sound recording device
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- KVRist
- 86 posts since 6 Dec, 2017
My phone contract runs out Monday. I am also looking into buying a sound recorder. Is there a phone that can record sound well enough to use or am I best buying the recorder separately? I currently use an Xperia compact. I'm not looking at recording acoustic instruments, just noises to be used in percussion mainly.
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- KVRAF
- 2066 posts since 11 Aug, 2012 from omfr morf form romf frmo
Forget specific phone models for recording. Look at microphones for mobile phones, like Rode and Shure. They attach via headphone jack usually, but there are also digital via USB-OTG which I would recommend now that headphone jacks are forcefully obsoleted. I don't know your phone, look up if it has Android 5+ and can do OTG. Of course, you're making compromises for mobility, but that's as small a quality kit you can everyday carry.
TBH, I've used nothing but my regular Samsung Galaxy phone mic to record door squeaks, random thuds, etc. and it's good enough after I process it and put it in a musical context. But when I know I want the quality I'll bring my recorder which has a better preamp and I can attach really nice microphones via XLR. I've recorded parades marching drums, ethnic festival drums, etc. with natural street ambience and the recorder handles the dynamic range better than a phone ever would.
TBH, I've used nothing but my regular Samsung Galaxy phone mic to record door squeaks, random thuds, etc. and it's good enough after I process it and put it in a musical context. But when I know I want the quality I'll bring my recorder which has a better preamp and I can attach really nice microphones via XLR. I've recorded parades marching drums, ethnic festival drums, etc. with natural street ambience and the recorder handles the dynamic range better than a phone ever would.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 86 posts since 6 Dec, 2017
OK great thanks for the info. Yeah I recorded on an iPhone and with a bit of eqing in ableton eq8 it sounded good. I own an android so will be looking into the microphone because my Sony phone didn't record with great quality.
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apondinthestream apondinthestream https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=406040
- Banned
- 59 posts since 10 Oct, 2017
I have the same advice as yellowmix - there are high quality add on mics that do all the work and just use the phone for storage and interface. That's the way to go now I think. Otherwise the Zooms handhelds are used a lot - not really suited to very quiet sounds, but for normal volume sound they are very good for the price.chris979899 wrote:OK great thanks for the info. Yeah I recorded on an iPhone and with a bit of eqing in ableton eq8 it sounded good. I own an android so will be looking into the microphone because my Sony phone didn't record with great quality.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 86 posts since 6 Dec, 2017
There is a rode microphone attachment on amazon that's £45. I'm sure that'll work. Easily pay double for a sound recorder that only claims to work well for meetings anyway.