recording telephone conversation

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puddin
recording telephone conversation

What are the optimal settings I should use for recording a telephone conversation with an Olympus ds-2 voice recorder?

Matt Whitlock
Are you planning on holding

Are you planning on holding up the microphone to the receiver, or do you have a device that will pull the audio from the phone line?

puddin
yes, it plugs into the

yes, it plugs into the telephone jack & then plug phone line to it, there is a line you plug into the recorder.

Matt Whitlock
Perfect, I've used similar

Perfect, I've used similar devices for capturing phone calls for the TechLore podcast. They work pretty well. Your recorder offers 5 different quality settings for recording. Using better quality settings will improve sound quality, but reduce the total recording time. For basic voice, The HQ setting and up should work great. 

You may also want to disable any voice activation features so the recorder doesn't shut down during brief moments of silence. There's almost always a delay for it to start back up again, and you can lose a few words when someone starts talking.

Good luck! 

puddin
Matt Whitlock said: Perfect,

Matt Whitlock said: Perfect, I've used similar devices for capturing phone calls for the TechLore podcast. They work pretty well. Your recorder offers 5 different quality settings for recording. Using better quality settings will improve sound quality, but reduce the total recording time. For basic voice, The HQ setting and up should work great.  You may also want to disable any voice activation features so the recorder doesn't shut down during brief moments of silence. There's almost always a delay for it to start back up again, and you can lose a few words when someone starts talking. Good luck! 

thank you so much for the info!!

 

 

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