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    Streaming piano over skype

    I play the piano and my SO loves when I play for her. I have an electric piano, so the sound that comes out of it is not terrible unless I use a headset (which I always do when I play for myself). So far I have either put my computer next to the piano and played without the headset, so she can hear it over Skype, or I recorded myself and sent her the MP3s (my piano has a USB port and I can record MP3 on a USB key).

    Yet, I'm sure there should be a way to connect the piano to my computer in such a way that it can stream the sound directly to Skype.

    Here is what I have:
    - My piano has 2 ports for headsets (typical 6.55 mm jack plugs), 2 "line out" (R and L/MONO, also 6.55mm), and 2 "line in" (R and L, same);
    - My computer (Mac) has a 3.5 mm jack plug for a headset (the headset can include an integrated microphone, in which case the Mac will use it as well), and it has a built-in microphone. It also has 2 USB ports.

    There should be a way to do something, probably with an external audio card that I would plug in the USB port of the computer, and on which I would connect the line out of the piano; then some software tricks so that when I play, the sound of my piano gets mixed with the sound coming from a microphone and sent over skype (and also the sound of the piano needs to be sent to my headset, but without the sound of the microphone, so I don't hear my own voice).

    I have tried with a very cheap sound card ordered over Amazon and a cheap headset with a mic, but didn't get any result. I think the sound card was already fried, though...

    If there is any specialist in audio equipment who could advise me on how to do this, I'm interested!

    #2
    I actually play the piano for my SO as well, during calls. I do not know the required equipment, I just put my phone on my knees and play. She never complained about the sound. Piano sound actually is more or less well, it depends on the instrument and (more importantly) on your equipment. The sound was really bad when I recorded myself in the past with some mp3 player, but with Android phones (Samsung Galaxy Grand Plus and now Asus ZenFone Max, about my own experience), the sound quality is more clear.

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