How can we combine two audio recording inputs (mics) into one audio input source?

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Have you had a look at AUR (en) - pulsemeeter? You could also try AUR (en) - pulsemeeter-git, which should install the latest version from git.

The original spiel from 4 years ago: Pulsemeeter, a voicemeeter alternative for linux : r/linuxaudio

You can build pulsemeeter either via the Pamac GUI (make sure the AUR is enabled in the settings), or to do it via the command line:

pamac build pulsemeeter 

To build the latest git version:

pamac build pulsemeeter-git

Note: Do not use sudo with the above commands - pamac will prompt you for your password when required.