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Recording Google Hangouts on the Mac with Free Softare

Skype Too

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The Freeware you need

From Rogue Amoeba:

Soundflower

LineIn

Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net)

(you can use Reaper too, which is $60 for non-commercial users. Other DAWs probably work too).

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OS X

I am showing this on OS X Mavericks, but it also works on Mountain Lion. Yosemite should be OK as well.

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You will need a bundled app called Audio MIDI Setup

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This is the simple way

Yes, there are slightly better, more streamlined ways, but this works. I have recorded many podcasts using this technique, and it also works for Skype.

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The steps (once all S/W installed)

  1. connect your USB mic or mixer and your headphones to your Mac.
  2. Set up an aggregate instrument in MIDI Audio Setup
  3. Fire up Linein to relay audio from Soundflower 2 Ch to headphones
  4. Start hangout

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More steps

5. Setup hangout inputs to your Mic or mixer

6. Set Audacity inputs to your aggregate instrument (4 channels)

7. Setup hangout output to Soundflower

8. Do a test recording

9. Record the hangout.

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Tips

you’ll need 1-3 GBytes of space, depending on length.

Turn off any background tasks or close other apps while recording.

Mute your mic when not talking.

Use the chat when other people are having audio problems.

Check Audacity occasionally to make sure it’s recording OK.

Don’t worry too much about levels when recording. Just roughly in the right ballpark is OK.

Check how you sound with the other participants.

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Checkout my podcasts

wowsignalpodcast.com

unseenpodcast.com