Playing Duets over Skype

[stevefreides]

I'm a music teacher and am currently teaching two students over Skype each week.  One is a few hundred miles away - I'm near NYC - and the other about 7,000 miles away.

For both students, I have problems using my iPad2 and playing duets with my students.  It sounds as if Skype works much like a speaker phone that decides which is louder and only lets that sound go through.  I cannot hear my student if I play at all loudly.

I'd like to know if this is a limitation of Skype on the iPad2, Skype in all circumstances and on all computers, something that could be fixed by, e.g., using the Camera Connection Kit for the iPad2 and a separate mic, using headphones instead of the built-in speaker - or what.  I confess to having no idea where and how to start trying to solve this problem.

Thanks very much.

-S-

[sirhute]

Hi -S-,

May I ask whether you resolved this? I'd like to try something similar musically, but all indications from my Skype expereience are that the louder sound takes over, as you say.

Thank you.

[Plewy4]

hello,  I am a music teacher as well.   I came on looking for an answer to this very question.  Could you email me at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx if you have any answers?  By the way,  what instrument do you teach and where are you?  I am a cellist out of NYC.  All the best, peter lewy

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