System Audio Recording: Capture Every Voice, Every Time

Overview

Meetings, webinars, and interviews are moments filled with valuable insights. Zight’s System Audio feature ensures you capture every voice with crystal-clear audio from your computer and microphone — now available on both Mac and Windows. Whether you're a UX researcher, teacher, or product manager, this feature is designed for you to effortlessly capture comprehensive discussions.

• Record system and microphone audio simultaneously.
• Capture all voices, even when using headphones.
• Perfect for meetings, webinars, interviews, and tutorials.
• Echo cancellation reduces background noise.
• Pair with Zight AI to generate transcripts and summaries. AI is available on current paid plans based on plan limits, and legacy plans may still have separate AI add-on handling.

Steps

Mac

1. Select System Audio

   Go to your app’s preferences and select System Audio from the recording options under the microphone dropdown.

   

2. Grant Permission

   You'll be prompted to accept a permission. Accept it to proceed with enabling system audio recording.

3. Start Recording

   Begin recording audio from both your computer and microphone simultaneously, ensuring full audio clarity.

Windows

1. Select System Audio

   In the Zight recording bar, click the microphone dropdown and select System Audio.

2. Start Recording

   Click Start Recording. Zight will capture both your microphone and system audio simultaneously.

   Note: If System Audio does not appear in the dropdown, ensure you are running Zight 8.2 or later.

Tips & Best Practices

• Use headphones to minimize feedback and ensure clear recordings.
• Test your audio setup before important recordings to check sound quality.
• Pair with Zight AI for efficient meeting summaries. AI is available on current paid plans based on plan limits, and legacy plans may still have separate AI add-on handling.
• For better a Meeting recording experience
  • Use headphones to avoid any echo
  • Move your micrphone closer to you
  • Voice isolation on Mac can help you get a better sound

Troubleshooting

• Audio not capturing → Ensure system audio is enabled in preferences.
• Background noise interference → Check echo cancellation settings.