I want a person on skype to hear the music I'm playing

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I want a person on skype to hear the music I'm playing

Okay, so, I have a problem. I want to use skype and have the person I'm talking to hear whatever I want to play in iTunes.

Is this possible? What programs do I have to use to set this up, or how do I configure skype and Audio Hi Jack?

Thank you so much.

Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jun 15, 2007 9:55 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 17, 2007 8:50 AM in response to Kristen Schroeder

I've not used Audio HiJack but it must appear as a sound source to enable you to record from an output: so whatever this source is called should appear in the Skype Preferences>Audio>Audio input menu.

However it will be either the microphone or Audio Hijack - unless the latter offers some sort of mixing you won't be able to talk and play music simultaneously. To do that you would need an external mixer.

Of course Skype's sound is mono: and since its compression alogrithms are designed for speech it's not likely to make your music sound very nice.

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Answer 2

Jun 17, 2007 10:48 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

I can talk and play music at the same time. That isnt the problem.

My problem is that I want whoever I'm talking to on skype to ALSO hear the music.

The sound of the music is fine, that was never the problem. Audio Hijack is very good and does a great job of mixing everything.

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Answer 3

Jun 18, 2007 1:01 AM in response to Kristen Schroeder

So what options do you have in the Skype input menu?

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Answer 4

Jun 18, 2007 7:23 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

not the options to make music channel through it.

I do appreciate your help, but your lack of skype knowledge makes me hesitate and makes me wonder if this will only confuse me even more.

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Answer 5

epontius

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Jun 18, 2007 11:54 AM in response to Kristen Schroeder

Perhaps this is a question better suited for a Skype forum? This could apply to any other audio source, not just iTunes.

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Answer 6

kurt_eh

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Jun 18, 2007 1:24 PM in response to Kristen Schroeder

Last night I was able to do just this durring a recording session.

We needed to get a bumper so that both of us could hear it.

I've got a Peavy PV6 mixer, Griffin iMic, and Tascam 122L USB device.

The call in to Skype was getting routed to my Mixing board via the Tascam device and into my mixer's channel 5/6. I had the pan set to 100% Right. The audio out to Skype (and, thus, the caller) was going out from the mixer via the Left channel only into the griffin iMic from the Mixer's RCA line out jack. My Main out L&R from the Mixer were both going into the Tascam, and being recorded by Podcast Station.

To play my bumpers, I had the default audio device set to the computer's default, and had a connector line going from the computer's headphones jack to the Line-in 3/4 channel on the mixing board, with a 100% pan to the Right. My Mic (MXL 990) was on Channel 2, also with a pan 100% to the right.

As far as I know, this is the only way I've ever been able to share audio for interviews over Skype.

So to diagram:

Caller --> Skype --> out via Tascam headphone jack --> Mixer 1/4" input (Pan 100% Right) --> Main Out (Right) --> Tascam --> Podcast Station ONLY

iTunes --> Built-in sound card --> Computer Headphones or audio out port --> 1/4" Line In Jack on Mixing Board (Pan 100% Left) --> Main 1/4" Out (Left) --> Tascam --> Podcast Station

My Mic --> Mixer XLR Channel (Pan 100% Left) --> Main 1/4" out (Left) --> Tascam --> Podcast Station

ALSO out from Mixer: --> Line Out (RCA - Left Only) --> Griffin iMic --> Skype --> Caller

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