Posted by Ed:
How do you record a Skype call with a mixer without having the caller hear themselves? That is the problem Joe and I have had every time we set up our gear to do a phone interview on our podcast. I finally spent time figuring it out and wanted to share with others using the Yamaha mixer in their podcasting or recording needs.
The mixer we use is the Yamaha MG10/2 (See diagram.) The trick is to use the return and send portion of the mixer.
Below is our normal setup:
- Joe in Mic 1 because he is the channel 1 podcaster (aka Ch1PC)
- Ed is in Mic 2 (aka Ch2pc)
- Station Out is where we connect the recording device (aka Ed’s computer)
- C-R Out is where we connect an additional recording device (aka Joe’s beautiful black macbook, aka the backup computer)
Below is additional setup for a skype caller:
- 2TR IN is connected to the Skype computer’s speaker output
- SEND is connected to the Skype computer’s mic input
- Adjust the Aux toward Pre1 on channel 1 and channel 2 and set the knob just to the left of top dead center. The more you turn it to the left, the louder the skype caller will hear your voices.
The main idea is that the skype caller hears our voices before the main output and before his own input is added to the overall sound outputed.
Next week, Joe and I will be interviewing a deaf person via an interpreter who is using a web cam. Stay tuned….
January 11, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Ant suggestions of how you would do it with Camtasia Studio?
January 22, 2009 at 1:37 am
Heather,
Good question. We don’t have experience using camtasia studio. I’d suggest doing a google search and positing the question on a related forum.
Thanks for the question.
Joe.