OT: How to record a telephone call?

[staylor]

I'm wondering if anybody on the DUC has a good way of recording a phone call with the 001. I've got a client wanting to record a radio spot simulating a phone conversation. The catch is it's really going to be a telephone conversation. One guy will be in the studio the other on the phone. If the 2nd party could be in the studio I would just record the script and apply a telephone EQ. However the guy is 300 mi. away and just wants to actually do his part on the phone. How would you go about this? Ideas are appreciated.

Shawn

[yavuzj]

1 SM57 + a Speaker phone. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Bastiaan]

buy a cheap phone, remove the earpiece, and connect the wires to a trs-plug and put that in the input of your digi001. That way you get a good quality recording. Probably too good to sound like a phone, so you'll gonna need some additional filtering (heavy compression and highpass eq at 200Hz, lowpass at 2000Hz.) Also be sure to be absolutely silent when the other side speaks. Phones work on 2 wires, so you will be on the same line....

[staylor]

Thanks for the input everyone. Looks like I've got some options.

Thanks again,
Shawn

[NetCline]

I have an answering service that will let me record my phone call then I can send it to e-mail as a wav file. Maybe you have this option or I will take this opportunity to plug mine. Cuz I market it. It's pretty easy to get it started. E-mail me.

Jeff

[Alex MacFarlane]

We do this a fair bit. You can get a little device for radio shack that connects to the reciever cord. It has a mini jack plug on it that you can patch into you Digi001.

Alex

[crs117]

Originally posted by Alex MacFarlane:
We do this a fair bit. You can get a little device for radio shack that connects to the reciever cord. It has a mini jack plug on it that you can patch into you Digi001.
Alex

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Christian

[Shannon Dunn]

The best way to do this is with what's called a phone bridge. It's a device that converts the call for you. Slightly expensive device for a one time deal, but if you plan to do a lot of this in the future, you should look into one.