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Recording a telephone conversation for a podcast
I want to make a few 1min spots for a client who is going to advertise on a podcast. We want to make 4 1min spots that involve music, sfx, and the verbage being a telephone conversation between the studio voice over talent and the client on the phone. Much like the Adobe adds featured on the COW podcast.
From step one how can I do this? I’ve heard of apps like Skype and Gizmo Project, are these apps that I will need? How do I get the phone line audio into my computer? I plan on editing the spots in Final Cut Pro 5 once I’ve gathered all the audio I need.
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Best is to buy or rent a pro “Phone Patch” unit like they use on radio talk-shows $$$.
But there are lots of little gizmos like:
https://store.spyville.com/telephone-recording-interface.html
https://www.brickhousesecurity.com/trx-20.html
Here’s a link to how to build a simple “patch” that will work fine.
https://www.engadget.com/2005/09/27/how-to-build-a-telephone-recording-circuit-from-an-old-modem/
However you choose to connect to the phone, you may want to RECORD the audio to a video tape (camcorder input), then capture the tape into the computer edit software. You get Timecode and a tape backup with that method.
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i had a buddy of mine use Skype very successfully for a couple of podcasts. You don’t need phone audio as you will be talking over the internet, what’s a phone anyway. 🙂 Use an application like Wiretap to record your computer audio.
Jeremy
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A phone patch is the ticket. Check out ebay. You may be able to find a steal there.
-Nicholas Bierzonski
Editor/DVD Author/Java Boy
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I have some good news. I’ve used a $500+ telephone coupler I think it’s called … whatever it allowed me to patch a phone conversation into a sound board … and the best results we ever got was just holding a regular mic up to the ear speaker on a regular phone on an extension in a quiet room.
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Rick Dolishny
rdolishny@hotmail.com
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Um, why can’t you just record the guy with a regular microphone and then EQ the sound to sound AS IF he’s on the phone???
Simpler and cheaper, no?
Wayne
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The only reason anyone would ever do a phone interview verses a studio interview is because the person being interviewed cannot be actually in the studio.
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