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by mistersquid 2212 days ago
If you use Loopback (and you may also use Audio Hijack for finer-grained control) you can create virtual devices that can be selected from within Zoom (for example) while being monitored through, say, a pair of headphones.

Here's a crude diagram that shows how this might work:

  +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  |                             Loopback: virtual_keyboard                               |
  |                                                                                      |
  | +-------------------+      +-----------------------+    +--------------------------+ |
  | |MIDI / Logic piano |      |output channels: L & R |    | monitors: headphones     | |
  | | (Pass+Thru)       +----->+                       +--->+                          | |
  | +-------------------+      +-----------------------+    +--------------------------+ |
  +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  
  +---------------------------------+
  | Zoom                            |
  | +---------------------------+   |
  | | input: virtual_keyboard   |   |
  | |                           |   |
  | +---------------------------+   |
  +---------------------------------+
I believe this would reduce the latency from your keyboard to your monitors while any lag Zoom has processing the audio (and probably) video would be slightly increased.
1 comments

thanks, I'll try that!