Dear Patrick,

Thanks for your questions!

Have the drummer connect an SM58 (or similar dynamic mic) to a Scarlett Solo (or other audio interface). Put the mic near the drummer’s mouth and then reposition the mic to adjust the balance between drums and vocals the mic picks up, if desired.

Here are two great options for your guitar players (you can go with whichever option it’s easiest to get equipment for).

• Option 1: Have each guitar player use an instrument cable to connect the line output on their amp to a line-input jack on a Scarlett Solo (or other audio interface with line input — not all audio interfaces have line input). To pick up talking, have each guitar player connect an SM58 (or other dynamic mic) to their audio interface too.
• Option 2: Have each guitar player connect two dynamic mics to a Scarlett 2i2 (or other audio interface with two mic jacks), putting one of the mics in front of their amp and the other near their mouth.

The Input Mixer controls the mix of local sound sources you send into the session. To control how loud or panned each remote player sounds in your headphones, use the gain sliders and pan pots (knobs) that appear in the right half of FarPlay’s main window during multi-user sessions.

Could you share the styles of music you’d like to rehearse? Atlanta/New Jersey and Mexico City are far apart, so if you play fast rhythmic music with drums, the musicians in Atlanta and New Jersey will sound slightly behind in the ears of the musicians in Mexico City. That being said, there are still lots of styles of music you can rehearse together online over the distances between your band members (we recently shared an example of making energetic, rhythmic music together 3600 miles apart).

Thank you,
David Liao

• This reply was modified 6 months, 1 week ago by David Liao.