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Recording an Interview with Skype using Audacity 1.3

[ Thanks to Ramsai
for this link. ]

“In a previous article we described everything that you
need to know about recording voice tracks. In this article by
Bethany Hiitola, author of Getting started with Audacity 1.3, we
will learn all the details of using third-party internet telephony
software such as Skype to record telephone interviews. We will also
cover how to set up a timed recording.

“Recording an interview with Skype

“If you are interested in doing more than solo podcasts with
Audacity, you can always try creating interview podcasts. You can
record these live in your office with your computer’s internal
microphone, or with additional microphones. However, you can’t
always perform an interview from the comfort of your office due to
conflicting schedules and the location of your interviewee. Hence,
let’s learn how to record an interview using your phone and your
computer.

“First you’ll need to install another software that allows you
to make phone calls using your computer. The program we are going
to use for this example is Skype. However, you could use other
software that does the same thing for your Internet telephony
set-up.”


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