[kwlug-disc] Help with sound testing on Monday, Aug 17

[CrankyOldBugger]

Thanks, Ron, for volunteering before I had a chance..  Paul, I would
recommend powered USB ports if you're dealing with audio devices (ideally
I'd use powered for any devices, if possible).



On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 at 14:44, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Paul, thanks for doing all the troubleshooting on top of all the KWLUG
> work you and Andrew have been doing for so many years.
> Re: USB 2.0 hub, pretty sure I have some unpowered 2-porters, and some
> powered 4-porters at my local shop. I will check to day.
> Let me know soonest which type would suit you best -- though I think, best
> to give you both types as a just-in-case I have both as no one will ever
> need such things anymore at the shop.
> I will know what I have around 2PM after meets.
> Also, let me know days and blocks of time when I can meet you  for the
> handover assuming I have bits.
> I will email you right after 2PM re: stock/no stock. If no stock, I will
> grab something from CC or Amazon to donate to KWLUG, no worries there.
>
> *Ron S.*
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 12:59 AM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to a generous benefactor we may have a solution that improves
>> our sound quality. The tradeoffs are that the setup is more complicated,
>> and we have to be more mindful of speaking into microphones, as
>> opposed to getting a microphone to pick up our audience Q&A.
>>
>> After the test session I realized that we may also benefit from a USB2
>> hub. We had a setup where we were getting input from the generous
>> benefactor's microphones and piping output to the in-room speakers,
>> but that probably won't work when a presenter is hooked up to HDMI. If
>> you have a hub that you could donate to the cause, then you can be a
>> generous benefactor too.
>>
>> Also, thanks to the people who helped with the testing this evening.
>> Having some extra ears on hand really helped.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 06:11:59PM -0400, Paul Nijjar wrote:
>> >
>> > I am online now if anybody wants to join.
>> > https://webconference.kwlug.org/room/kwlug
>> >
>> > - Paul
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 12:36:28PM -0400, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc
>> wrote:
>> > > As some of you may have noticed, the sound quality has gotten bad with
>> > > our conference microphone. This may be the new room or it may be
>> > > something else.
>> > >
>> > > I am planning to experiment with some sound setups Monday, Aug 17,
>> > > starting at 6pm. It would be helpful if a few people could help by
>> > > joining me online, at the usual room
>> > > https://webconference.kwlug.org/room/kwlug . If you are available to
>> > > help with this then let me know.
>> > >
>> > > If people want to help in the room then that might be useful? I am
>> > > thinking that is less necessary. But if you are interested in that let
>> > > me know that too.
>> > >
>> > > - Paul
>> > >
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