Hello
I just downloaded and started using Audacity the other day, I think its great, especially for a free program. I do have one question however.
My co hosts and I just recorded our first podcast the other day, and here is the process. We (three of us) opened audacity and then initiated the Skype call. Then we counted to 3 and all hit record at the same time, recorded the podcast, and then stopped. Exported to WAV and uploaded to Google Drive.
I downloaded the 2 external files and uploaded the audio to Audacity, and my own. Merging them was a snap. But then I crept up on an issue.
I noticed on 2 files there was a slight, very slight, almost inaudible “catch” on each file, where we “caught” and could hear the other hosts talking on our individual audio recordings. Two of us used Logitech Skype headsets (h540) and I used a Yamaha cm500 headset. Now I was easily able to get the echo down on two of us, me and on of my hosts, the other guy, though, his “catch” of us two talking was significantly louder, and it took me 7 hours to get it all to vanish (mostly). The hardest part was when one of us said, like, ‘oh ok’, or ‘i agree’ while he was talking, and the echo was difficult or impossible to get rid of without generating silence on his needed audio.
So the question is, is it possibly just a setting? Because it was 3-4 times louder on his file than the other two, where it was barely noticeable unless you strained your ears.
I was leaning towards using Spreaker to host our media, and I know they have a studio that links to Skype, but I figure why pay them extra if I can get this echo to go away on his file with changing a setting or two in Audacity. We had one thought of having him use Skype on his phone and using a traditional phone headset tucked under the Logitech headset and recording that way, so that Skype does not feed that outside audio into his file. But again, maybe it is something easy.
Thoughts? Thanks!!