How to Send Processed Logic Pro Audio to Zoom on Mac

What you’ll need

• A Mac running macOS 15 or later
• Audio Router installed and configured
• Logic Pro
• The Zoom desktop application
• A microphone or audio interface
• A headset or headphones

How the signal flows

          Microphone or instrument
                    ↓
                Logic Pro
         EQ / compression / effects
                    ↓
               Audio Router
                    ↓
             Zoom microphone

Logic Pro processes the live input and sends its complete output to an Audio Router virtual device. Zoom uses that device as its microphone.

1. Create a microphone track in Logic Pro

1. Open Logic Pro.
2. Create a new Empty Project.
3. Select Audio as the new track type.
4. Select your microphone or audio interface as the input device.
5. Choose the appropriate mono input, commonly Input 1.
6. Create the track.
7. Click the track’s R button to record-enable it.
8. Speak into the microphone and confirm that the track meter responds.

2. Add EQ and compression

1. Select the microphone track.
2. Find an empty Audio FX slot.
3. Add EQ → Channel EQ.
4. In the next Audio FX slot, add Dynamics → Compressor.
5. Use the mono versions when available.
6. Speak and confirm that the track meter continues to respond.

          Microphone
              ↓
          Channel EQ
              ↓
          Compressor
              ↓
          Logic Pro output

Default settings are sufficient for testing. You can adjust the EQ and compressor after confirming that the complete route works.

3. Create an Audio Router session

1. Open Audio Router.
2. Click the large + button at the bottom of the session sidebar.
3. Rename the new session Logic to Zoom.
4. Confirm that the session is enabled and its status indicator is green.
5. Keep the default Pass-Through source.
6. Confirm that the Pass-Through source is connected to Channels 1 and 2.

            Pass-Through Left  → Channel 1
            Pass-Through Right → Channel 2

4. Send Logic Pro’s output to Audio Router

1. Return to Logic Pro.
2. Open Logic Pro → Settings → Audio.
3. Open the Devices section.
4. Set Output Device to Logic to Zoom.
5. Keep your microphone or audio interface selected as Logic Pro’s input device.
6. Apply the audio-device change if Logic Pro asks.
7. Return to the microphone track and keep it record-enabled.
8. Speak into the microphone.
9. Confirm that Audio Router’s Pass-Through and Channels meters respond.

5. Select the Audio Router device in Zoom

1. Open the Zoom desktop application.
2. Open Settings → Audio.
3. Under Microphone, select Logic to Zoom.
4. Under Speaker, select your headset or headphones.
5. Start Zoom’s microphone test.
6. Speak into the microphone.
7. Confirm that Zoom’s microphone input meter responds and that the test playback contains your voice.

Do not select Logic to Zoom as Zoom’s speaker. Incoming Zoom audio should go directly to your headset.

6. Verify that Zoom is receiving Logic Pro

Perform this short test to confirm that Zoom is not receiving the microphone through another path:

1. Keep Zoom’s microphone test running.
2. Mute the microphone track in Logic Pro.
3. Speak into the microphone.
4. Confirm that Zoom’s input meter stops responding.
5. Unmute the Logic Pro track.
6. Speak again and confirm that Zoom’s meter responds.

If muting the Logic Pro track stops the Zoom signal, the microphone is successfully passing through Logic Pro and its plug-in chain.

You can also bypass and re-enable Channel EQ or Compressor while testing. The change heard in Zoom confirms that Logic Pro’s processed output is reaching the call.

7. Optional: Monitor the processed audio

Monitoring is not required for sending Logic Pro audio into Zoom. If you want to hear the processed Logic Pro output yourself:

1. Open the Logic to Zoom Audio Router session.
2. Click the button beside Monitor.
3. Select your headset.
4. Confirm that Channels 1 and 2 connect to the headset’s left and right inputs.
5. Begin with the monitor level very low.
6. Raise the level gradually while speaking.

Always use headphones for live microphone monitoring. Speakers can allow monitored audio to re-enter the microphone and cause acoustic feedback.

8. Adjust the microphone level

If your Zoom recording sounds too quiet, adjust the level before it reaches Zoom:

• Raise the microphone track fader slightly in Logic Pro.
• Adjust the compressor’s makeup or output gain.
• If using an audio interface, check its physical input-gain control.
• Watch the meters while speaking at your normal volume.

Avoid sustained red meter levels. Raising the signal too far can cause clipping and distortion that Zoom cannot repair.

9. Make a Zoom test recording

1. Start a private Zoom meeting as the host.
2. Confirm that Logic to Zoom is still selected as the microphone.
3. In the meeting controls, choose Record. If it is not visible, open More (…) → Record.
4. Select Record to this Computer.
5. Speak normally for several seconds.
6. Bypass the compressor and speak again.
7. Re-enable the compressor and speak again.
8. Mute and unmute the Logic Pro track to verify the signal path.
9. Stop the recording and end the meeting.
10. Listen to the processed recording.

Zoom normally stores computer recordings in the Documents/Zoom folder.

Troubleshooting

Logic Pro is not receiving the microphone

• Confirm that the correct microphone input is selected.
• Click the track’s R button.
• If necessary, enable the track’s I Input Monitoring button.
• Check that macOS has granted Logic Pro microphone permission.

Audio Router receives no signal from Logic Pro

• Confirm that Logic Pro’s Output Device is Logic to Zoom.
• Make sure the Logic Pro track is record-enabled and unmuted.
• Confirm that Pass-Through is connected to Audio Router Channels 1 and 2.
• Make sure the Audio Router session is enabled and unmuted.

Audio Router meters move, but Zoom receives nothing

• Confirm that Zoom’s Microphone is set to Logic to Zoom.
• Restart Zoom to refresh its audio-device list.
• Check the Zoom microphone input level.
• Confirm that the Logic Pro track is not muted.

Your voice sounds delayed in your headset

• Remove or mute the Audio Router monitor.
• Continue using Zoom with monitoring disabled.
• If available, use direct hardware monitoring for lower latency, noting that direct monitoring normally plays the unprocessed microphone.

Your voice is too quiet

• Raise the Logic Pro track fader gradually.
• Adjust the compressor’s output gain.
• Increase the microphone preamp gain if available.
• Avoid clipping in Logic Pro and Audio Router.

Final configuration

Logic Pro

• Input Device: Your microphone or interface
• Output Device: Logic to Zoom
• Microphone track: Record-enabled and unmuted
• Audio FX: Channel EQ and Compressor

Audio Router

• Session: Logic to Zoom
• Source: Pass-Through
• Channels: Stereo
• Monitor: Optional headset monitoring
• Session status: Enabled and unmuted

Zoom

• Microphone: Logic to Zoom
• Speaker: Your headset or headphones