Another key point is that you don't want to monitor your sound - you want to monitor everyone's sound. One key point - to avoid feedback you don't want any of the Jamulus sound spilling into the open air (say, using your computer's speakers). I plug my headphones right into the computer's headphone jack. To listen to the sound coming from Jamulus, you need a set of *wired* (Bluetooth adds unacceptable delays) over-the-ear headphones (I like the Cowin E7, which you can use wired or wirelessly and has a really good battery life).

You need to make sure the mixer can supply phantom power if you're going to use a condenser mic in this sort of setup if you're connecting a USB mic directly to the computer you don't need to worry about phantom power - the computer will supply it through the USB cable.ģ. I then connect my mixer to the computer via the USB cable. I connect my keyboard to another mixer channel via a standard 1/4' patch cord. I have an AT2020+ standard (not USB) condenser mic that I plug into one channel (that has a phantom power supply) on the mixer via an XLR cable. In my case, I use a Behringer Q502USB (John Payne uses the Q302USB). Folks who play an electric instrument like a keyboard or electric guitar/bass should add a USB mixer to their setup, like the Behringer Q302USB or Behringer Q502USB, so they can connect both their instrument and a microphone (for talking / singing) to the computer. A singer or someone using an open-air instrument (as opposed to, say, a keyboard or electric guitar/bass), should use a condenser USB mic (like the Blue Yeti or Blue Yeti X or AT 2020USB+). To get the sound into the computer, you cannot really use the mic that may be built into the computer - the quality will be too low. The computer doesn't really need to be seriously state-of-the-art or particularly new.Ģ.

A Windows or Mac computer (not a smartphone).

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