I have a physical (non-work) meeting coming up that we want to share via zoom. As a zoom participant, the iPad's built-in mike is fine, but with not enough time

I have a physical (non-work) meeting coming up that we want to share via zoom. As a zoom participant, the iPad's built-in mike is fine, but with not enough time to get a speakerphone shipped, and no suitable one available nearby, I picked up a cheap usb-c mike that hopefully will share the room conversation rather then the portable mike that has been used in the past. Too much was lost. A purely functional concern. Results TBD. It's the opposite of close-miking to diminish room noise. And in an audio sense, who can't tell when a musical recording is close-miked? A lot of work went into concert halls for a reason. I'm not so much "for show". I recall in the distant past, people who couldn't afford large book or record collections substituted photos of same.