Skype - Audacity - Two Sound cards and a USB Mic?

[RobRFF]

Ok, I have searched around these forums, but without much luck. I am looking to get a USB mic, but need some advice from the smart people here.

Right now, I have two sound cards and a cheap headset (with the 1/8" connections)

Anyway, from Soundcard 1 Line Out I go to Soundcard 2 Line In. My mic is plugged into Soundcard 1, and then I 'open' up the mic so I hear my own voice and then set Audacity to record soundcard 2, that way, both me and the skype user are recorded on one track.

I want to have it so that I can do that with a USB mic, and I was wondering if I get a mic (say a CO1U) that I could set it so it would go thru soundcard 1 out to soundcard 2, and still record the skype conversation.

Did this make any sense? I hope so, because I want a better mic and be able to record the skype conversation with my two sound cards??

Thanks

Rob

[rootsmart]

It is probably not going to work. With USB mics they have there own soundcard built in. So you can't really do this with a usb mic.

[RobRFF]

That is what I was afraid of! LOL Thanks for your input.

Does anyone have any suggestions how I could record a skype conversation with a USB mic? Or, any other mic. Would I need a mixer?

I am pretty dumb with this stuff, so speak in simple terms for a simple mind! LOL

Thanks

Rob

[rootsmart]

I know software like mixcastlive can do that. You can also do it with a mixer, but not with the usb mic.

[RobRFF]

I could use a USB mic with MixCastLive, and still record skype. But I would need a different mic, if I was to get a mixer??

Thanks

Rob