Advanced Audio Engineering for Virtual & Outdoor Sound Baths

A Kyle Lam Sound Healing Online Course with Special Guest Instructor Jesse Wright

There is a difference between successfully transmitting a sound bath online and knowing how to engineer the sound your audience ultimately experiences.

Advanced Audio Engineering for Virtual & Outdoor Sound Baths is an advanced online mastermind created for sound healing practitioners who are ready to move beyond the fundamentals of virtual facilitation and develop a deeper understanding of professional audio recording, mixing, and sound design.

This course serves as a natural progression from our Virtual Sound Bath Mastery training. Rather than focusing on how to build, configure, and facilitate a virtual sound bath, this mastermind takes you behind the audio itself—teaching you how to intentionally shape what is being captured so your instruments can sound more balanced, dynamic, spacious, and refined.

To lead this advanced training, Kyle Lam Sound Healing welcomes special guest instructor Jesse Wright, our dedicated audio engineer for both our in-person and virtual sound bath experiences. Jesse has worked closely alongside Kyle to understand the unique sonic characteristics of crystal singing bowls, planetary gongs, percussion, accessory instruments, and voice, as well as the challenges that arise when capturing the enormous dynamic and frequency ranges found within a sound healing experience.

Throughout this mastermind, Jesse will introduce you to the principles professional audio engineers use to transform individual sounds into a cohesive listening experience.

You will begin developing a deeper understanding of recording, mixing, equalization, compression, stereo imaging, spatial depth, and other essential audio engineering concepts, learning not simply what these tools do, but how and why they can be used to shape the way a listener perceives sound.

Learn to Hear Sound Differently

One of the most important skills in audio engineering isn't knowing which button to press. It is developing the ability to listen critically.

Why does a gong sometimes overpower everything around it? Why can crystal bowls lose their warmth or become harsh through a recording?

Why do some mixes feel crowded and two-dimensional while others feel expansive, layered, and immersive?

Jesse will teach you how to begin identifying these differences and making intentional decisions about how each sonic element occupies its own place within a mix.

You will explore how an engineer uses frequency to create clarity, dynamics to control intensity, stereo placement to create width, and ambience to establish a sense of depth and environment. Instead of allowing every instrument to compete for the same sonic space, you will begin learning how to create a cohesive soundscape in which each element can be experienced with greater definition and purpose.

From Raw Audio to an Immersive Soundscape

Recording is only the beginning.

Once sound has been captured, audio engineering gives you the ability to shape that recording into a more intentional listening experience. Throughout this training, you will learn the foundational workflow behind taking raw audio and developing it into a balanced, polished mix.

You will discover how professional engineers approach a recording from the big picture down to its smallest details—balancing individual elements, creating separation between instruments, managing dramatic changes in volume, building dimensionality, and ultimately preparing a finished mix for your audience.

These skills can be applied far beyond live virtual sound baths. They can help elevate recorded sound journeys, outdoor sound baths, meditation recordings, digital courses, livestreams, membership libraries, on-demand experiences, and other professional audio offerings you may create as your sound healing practice expands.

Audio Engineering Through the Lens of Sound Healing

Most traditional audio engineering education is built around recording musicians, bands, podcasts, or conventional studio instruments.

This mastermind approaches audio engineering from a different perspective.

Sound healing presents its own set of sonic challenges. A planetary gong can move from an almost imperceptible resonance into an enormous wall of sound. Crystal singing bowls can generate powerful sustained frequencies and harmonics. Chimes, percussion, voice, and other instruments may all occupy dramatically different frequency ranges and levels of intensity.

Understanding how to work with these elements requires more than applying generic recording techniques.

Through Jesse's experience engineering Kyle Lam Sound Healing's own work, you will gain insight into how traditional audio principles can be adapted specifically for the dynamic, harmonic, and spatial qualities of sound healing instruments.

The intention is not to turn you into a professional studio engineer. It is to give you enough understanding of the engineer's craft to make more informed creative and technical decisions within your own practice.

By the end of this mastermind, you will begin listening to your own work through an entirely different lens—not simply asking whether your audience can hear your sound bath, but whether they are hearing it the way you intended it to be experienced.

Because once you understand how to capture sound, the next evolution is learning how to shape it.

