Recording conversations for podcast

Hi everyone,
I want to record interviews using Skype and eventually put on my website as well as for podcasts. I have the latest version of Mac OS and Skype.
My priority is, ease of use (installation, changing any settings--apple and other apps).
What apps will I use (Garage Band, Quick Time) and which ones are easiest to use.
Does anyone know, if me and the other person have Skype, can the other person use the mic on their computer, or do they have to have a headset w/mic or use their phone?
Of course would perfer free apps, but if it's significantly easier to pay $20 or so than would rather do that.
Thanks so much and Happy New Year.

Your best bet is probably Skype Call Recorder - I've not tried it but it is designed to do what you want. When you've made your recording you can use GarageBand or an audio editor such as Audacity or Amadeus Light to edit it and make an mp3 file.
As to the actual recording, I get quite good quality off the internal mics on my Macs, but your would need to experiment. A decent mic would be better but good ones aren't cheap: remember that the audio input on Macs does not work with microphones directly - you need a preamplifier, a mixer, or to use a USB-connected mic.
Headset microphones tend to be poor quality, and you can get noise if the brush against clothing or the face. However both ends should definitely use headphones to hear each other, or you will get echoes.
If you want to make a podcast this page, which gives basic information, may be of help:
http://rfwilmut.net/pc

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Umm, a Pretty problem.
I would first test with several Buddies to get their opinion on how loud you seem to them.
I can turn up my volume but it still requires that I speak as loud as I would in a conversation and face the Mic. If I sit too far back from the mic I get too quiet no matter how I talk.
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Conference Recorder makes it easy convert your QuickTime movies into MP3 or AAC format. Simply drag a recorded QuickTime movie to the included "Convert to MP3" or "Convert to AAC" utilities, and let them do the work for you. Additionally, Conference Recorder records each side of the conversation on separate tracks, allowing for easy post-editing. The included "Split Movie Tracks" utility will automatically export each movie track to a separate file.
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Save File to save the adjustment.
Hope this helps.
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Y'all,
I'm stuck in this problem and I haven't find a solution to solved it... so, all your clues and reply's are really appreciate...
The basic problem is a File content conversion for a receiver C.C. that is not working and it's raising some errors in the RWB, I have gone thru some blogs but I still having a lot of doubts...
I want to produce a flat TXT file that will have a line for every node or subnode, it doesn't matter if it's not represented as hierarchical structure like this one... but the records must be produced or written in the same order...
Man_Del_Header as main node with Man_Header, Delete_Detail and Trailer as subnodes...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ns1:MT_DISTRIBUTOR_DELETE xmlns:ns1="http://xxx.com/xi/POSout">
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 <MD_filler1>|2|0000|3|</MD_filler1>
 <MD_EffDate>09/17/07</MD_EffDate>
 <MD_filler2>|4|005|5|dsdvnd|7|</MD_filler2>
 <MD_BatchNumber>500</MD_BatchNumber>
 <MD_fiiller3>|8|</MD_fiiller3>
 <MD_BatchDescr>DELETE PREV CST BTCH</MD_BatchDescr>
 <MD_filler4>|10|D|</MD_filler4>
 <MD_linef>1</MD_linef>
 <Man_Header>
 <Man_Header>|HM|1|</Man_Header>
 <Man_StoreNumber>051</Man_StoreNumber>
 <Man_filler1>|2|0000|3|</Man_filler1>
 <Man_EffDate>09/17/07</Man_EffDate>
 <Man_filler2>|4|005|5|dsdvnd|7|</Man_filler2>
 <Man_BatchNumber>500</Man_BatchNumber>
 <Man_filler3>|8|</Man_filler3>
 <Man_BatchDescription>Delete Distributor</Man_BatchDescription>
 <Man_filler4>|</Man_filler4>
 <Man_linef>Constant</Man_linef>
 </Man_Header>
 <Delete_Detail>
 <Delete_Detail>|D|901|170|</Delete_Detail>
 <Delete_DistribNumber>0000005010</Delete_DistribNumber>
 <filler9>|</filler9>
 <delete_linef>1</delete_linef>
 </Delete_Detail>
 <Delete_Detail>
 <Delete_Detail>|D|901|170|</Delete_Detail>
 <Delete_DistribNumber>0000005011</Delete_DistribNumber>
 <filler9>|</filler9>
 <delete_linef>1</delete_linef>
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 <TotalRecCnt>00005</TotalRecCnt>
 <filler1>|2|</filler1>
 <NoOfHeaders>00002</NoOfHeaders>
 <filler2>|3|</filler2>
 <NoOfAdds>00000</NoOfAdds>
 <filler3>|4|</filler3>
 <NoOfChanges>00000</NoOfChanges>
 <filler4>|5|</filler4>
 <NoOfDeletes>00002</NoOfDeletes>
 <filler5>|13|</filler5>
 <NoOfSubstitution>00000</NoOfSubstitution>
 <filler6>|</filler6>
 <linef>1</linef>
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 </Man_Del_Header>
 <Man_Del_Header>
 <MD_Header>|HM|1|</MD_Header>
 <MD_StoreNumber>061</MD_StoreNumber>
 <MD_filler1>|2|0000|3|</MD_filler1>
 <MD_EffDate>09/17/07</MD_EffDate>
 <MD_filler2>|4|005|5|dsdvnd|7|</MD_filler2>
 <MD_BatchNumber>500</MD_BatchNumber>
 <MD_fiiller3>|8|</MD_fiiller3>
 <MD_BatchDescr>DELETE PREV CST BTCH</MD_BatchDescr>
 <MD_filler4>|10|D|</MD_filler4>
 <MD_linef>1</MD_linef>
 <Man_Header>
 <Man_Header>|HM|1|</Man_Header>
 <Man_StoreNumber>061</Man_StoreNumber>
 <Man_filler1>|2|0000|3|</Man_filler1>
 <Man_EffDate>09/17/07</Man_EffDate>
 <Man_filler2>|4|005|5|dsdvnd|7|</Man_filler2>
 <Man_BatchNumber>500</Man_BatchNumber>
 <Man_filler3>|8|</Man_filler3>
 <Man_BatchDescription>Delete Distributor</Man_BatchDescription>
 <Man_filler4>|</Man_filler4>
 <Man_linef>Constant</Man_linef>
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 <Delete_DistribNumber>0000005013</Delete_DistribNumber>
 <filler9>|</filler9>
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 <Delete_Detail>|D|901|170|</Delete_Detail>
 <Delete_DistribNumber>0000005014</Delete_DistribNumber>
 <filler9>|</filler9>
 <delete_linef>1</delete_linef>
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 <TotalRecCnt>00006</TotalRecCnt>
 <filler1>|2|</filler1>
 <NoOfHeaders>00002</NoOfHeaders>
 <filler2>|3|</filler2>
 <NoOfAdds>00000</NoOfAdds>
 <filler3>|4|</filler3>
 <NoOfChanges>00000</NoOfChanges>
 <filler4>|5|</filler4>
 <NoOfDeletes>00003</NoOfDeletes>
 <filler5>|13|</filler5>
 <NoOfSubstitution>00000</NoOfSubstitution>
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</ns1:MT_DISTRIBUTOR_DELETE>
|HM|1|051|2|0000|3|09/17/07|4|005|5|dsdvnd|7|500|8|DELETE PREV CST BTCH|10|D|1
|HM|1|051|2|0000|3|09/17/07|4|005|5|dsdvnd|7|500|8|Delete Distributor|Constant
|D|901|170|0000005010|1
|D|901|170|0000005011|1
|T|1|00005|2|00002|3|00000|4|00000|5|00002|13|00000|1
|HM|1|061|2|0000|3|09/17/07|4|005|5|dsdvnd|7|500|8|DELETE PREV CST BTCH|10|D|1
|HM|1|061|2|0000|3|09/17/07|4|005|5|dsdvnd|7|500|8|Delete Distributor|Constant
|D|901|170|0000005012|1
|D|901|170|0000005013|1
|D|901|170|0000005014|1
|T|1|00006|2|00002|3|00000|4|00000|5|00003|13|00000|1
So as you can see, i wanna produce a flat file that will have line or record for each node, it doesn't matter that it has a hierarchy or a deeper level, it should be a simple flat file...
The thing is that i have been trying to setup the receiver comm. channel and it's raising some errors like Could not process due to error:
java.lang.Exception: Exception in XML Parser (format problem?):'java.lang.Exception: Message processing failed in XML parser: 'java.lang.Exception: Consistency error: more fields found in XML structure than specified in conversion parameters! (Value 'XXXX')', probably configuration error in file adapter (XML parser error)'
I have checked this blog:
/people/karthiknarayan.kesavan2/blog/2007/08/22/file-content-conversion-for-multi-hierarchical-structure
Unfortunately i don't know if there's another way to achieve this...

