Participants in a meeting who want to share audio that is not vocal need to make settings in their desktop client so it is audible. It doesn't require specific settings to be made to the meeting by the host.
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Sharing Computer Audio via Screen Share
Follow Zoom's article Sharing Computer Sound in a Screen Share. They will update this article if they update the feature. If your audio is already recorded, this is the best way to share audio.
Setting the Zoom Desktop Client for Live Music
Live audio through a microphone or audio interface requires the Original sound for musicians setting in your Zoom Desktop Client. If you are playing an instument like a piano or guitar you will use this setting. You may also be creating non-vocal noises in a microphone like snapping your fingers.
- Open your Zoom Desktop Client
- Click the Settings button
in the upper right corner
- Click the Audio tab on the left
- Under the Audio Profile heading, select Original Sound for Musicians
- Detailed options for Original sound for musicians
- Select High-fidelity music mode
- Select Echo cancellation
- Unselect Stereo audio
- In the Zoom meeting window in the upper left corner the text will appear Original Sound for Musicians: Off once you have completed the steps above.
- Click that text and it changes to Original Sound for Musician: On
- You are now ready to play your instrument over Zoom