings.mcpro” (my file with the keyboard and webcam windows configured correctly already, Fuji webcam software already is selected)
Global Sound - On, Preset Audio - On
Audio Inputs (3): System sound, Microphone (MiC Plus), CABLE Output (I don’t think I should actually need both System sound and CABLE Output, but I need both on for some reason)
Audio Output - Default Playback Device (should be CABLE Input)
Zoom
Video: Camera - ManyCam Virtual Webcam
Audio: Speaker - Same as System, Microphone - ManyCam Virtual Microphone
When sharing screen, do not share audio, as that will kill the audio you already have automatically routed to Zoom. As I mentioned anything I play back on my system will always go through Zoom no matter what program is playing it, and the students can see a virtual MIDI keyboard at all times and hear my VSL Piano VST anytime I touch my MIDI keyboard. So far so good!