Hear yourself while recording

Hear your own mic when you are wearing headphones while you record to check that your mic is working.

Who: Hosts, producers, and guests
Plan: All plans
Device: Computer browser

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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 toggle-on.svg.
  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 toggle-on.svg.
    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  toggle-off-grey_36x24.svg.

Icon.svg 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 plays your mic as it’s captured. It helps you check that your mic is working, not how you sound to others.
  • 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.

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