Hear yourself in the studio

Hear your own mic in your headphones to check that it’s working, before or during a recording.

Step by step

Turn on Hear yourself in the lobby

1. Join a studio as a host, producer, or guest.
2. In the lobby, click the arrow next to your microphone input. 
3. Next to Hear yourself, toggle on .
4. Drag the slider under Hear yourself to change the volume.
5. Speak to check how your mic sounds before you enter the studio.
   When you join the studio, Hear yourself is turned off.

Turn on Hear yourself in the studio

1. Join a studio as a host, producer, or guest.
2. At the bottom of the studio, click the arrow icon next to Audio.
3. Next to Hear yourself, toggle on .
   A You're hearing yourself banner appears at the top of the studio.
4. Drag the slider under Hear yourself to change the volume.
   This doesn’t change your volume for other participants or in the recording.
5. To turn it off, click Stop in the You’re hearing yourself banner.
   Or, next to Hear yourself, toggle off  .

Good to know

• Hear yourself is not available when using Safari.
• Only you hear your mic playback. It isn’t recorded, and other participants don’t hear it.
• Hear yourself is only available when you use headphones.
• To use Hear yourself, turn off Echo Cancellation.
• In Business plan studios, a producer can turn on Hear yourself for you.

Learn more

• Monitor audio in the studio (hosts and producers)
• Adjust your own output volume
• I can’t hear the other person in the studio