Feb 12 2009
Recording Phone Calls With Skype
So — a couple of you have contacted me regarding recording phone interviews for your audio piece. If that’s the only way for you to do an interview for next week, go ahead. But you’ll need to figure out a method — just using the Edirol isn’t going to do it. This post has some great suggestions: read both the post itself and the comments about Skype. In general, doing a Skype (your end) to phone (their end) call will be the simplest; you’ll need software like Audio Hijack Pro or some other recording software to record the call from your computer. Note that some paid programs have free trials, so you can try them out on this call without investing in them. You will have to buy Skype out minutes, but that’s a negligible cost. Here’s more cheap or free technology for recording Skype calls; you can search around for more options as well. Feel free to ask me general questions about this: I won’t be able to troubleshoot your specific setup, though, so experiment several times until you find something that works.
I’m also going to repost this link, which has great advice for audio newbies (and not so newbies).
UPDATE: Dominique also suggested the possibility of recording calls from a sound booth in the radio studio. This might be a *great* option for those of you who want to do more interviews later in the semester, but probably not something you’ll get to do by next Tuesday. I’ll check with Elias about availability.
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Students could also record their telephone interviews from a sound booth in the radio studio. They can record directly onto Pro Tools and edit from there. That’s what I did for my hip hop expert and the sound quality is decent.