Ahead of autumn 2025 conference season we refreshed a short audio discipline guide for hybrid rooms where panel mics fight laptop fans. Most complaints were not about cameras — they were about gain that drifted, laptop noise on the mix, and nobody watching levels once the stream went green.

The updated note covers a pre-roll checklist, a quiet “who rides audio” assignment, and a simple fail plan when the room feed collapses. It is meant to sit next to the switcher, not in a binder nobody opens.