I work in a commodities brokerage, which is a very loud environment. We have 4 people in the uk on one team and another guy in the team lives in Spain. Therefore we use a teams call all day to communicate.
We currently have a webcam and use the webcam microphone to communicate however as you can imagine the microphone picks up the whole office.
We need a system in place where we only pick up the guys voices on the desks and no one else’s.
I’ve drawn a diagram to show as best as I can how close everyone is in the office and the isolation they need (in red) The desks are the squares and the circles are people.
They will refuse to wear headsets so microphones on the desk is the best shout. We currently only have 1 person in the UK on the teams call and then the guy in Spain. Basically we don’t have all 4 from the uk desk join the same call
We have bought a little mixer and 4 microphones to plug into it that lead to each desk however those mics are still picking up everyone in the office. I believe the mics we bought are terrible and aren’t ones that’ll just pick up what’s infront of them at a close range. No real price cap as long as it’s not into the thousands
(I can’t attach my wonderful drawing I made but hopefully you understand my problem)