Recording Modem Wave Output

[Piyono]

Listed among the options in the Record Source drop-down in WaveLab is the wave driver from my modem. One would think this means that with my phone plugged into my modem I could record telephone conversations "inside the box". However, when I hit 'record' an error message appears, telling me I have my sample rate or bit depth set incorrectly, regardless of the setting.

Is it not possible to record audio directly from the wave driver output of a PCI modem?



Piyono

 

[i]

Is it not possible to record audio directly from the wave driver output of a PCI modem?

Yes. If it's a "voice" modem. And if you have an audio cable running from the modem's internal audio-out pins to dedicated "Modem" input pins on your sound card.

Otherwise, you'd run a standard miniplug connector cable from the external line-out or speaker jack of your voice modem over to the external line-in jack of your sound card. In which case you would not want to select "Modem" as the record source. You would want to select "Line-in".

At least, this is how things used to work back in 1998 when I used to do this sort of thing. You can't do this sort of thing unless your hardware supports it and you've hooked everything up correctly.

 

[i]

Do you not hate it when people ask negative questions?

 

[Piyono]

Yes. If it's a "voice" modem. And if you have an audio cable running from the modem's internal audio-out pins to dedicated "Modem" input pins on your sound card.

Well, for starters, my modem and my sound card lack these connectors. Moreover, that's not quite what I'm after. I can already take an analog signal to my soundcard using my JK Audio handset tap. I want to record directly into my audio software using the modem's wave drivers.

Do you not hate it when people ask negative questions?

Please pardon my pessimistic proclivities.

Piyono

 

[i]

I want to record directly into my audio software using the modem's wave drivers.

Ok, let me ask more directly: is your modem a so-called "voice modem" or a modem with "voice" capability?

I can plug a 1200 baud, 8-bit ISA modem into my PC, install some badly designed audio software, and then see "modem wave driver" as an option for the record source.

So I'll say it again: unless you've got a modem that explicitly supports direct sound capture via some method - whether it's over the freaking PCI bus or through an audio connector of some sort - you can click on that option forever and never have anything useful happen.

Are you sure your modem supports what you are asking it to do?

 

[Piyono]

Goodness...
If memory prevails it's a USR 3094 OEM modem. I believe it was billed as a "Voice Fax" modem, but I guess I could be wrong.

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