Three steps so your instrument reaches me exactly as it sounds in the room, detail and all.
Join Your Lesson on Proton MeetAll online sessions run on Proton Meet. It keeps the audio honest, so your breath, your quietest onsets, your registration shifts, and your tracks all arrive intact and coachable. Work through this once before your first session and it becomes second nature.
Nothing to install. Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari all work. You'll use the same studio link every session (button below). Open it a few minutes early and confirm your camera and mic before we begin.
Tip: Wear headphones on this device. It keeps the sound from looping back and muddying what I hear.
Any phone, tablet, or second laptop with a speaker will do. Play your accompaniment, warm-ups, and repertoire tracks out loud on that second device so your microphone captures them alongside your voice. Keep it about an arm's length away.
Why: If the track plays through the same device carrying the call, the call software cancels it out. A second device keeps voice and accompaniment together.
This is the one that matters most. Noise cancellation is tuned for speech, not singing. It flattens your breath, your softest dynamics, your overtones, and the track from your second device, exactly the detail I need to hear. Switch it off in three places where they apply: your operating system, your browser, and inside Proton Meet.
How to disable noise cancellation
Settings > System > Sound > (your mic) > turn off Audio enhancements. If you've got Voice Isolation or Voice Focus in your headset app (Logitech, Razer, etc.), turn that off too.
Control Center (top-right menu bar) > Mic Mode > set to Standard. Make sure Voice Isolation is NOT selected.
While the browser is open and on the call, swipe down to Control Center > tap Mic Mode > choose Standard.
Settings > Sound & vibration (or Sounds) > look for Noise reduction or Voice Enhancer and turn it off. Samsung devices: check the Phone app settings too.
In Proton Meet's audio settings (gear icon in the call), turn off noise suppression, echo cancellation, and auto-gain if you see them. In Chrome, open chrome://settings/content/microphone and make sure your correct mic is selected.
Use the record button inside Proton Meet at any point in the session. It's worth doing. Playing back the exercises, the corrections, and your own before-and-after is where a lot of the work sticks.
Same studio link every session. Bookmark it if that's easier.
If anything is unclear or your audio isn't behaving, reach out and we'll dial it in before your session starts.
