Skype & USB input record

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jashunter
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Skype & USB input record

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Im sure theres a really simple answer to this but after searching posts and faq's Im lost.

Very simple skype record setup, want to record the input from skype on one channel and my mic (via a usb interface) on the other, so i can fix up levels / EQ etc on each channel after recording. Im a pretty intelligent guy but must say audio hijack etc leave me cold, very unintuitive software and i really want to keep this simple.

Is there a preference or setting in Amadeus that im missing that will let me do this simple setup all within amadeus?

thanks
jas

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Skype & USB input record

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Im sure theres a really simple answer to this but after searching
posts and faq's Im lost.
I am afraid that there might not be...
Very simple skype record setup, want to record the input from skype
on one channel and my mic (via a usb interface) on the other, so i
can fix up levels / EQ etc on each channel after recording. Im a
pretty intelligent guy but must say audio hijack etc leave me cold,
very unintuitive software and i really want to keep this simple.

Is there a preference or setting in Amadeus that im missing that
will let me do this simple setup all within amadeus?
The problem is that MacOS X does not present the *output* of one
application as a possible *input* for another one, so performing this
will always involve a certain amount of hackery... With Amadeus Pro,
the only way is to install some third-party software like Jack http://www.jackosx.com/
that performs this routing. The how-tos section of the manual
explains how to record the output from another program with Amadeus
Pro using Jack. Regards,

Martin

HairerSoft
http://www.hairersoft.com/


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Gerard Bik
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Post by Gerard Bik »

If you find Audio Hijack unintuitive, I'm afraid it is going to be very hard to find a simple way to set this up.

One easy setup is to connect your mac's output jack to the input jack and record everything that way. The slight loss of quality is of less concern in telephone conversations. But it won't split the channels. Unless you can get one in the right channel and one in the left.

jashunter
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Post by jashunter »

thanks guys, im having issues installing jack at the mo on my mac pro 8 proc but will persist, could be the answer
thanks
jas

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