Anybody ever tried...

[Zerberus]

Just proppng up a smartphone and hitting camcorder record?

How was the sound quality? Room Reverb a problem?

I ask becasue I´m considering doing exactly this and want to suss out if it´s even worth trying.

[Grenade]

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I'm sure if you post it someone hear will have something to say about it.

[everdrone]

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ya, said iphone video is in my sig, it is good if you are filming in a place that is not super loud, otherwise the mic will distort.

[youngthrasher9]

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If you can position it correctly to get a good sound, you won't be able to crank the amp if it's anything giggable. The mic on my Ipod touch distorts pretty badly when I have my amp (Blackstar ht-20 through a 4x12) past about 3.

[cream123]

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I did one a while back with a droid RAZR

not great quality, but it gets the job done especially if you need to chalk something up for a bandmate



just in my one bedroom apartment...pretty bare but verb wasn't an issue

[rumblebox]

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iphone 5 on a special tri-pod.

[TheLivingDead]

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Tried it with my ****ty lil LG Optimus Net... Sounds like doo doo.

[crusty philtrum]

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I remember there was at least one entry in the Riff-Off tournaments recorded on a phone ... might have been Redmist but i can't be certain about that

[Chickenwings]

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rumblebox...can you help blueman out with doing this so we can hear a clip or two?

[Redmist]

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might have been Redmist but i can't be certain about that

Yip, all the clips, accoustic and stack, recorded for the riff-offs were thrown onto my iPhone voice recorder, but not a lot of performance volume is permitted, and Zerb is wanting to use the video recorder.
It should still be the same mic and processing though, and suits a nice raw accoustic sound adequately.

[Grenade]

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Tried it with my ****ty lil LG Optimus Net... Sounds like doo doo.

Would this be the sought after brown sound?

[TheLivingDead]

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DUDE.

You might be on to something there!

[aleclee]

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Depends on the phone. I caught this Paul Gilbert performance at Guitar Workshop a few years back using my iPhone 4.

My wife's old cheapo smartphone did really crappy video/sound quality.

[Bludave]

Anybody ever tried...

I've recorded 4 or 5 "sketches" of some new acoustic stuff I have been working on. It's not bad but it could be a lot better. I may actually get the Garage band app. I don't know about the video end tjough

[Powdered Toast Man]

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I recorded this a few months back with my iPhone 4S.