# Recording phone calls/ Skype hardware?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-phone-calls-skype-hardware/654221>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 28, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-phone-calls-skype-hardware/654221 "2013-03-28T22:46:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-phone-calls-skype-hardware/654221/1 "2013-03-28T22:46:33Z")

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I have a podcast where I’ve gotten some film makers interested in being interviewed, but the problem is that me and my partner on the show have a setup where we talk over Skype, but each record our own halves of the conversation locally using audacity, and then I edit both halves of the conversation together.

Both of the film makers I have signed onto the show right now though, don’t have skype and don’t seem too computer savvy. They are down for a telephone interview, but I don’t even own a landline (I’m 27, and move around too much, this is the first time in adult life I’ve ever actually needed a landline…)

So I have myself, my partner in another state (computer savvy) , and an interviewee who needs to be called over the phone, what kind of hardware-software combos could I use for recording this? Extra points for having good audio quality and being cheap.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-phone-calls-skype-hardware/654221/2 "2013-03-29T00:18:23Z")

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> [@rogerbox](#):
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> So I have myself, my partner in another state (computer savvy) , and an interviewee who needs to be called over the phone, what kind of hardware-software combos could I use for recording this? Extra points for having good audio quality and being cheap.
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> Thanks!

Google Voice has the ability to record both sides of conversations.