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Re:Zoom improvements requested by music schools by spacechild1 on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:08AM (#25787226)
For which kind of music does this work in practice, though? The first musician in the chain would have a very lonely experience ;-)

Another technique is to mix all musicians on a server and send the mix back to all of them. Everyone hears the exact same signal, so in theory people could play perfectly in sync, but in practice hearing yourself delayed is very awkward and needs lots of training. We tried it but gave up quickly.

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Re:Zoom improvements requested by music schools by visarga on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:06AM (#25787887)
The first musician could be the conductor and they already are accustomed to conduct a bit ahead of the sound. Or they could put the instrument with most notes.
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Re:Zoom improvements requested by music schools by spacechild1 on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:42AM (#25788458)
Musicians want/need to hear each other. This is obvious for improvised music, but even when everything is written out, players have/want to listen to each other.

While this approach certainly works from a technical perspective, but I don't see many musical styles where this would yield a satisfying musical result. However, it might work for pieces which are specifically written for this constellation.

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