If you’d like to record Skype calls successfully, it is far better to have some dedicated hardware for this purpose, as software alternatives tend to let the person at the “other end” hear themselves coming back down the line, but delayed by the latency, and this is very off-putting, during conversation. In fact some people find it hard to be able to speak at all when confronted by this unwanted effect. The approach I have come up with is admittedly an expensive professional solution – but it DOES work! This is a real-world design for a client that wanted to be able to record interviews with people all over the world, using either Skype, or down a dedicated ISDN line to remote studios. They want maximum quality and clarity.
You will need a mixer with at least 2 post-fader auxiliary sends per channel, and if you want to run the whole thing on a single computer; a soundcard with 4-inputs and outputs (such as an m-audio delta 4), rather than the usual 2.
One pair of inputs and outputs are for the recording software, and the other pair are exclusively for the Skype software. This can be set up in the “preferences” or “settings” of each program. The trick is to feed Skype with a “mix-minus” or “clean-feed” from one of the aux outputs of your hardware mixer, whereby the aux feeding skype contains a mix of all sources “post-fader” except the skype output itself.
I also did the same trick to feed the ISDN codec, outside of the software, but using the other aux in a similar “mix-minus” fashion.
The recording software, (I used Adobe Audition) is fed from the main outputs of the mixer down it’s own pair of inputs to the soundcard. This records everything. You can either mix both the interviewer and the interviewee together in mono or panned stereo, or as a further refinement, pan the two hard-left and hard-right, thus leaving them on separate tracks for later post production. One last thing. Remember to turn off your loudspeaker monitoring during the call and listen on headphones instead, otherwise you will negate all the good work done by the aux sends!
This was in response to a clients need to record skype calls successfully.
Any questions?
Martyn Baker is a BBC-trained sound engineer and studio owner/designer, currently working for BBC news, various freelance clients such as Aljazeera English TV news, and has recently launched his yougig service for musicians in the UK to promote themselves with high quality live audio & HD video recordings. http://MobileRecordingStudioUK.com
there is a nice tool for skype calls recording i prefer to use http://www.imcapture.com/IMCapture_for_Skype/, i’d recommend it!) but thanx)
Better try MX SkypeRecorder
http://skyperec.com/
which is very simple and reliable, works in fully automatic or manual mode and supports various voip apps.
Ecamm Call Recorder does compress the guest s side of the convo so it s always a lot louder than the presenter and needs a bit of balancing out in post. It still shouldn t distort though if you ve checked that your mic and Skype settings are set appropriately.
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Terrie Morin, 60, and her husband, Dave, were at the barber shop when they heard about a raging wildfire making headway toward their Camarillo home on Wednesday morning.
The couple were hosting two guests at the time, but because their guests worked late, Morin suspected they slept through the residence’s fire alarms.
“I run in the house, and I’m banging on the door, and they did not hear me. They were knocked out,” Morin told CNN. “Get the dog. Get out of here. You don’t have time, just get out!” she recalled telling them.
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Ten minutes later, Dave noticed sparks in their backyard. The temperature was also picking up.
“It was hot. It was so hot,” Morin recalled.
Dozens of homes in California’s Ventura County were set alight in a sweeping wildfire that burned through thousands of acres of land in just a matter of hours midweek –– prompting authorities to send more than 14,000 evacuation notices across the region.
The Mountain Fire began early Wednesday and was driven by winds gusting over 60 mph. The flames have seared through more than 20,485 acres of land, according to Cal Fire.
The families who evacuated at a moment’s notice, some who say they have now lost their homes, must deal with other losses that can also be devastating, from daily essentials like medications and shoes to meaningful possessions such as sculptures and artwork, to treasured keepsakes from the birth of a child or the life of a parent.
At least 132 properties have been destroyed by the fire, while 88 have been left damaged, Ventura County Fire Department officials said Thursday evening. Ten damage inspection teams have been deployed to inspect structures along the path of the blaze.
Ten people endured non-life-threatening injuries from the Mountain Fire, which are mostly related to smoke inhalation, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said.