Hey, thought you might want to just know, or for the sake of anyone else find this in the future, there are software solutions. Multiple in fact. Solution on the post. Worked perfect, not echo/bleed whatever you want to call it. It was, in fact, nothing to do with the setup of our rooms and mics.

100% what worked for us, and I got the recommendation from Manjaro forums as well. Thank you!

No this is not our issue, but thanks for the responses.

We have excellent mics and set up, and we run this set up for years just fine on windows. So all the assistance I am looking for is how to combine our inputs into one on Manjaro.

My partner’s other post says more which I might as well not repeat: https://sh.itjust.works/post/40171565/19201729