I’m wondering what you mean when you say “Audacity will capture the live audio from Skype on a line input from the mixer.
” Can you let me know how the Mixer comes into play? Do you feed the computer sound out from the Skype call out to the Mixer and then back in to the computer to record using Audacity?

Thanks

laptop headphone out -> tape in on mixer
mixer output -> mic in on laptop

This allows me to use the mic and headphones from the mixer for the call. However, this does create additional lag on the call, as you can hear in the first Roadhouse show – the interview with Joe White. It also degraded the sound quality quite a bit.

A better way is to use Audacity in “Stereo Mix” mode. That captures all the incoming and outgoing audio. I open Audacity first, then place the call, using my normal combination headphone/mic plugged into the laptop, just as I would a normal Skype call. The conversation can be recorded then edited into the final cut.

Hope that helps.

For recording skype calls I have reached great results using the following setup.

Mic-in laptop: Vivanco EM216 clip on mic.
(this will be heard by the one you call)

Line Out Laptop connects to the tape-in on my Behringer UB802 mixer.

I use the mic on the mixer (Studio Projects B1) as the source for the actual recording.

My tape out or main out of the mixer connects directly to the line in of my Iriver IFP799-T.

This works great and the results are stunning.

Greatings from a Dutch Podcaster and Roadhouse fan living in the French Alps, Grenoble.

Catch you later!
Martin Krop

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