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              Use An iPhone To Record High Quality Audio For Your Videos

              As a photographer with a new DSLR, you might be trying your hand at video production. Most people completely overlook audio and they shouldn’t. If a video sounds cheap then in most people’s minds, it is cheap. If you don’t have enough money to afford fancy lav mics, don’t worry, you can record clean audio with a number of devices that you may already own. In the video below I will show you how we did it for the first year we filmed videos for Fstoppers with a simple (and free) iPhone app. If you don’t have a smart phone then you can buy one of these for $16.


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              October 12, 2011
              Lee Morris
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              • http://www.facebook.com/peter.starck Peter M Starck

                Hi

              • http://www.rlmorris.com Lee Morris

                hello

              • Anonymous

                haha this is awesome! I literally did this yesterday for a video I was working on it works great! I’m for sure going to use that app that your talking about for now on though, thanks!

              • http://www.rlmorris.com Lee Morris

                nice! ya dealing with iTunes is the worst! If I can use an app that does not require syncing, I’m happy. 

              • http://www.patrickhallphotography.com Patrick Hall

                Seriously, how is it people say Apple makes things so easy yet after using iTunes for 5 years I still can’t figure out how to get stuff done properly.  I think itunes currently says there is some fatal error when trying to backup my iphone….oh well

              • Anonymous

                How is it that people say that Apple makes things easy ? Well, that answer is easy – they brainwash their users to believe that they are a holy manufacturer who can’t do anything wrong. Every new product they launch is revolutionary, groundbreaking and super-duper easy to use, even if they launch MMS 500 years after everyone else got it. Now, i know that Apple sometimes brings a new approach to old things, but you really gotta admire them for being able to completely screw people over and make them buy their things, may it be the iToaster, iAmDumb or the iBuyAnyShitFromApple.

              • http://twitter.com/martinbeebee Martin Beebee

                Sweet! Thanks so much for this — it never occurred to me the iPhone might be able to record such (relatively) good quality audio. Downloading the app now. . . .

              • http://www.jerritpruyn.com Jerrit Pruyn

                I remember testing this and being so surprised by the quality. I believe one of the apps let you put the audio off remotely. If it is jail broken you can browse to the location and email it out or sftp in and pull it. 

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000756461171 Jc Dalman

                the mic was sold out :D

              • Tim Shirey

                Even when I use my wireless lapel mic, I still like to do a backup recording with my iPod Touch (Blue Fire app) since I can’t monitor the audio with my Nikon D7000.  I attach a tiny button mic (around $7) plugged into the iPod Touch phone jack which increases the audio quality slightly, not because of the quality of the mic (which isn’t any better than the built-in one) but because I can then place the iPod in a pocket and tilt the tiny button mic away from rubbing cloth and toward the mouth, etc..

                A slight problem with all this … 
                I ALSO like to use my iPod Touch as a small teleprompter (i-Prompt app).  That’s my predicament – I could use two iPods!

              • http://twitter.com/MrNuyoka Mr. Nuyoka

                I know the post was for those who cant afford a higher end mic but just wanted to share this $49 piece of gear to turn your iphone or any I-device into a mobile recording studio.

                http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/822394-REG/Tascam_IXZ_IXZ_Mic_Instrument.html&BI=6315&KBID=7048

              • http://www.facebook.com/thekeithbradshaw Keith Bradshaw

                The FIRe ap for iphone lets you adjust the input. You can view a waveform as it records. 

              • http://www.monsieurNede.fr Nède

                could you please spell the name of the app?

              • Brett Maxwell

                Would a bluetooth headset work?  That would create some interesting options for wireless.

              • http://twitter.com/theom3ga José T.

                It’s “iTalk”, by Griffin. It’s easy to find in the app store.

              • http://www.monsieurNede.fr Nède

                Thank you :)

              • http://www.facebook.com/jerinthebox Jeremy Lusk

                Quick tip, you should always try to clap for sync (“slating”) on camera so you can see it later to match it up to the sound. When I’ve used the iPhone to record I just tap the phone’s mic with my finger and that’s good enough.

              • Bahram Movlanov

                Hm… Did anyone try to use some of  this? http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-ME-52W-Noise-Canceling-Microphone/dp/B000MYPPPE/ref=pd_cp_e_1

              • Anonymous

                Use Diskaid for iphone to transfer the audio files

              • Anonymous

                I use Pluraleyes for syncing. No need for clapping. Its sooo easy and syncs 100 recorings in one click.

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