With the recent quarantine and WFH measures, our use of teleconferencing software not just doubles but more likely quadruples. Me personally, I went from an average of 2 conference calls on my busiest week to 2-3 conf-calls every day.
We started to use teleconferencing software for everything – work, talking to friends and loved ones, playing table-top games and whatnot. And that's all neat and great until someone joins the call with a static noise, echo, audio feedback screeching noise, and the call turns into a competition of who can refrain from killing themselves the longest.
So below are some tips on how to put together a decent WFH audio setup on a budget.
Before we proceed let's make sure we all understand the nuts and bolts of connecting audio devices.