I am having bass guitar lessons via Zoom - and just wondering if anyone has good solutions for playing to backing tracks as well as speaking over Zoom via PC - without a delay between any aspects?
I have tried various combinations of bass, microphone & amp, plus backing from another device, all through an audio interface (Behringer UMC22) - and remembering that you can only use one input to the interface, as that is all Zoom will pick up.
But I find there is always a delay between the backing, voice and guitar by the time it hits the Zoom recipients.
I have also tried virtual mixer software on the PC - i.e. between the audio interface and Zoom - but to no avail.
I have now gone back to basics and resorted to effectively just mic'ing the room using the built-in PC mic to make everything align...
Wondering though if I got a 'real' mixer unit (e.g. a Behringer XENYX 802 Mixer) and connected 1) bass amp output (1/4" jack), 2) microphone (XLR or 1/4" jack), 3) laptop for backing tracks (using a stereo jack from the laptop to dual mono jacks into the mixer...
And then output from the mixer (using dual mono jacks) into a single stereo jack into the audio interface...
Another key question then being where do I listen to the backing track from (e.g. the laptop, the mixer or the audio interface) to make sure no delay between me playing the bass and the backing track - plus being able to hear the Zoom call of course as well!!
I hear lots of supposed solutions out there, but none seem perfect to me - so I'm really interested to hear if anybody here has cracked it??!
Thank you for any advice!!
And happy to provide more details on my existing kit if that helps.