Hi Jenine, I have a mixer, so no need for SoundFlower therefore I have no knowledge of it. However for recording calls, Audio Highjack is all you need. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
On 27/08/2014, at 12:05 pm, Jenine Stanley <dragonwalke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Jonathan. > > Actually what you describe doesn't sound that tedious or complex and would be > quite cool if it works, which it obviously does. > > Do you need to use another program, Sound Flower I think, to also set this > whole thing up or is that only if you want to record your Mac's audio as > well? No idea why I'd want to do that but just saying. :) > Jenine Stanley > dragonwalke...@gmail.com > > > > On Aug 26, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > >> Hi Jenine, if you are going to be doing this sort of thing for broadcast >> purposes or for anything other than your own archival purposes, I'd highly >> recommend using Audio Highjack pro to record your Skype calls. >> You can choose the file format you want to use. This is important, because >> most file formats are lossy. If you save a Skype call in a lossy format, >> like MP3 or something compressed, you will eventually have to bring it into >> a sound editor, where it will get edited, saved, and eventually compressed a >> second time to a lossy format. The more times you do this, the more >> artefacts you'll introduce to your recording. You can tell Audio Highjack to >> save in .aiff format, which is the Mac equivalent of a .wav file and is >> therefore completely uncompressed.I know you also use Amadeus Pro, so let me >> talk you through how I use the two together. >> I set up Audio Highjack so that my voice is on one channel, and the Skype >> caller's voice is on the other. The advantage of doing this is that you can >> then bring the file into Amadeus Pro, and put each channel in a separate >> track. Once that's done, convert each track from a mono to a stereo track, >> and you have you and the Skype caller in both ears. >> Because you are both on separate tracks, you can apply different effects as >> appropriate. For example, normalise each track separately so you are both >> sounding similar in volume. If the Skype caller sounds too bright or too >> dull, you can apply equalisation just to the caller, and not to you. >> Finally, if you wish, you can pan each track to get a stereo effect. Then >> when you're done getting things sounding just how you want, mix it all down >> back onto one stereo track. >> It sounds a bit complicated writing it down, but i do this all the time and >> now it's just a routine. >> The other advantage of Audio Highjack is that it isn't specific to Skype. I >> use it to record FaceTime Audio calls and calls from more obscure chat >> programmes where appropriate, so it's a very powerful tool that doesn't lock >> you in. >> And finally, while I am not testing Yosemite, I would think Audio Hijack >> will work with the new continuity features of iOS 8 and Yosemite. This means >> you can make a call on your iPhone, and record it on your Mac with Audio >> Hijack. If you have a carrier that offers HD Voice for instance, then you'll >> get brilliant sound doing that. >> Hope that's of some help. Audio Hijack is one of the coolest things about a >> Mac I reckon. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> On 25/08/2014, at 7:04 am, Jenine Stanley <dragonwalke...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone used Call Recorder for Skype? If so, any thoughts? >>> >>> I'm wanting to do some interviews for recording and short of buying a phone >>> patch or hybrid, which I may eventually do, I'm open for suggestions. >>> Jenine Stanley >>> dragonwalke...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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