Recording a phone call

[Rickenbacker]

What I wanna do is record a conversation via my MagicJack. But I'm only able to record the caller's voice (coming through on the speakers) & not mine.
How do I record *both* our voices?

Thanks!

Win XP

[kozikowski]

Total Recorder may be able to do this in the same way they can record both sides of a Skype call.

http://www.highcriteria.com/

Also StepVoice seems to be designed for this..

http://stepvoice.com/index.shtml

Koz

[Rickenbacker]

Thanks, kozi'.

No free solution, huh? Damn.

[kozikowski]

Skype and other VIOP services soak up all the computer's sound pathways. Skype is known for that. You can either run Skype or you can do other things. Not both. There was a posting that wanted to Skype between actors across the country and simultaneously upload the mixed show to an internet supplier. Sorry, that's three different pathways. Computers have two. I recommended two computers.

The talented programs create extra sound pathways and routing in memory and use those to record the conversations. Audacity doesn't do that. It's lucky it can keep track of the pathways that already exist.

Koz

[Wuselvieh]

Perhaps its possible to set the input to "Stereomix" or "what you hear" and put the outputvolume of the own microphone up, so that you hear yourself speaking?

[steve]

Perhaps its possible to set the input to "Stereomix" or "what you hear

Unfortunately you can't do that while using Skype. Skype needs the recording settings to be set to the microphone that you are using. Other VOIP services are likely to be the same.

[kozikowski]

All stereo Mix does is run the Record and Playback services together so you can record YouTube sound. Neither of those pathways is available.

Skype manages the microphone/input part of the sound card to suppress your background noises like air conditioning and performs auto level control on your voice. Skype manages the playback/speaker system to insure good listening volume and uses that to generate the signals for auto echo cancellation so your voices don't go back and forth across the country five times. It's not simple and it's the reason Skype just takes over. There is no sound card when Skype gets running. All of the conventional Windows/Mac sound services go away.

I will shortly break for lunch and go buy one of those Radio Shack telephone adapters. It uses the network inside the phone to do volume balancing. I'm interested in seeing how it works.

Koz