Here's a new one... I'm working on some stuff and want to record some phone conversations. I've tried jacking a phone clip (phone jack to 1/8" mono male) into my Minidisc recorder (Sony RZ900) while talking on the other phone, and three things happen:
1. The conversation gets recorded;
2. I'm at least four times louder than the person on the other end;
3. There's a VICIOUS hum under the whole thing.
Has anybody had experience recording off phone lines? Any suggestions for techniques or equipment that will equalize our voices and eliminate the hum... that won't break the bank??
I'm a relative newbie, and I know an RCA jack from a XLR cable and can solder headphones back together without taking my eye out, but I'm not up for building electronics from scratch, if that helps with your suggestions.
Oh -- I'm recording in mono on the MD and tried putting a convertor on the phone clip so it enters the MD as 1/8" stereo. That gives me more volume overall, but the ratio of my voice/his voice/hum stays the same.
Thanks!
1. The conversation gets recorded;
2. I'm at least four times louder than the person on the other end;
3. There's a VICIOUS hum under the whole thing.
Has anybody had experience recording off phone lines? Any suggestions for techniques or equipment that will equalize our voices and eliminate the hum... that won't break the bank??
I'm a relative newbie, and I know an RCA jack from a XLR cable and can solder headphones back together without taking my eye out, but I'm not up for building electronics from scratch, if that helps with your suggestions.
Oh -- I'm recording in mono on the MD and tried putting a convertor on the phone clip so it enters the MD as 1/8" stereo. That gives me more volume overall, but the ratio of my voice/his voice/hum stays the same.
Thanks!