Audacity Forum

Thanks for looking into all that Jeff. That's a bummer because a few years ago I used to use Cool Edit, an open source audio editing software, and you could very easily record both ends of the phone conversation. Adobe bought up Cool Edit, and now it costs a few hundred dollars. For now, the Gizmo r...

Just wanted to follow up with the solution in case anyone is having the same problem. I figured out how to use Gizmo (http://www.gizmoproject.com/index.php) and can now bypass the DSL noise by calling from my computer. The charge to call people who don't use Gizmo is still very reasonable. It works ...

JeffB & Koz, Thank you for all your suggestions. I'm back to work on my Audacity project and have got to figure out how to record phone interviews for podcasts on my blog and to transcribe for written articles. I'm trying Gizmo. I've downloaded the software and paid $10 to get Call Out credits so I ...

I checked out Gizmo's briefly. At first glance it looks like the "free" softphone download only connects with others who have some kind of instant messaging tool. The gentleman I interviewed was 85 years old and very unlikely to be into that kind of stuff. In fact, most the people I will be calling ...

Thanks for the replies! Did you get High Speed DSL? That's what it sounds like, especially if you jack in on the wrong side of the DSL filter. SHSHSHSHSHSHSHSH. The landline I used does have High Speed DSL. But I'm pretty sure plugged the jack into the right side of the DSL filter (the little box) b...

I just downloaded Audacity, specifically to record a phone interview for an article. I used a device very similar to the one alatham mentioned at spyville.com. I hooked the device up to the land line phone and my computer. But when I recorded the conversation, my voice came through loud and clear, b...