Select your camera, speakers, and mic in the lobby

Choose the camera, speakers, and mic you want to use, and test them before you join the studio.

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

Step by step

Click Join Session in a studio invite email, or click a studio access link.
If you haven't used Riverside before, click Allow camera and mic so the browser can access your microphone and camera.
In the lobby, type your name in the Your name field.
Riverside selects your camera, speakers, and mic automatically. Use the next steps to check that the right ones are selected.
From the camera dropdown, select the camera you want to use.
The preview on the left shows how you look on camera.
From the speaker dropdown, select where you want to hear the session.
To check the sound, click Test next to the speaker dropdown.
From the mic dropdown, select the mic you want to use.
To check how you sound, click Test next to the mic dropdown, speak for a few seconds, and listen to the playback.
To let Riverside choose the best mic for you:
1. From the mic dropdown, select Find the best mic.
2. When Say a few words... appears, keep talking until the check finishes.
  Riverside compares the mics connected to your computer, switches to the one with the cleanest sound, and marks it Best.
  To cancel the check, click Stop.
Next to Using headphones?, click Yes or No.
Riverside uses your answer to reduce echo and improve how you sound.
Click Join studio.

Riverside selects your your camera, speakers, and mic automatically. Check each dropdown before you join to make sure the right ones are selected.
To hear your own mic through your headphones, turn on Hear yourself in the mic dropdown.
Find the best mic compares up to 6 mics. If more than 6 are connected, the option isn’t available. Disconnect the mics you’re not using to turn it on.