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Hi.


I run a Podcast show once a week. In saying that, I do phone interviews and then I splice them in the show.


However, I’ve been doing this with an old-school analogue cassette recorder, and, as you’d expect, the sound quality is not like digital.


Do you guys know of a good method to record phone conversation digitally?
Where both ends on the phone sound clear?


Any help, … again, would be great!


Also, just to let you know, I do go through the proper procedures legally to record these interviews.


Thanks.
Jenny

Try this https://www.omnicronelectronics.com/
I don't know anything about them, I just saw them advertised.
Mark

Have a look a www.konexx.com

and, as you’d expect, the sound quality is not like digital.

You make me laugh Jenny. Why is it the younger generation thinks digital is the holy grail for anything and everything?

For what you are doing an analog recording is more than sufficient quality wise. Matter of fact it's more than sufficient for most purposes given the proper equipment. If you are having problems don't blame it on the format, blame it on a crummy recorder or the way you have it connected. If so don't expect a quantum leap from a digital recorder.

That said, certainly recording in the digital domain would make it much easier to edit and transfer the files which is really what you should be after.

-Hal

If you want to edit the files then .wav would be a good format any media program like winamp,media player, real player etc. would work. Like Hal said it will all depend on your cables, connections and impedance matching

To partially answer you question, as I mentioned above even the best recording is going to sound bad if you don't interface to your telephone line the right way. I always recommend JK Audio, these guys make the equipment used by most radio stations. Their Inline Patch- https://www.jkaudio.com/inline-patch.htm is reasonably priced and should insure that you start with decent audio regardless of how you decide to record it.

-Hal

Jenny,

I f you can interface your line to your tape recorder, why can't you interface the line directly to your sound card? I mean how did you get the audio off the tape player and into the PC in the first place? Eliminating the tape recorder will certainly help with the audio quality.

Changing your phone interface to a more "professional" device would result in a marginal improvment. While these devices might be used in a radio station, the radio station has a ton of other equipment to enhance the audio, giving us, the listeners the appearance of higher quality than what you've experienced.

When I called into the Radio Chick, I barely recognized the hosts, because they sound completely different than they do over the radio. This is due to all the other equipment the station uses to process the audio for our "listening pleasure". I don't think anyone listening to the average podcast is expecting a complete, professional, FM radio experience - they're listening for the content.