As online wellness experiences continue to grow, facilitators are learning that translating sound healing into the digital space requires far more than simply turning on a microphone and pressing “start.” The quality of the audio signal, microphone placement, mixer configuration, lighting, and camera positioning all influence whether your participants feel immersed in the experience or disconnected from it.

This two-hour online course is designed to help sound healers, yoga teachers, meditation facilitators, and wellness practitioners confidently create professional virtual sound bath experiences that preserve the depth, resonance, and energetic presence of a live session. Through a structured and practical approach, you will learn the exact technical workflow used in Kyle Lam Sound Healing’s virtual sessions so you can build a reliable and professional system of your own.

No prior technical experience is required. This training is designed to guide you step by step through the entire setup process while keeping the equipment approach practical and cost-effective.

Practical Audio Engineering for Sound Healing

One of the biggest challenges facilitators face when moving online is learning how to capture the true depth and tonal complexity of instruments such as crystal singing bowls and planetary gongs. In this course, you will learn the practical audio engineering principles needed to bring clarity and balance to your virtual sessions.

We will walk through the full signal chain used for online sound baths, including the relationship between microphones, mixers, and Zoom audio settings. You will learn how to properly configure gain staging, prevent clipping and distortion, and balance instruments with voice so that each element remains clear and harmonious.

Participants will also be introduced to the specific microphones and equipment used in Kyle Lam Sound Healing’s own virtual sessions, including why certain microphones are better suited for gongs while others capture crystal singing bowls more effectively.

Creating Professional Broadcast Quality

Beyond sound, the visual environment plays a significant role in shaping how participants experience a virtual sound bath. During this training, we will cover how to transform a home or office space into a clean and professional broadcast environment without requiring expensive studio equipment.

You will learn how to position your camera using either a webcam or smartphone, how to choose effective camera angles for sound bath facilitation, and how to use lighting to create a calm and visually balanced presentation. We will also discuss background staging and instrument arrangement so your setup feels intentional and uncluttered while allowing microphones to capture the sound clearly.

Participants will be shown the exact equipment blueprint used in our virtual sound baths, including how instruments are arranged within a space so sound travels naturally through the microphones without interference.

Online Facilitation & Virtual Container Holding

Facilitating online requires a different presence than facilitating in person. This course will also address how to confidently hold space in a virtual environment so participants feel supported and engaged throughout the experience.

We will cover how to open and close a virtual sound bath with clarity, how to manage participant settings such as muting and chat functions, and how to maintain a grounded presence while guiding participants through an online experience. You will also learn how to structure the timing of your session and prepare yourself energetically so your virtual container remains steady and focused.

What You Will Learn

During this training, we will cover the complete workflow required to produce a clear and immersive virtual sound bath experience.

Topics include:

• The exact signal chain for virtual sound baths: Instrument → Microphone → Mixer → Computer → Zoom
• The microphones and mixers best suited for crystal singing bowls, planetary gongs, voice, and accessory instruments
• Mixer settings that prevent clipping and distortion while maintaining tonal depth
• Microphone placement techniques for bowls, gongs, chimes, and percussion instruments
• How to balance instruments and voice for a clean broadcast signal
• Zoom audio settings required for optimal sound quality, including Original Sound and High Fidelity Music Mode
• Camera positioning and lighting techniques for professional presentation
• How to arrange instruments within your space to minimize interference and maximize sound clarity
• How to open, guide, and close a virtual sound bath experience
• Managing participants and maintaining a focused online container
• Running pre-session audio tests and recording checks before going live
• Troubleshooting common technical issues including internet stability and audio disruptions
• How to record your sessions so they can be offered as replay experiences

Throughout the training, Kyle will demonstrate how different technical adjustments influence the quality of the sound experience.

Participants will hear examples of improperly configured audio compared with optimized mixer settings so you can clearly recognize the difference between distorted sound and a balanced broadcast signal.

You will also see demonstrations of microphone placement and instrument arrangement so you understand how small adjustments dramatically improve the depth and clarity of your sound.

Kyle will listen to your sound setup, help fine-tune microphone placement, adjust mixer levels, and provide final refinements to ensure your virtual sound bath feels balanced, clear, and professionally delivered.

This calibration session allows you to confirm that your setup is functioning properly before offering your own virtual experiences.