If you would like to share your computer's audio in a Zoom meeting, you can do so in a couple of different ways. You can choose to share only your audio, or share a view of your screen along with your audio. You can find instructions for both of these methods below.
Sharing Audio Only
To share your computer's audio in Zoom without sharing your screen, take the following steps:
- Start the Zoom meeting, or navigate back to Zoom if it is already open.
- Click the green Share button at the bottom of the Zoom window. If you don't see the Share button, it's likely because the Zoom window is too small to display it. In that case, either expand the window until you see the Share button, or click the More button and then select Share.
- A new window will open displaying your sharing options. At the top of the window, you will see tabs for Screens, Documents, and Advanced. Click Advanced, then select Computer audio for the source you would like to share.
- Share Stereo (High-fidelity) audio by clicking the dropdown arrow on the Computer audio panel, and making sure Stereo (High-fidelity) is selected (checked).
- Click the blue Share button at the bottom of the window. This will start sharing your computer audio for other meeting participants to hear.
- If you are sharing audio from a DAW, make sure the DAW's output device is set to ZoomAudioDevice. Note that the output for most other applications will not need to be changed from your computer's default system setting.
- A new tab titled My computer sound will appear at the top of the Zoom window. Click the X icon on this tab when you're ready to stop sharing audio.
Sharing Audio with Video
To share your computer's audio along with sharing the screen, take the following steps:
- Start the Zoom meeting, or navigate back to Zoom if it is already open.
- Click the green Share button at the bottom of the Zoom window. If you don't see the Share button, it's likely because the Zoom window is too small to display it. In that case, either expand the window until you see the Share button, or click the More button and then select Share.
- A new window will open displaying your sharing options. By default, the Screens tab will be selected, where you can choose which particular screen or window you would like to share. Select the screen/window of your choice, then enable (check) Share sound on the right-hand side.
- Share Stereo (high-fidelity) audio by clicking the dropdown arrow next to Share sound, and making sure Stereo (high-fidelity) is selected (checked).
- Click the blue Share button at the bottom of the window. This will start sharing your screen along with your computer audio for other meeting participants to hear.
Allow Screensharing on Mac
For macOS users, certain permissions that are needed for screensharing with Zoom are disabled by default, and will need to be enabled the first time you share the screen.
See the following article on how to accomplish this: How to Grant Permissions for Screensharing Using Zoom on macOS
- If you are sharing audio from a DAW, make sure the DAW's output device is set to ZoomAudioDevice. Note that the output for most other applications will not need to be changed from your computer's default system setting.
- The Zoom control panel will remain on your screen, but will not be visible to other meeting participants. A green indicator on the control panel will let you know that your screen is being shared, with a red Stop share button next to it for when you're ready to stop screensharing.
