

I often want my PowerPoint sound to be quieter than my voice. While you can control audio volume to some extent within PowerPoint (Low, Medium, High), setting it up in this way enables you to adjust each level independently in real-time in case someone on the other end of your Teams call says the PowerPoint audio is overpowering your voice or vice versa. Now, in case you’re wondering why we aren’t just linking the mic to that first Blackhole Output Device module, it’s because you may want to control the volume they hear from our PowerPoint and Mic separately. Once you do this, you can see the bars light up when you speak or when audio is playing from your PowerPoint. Again, click on this Output Device module and select Blackhole 16ch.įinally, start the audio session by clicking on the Start button in the lower left.

In this example, I’m presenting a PowerPoint presentation with audio via Teams, so I’ll need audio from both PowerPoint and my Microphone. Under SOURCES: Open Audio Hijack and Create a New Session with ⌘N or clicking on Session in the menu bar & selecting New Session.ģ. If you know of a good alternative, do let me know in the comments below.Ģ.

Note, there may be free alternatives, but I’ve found Audio Hijack to be one of the best out there. Application audio capture app like Audio Hijack.ģ.To enable others to hear audio coming from your computer, you’ll need: But you’re in luck because I’ve found a reasonably simple workaround.

However, if you call into someone else’s meeting, the option is often not available. Option to “ Include computer sound” shows when you initiate Teams meeting
