Ten tips for recording great audio with your SmartPhone

An external microphone for the iPhone

Today’s SmartPhones are really, really smart. We often forget all of the things they’re capable of doing, like recording audio. We’d like to share some simple tips to get fantastic results with these hand-held marvels.

1. Turn off the phone and alert features.
The first thing you must do is turn off all things that could interrupt the recording such as calendar alerts, text messaging, reminder alarms and most importantly, the phone feature.

2. Place the device close to the sound source.
If there’s a sound system, try getting the phone near a speaker. If there’s no sound system, consider leaving your phone at the podium to get the best results. Placing the phone on a napkin can reduce unwanted noise from finger tapping or computer clicks. Anything you can do to prevent the phone from sitting directly on the podium will help. (more…)