Unfortunately, the problem you're describing is caused by latency over the internet. So, teleconferencing apps like FaceTime, Zoom, and Skype won't allow you to play with other musicians. It will definitely sound like cacophony as you described. Here's a good article describing the problem: [1]https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/online-band-practices-possible/.
There are some workarounds for this in the form of certain apps and devices. The problem is that if the app or device is intended to minimize latency and the further you are away from the other musicians and the slower your connection speeds, the more latency you will experience. But it may be worth a try in these difficult times to connect with others to play duets and beyond. Here are the apps listed in the article above: [2]https://www.jamkazam.com (a separate desktop device is recommended) [3]https://www.cockos.com/ninjam/ (this app doesn't appear to deal directly with latency) [4]http://llcon.sourceforge.net (this app appears to upload individual musician tracks, mixes them and then downloads the mixed result as a single track to each collaborator) [5]https://www.facebook.com/eJamming-368668856036/ (their website doesn't seem to be active) I have only had limited experience with JamKazam without the recommended device trying to play duets with a friend in our town and I quickly gave up on it. My internet speed is relatively slow so without the device I was probably hindered in my ability to use the app. It would be a good idea to search on the internet to see how successful these apps are before spending much time with any one of them. Hope this helps, Bill Eisele __________________________________________________________________ From: lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu <lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu> on behalf of howard posner <howardpos...@ca.rr.com> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 4:30 PM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Things to play in quarantine > On Mar 23, 2020, at 8:12 AM, Diego Cantalupi <tio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Each one with his/her phone. > > Il 23/03/2020 16:11, Dr. Henner Kahlert ha scritto: >> Wonderful! With which device did you manage to play and record this? Could you share how you did it? Two days ago I tried to lead our small congregation in a virtual service using Zoom, and it was impossible to synchronize it. Even if our mouths were moving in unison, it was cacophony. To get on or off this list see list information at [6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/online-band-practices-possible/ 2. https://www.jamkazam.com/ 3. https://www.cockos.com/ninjam/ 4. http://llcon.sourceforge.net/ 5. https://www.facebook.com/eJamming-368668856036/ 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html