REPLACEMENT FOR SKYPE RECORDER

[SAM_MCFARLAND]

i am wondering if audacity 2.x can replace my current skype recorder?
i record interviews, approximately 60 minutes, via skype...for my radio program.
i've been disappointed by skype recorder by it saving the interview by compressing
it and saving in an incorrect folder.
when the recording is completed it should be saved in an assigned folder.
when it does not, i have no recording.
this would be for verbal recording only.
i have windows vista.

[kozikowski]

I thought we had a tutorial or discussion posted about this, but I can't find it. On Windows, you can use Pamela Business or Pamela Professional and either of those will give you good quality tracks with the far on one side and the near on the other -- usually perfect for post production, filtering or effects. The lower two Pamela licenses are intentionally damaged to force you to buy the upper two (so don't post back that you can't get the free version to work).

Here's a thread where we beat up some of the solutions.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... ilit=skype

Koz

[SAM_MCFARLAND]

thanks....i'm not authorized to read the board post. i'll look at pamela.

[kozikowski]

Sorry. That's the internal forum for the elves. [email protected]#$%.

I swear we published something about this -- really published it, not batted it around behind the curtains. Recording telephone calls in any form is really evil. People naturally assume you can "plug something into a phone" and everything will be fine. No it won't. The radio call-in shows use expensive self-nulling telephone hybrids to do what they do and all the cheap electronic solutions I've tried are terrible on a good day.

Skype is a particular case because it grabs your computer with an iron hand while it's working and shuts down most other software. That's why it's so successful. Everybody Knows Skype Always Works. That's why. Sometimes you can get a software package like Audacity to record one side only, almost never both.

There is that YouTube posting where somebody got a recording of both sides by recording the speaker system, but they don't post sample sound tracks and they don't say what happens to the far end. Typically, If you do manage to pull enough magic to force a recording, Skype stops working. Even grown-up videoconferencing systems have audio problems. Pictures are dead easy compared to getting the sound to work.

Pamela is best because they create new sound services in addition to the ones already inside your computer and use those. They work with Skype setups and services instead of trying to fight them.

Koz

[SAM_MCFARLAND]

i guess i'm SKUNKED for relying on any system (they are soooo expensive) to quash my fears then.
thank you so much for helping me find some time of resolution though !

[steve]

The free version of Pamela will allow you to record calls of up to 15 minutes duration. If you can split your "interview" into 4 or 5 separate calls then the free version of Pamela may be all that you need. If you find Pamela meets your needs, the pro version (unlimited call duration) is reasonably priced at £25 GBP / $38.57 US (incl. VAT)
http://www.pamela.biz/en/products/