Jerry,
it easy if you go with multi mapping concept and without BPM if you are above >XI3.0 SP14.and use Append mode in the receiver file adapter.
just create the target structure like root under that Man_Del_Header,Man_Header,Detail,Trailer at the same level but got be careful with occurences.
Source:
I think from your structure you have
Man_Del_Header (1-unb)
Man_Header (1-1)
detail (0-unb ) may be (1-unb)
trailer (1-1)
create target DT like:
ROOT
..Man_Del_Header (1-1)
..Man_Header (1-1)
..detail (0-unb ) may be (1-unb)
..trailer (1-1)
all are at same level under ROOT.
create MT,MI,MM,IM.
in MM just map correspoding fields and if you have any unbounded onces map the nodes too. and map Man_Del_Header in the source to MT_XYZ (important)
and in the MM go to MESSAGES tab and change the occurences of the target Message to 0-unbounded same way in the interface mapping 0-unbounded.
here it create anothe extra node in the mapping something like Message1,this is ok.
and in ID just create all other objects like as usual except creating Interface determination ,in that select the extended radio button.
in reciever File CC use FCC ,would be very simple in the recordsetstrcture give
your four nodes Man_Del_Header,Man_Header,Detail,Trailer.
and use either fixed or field seperator.use append mode in recv File CC otherwise it will generate files as many occurences your source "Man_Del_Header" has ,cos we are mapping it to the MT--xyz .
thats it you are ready to go...
if any error post back here again.
you can make use of this thread
/people/jin.shin/blog/2006/02/07/multi-mapping-without-bpm--yes-it146s-possible (here there are two target DT ,but you just create one DT,remaining are similar)
good luck.
Babu

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Hi Sravya,
It is really helpfull answer , Thanks for sharing my problem .
It worked for this purpose, but I'm facing following problems
MY scenario
The file contains records V0,C1,S1,H1,D1,D2,U2 and Uc
In which Im using the data of H1,D1,D2,U2 and UC for creating target Idoc.
Every H1 contains at least 1 D1 record, If D1 exists D2 ,U2 and UC may or may not exist.If exists those are in a sequence and should consider the data of them to create Idoc.
Idoc should be created for every D1.
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I think bcz of above problem; some records (D2 & U2 & UC) data is populating in Idoc even there is no D2,U2 and Ucs.
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venu.

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IMTalk wrote:
Hey everyone
I do a couple podcasts. One is a triathlon one and I'm going to Hawaii to cover the Ironman world champs next month. I want to get a portable mic that will record into MP3s. This way I'll be able to interview athletes outside.
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