🔊 Poly Calisto 7200 speakerphone: amzn.to/35ME57m ⚙️ All the gear I use: kit.co/markuspresents 🎬 Lead hybrid meetings: th-cam.com/video/aRi1ORI2INY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, Markus. My biggest problem is feedback when off-site participants talk and the in-room mic picks up what they are saying, creating a feedback loop. This is in a rather large, loud room, with a PA system and microphones.
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The key is to have only one input and output for audio. I have some examples in this video: th-cam.com/video/7tFPAEmGijM/w-d-xo.html If that PA system of your is hooked up to the machine that runs Zoom, this should work nicely. Most mixing desks have a USB connection these days.
The best and unique great video solution! Thanks a lot! I'm in Brazil. But If I don't find the Calisto device here, could you recommend me another one or two of these devices? Thank you so much
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The Calisto 7200 is an older model. You can find all my gear recommendations for hybrid meetings here: kit.co/markuspresents/hybrid-meeting-setup These days I use the Beyerdynamic Space.
Our biggest challenge is background noise. when the air conditioner in the conference room kicks on people hear buzzing that are remote and it kills the sound. Does the poly colisto 7200 take care of background noise. For example: last hybrid meeting we had a facilities crew out in our hallway core drilling the floor. That was a big distraction.
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What software are you using? Zoom's noise suppression is actually really good. I have fan noise from the projector, and when I set the noise suppression to Auto, it works perfectly. That would be the place to start, and also free. The Calisto 7200 also has some built-in noise suppression. There's a demo of it on Poly's own channel here: th-cam.com/video/_817tkjvYPM/w-d-xo.html. The model was previously called VoxBox; it's the same device.
Great article and mic tests. We've tried to run hybrid town-hall style meetings. We found it possible for presenters to come across well to hybrid audiences but the feedback we've had from the remote audience is that it's hard to hear in-room wider audience members when they speak (questions / discussion). Yet, conversely, general noises in the room and occasional chatter ruins audio of the person speaking. I'm thinking that we need 2 solutions - a main mic and plus an ambient mic but concerned about potential echo or feedback. Potentially, a roaming mic and possibly somebody controlling whether that mic is on. I'm also thinking that we need to refresh our guidance about speaking and making way for each other. Any ideas very welcome!
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If you have multiple mics, just connect them to one device, like a mixing desk to avoid echo.
I was wondering if you had a suggestion for hybrid meetings that are done in an auditorium. We have stage speakers and stage connectors but we need a mic for the speakers so the in person audience can hear but we need a mic for online audience to hear.
3 ปีที่แล้ว
There's probably a mixing desk of some kind in the room. You can likely connect to it via USB.
I now have a Pyle 8 channel mixer and a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen) and planning for proper wireless mics (Debating between Shure and Sennheiser). For a camera, I am going to run an Obsbot Tiny 4K.
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That sounds like a nice setup! Though do you really need the Scarlet interface? Doesn't that mixer have a USB connection? The Allen&Heath mixers I use I just plugin into my laptop with a USB-B cable.
Hi Markus, I am looking to buy a good quality conference microphone to synch with my Mac (via Zoom) for a school room hybrid meeting. You recommend Poly Callisto 7200 speakerphone. I went to that link and it says new equivalent now is "Poly Synch 20+ Bluetooth Speakerphone". (USB-A/BT600) Is this one you would now recommend? ..its quite a bit cheaper.
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Yes that's right. The Poly Sync 20+ (amzn.to/2SZ7qch) is the current model from the same company and the one I use all the time.
Markus; I like your videos, and I am interested in using the Callisto 7200, but I have a question. We run a hybrid meeting with this set up: An auditorium with speakers for an audience and a conference table with the meeting leaders. The remote participants are only using the chat feature to ask questions, but the audience members are allowed to use a mic to ask, and I am concerned that there may be feedback from the auditorium speakers getting into the Callisto. Is there a way this could be prevented? Thanks
2 ปีที่แล้ว
If you have more than one audio device you will definitely get feedback. One solution would be to connect all the audio to a mixing desk and connect that with USB to a laptop.
Is it possible to set up two mics at the same time? One for a speaker in the front and one for the audience?
3 ปีที่แล้ว
Yes, so long as they're connected to a mixing desk or something, which will ensure that there's only one signal into the laptop. If there are two signals or more, you will get echo: th-cam.com/video/7tFPAEmGijM/w-d-xo.html
Would it work to have each in-person participant signed into the meeting via their own individual laptop or phone and then use that as a microphone when speaking (muted unless speaking of course)? Our club meets in a large room with very poor acoustics and I am trying to figure out, with little to no cost, how we can ensure the online attendees can hear the in-person attendees. Thanks!
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Mostly likely it will not work. As soon as you have multiple mics or speakers in the room, you're bound to get feedback. I talked about it in the very beginning of this stream: th-cam.com/video/EYlq-hbExls/w-d-xo.html
Lynette- my take on this is that the real obstacle is the human element. While technically, if you could strictly control and assure that only one mic at a time is live, it could work, the reality is that almost no group of humans who have a meeting subject to focus on, can also be so vigilant about their mics and speaker muting.. And so, inevitably, more than one gets open and the echo starts.
Can you have multiple Bluetooth speakers sitting on say four tables in a workshop connected to one pc which is connected to Zoom? I’m trying to solve the problem of getting good audio in a large room.
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I would guess the answer is no. At least on my machine, I can only select one speaker at a time. But some speakers and speakerphones you can connect together so they appear as one speaker in Windows; that might work.
@ Thanks. I think I have found a solution with the Jabra Speak 750 x 4 using two laptops or iPads. Two can be linked wirelessly if needed. Turn off all sound bar one and leave Jabra’s on with duplex capability.
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Sounds like a plan! And yes, disconnecting the audio on all but one laptop is key. Let me know how it works out!
I want to set up a hybrid meeting in a rather large room with 50-60 in attendance. The audience is usually listening to a speaker or announcements at the front of the room. What audio solution should I use to that will provide clear sound to everyone in the room and to on-line participants? Would a conference mic work in that large of a setting?
3 ปีที่แล้ว
There's probably a PA system in the room. Most likely you can hook into it with a USB cable. I actually cover it in the next video about audio in hybrid meetings, to be released on Thursday.
I have a situation where I would be presenting my laptop screen to projector via hdmi and the 3.5 mm jack would be used for sound output. I have a dedicated stage where mic is connected to a system of speakers in the hall. What setup should I do next so that online person can hear the sound. Please help.
2 ปีที่แล้ว
The sound system in the room probably has a mixing desk with a USB connection. Just run all your audio in and out via that desk.
What do you think of a 360 degree camera with 3 camera angles and built in mic?
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I haven't tried a 360 degree camera, but it could work! I think you need more than one mic, though. The Calisto 7200 I talked about has four directional ones built in.
Markus - if there were an All-Star Team for Zoomers, you'd be on it! You don't miss a thing: the "sections," the "more," the dialogue with viewers, etc. I hope that some lucrative corporate engagements have come/will come your way. Yes, everybody has mostly mastered "the basics," but you go miles & miles beyond THAT.... Oh yes, not a criticism so much as a pointer - "Toastmasters" may be bigger than I think it is, but in '20-? it's a very flawed "model" for many/most of your site visitors. Maybe, in some future video, you could/should show a gathering around your couch where others are remote - with "Kalista." Now THAT's what "hybrid" is going to evolve into - for MANY - because driving, parking, weather & a host of other issues are probably going to enable Zoom to survive post-Covid. (It's not just "social" - many businesses will have impromptu meetings in areas with couches & coffee tables ... with the NECESSITY that some remote people participate, too.)
Can't sign up - form won't take my e-mail address; Also what do you do about audio feedback (i.e. when the output of your speakers is picked up by the microphone and those on-line experience a loud irritating noise?
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The hybrid meeting course sign up you mean? On audio feedback, tune in for the live stream on Sunday. It will be a main topic.
My biggest issue is feedback (echo). We have a large meeting using a bluetooth, conference microphone and would like to have an external speaker so we can hear the participants better - but for some reason, the speaker always causes terrible feedback no matter where we place it in the room. Any suggestions?
3 ปีที่แล้ว +1
Perhaps you've already seen my video about echo? th-cam.com/video/7tFPAEmGijM/w-d-xo.html The key is to have one mic and one speaker, both connected to the same device. But I'm not sure if that would work with your setup.
When I have set up hybrid metting in large confrence hall and attached PA system and camera in laptop I am getting Echo while person is speaking in mic 🎤 and and person who is at the other end also. Please suggest if you have any solution for it??
3 ปีที่แล้ว +1
Make sure that only one microphone is active at a time, and that should sort you out.
@ What's your solution for when a person in the main room with the audience and the remote speaker are having a dynamic conversation? Both mics need to active in this situation.
This is still looping in the problems. I think you are missing the solution part of the hybrid meetings. The solution is called mix-minus technology. Where in house speakers can listen to their speaking in speaker and zoom guests can hear them as well. Also the in house participants can hear the zoom guests loudly and he will be minus from his mic. I have done zoom meeting with 10 thousand plus participants on in house event and main guest on zoom.
ปีที่แล้ว +1
I talked about solutions in this video a few years ago: th-cam.com/video/7tFPAEmGijM/w-d-xo.html
🔊 Poly Calisto 7200 speakerphone: amzn.to/35ME57m
⚙️ All the gear I use: kit.co/markuspresents
🎬 Lead hybrid meetings: th-cam.com/video/aRi1ORI2INY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, Markus. My biggest problem is feedback when off-site participants talk and the in-room mic picks up what they are saying, creating a feedback loop. This is in a rather large, loud room, with a PA system and microphones.
The key is to have only one input and output for audio. I have some examples in this video: th-cam.com/video/7tFPAEmGijM/w-d-xo.html
If that PA system of your is hooked up to the machine that runs Zoom, this should work nicely. Most mixing desks have a USB connection these days.
The best and unique great video solution! Thanks a lot! I'm in Brazil. But If I don't find the Calisto device here, could you recommend me another one or two of these devices? Thank you so much
The Calisto 7200 is an older model. You can find all my gear recommendations for hybrid meetings here: kit.co/markuspresents/hybrid-meeting-setup
These days I use the Beyerdynamic Space.
Our biggest challenge is background noise. when the air conditioner in the conference room kicks on people hear buzzing that are remote and it kills the sound. Does the poly colisto 7200 take care of background noise. For example: last hybrid meeting we had a facilities crew out in our hallway core drilling the floor. That was a big distraction.
What software are you using? Zoom's noise suppression is actually really good. I have fan noise from the projector, and when I set the noise suppression to Auto, it works perfectly. That would be the place to start, and also free.
The Calisto 7200 also has some built-in noise suppression. There's a demo of it on Poly's own channel here: th-cam.com/video/_817tkjvYPM/w-d-xo.html. The model was previously called VoxBox; it's the same device.
Great article and mic tests. We've tried to run hybrid town-hall style meetings. We found it possible for presenters to come across well to hybrid audiences but the feedback we've had from the remote audience is that it's hard to hear in-room wider audience members when they speak (questions / discussion). Yet, conversely, general noises in the room and occasional chatter ruins audio of the person speaking.
I'm thinking that we need 2 solutions - a main mic and plus an ambient mic but concerned about potential echo or feedback. Potentially, a roaming mic and possibly somebody controlling whether that mic is on.
I'm also thinking that we need to refresh our guidance about speaking and making way for each other.
Any ideas very welcome!
If you have multiple mics, just connect them to one device, like a mixing desk to avoid echo.
I was wondering if you had a suggestion for hybrid meetings that are done in an auditorium. We have stage speakers and stage connectors but we need a mic for the speakers so the in person audience can hear but we need a mic for online audience to hear.
There's probably a mixing desk of some kind in the room. You can likely connect to it via USB.
I now have a Pyle 8 channel mixer and a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen) and planning for proper wireless mics (Debating between Shure and Sennheiser). For a camera, I am going to run an Obsbot Tiny 4K.
That sounds like a nice setup! Though do you really need the Scarlet interface? Doesn't that mixer have a USB connection? The Allen&Heath mixers I use I just plugin into my laptop with a USB-B cable.
@ The 2i2 is for the controller I use to play music.
Hi Markus, I am looking to buy a good quality conference microphone to synch with my Mac (via Zoom) for a school room hybrid meeting. You recommend Poly Callisto 7200 speakerphone. I went to that link and it says new equivalent now is "Poly Synch 20+ Bluetooth Speakerphone". (USB-A/BT600) Is this one you would now recommend? ..its quite a bit cheaper.
Yes that's right. The Poly Sync 20+ (amzn.to/2SZ7qch) is the current model from the same company and the one I use all the time.
THanks for sharing!
You bet!
this is what i want to know. Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Markus; I like your videos, and I am interested in using the Callisto 7200, but I have a question. We run a hybrid meeting with this set up: An auditorium with speakers for an audience and a conference table with the meeting leaders. The remote participants are only using the chat feature to ask questions, but the audience members are allowed to use a mic to ask, and I am concerned that there may be feedback from the auditorium speakers getting into the Callisto. Is there a way this could be prevented?
Thanks
If you have more than one audio device you will definitely get feedback. One solution would be to connect all the audio to a mixing desk and connect that with USB to a laptop.
Is it possible to set up two mics at the same time? One for a speaker in the front and one for the audience?
Yes, so long as they're connected to a mixing desk or something, which will ensure that there's only one signal into the laptop. If there are two signals or more, you will get echo: th-cam.com/video/7tFPAEmGijM/w-d-xo.html
Would it work to have each in-person participant signed into the meeting via their own individual laptop or phone and then use that as a microphone when speaking (muted unless speaking of course)? Our club meets in a large room with very poor acoustics and I am trying to figure out, with little to no cost, how we can ensure the online attendees can hear the in-person attendees. Thanks!
Mostly likely it will not work. As soon as you have multiple mics or speakers in the room, you're bound to get feedback. I talked about it in the very beginning of this stream: th-cam.com/video/EYlq-hbExls/w-d-xo.html
@ Thank you! Watching that video now.
Lynette- my take on this is that the real obstacle is the human element. While technically, if you could strictly control and assure that only one mic at a time is live, it could work, the reality is that almost no group of humans who have a meeting subject to focus on, can also be so vigilant about their mics and speaker muting.. And so, inevitably, more than one gets open and the echo starts.
This will work as long as every one has their own headset with mic.
Can you have multiple Bluetooth speakers sitting on say four tables in a workshop connected to one pc which is connected to Zoom? I’m trying to solve the problem of getting good audio in a large room.
I would guess the answer is no. At least on my machine, I can only select one speaker at a time. But some speakers and speakerphones you can connect together so they appear as one speaker in Windows; that might work.
@ Thanks. I think I have found a solution with the Jabra Speak 750 x 4 using two laptops or iPads. Two can be linked wirelessly if needed. Turn off all sound bar one and leave Jabra’s on with duplex capability.
Sounds like a plan! And yes, disconnecting the audio on all but one laptop is key. Let me know how it works out!
I want to set up a hybrid meeting in a rather large room with 50-60 in attendance. The audience is usually listening to a speaker or announcements at the front of the room. What audio solution should I use to that will provide clear sound to everyone in the room and to on-line participants? Would a conference mic work in that large of a setting?
There's probably a PA system in the room. Most likely you can hook into it with a USB cable. I actually cover it in the next video about audio in hybrid meetings, to be released on Thursday.
