Use TeamTalk[1]. If you need high audio quality, TT beats everything else you can find, maybe except very expensive software for radio stations. I've successfully used it to stream music and it works.
It's Teamspeak and Discord like, so you need to connect to a server, either public or self-hosted, join or create a channel, and then you will be able to talk to everyone on that channel. This is perfect for permanent communities where people just hang out, but works for one-offs too. It works on Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS and Android, no web access. The server is also available for Raspberry Pi. Half of it is open-source, but the core SDK needs a license if you're developing with it. The program itself is free, even for commercial use.
It uses Opus and lets you adjust the quality and processing, so you can get a lot out of it. We've been using it in our community for about 10 years now, including for radio broadcasting, and we haven't managed to find anything better since. I know of one local radio station and recording studio who successfully use it for remote work now.
To get the best experience, disable all audio processing in the preferences, on the sound system pane, so duplex mode, automatic gain control and noise reduction should be off. If you're on Windows, use Windows Audio Session as the backend for lowest latency.
Then, connect to a server, I use the German one for public stuff, as I'm close to it geographically and you don't need to register for it, but use whichever you want. After connecting, create a channel with application set to music, bitrate set to 150000 and channels set to stereo. Those are, at least, the parameters I use, and they work great. You can adjust the rest as you see fit.
There are some video and screensharing capabilities as far as I know, but I haven't used them. Audio is definitely the primary focus. If you need any assistance, my username here at gmail dot com is the way to go.
[1] bearware.dk for desktop, App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android.
ps. I'm not affiliated with the company in any way, it's just a tool I use daily and would recommend to anyone who knows his way around the computer. It definitely doesn't pass the grandma test, though.
It's Teamspeak and Discord like, so you need to connect to a server, either public or self-hosted, join or create a channel, and then you will be able to talk to everyone on that channel. This is perfect for permanent communities where people just hang out, but works for one-offs too. It works on Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS and Android, no web access. The server is also available for Raspberry Pi. Half of it is open-source, but the core SDK needs a license if you're developing with it. The program itself is free, even for commercial use.
It uses Opus and lets you adjust the quality and processing, so you can get a lot out of it. We've been using it in our community for about 10 years now, including for radio broadcasting, and we haven't managed to find anything better since. I know of one local radio station and recording studio who successfully use it for remote work now.
To get the best experience, disable all audio processing in the preferences, on the sound system pane, so duplex mode, automatic gain control and noise reduction should be off. If you're on Windows, use Windows Audio Session as the backend for lowest latency.
Then, connect to a server, I use the German one for public stuff, as I'm close to it geographically and you don't need to register for it, but use whichever you want. After connecting, create a channel with application set to music, bitrate set to 150000 and channels set to stereo. Those are, at least, the parameters I use, and they work great. You can adjust the rest as you see fit.
There are some video and screensharing capabilities as far as I know, but I haven't used them. Audio is definitely the primary focus. If you need any assistance, my username here at gmail dot com is the way to go.
[1] bearware.dk for desktop, App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android.
ps. I'm not affiliated with the company in any way, it's just a tool I use daily and would recommend to anyone who knows his way around the computer. It definitely doesn't pass the grandma test, though.