[TriLUG] recording a phone call from within Mac OS X?

[burnett at pobox.com]

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Tarus Balog wrote:

> On Feb 13, 2006, at 7:51 PM, Greg Brown wrote:
>
>> Hey all.  I have a couple voicemails that I simply must get on .mp3 (I've
>> brought them up before).  What I'm curious about is would it be possible to
>> use the Mac internal modem to dial into the voicemail system then record 
>> the
>> calls in Garage Band (or any other application)?
>
> I don't know about using the modem, but Audio Hijack Pro is an inexpensive 
> tool for grabbing audio from pretty much any source you can get into your 
> Mac. You'd probably need to use a microphone (perhaps the one built in to a 
> Powerbook if that's what you have) to get the audio over the phone, however.

I like the free OS X application Wiretap, from Ambrosia Software. As 
Tarus says, still need some way to get the audio into the Mac.

regards,
badger at trilug