I searched far and wide for a solution to recording good quality Skype audio for Free. Most solutions had you buying a particular software or setting up a second computer. I knew it was easier then that and I ran across a tiny little hint the other day that solved everything. Basically Skype automatically mutes your microphone when it starts; keeping your recording software from picking up your side of the conversation. Here’s the simple steps to changing that.
- Download Audacity and Skype if you haven’t already.
- In Skype go to “Tools…Options…” Click the Sound Devices Icon… and UNCHECK the “Let Skype adjust my sound device settings”
- In Audacity choose Stereo Mixer as your input
- Hit Record and make your call!
- You will need to play with the Volume Control panel to adjust the audio inputs to similar levels (wave and microphone)
This is the simple trick to using Skype for podcast interviews and much more.
Of course, there is always the new Gizmo Project. Similar to Skype, but with some extra features, Gizmo has a built in recorder as well as sound effect buttons and a few other neat features.
hey Ariah!
thanks for posting this VERY cool entry~
🙂
I heard thats sinse Ebay is owner of skype this door is closed?
Other question: I use “Fresh” too,… sometimes I find this special way of view,… where I can download it? Espalial the nice Mouseover in the textbox is good.
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Where do you find STEREO MIX in Audacity?
Where is the STEREO MIX option in Audacity?
Thanks…
there is a drop down list beside the volume slider, you should find audio mix in there.
Sorry, no ‘audio mix’ – the choices are:
Microphone
SPDIF-In
CD Digital
MIDI
CD Audio
Line-In
Auxiliary
TAD-In
Wave
Which one of those do you recommend or am I looking in the wrong spot?
The drop down box is greyed out in Audacity. What do I need to do to acitive the menu?
For thoose who ecounter problems with much of audacity’s bugs i suggest to use simple and free SkypeCallRecorder
I agree with Lenare. I wasn't able to get audacity to recognize my side of the Skype conversation directly. So I wound up using SkypeCallRecorder and got a pretty good quality outcome. I will likely only use the Called Party's side of the recording. It sounded a bit tinny, computery but was much better than a normal phone recording. I doubled my voice (this was for a phone interview) into a digital recorder and standalone mic and will overlay that in Audacity
I'm pretty sure the fact that you can't see "audio mix" in audacity isn't a bug of audacity. Audacity gets information from your sound card and adjusts accordingly, so some people will see "audio mix" others will have other options.
I found out and posted in the Audacity forum: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&…
there is a great tool for skype calls recording i usually use http://www.imcapture.com/IMCapture_for_Skype/, try it!)
thanx a lot) but as for me, i always record skype calls using this tool http://www.imcapture.com/IMCapture_for_Skype/, it’s simple and nice!)
Thanks! Looking for that for a long time.
I will take a look at Gizmo.
Té.
What ends up happening for me is that the other person hears an echo of themself, what exactly do I do?
Well I still prefer using the old Camtasia Studio to record live calls. There an online application called Scree Cast “o” Matic you can subscribe and screen capture too.
Thank you, precisely what I needed.