Comments on Rory's Internets Audio Blog: Record iPhone conversations on a Mac with WireTap

I tried this, but using a digital voice recorder i...

2011-09-29T11:17:13.049-07:00

I tried this, but using a digital voice recorder instead of a computer. However, I get a lot of noise. I think because the splitter is very slightly too small for the iPhone, because the earphones that comes with the iPhone has more connection rings: left, right, microphone and a button.

Any suggestions?

1) You can just use Quicktime, out of the box. No ...

2010-08-19T14:25:21.103-07:00

1) You can just use Quicktime, out of the box. No need for aggregated device. QT pro, btw.

2) I frequently use my big headphones to talk to the phone, even though they have no mic input. When the phones detects headphones, but sees no microphone through the jack, it enables the usual microphone on the device. It works well, I hear much better and the listeners always told me they could hear well. Apple's speaker have built-in microphones; in this case the mic on the headphones will be enabled.

3) I'm assuming the mac (or pc if you want) is simply recoding 2 things at once, 1 being the audio output (so we record what the other guy is saying) and the Mac microphone line in (so we actually records ourselves too; our voice also reach our listener thru the usual mic, see #2). Ha. You need a macbook then. Tss.

4) This is perfectly doable with every computer on earth, mac, pc, linux. Use Audacity instead (available for all platform, even mac) as the recording software. If you do not have a laptop/macbook with built-in microphone, use one (usb or into the mic-in of your computer).

Have fun

There is no need to use Wiretap. You can create a ...

2010-07-11T19:22:27.038-07:00

There is no need to use Wiretap. You can create a new aggregated device in your Mac's MIDI settings. Then use Quicktime or similar software to record.

such involvement will be running /digital voice re...

2010-05-30T04:14:27.657-07:00

such involvement will be running /digital voice recorder / and record mobile phone and dialed the caller? Yes or No? you have some experience with it?

Interesting. Essentially the same idea, except yo...

2010-05-29T11:13:02.963-07:00

Interesting. Essentially the same idea, except you're using the digital voice recorder rather than wiretap to do the recording.

Have you tried this one? it works? http://www.you...

2010-05-29T07:36:43.066-07:00

Have you tried this one? it works? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxepe5qSooQ&feature=related

It works fine. As recording for host will be done ...

2010-05-17T02:08:18.510-07:00

It works fine. As recording for host will be done through your mac book default microphone. It will not work if you do not have built in microphone.
Cheers

It's sad to see that people have to work aroun...

2009-08-05T13:02:18.433-07:00

It's sad to see that people have to work around and find complicated ways to achieve something that on phones worth $100 is built in.
The Iphone is a very sexy phone like all other products made by apple, but shame on them for the call record thing and especially for always limiting so much software development

The host's voice is recorded thru the computer...

2009-07-23T07:40:12.397-07:00

The host's voice is recorded thru the computer's mic. Wiretap does not pass the recorded sound through the speakers, so there is no feedback.

If I'm looking at this correctly, the person r...

2009-07-23T07:24:29.133-07:00

If I'm looking at this correctly, the person recording the call will only get the voice of the person on the other end. The Host's voice is lost.

The microphone doesn't feed the Host's voice back through to the speakers. This would cause feedback, right?

Can you post a sample video of the call's you have recorded?

Hmmm...curious. just to be clear, the problem is ...

2009-07-21T08:21:38.500-07:00

Hmmm...curious. just to be clear, the problem is that everything works fine execpt that the person on the other end can't hear you speaking, is that correct?
Couple questions:
1: Which earbuds are you using, the default ones that came with the phone or the ones I use?
2: What kind of splitter are you using, same as me or different?

For me, the sound is definitely going back thru the splitter to the phone. I know this because the person on the other end can hear me when I'm using the earbuds/splitter and I'm away from the computer.

Anyway, let me know.

I'm trying this set up and it doesn't quit...

2009-07-21T06:55:21.790-07:00

I'm trying this set up and it doesn't quite work the way you say it will. Mainly because the Apple earphones mic doesn't connect to the iPhone when using the splitter. If you look at the earphones, you'll notice 3 connection rings. - one of those if for the mic. The splitter will only have 2. Maybe it's working for you because of the mic inputs on your computer?