Sonar and Zoom meetings

[The Zone]

Hi does anyone know how to interface Sonar and Zoom such that others in the Zoom meeting can hear what is playing in Sonar?

 

Thanks

[mettelus]

Depending on your setup and physical connections, you may need a virtual cable solution to expose Sonar outputs into Zoom. Some older apps that support this are from VB-Audio (with the Virtual Audio Cable, or V.A.C. being the most basic... other are listed at the top of that page). But OBS Studio is ramping up in popularity quickly because of all of the developers contributing to the project (that one is a good one to learn going forward as its capabilities expand).

To your question, with a virtual output app running, Sonar will see that as an output, so what you want needs to be set to output there. On the Zoom side it will also be seen as an available input. Depending on how many outputs/inputs you are seeking (if you want to send Sonar AND a microphone to Zoom), you will need something with a virtual mixer (VB-Audio's VoiceMeeter, or again OBS Studio). Being new I would look at OBS Studio first... that can be a little complex at first since it will also capture video and such, but VoiceMeeter may be simpler for your situation (there are a lot of videos online for both apps with setting things up).

[sjoens]

If sound quality isn't important, using a 2nd device set up for Zoom would work as what-they-hear would be from it's mic.  Some devices have good quality mics.

Using Zoom could also be useful for helping users sort out issues.

[msmcleod]

Personally, I find a small analog mixer works the best for me.  Messing around with virtual cables is just a configuration nightmare.

Mic goes directly into the mixer (or via some outboard fx) along with the output of your main audio interface.

I then feed the mixer output into the line input of my onboard sound card, so that OBS (or whatever you're using) is just recording from that.

I've got something similar to this for the job: