making a duo podcast

[917laughs]

What kind of mic or software do I need to record two people into one laptop? We're trying to make a duo podcast but can't seem to get it to record more than one person.

[ferg]

Can you provide a little more info about your laptop, and how you're trying to connect the mics?

If you're going into a mic input and just using a splitter, it may be that your mic input is not a stereo input. If that's the case, you have a few options.

One is to get some sort of stereo mixer, and go into the line in on your laptop (if there is one).

If you can give a little more info about how you're trying to do it and what hardware you have, I'm sure there's people around here that can help you out.

[pdadave]

Are you looking to record two people into separate files?

[audiocollective]

We do it the hard way! Our show uses 2 irivers and to mics. recording each person separately and just put them together at the end. You can even pan the mics to make is a cool stereo sound. Here is an example of our dual iriver audio!
http://www.audiocollective.net/podcast/ac-2005-03-20.mp3
I’m sure there is an easy way to do it but if you have a lot of money or a few irivers laying around then this way works great!