A conferencing device comprising: an omnidirectional microphone (130, 166, 404) adapted to provide an output; at least one directional microphone (124A-C, 162AA-DC, 402A-C) adapted to provide an output; a processor (412, 502) coupled to the omnidirectional microphone (130, 166, 404) and the at least one directional microphone (124A-C, 162AA-DC, 402A-C) and configured to receive the output from each; and a memory coupled to the processor (412, 502) and including programs that when executed cause the processor (412, 502) to perform the steps of: converting the output of the omnidirectional microphone (130, 166, 404) to the frequency domain and decomposing into a plurality of omnidirectional sub-bands; determining the energy in each of the omnidirectional sub-bands; converting the output of the at least one directional microphone (124A-C, 162AA-DC, 402A-C) to the frequency domain and decomposing into a plurality of directional sub-bands, the number of omnidirectional sub-bands equal to the number of directional sub-bands so that there is correspondence between the plurality of omnidirectional sub-bands and the plurality of directional sub-bands; determining the energy in each of the directional sub-bands; determining a scale factor for each sub-band of the directional sub bands by comparing the energy of the respective omnidirectional sub-bands and directional sub-bands; equalizing each sub-band in the directional sub-bands by applying the scale factor for the sub-band to the directional sub-band energy; and converting the plurality of equalized directional sub-bands to the time domain. an omnidirectional microphone (130, 166, 404) adapted to provide an output; at least one directional microphone (124A-C, 162AA-DC, 402A-C) adapted to provide an output; a processor (412, 502) coupled to the omnidirectional microphone (130, 166, 404) and the at least one directional microphone (124A-C, 162AA-DC, 402A-C) and configured to receive the output from each; and a memory coupled to the processor (412, 502) and including programs that when executed cause the processor (412, 502) to perform the steps of: converting the output of the omnidirectional microphone (130, 166, 404) to the frequency domain and decomposing into a plurality of omnidirectional sub-bands; determining the energy in each of the omnidirectional sub-bands; converting the output of the at least one directional microphone (124A-C, 162AA-DC, 402A-C) to the frequency domain and decomposing into a plurality of directional sub-bands, the number of omnidirectional sub-bands equal to the number of directional sub-bands so that there is correspondence between the plurality of omnidirectional sub-bands and the plurality of directional sub-bands; determining the energy in each of the directional sub-bands; determining a scale factor for each sub-band of the directional sub bands by comparing the energy of the respective omnidirectional sub-bands and directional sub-bands; equalizing each sub-band in the directional sub-bands by applying the scale factor for the sub-band to the directional sub-band energy; and converting the plurality of equalized directional sub-bands to the time domain. converting the output of the omnidirectional microphone (130, 166, 404) to the frequency domain and decomposing into a plurality of omnidirectional sub-bands; determining the energy in each of the omnidirectional sub-bands; converting the output of the at least one directional microphone (124A-C, 162AA-DC, 402A-C) to the frequency domain and decomposing into a plurality of directional sub-bands, the number of omnidirectional sub-bands equal to the number of directional sub-bands so that there is correspondence between the plurality of omnidirectional sub-bands and the plurality of directional sub-bands; determining the energy in each of the directional sub-bands; determining a scale factor for each sub-band of the directional sub bands by comparing the energy of the respective omnidirectional sub-bands and directional sub-bands; equalizing each sub-band in the directional sub-bands by applying the scale factor for the sub-band to the directional sub-band energy; and converting the plurality of equalized directional sub-bands to the time domain.