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I ran out on my lunch hour today to get a new headset microphone.  I went with the Altec Lansing USB & analog.  I thought it would work better than my Logitech desktop microphone.  However, I never did get it to work...  Thinking back on it now, I wonder if there was a setting in my Control Panel that I needed to change.  Anyhow, I switched back to my desktop usb microphone. 

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The Plugging Continues . . . .

As I said in the meeting on 2007-10-28, I'm limping along with
my two-way telephony recording. I've tried it a number of times
with both Nicecast and Audio Hijack Pro on my Mac, but the­
results have not been acceptable; although I read through two
tutorials, I think I must have made a basic error in configuration.

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Sorry I can't upload Freddy Mercury singing,

 

1.  I've spent (wasted?) hours playing around with two micros, Logitech USB  and non-USB Typhoon. Typhoon sounds great.

I've changed all the variables ion various permutations , but have nothing very final to report.

2.  I decided to delete and reinstall Simple Cast and VAC. That was a MISTAKE! New versions do not work at all, and throw up

  messages (in German, no point in screenshots) :

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Hi, Finally, I have it. LOL

It's Official Folks!  There are now two graduates in the family.  Please join me in congratulating our Founder Jeff Lebow.  So Jeff, now that you have graduated where are you going?....... Did I hear Disneyland?  Next time your are in Southern California be my guest.  I bet Jdub can join us.  :-)   

 Academy Meeting 2.3.3
Basic Streaming
October 28, 2007

Topic Page & Meeting Agenda

Chat Log Below 

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Revised URL for Foodbridges 2 recording (mp3)

 

mp3 Foodbridges 2

 

Thanks for pointing this out, Dennis "Phoenix" Oliver. I see the mistake. I altered the URL here, in this text box, and not by pressing the link button.

 

Just clicked from this page (above) and it worked. 

Okay, I think I finally got this after three days of installing, uninstalling, reconfiguring, recording, recording, recording....you get the picture. 

This is an identical recording to Jim's  So you don't need to listen to both. 

Susan and I won't be able to join you on Sunday, October 28.  Here is our Skype call recording.  We talked about our experience using Audacity, Audio Repeater, and Skype.  Today was a good day!

Thanks to Jose's video I was able to record a sample conversation with the Skype lady.  I'm going to document everything here for future reference:

Properties for playback and recording were both set to C-media wave device.

Audio repeater settings: in- headset mic   out- C-media wave device

Audacity preferences were both C-media

Skype options were both C-media

 

I am not sure which setting is off- I start audio repeater and hear it on my computer speakers not my headset.  When I change settings to hear in my headset nothing records.  What am I doing wrong?  I have listened and viewed all information on webcastacademy's site.  It IS frustrating.  I have been working on this for the past 3 days.  I do get a recording when the Skype lady talks via the microphone.  When I mute the microphone I do not get any sound from the Skype lady=(  I have played with different settings.  Please help!

I have spent about 4 hours trying to get a recording from the Skype test call lady recorded.

I have succeeded in getting better sound on Audacity.

Oh and I am using Vista. My sticking point seems to be what do I need to have for  the recording in on Audacity.

I think I have tried every setting and I can't get sounds off of Skype recorded.

 

I have looked everywhere for info.

I think I have the correct path:

1.    Set up Nicecast so it joins the Skype feed with the usb headphone mike feed,
2.    Set up Audio hijack pro to record, installed hijack plugin so I don't have to restart Skype, and recorded call
3. Opened in Audacity (1.25 instead of 1.33 because of crashing problem), export as mp3 with bitrate set to 64.

4. Note had to re-export mp3 in audacity 1.33 in order to have the sampling rate be 44khz, 1.25 seems to export a stereo mix at 44khz and makes it 22khz or incompatible with Flash player. 

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I'll find out if there is a special place to put links, but here is where the Audacity recording of last night's Foodbridges 2 webcast is:

 

http://www.dennisnewson.de/FB2djn2610.mp3

 

The recording is OK, but the voices have an echo quality as if we were all sitting in caves. What could that be? What settings should be checked?

 

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I have tried to follow the screencast directions and cannot get Audacity to record both my voice and the Skype lady.  It will record her voice but not mine. The screenshots on the screencasts are not  similar to my settings.  Maybe our versions are different.  I'm quitting for the night.  Maybe a good nights rest and starting fresh again tomorrow, I'll be more successful.   

Okay, here goes again.  This is the third submission.  Maybe I'll have it right this time.  Who knows.  :)

 It may not be immediately obvious that you have to click on Audacity setting and Volume setting to see the screenshots.

 

Audacity settings   - stereo mix, note volume of micro

 

Volume settings - micro as high as possible (Too high?) 

 

Dennis 

 

 
07-10-2
(Assignment 2, continued)

I'm not yet prepared to record
a two-way phone conversation,
but a call is in being set up for
this afternoon, so I've got
to review settings more
thoroughly this morning—and
get ready to participate in the "FoodBridges" show in less than 5.5 hours.­ This
show involves Carla Arena, Illya Arnet-Clark, Cristina Costa, Erika Cruvinel,
Dennis Newson, and me. In it, I talk, but I don't yet record or try to "kick the
stream"; I'll be doing that eventually, though.

This afternoon, I'm taking the easier (for me) option: using Nicecast on my Mac,
not Virtual Audio Cable (the mysteries for which are still a kind of Gordian Knot
from my point of view.

Once I make it through the "FoodBridges" show and the phone recording, I'll start trying to untangle VAC in earnest—and to remedy problems I'll likely encounter
using Nicecast.

­D. O.

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Jeff asked me to post screenshots of my basic Audacity settings. Apologies for the naff images. If I knew how to do them better - getting rid of background for example - I would. 

Micro setting plus stereo 

 

Other Audacity  settings

 

Mmm. Looks like I've got to upload screenshots to my server before they can be downloaded and inserted here. Tell me if I am wrong about that....What else is possible....OK, I'll give a link....Something tells me it cannot be this complicated..... Next post will contain the images.

 

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