I have a situation where I would be presenting my laptop screen to projector via hdmi and the 3.5 mm jack would be used for sound output. I have a dedicated stage where mic is connected to a system of speakers in the hall. What setup should I do next so that online person can hear the sound. Please help.
The sound system in the room probably has a mixing desk with a USB connection. Just run all your audio in and out via that desk.
What do you think of a 360 degree camera with 3 camera angles and built in mic?
I haven't tried a 360 degree camera, but it could work! I think you need more than one mic, though. The Calisto 7200 I talked about has four directional ones built in.
Will the Poly Calisto speaker allow my Zoom participants to clearly hear the teacher and the music from the speakers in the room for a dance class?
No, for music it's not a great choice. Instead, share your computer audio via the Zoom advanced screen share.
Markus - if there were an All-Star Team for Zoomers, you'd be on it! You don't miss a thing: the "sections," the "more," the dialogue with viewers, etc. I hope that some lucrative corporate engagements have come/will come your way. Yes, everybody has mostly mastered "the basics," but you go miles & miles beyond THAT.... Oh yes, not a criticism so much as a pointer - "Toastmasters" may be bigger than I think it is, but in '20-? it's a very flawed "model" for many/most of your site visitors. Maybe, in some future video, you could/should show a gathering around your couch where others are remote - with "Kalista." Now THAT's what "hybrid" is going to evolve into - for MANY - because driving, parking, weather & a host of other issues are probably going to enable Zoom to survive post-Covid. (It's not just "social" - many businesses will have impromptu meetings in areas with couches & coffee tables ... with the NECESSITY that some remote people participate, too.)
Thanks for watching Peter!
What is the name of your microphonr?
There's a few in the video. They're all listed here: kit.co/markuspresents
Can't sign up - form won't take my e-mail address; Also what do you do about audio feedback (i.e. when the output of your speakers is picked up by the microphone and those on-line experience a loud irritating noise?
The hybrid meeting course sign up you mean? On audio feedback, tune in for the live stream on Sunday. It will be a main topic.
My biggest issue is feedback (echo). We have a large meeting using a bluetooth, conference microphone and would like to have an external speaker so we can hear the participants better - but for some reason, the speaker always causes terrible feedback no matter where we place it in the room. Any suggestions?
Perhaps you've already seen my video about echo? th-cam.com/video/7tFPAEmGijM/w-d-xo.html
The key is to have one mic and one speaker, both connected to the same device. But I'm not sure if that would work with your setup.
When I have set up hybrid metting in large confrence hall and attached PA system and camera in laptop I am getting Echo while person is speaking in mic 🎤 and and person who is at the other end also. Please suggest if you have any solution for it??
Make sure that only one microphone is active at a time, and that should sort you out.
@ Thanks for suggestions. Which laptop is better for zoom meeting and good quality video recording. ?
@@aimevents15 If you want quality, then a laptop camera and microphone are not the right choice. Use a smartphone instead!
@ for large confrence hall I normally use full HD camera. And PA system i use shure mic and crown amplifier. Is it ok?
@ What's your solution for when a person in the main room with the audience and the remote speaker are having a dynamic conversation? Both mics need to active in this situation.
This is still looping in the problems. I think you are missing the solution part of the hybrid meetings.
The solution is called mix-minus technology. Where in house speakers can listen to their speaking in speaker and zoom guests can hear them as well. Also the in house participants can hear the zoom guests loudly and he will be minus from his mic.
I have done zoom meeting with 10 thousand plus participants on in house event and main guest on zoom.
I talked about solutions in this video a few years ago: th-cam.com/video/7tFPAEmGijM/w-d-xo.html
how to hearing everybody speak one person at a time, in large groups meeting in the room and people on zoom are able or can hear them clearly
Use a Poly Sync 20+ speakerphone: amzn.to/2SZ7qch
This is the updated model of the Calisto 7200.
Can you teach me how to use streamlabs
The only Streamlabs product I use is Melon. Check out the video I did the other day: th-cam.com/video/nQslxxS2RSo/w-d-xo.html
@ thanks