[G5] recording telephone calls

[Aaron Willems]

Try Trx Software. We use it at the office. It's easy to use, and turns
your phone calls into aiff files which can then be played in iTunes.

http://www.nch.com.au/trx/index.html

Aaron


> The Duophone box does do some magic. It contains some components to
> reduce phone line voltage, noise and hum. A phone line is a "balanced
> line" meaning neither line is a direct ground. It also has 48 Volts
> DC on it and 300 volt AC during ringing. These voltages will surely
> destroy the iMic. Your idea might ground one side of the phone line
> and that will make noise and hum on the phone line. Also, it might
> have a low resistance and the phone company will think your phone is
> off the hook constantly.
>
> The duophone box should contain some magic components called
> capacitors and transformer to overcome all of those problems.
>
> Steve Adams
>
>
>
> On Jul 10, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Mike Urseth wrote:
>
>> It doesn't appear that iMic connects to the phone line. I'd like to
>> ditch the Radio Shack box - it seems to be introducing a fair
>> amount of noise.
>>
>> Can I wire a mini plug to a phone cord an plug that into the iMic
>> or does the DuoPhone box do some other magic that I'm not aware of?
>>
>> On Jul 10, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Steve Goldstein wrote:
>>
>>> Try connecting it through the Griffin iMic ($40), which digitizes it.
>>>
>>> http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/
>>>
>>> iMic was the original USB audio adapter that enabled Mac and PC
>>> users to add stereo input and output to their USB computers that,
>>> otherwise, lacked the necessary hardware support.
>>>
>>>
>>> iMic allows you to connect virtually any microphone or sound input
>>> device to your iBook, PowerBook, PowerMac or other Mac or PC
>>> systems with a USB port. iMic supports both mic and line level
>>> inputs via a selectable switch, as well as a variable level output
>>> for connecting speakers or headphones.
>>>
>>> Even fewer $$ via PriceGrabber:
>>>
>>> http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Griffin_iMic_2,__14568142/
>>> sort_type=price
>>>
>>> At 11:27 AM -0500 7/10/06, Mike Urseth wrote:
>>>> The Duophone works (after a fashion) on a micro cassetter
>>>> recorder, but I need to go direct to digital.
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions?
>>>
>>
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