I just did this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/123798/how-to-hear-my-voice-in-speakers-with-a-mic In fact the only part of that I did was pactl load-module module-loopback latency_msec=1 And immediately I had another device that showed up in pavucontroll in my Playback tab called "Loopback from USB Headset H540 Analog Stereo" And now I can hear myself in the headphones. -- gsker at skerbitz.org On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, gregrwm wrote: > fascinating how zoom has suddenly come into regular use. especially as until this spring i'd managed 66years entirely without it. well with a half decent headset it actually works pretty > well. except the headset does just a little too well at blocking out sounds in the room, which meanwhile are going through the mic and being annoying to the other folks in the meeting. > > i don't believe sideband is a feature on this (arctis 7) headset. so how might i mix a bit of the headset's microphone stream into the earcup streams? > > do i need jack? or just some mixer software? or both? specific recommendations anyone? i tried installing ubuntustudio-audio and poking around with carla but got nowhere, lt looked like i > ought to be able to make connections(patches) between various device streams, i could drag from one to another, a connection prospect would show, but would always disappear when i let go. it > seemed like either my setup is missing some basic prep or i need some basic tutoring. any advice or pointers? > >