{"id":67853,"date":"2023-01-05T12:45:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T12:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonfell.co.uk\/?page_id=67853"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:00:29","slug":"audio-settings-for-zoom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simonfell.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/makers-headroom\/audio-settings-for-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"Makers HeadRoom – audio settings for Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”85″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”205474″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”211784″]Here is a quick guide to our special audio settings in Zoom.<\/p>\n

Please note: You can only do this once you are in the Zoom meeting.<\/p>\n

By default Zoom is set up to filter out almost anything it does not recognise as speech. We need a bit more background noise than that so that everyones activity is part of our joint presence when we meet online.<\/p>\n

I have tried to set this up so that on a desktop computer you can follow these steps. On mobiles and tablets it will be different.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”1″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”85″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”413394″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”966834″]1. Click the arrow next to the Mute\/Sound icon on the bottom left of your screen<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2. Choose ‘Audio settings’ from the menu list that comes up (at the bottom)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3. Make choices in the ‘Audio Settings’ dialogue box<\/strong><\/p>\n

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