The advantage of recording the two sides separately is that the sound quality of the "other side" is not limited by the network. Synchronizing the two recordings can be tricky. This may or may not be a problem - we have no control over what Skype does.Ģ) The two sides of the recording need to be manually "assembled". The only way to resolve this is to persuade Skype to not grab exclusive control of the recording device. This may produce an error in Audacity "Unable to open recording device", or "Latency correction has cause the tracks to be hidden behind zero", or simply Audacity recording just not starting. Disadvantages of this approach are:ġ) Skype may block access to the mic, preventing Audacity from recording. The other side of the conversation would need to be recorded by the other person. It may be possible to record just your side of the conversation by setting Audacity to record from your microphone. This will not solve the problem of poor sound quality from the "remote" end of the conversation, as that is limited by the Internet network. I've not tried it, but I have seen it recommended by others. ![]() There is a "Call Recorder for Skype" made by ($40 US. Although "possible", there are a number of drawbacks:ġ) SoundFlower is obsolete, unsupported, and not always stable.Ģ) Setting up a working Aggregate device with SoundFlower is not particularly easy, and is beyond the scope of this forum.ģ) Even if you get it all working, the sound quality of the remote voice is likely to be poor,Ĥ) You may find that the real device and SoundFlower "fight" with each other - with each trying to grab control of the aggregate device and blocking the other. ![]() On Mac it is possible to record Skype or Google Hangouts by creating an "Aggregate device" in the Mac "Audio MIDI Setup", and use SoundFlower as one input, and your physical audio device as another input.
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