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Recording iChat audio and video conferences

You can record audio from an iChat audio or video conference in GarageBand. When you record an iChat conference, GarageBand records the audio of each participant in a separate Real Instrument track.

NOTE: To record iChat conferences, you must have Mac OS X version 10.4.4 or later installed on your computer.

To record a conference, you must initiate it from your computer, and follow these steps before you start recording:

To record an iChat audio or video conference in GarageBand:

  1. Click the Record button.
  2. A dialog appears asking if you want to record the conference. The dialog also lists the participants and reminds you to tell them they are about to be recorded.

  3. Click OK.
  4. GarageBand creates a Real Instrument track for each participant with the participant's name, enables the tracks for recording, and starts recording the iChat.

  5. To stop recording, click the Record button again.

If you are creating a video podcast, and record an iChat video conference with the podcast track visible, GarageBand adds a new marker region to the podcast track each time a new person starts speaking, and adds a snapshot of the person speaking to the marker region.

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