Introduction:
Skype is a great place for chats, online courses, interviews, etc. For professional or personal reasons, you need to record some of the calls. Therefore, you want to use Audacity, a free and open-source tool to get the job done. If you are struggling with how to record Skype calls with Audacity, then just read this to find all the details.
Can You Record Skype Calls with Audacity?
The built-in recorder can only help you record Skype video calls. When you only want to record audio, you need to use another recording tool like Audacity. However, when you try, you find that only your voice is being recorded. What’s going on? Can you record Skype calls with Audacity?
Well, you can record Skype calls with Audacity as long as all settings are correct. In general, Audacity will only record sound from one device. That’s to say, by default, Audacity will only record your voice. However, there is one small trick that can let Audacity record two tracks at a time. Next, I will show you how to record Skype audio with Audacity and the solutions to the problems you may encounter.
How to Record Skype Calls with Audacity
To record Skype calls with Audacity, you need to enable Stereo Mix on your computer. This feature makes it possible to use your computer's audio output as an input source for recording. In this way, it will record any sound from the computer including the Skype calls. Let’s see how to record Skype audio with Audacity.
Step 1. Enable Stereo Mix
Right-click the Speaker icon from the system tray in the lower right corner > Choose Sounds > Click Recording tab > Right-click Stereo Mix and choose Enable.
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As long as the settings are correct, then you can use Audacity to record any audio on your computer. You can even record audio from website, such as the audio in a streaming video. However, according to user feedback, there are many potential problems.
Audacity will only record both sides if it is set up correctly. There are 3 points to keep in mind: enable the Stereo Mix feature, select Windows WASAPI as the host, and choose Stereo Mix as the input device.
Audacity can only record one track at a time, which makes it difficult to capture high-quality audio. To ensure the quality of your recordings, you can use high-quality microphone and headphone. In addition, you can adjust the position of the headphone to make sure that the microphone is close to your mouth.
If the microphone picks up the sound coming from the speakers, there will be an echo in the recording. To solve this problem, you can use headphones instead of speakers.
In addition, you can try to remove the echo after recording. Open the audio file > Go to Edit > Noise Removal and Repair> Choose Noise Reduction to make it.
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