Remote interviews

[Worldfamousamber]

Hello everyone--
My name is amber and I'm looking to start my own podcast. I'm in the process of learning audacity and was wondering if you could help me with something.
I would like to conduct remote interviews in my podcasts with people around the country. Is this possible? Maybe have a way of skyping them into audacity or something of the like?
Again, I'm not sure if this is even an option, I'm just looking for advice and answers. Thanks in advance for your help

[kozikowski]

Yes. If you're willing to use the bubbling skipping Skype sound, then there are software packages (other than Audacity) that can record Skype for post production -- in Windows.

Nobody ever asked about doing this in Mac-land. On Windows, Total Recorder can be used and Pamela software is very good.

I would be Googling just like you.

Skype viciously takes over the computer's sound channels, so normal recording programs will not work. You need a capture program that "knows" what Skype is and can work around it. You also want a program that captures both voices on separate tracks, so if one needs filtering or processing, you don't have to do both.

Koz

[kozikowski]

There's a YouTube video out there that tells you how to do this with just a normal Mac, but he's recording the Mac speakers and the quality isn't all that great. You could try that.

Here's one: Call Recorder for Mac.

http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/

Koz

[Worldfamousamber]

Thank you for the replies. I'm happy to know that it IS possible at least. I'll look into some of the thing you suggested. I appreciate it