Quick tip: Record a Skype call for a podcast
11/05/2010 send to a friend
Yesterday afternoon, I gave Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones a quick call about her new book Working 5 to 9: How to start a successful business in your spare time. The conversation, we thought, would make for a interesting podcast. So, using Skype, we recorded our chat, which you can hear tomorrow. In the meantime, if you'd like to record a Skype call and use it as a podcast for your business, here's how.
Here at Enterprise Nation, we use Skype to keep our call costs low. In fact, we think it's one of the cheapest ways to get a second line for your home business.
But - did you know? - it's also a great way to record a podcast. We did just that yesterday. And here's how:
- Sign up for a free Skype account, if you haven't already, and download Skype software to your computer.
- If you're using a Windows computer, download Pamela Call Recorder, which is an "add-on tool" that lets you record your Skype calls. If you're on a Mac, you can download Call Recorder for Skype, which lets you do the same thing. Both have free trial versions, but cost around £13 when that's done.
- Call up your interviewee using Skype. If they're a Skype user too, that'll be a free call. But if they're on a fixed or mobile line, you'll need to get some Skype Credit.
- Once you've made a connection and agreed with the interviewee about recording your conversation, hit the record button on your Call Recorder software and you're off!
- Edit your recording with Audacity, which is free for Windows and Macs, or with GarageBand, which is what we used. It comes with most Macs or is £71 as part of the iLife package. And the easiest way to share your recording is by uploading it to AudioBoo, which lets people listen to it on the web, embedded on your website or iTunes or mobile phones.
Look out for my interview with Emma Jones tomorrow, using the steps above. And if you've got any other tips for recording a Skype call for a podcast, let us know in the comments below.
San Sharma
San is community manager at Enterprise Nation, as well as the voice of @e_nation on Twitter.
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Author: joy rasmussen
Date: 11/05/2010
Comment: this is great - thanks, could be very useful for my online art classes ;-) really getting into this idea
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Author: Fay Judson
Date: 11/05/2010
Comment: Thanks, San, we never thought of using Skype like this!
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Author: Melanie Shearn
Date: 11/05/2010
Comment: Great, thanks San. I use skype-to-skype so more ideas brewing....but can you record just the audio or visuals too?
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Author: San Sharma
Date: 11/05/2010
Comment: Thanks for your comments guys!
@Melanie - you can actually record video with both pieces of software too
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Author: Colin Shelbourn
Date: 11/05/2010
Comment: On a Mac, Audio Hijack also does this, although only audio.
It has a neat trick of being able to record each half of the conversation in a separate channel (L/R). Sometimes useful when conducting interviews.
It's a handy little program and will record any audio which passes through your Mac (even BBC iPlayer).
It's from the oddly-named www.rogueaomeba.com
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Author: San Sharma
Date: 11/05/2010
Comment: Yeah, I'm a big Audio Hijack fan, though it's a bit more fiddly. More powerful at the same time though, as it can literally record any noise your Mac makes, including YouTube and iPlayer, etc.
Thanks for sharing it, Colin!
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Author: Nicky Kriel
Date: 11/05/2010
Comment: What a brilliant idea, I am going to have to try it! Now, who can I phone?
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Author: Laura Rudge
Date: 11/05/2010
Comment: Thanks, I use Skype all the time and especially for work related meetings. It's cheap and I love the added benefit of the video tool as I am a 'remote' business with colleagues all over the UK.
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Author: Jeremy Hague
Date: 12/05/2010
Comment: VodBurner for Skype is a Skype video recording & editing app... and it's free. You can record Skype video calls, edit them (change cameras, add sub-titles, delete / trim video etc), and upload to YouTube from within VodBurner. Download VodBurner from www.vodburner.com.
To get an idea of what a Skype video interview recorded & edited with VodBurner looks like, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WH6g8EmJkY
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Author: Neo
Date: 13/05/2010
Comment: I prefer to use IMCapture for Skype to record audio and video calls. It records in high quality and different formats.
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Author: Pupkin
Date: 20/05/2010
Comment: And the one more program for skype recording is IMCapture for skype. It's good prog too.
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Author: Kateline
Date: 01/06/2010
Comment: I think u also can use IMCapture for skype for recording your skype calls.It's very good program for me.
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Author: bunn
Date: 09/06/2010
Comment: agree, IMCapture for Skype good prog...
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Author: Chec
Date: 08/07/2010
Comment: Imcapture for skype is one of the most popular program for recording calls.I think it's good.Thanks the author for the post!
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