You can use via the website or app. Zoom gives you a personal meeting code which you can give to others and then you can all join in together. You get 40 minutes with 3 or more people for free. It's really easy and doesn't have many issues with lagging. |
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Yep. Used it to rehearse with a band mate, but mostly messing to see what it’s limitations are. More rehearsing today as well as a family video chat. Tonight a virtual 60th birthday party here my mate and I are going to sing and play at it. Next week start in earnest developing its use for my work. |
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"Yep. Used it to rehearse with a band mate, but mostly messing to see what it’s limitations are. More rehearsing today as well as a family video chat. Tonight a virtual 60th birthday party here my mate and I are going to sing and play at it. Next week start in earnest developing its use for my work."
Our son needs a tool to virtually rehearse with his bandmates. Would you recommend Zoom then? |
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"Yep. Used it to rehearse with a band mate, but mostly messing to see what it’s limitations are. More rehearsing today as well as a family video chat. Tonight a virtual 60th birthday party here my mate and I are going to sing and play at it. Next week start in earnest developing its use for my work."
I’m very surprised you said rehearsing with a band mate. I’ve tried to do musical stuff. The lag makes it impossible. |
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"Yep. Used it to rehearse with a band mate, but mostly messing to see what it’s limitations are. More rehearsing today as well as a family video chat. Tonight a virtual 60th birthday party here my mate and I are going to sing and play at it. Next week start in earnest developing its use for my work.
Our son needs a tool to virtually rehearse with his bandmates. Would you recommend Zoom then? "
No it doesn’t work. Two much lag. Everyone will be playing at different times. |
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"Yep. Used it to rehearse with a band mate, but mostly messing to see what it’s limitations are. More rehearsing today as well as a family video chat. Tonight a virtual 60th birthday party here my mate and I are going to sing and play at it. Next week start in earnest developing its use for my work.
I’m very surprised you said rehearsing with a band mate. I’ve tried to do musical stuff. The lag makes it impossible. "
This was my question re: band rehearsal. My son said the same about lag on Microsoft Teams when they tried to jam through that. |
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Yes I do for working from home,for conferencing and team meetings, also one on one with this new staff m_mber half my age and I fancy her, she must be bored with me, cos she is always playing with her hair! Lol |
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"Yep. Used it to rehearse with a band mate, but mostly messing to see what it’s limitations are. More rehearsing today as well as a family video chat. Tonight a virtual 60th birthday party here my mate and I are going to sing and play at it. Next week start in earnest developing its use for my work.
I’m very surprised you said rehearsing with a band mate. I’ve tried to do musical stuff. The lag makes it impossible. "
Yep we’ve tried everything to overcome it and reduced the lag slightly but didn’t get to the point it was workable. So we are now going to recording tracks and then mixing them and putting together videos. We have all, the kit we need and my son is a music producer. So we’re going to try a different approach. We are also going to record backing tracks and put them on YouTube then play together to the backing track instead of trying to base it on one and other. There is some software called Watch2gether that synchronises your ability to play live together. We won’t be able to hear each other while we stream but we can watch ourselves. By recording the show we can hear what it sounds like. We’re playing with it. We’ll just sing along to each other tonight. Sadly will have to mute the others while I play but it works with only one playing at a time. We are learning..... |
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"Has been all about the Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex for me "
WebEx has been dreadful. Audio failures happening frequently. Teams has been working well, albeit not as well as Zoom. |
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"Yep. Used it to rehearse with a band mate, but mostly messing to see what it’s limitations are. More rehearsing today as well as a family video chat. Tonight a virtual 60th birthday party here my mate and I are going to sing and play at it. Next week start in earnest developing its use for my work.
Our son needs a tool to virtually rehearse with his bandmates. Would you recommend Zoom then? "
Not yet. I’m still experimenting. I’m researching the possibilities and I’ll keep you posted on what works and what doesn’t. |
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"Yep. Used it to rehearse with a band mate, but mostly messing to see what it’s limitations are. More rehearsing today as well as a family video chat. Tonight a virtual 60th birthday party here my mate and I are going to sing and play at it. Next week start in earnest developing its use for my work.
Our son needs a tool to virtually rehearse with his bandmates. Would you recommend Zoom then?
Not yet. I’m still experimenting. I’m researching the possibilities and I’ll keep you posted on what works and what doesn’t."
Thanks for this, feel free to PM if easier. Our son is also a producer as well as guitarist so I'm sure he can work whatever techno work around is fathomed! He's meant to be finishing his BTEC first though  |
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Been Zooming for months lol
Thought about hosting a fab zoom one night. Can have upto 500 people on my account but this that might be a few to many naked people  |
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"Can all you zoomers help me?
I can hear and see the others on my laptop but they can't hear or see me (on my phone is fine)
I tried with and without headphones."
Sorry had messed reply up.
Make sure your mic and camera are active in windows control panel then when you join make sure you select connect laptop audio (I think that’s what it called) if you get stuck PM me |
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"Educate me.....!! What is ZOOM ???"
Its an online tool for video conferencing and meetings, plus a zillion other workplace functions too, like file sharing, team channels for messaging etc. It's easy to set up and use online or you can download it as an app. |
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over a year ago
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"Can all you zoomers help me?
I can hear and see the others on my laptop but they can't hear or see me (on my phone is fine)
I tried with and without headphones.
Sorry had messed reply up.
Make sure your mic and camera are active in windows control panel then when you join make sure you select connect laptop audio (I think that’s what it called) if you get stuck PM me "
Thank you. I got there in the end. It was the windows privacy settings. I can now zoom anyone I want! |
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