Beedster Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Folks I need to record an interview with a guy who has really poor internet connectivity, OK for a conversation but not great to record. What I want to do is use podcasting software Zencastr or similar to conduct the session itself, but whilst I want him to speak to me live online and record that via the software at my end, I'd like him at the same time to record his side of the conversation to mp3/wav locally and then send me that file. However, this hasn't seemed to work to date, perhaps because mic access is like camera, you can only allocate the hardware to one app at a time. Two questions, firstly should it work, and secondly if not, is there a way around it? Thanks. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Anyone, there must be a workaround? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Have a look at Loopback by Rogue Amoeba. That should do what you need. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Thanks as ever BRX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Man Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 2 hours ago, BigRedX said: Have a look at Loopback by Rogue Amoeba. That should do what you need. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Guys, with apologies, the guy I'm interviewing called me yesterday and said he can't download Loopback, turn out his Mac is a PC!!!! Any thoughts on equivalent options for a PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Might be something here that you can work with? https://alternativeto.net/software/loopback/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 24/10/2020 at 09:23, pete.young said: Might be something here that you can work with? https://alternativeto.net/software/loopback/ Thanks Pete, hope all's well mate. I'll see if he can make any use of that. Much appreciated. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Ultimately it might be easier for you to transcribe his part of the conversation and then get him to re-record it on his own computer afterwards, and send you that for editing back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 25 minutes ago, BigRedX said: Ultimately it might be easier for you to transcribe his part of the conversation and then get him to re-record it on his own computer afterwards, and send you that for editing back in. Yeh, I know, but we tried that and it sounded really dead. The conversation is one in which we challenge each other on a few things and it just didn't work multi-tracked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrixn1 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 On 15/10/2020 at 10:57, Beedster said: What I want to do is use podcasting software Zencastr or similar to conduct the session itself, but whilst I want him to speak to me live online and record that via the software at my end, I'd like him at the same time to record his side of the conversation to mp3/wav locally and then send me that file. Isn't the point of Zencastr exactly that; i.e. it automatically records each person locally and then sends you all the files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Just now, jrixn1 said: Isn't the point of Zencastr exactly that; i.e. it automatically records each person locally and then sends you all the files? Yes, it's really not very good sound quality on a poor internet connection however Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrixn1 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Ok, just sounds odd , as the local recording quality shouldn't be affected by a poor internet connection (only that the file will take longer to send). Has he got a decent mic/headset setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, jrixn1 said: Ok, just sounds odd , as the local recording quality shouldn't be affected by a poor internet connection (only that the file will take longer to send). Has he got a decent mic/headset setup? That's what should be the case but doesn't appear to be. Might be a local sound problem so I've sent him a decent mic to use. Belts and braces re zencastr on this as we're recording three interviews and I want a back up in terms of both potential poor quality and - as has luckily only happened once with zencastr in six months of quite high use - loss of interviewee audio file. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 29/10/2020 at 11:23, jrixn1 said: Isn't the point of Zencastr exactly that; i.e. it automatically records each person locally and then sends you all the files? On 29/10/2020 at 11:58, jrixn1 said: Ok, just sounds odd , as the local recording quality shouldn't be affected by a poor internet connection (only that the file will take longer to send). Has he got a decent mic/headset setup? Bit of a thread resurrection here, but this came up again the other day, and I realised that the files downloaded locally are in fact the same (rather poor) quality as the files downloaded from the Zencastr website. Our tech guy is looking at Loopback today as we're about to start a wave of remote interviews and it may enable us to record both centrally to Zencastr and locally to the speaker's hard drive at the same time, which I would much prefer (i.e., asking people to send me the locally stored file with the Zencastr file as backup only), but any suggestions for better platforms than Zencastr also welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbob Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Dont know if this would help ,you'd have to take a look https://existential.audio/blackhole/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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