Capturing audio with a modem

[Joshua Beall]

Hi All,

I am interested in capturing audio data from a phone line with my modem.
Can anyone recommend a program that can do this? Preferably free, or at
least with a free trial version.

I am running XP Pro, and device manager lists my modem as a "SoftK56 Data
Fax CARP", and the manufacturer is "CXT".

Any ideas? Is this even feasible with my modem?

Sincerely,
-Josh

 

[kdogksu]

Hi All,

I am interested in capturing audio data from a phone line with my modem.
Can anyone recommend a program that can do this? Preferably free, or at
least with a free trial version.

I am running XP Pro, and device manager lists my modem as a "SoftK56 Data
Fax CARP", and the manufacturer is "CXT".

Any ideas? Is this even feasible with my modem?

Sincerely,
-Josh

This may vary from modem to modem, but my old modem used to play
through the sound card. (that was on an old computer with win98.) In
the mixer (accessed by double clicking the yellow speaker icon by the
clock), you could select the modem as a recording device. To do this,
you may have to go into the properties menu, choose 'recording' and
place a check next to 'modem'. Then select 'modem' as the input
source in the main mixer window. You could then record with a program
such as sound recorder, or my favorite, Exact Audio Copy (free for
download; google search for it).

Your modem and/or version of windows may not have this capability, but
it's free and worth a shot. Good luck!