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wsmiller475
New Contributor
4 years ago

How to use GoToMeeting with live audience

Hello GoToMeeting users!   We are a homeowner association that started using GoToMeeting for board meetings during the Covid pandemic.  Now that we've resumed in-person meetings, we still want to u...
  • AshC's avatar
    AshC
    4 years ago

    wsmiller475   GoToMeeting employs a feedback reduction technique so that if your microphone is far enough away from the speakers it should keep echo to a minimum.  How far away is the mic from your in-person meeting speakers? 

     

    Have you tried using the mute-all function when in-person presentations are at hand, until the meeting is open to discussion? 

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AshC
Retired GoTo Contributor
4 years ago

wsmiller475   GoToMeeting employs a feedback reduction technique so that if your microphone is far enough away from the speakers it should keep echo to a minimum.  How far away is the mic from your in-person meeting speakers? 

 

Have you tried using the mute-all function when in-person presentations are at hand, until the meeting is open to discussion? 

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    wsmiller475
    New Contributor
    4 years ago

    Hi AshC

     
    The conference mikes (7) are about 15-20 feet from the speakers on the walls.
     
    I haven't tried the unmute-all function. Can't individual attendees unmute themselves anyway?
     
    William
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      AshC
      Retired GoTo Contributor
      4 years ago

      The VoIP audio options vary slightly from telephone, in that VoIP uses soft-mute commands only. 

       

      If you need to 'hard-mute' the entire audience, then dial in by phone as the Organizer, and rotate through listening modes by pressing the *5 keys.