Cell Phone Recording?

beandip

beandip

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I'd like to get back in to recording and the like, but my resources are limited. My current setup doesn't allow for "plug and play" and I would instead need to rely on the microphone of my Samsung S6 Active. My laptop is an Acer Chromebook, so I would think I'm fairly limited in my current recording abilities. Any suggestions from those with much more brains than myself?
 
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No reason you couldn't record over backing tracks, but you'll struggle to do any kind of meaningful mixing or editing really. I'm by no means an expert, but I think the biggest problem you might have is trying to adjust the mix because I assume you'll be running a DSP on the S6 no?

A Chromebook is pretty limited on the recording side too.
 
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Kamanda~SD said:
This might help in terms of 'daw' for the chromebook.

http://aboutchromebook.com/audacity-for-chromebook/

Using the mic in your samsung S6 is going to yield poor results regardless of, well, anything.
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I really like Audacity although one issue I have is that when I record multiple tracks the timing of the subsequent tracks are all delayed. It can be fixed by cropping the beginning and then moving the tack over...just tedious with multiple tracks to get them all lined up perfectly. No issues with Garageband.

Audacity is fun to change the pitch and speed of songs :D
 
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That's an issue with your configuration, not audacity itself. Don't have that problem when I need to use it quick. Audacity isn't available for chromebook anyways, read the article!
 
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Kamanda~SD said:
That's an issue with your configuration, not audacity itself. Don't have that problem when I need to use it quick. Audacity isn't available for chromebook anyways, read the article!
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Hmm, I'm not the most tech savy person...tried to fix it but couldn't. Its fun to mess around in but Garageband is super simple and doesn't have the problem.

And I don't have a Chromebook...so don't know why I have to read the article again as I wasn't arguing that is was available for Chromebook lol
 
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Use whatever works! ...and because we are trying to help OP here, not discuss audacity.
 
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I use an iPhone and have had good luck with this cable for plug and play into Garageband on my phone. I don't have any experience with Samsung phones, but here is a post that mentions something called uloops.
 
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beandip said:
I'd like to get back in to recording and the like, but my resources are limited. My current setup doesn't allow for "plug and play" and I would instead need to rely on the microphone of my Samsung S6 Active. My laptop is an Acer Chromebook, so I would think I'm fairly limited in my current recording abilities. Any suggestions from those with much more brains than myself?
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I say just use what you got. maybe later look at more stuff. I have a zoom q2hd that I paid $70 for that I record all my videos with, and attach a mic to. I used to record video with an extremely primitive camera that had video ability but made the upgrade a year ago. I use Reaper to mix, its $50.
 
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That's what I'm thinking. It'll be all acoustic anyway, so why not just use the voice recorder? At least until I'm able to work back in to the hobby and justify some basic recording gear like I had so many years ago.
 
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beandip said:
That's what I'm thinking. It'll be all acoustic anyway, so why not just use the voice recorder? At least until I'm able to work back in to the hobby and justify some basic recording gear like I had so many years ago.
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As long as you don't overload the input, it should sound decent. If you have a good sounding room and you are in the right spot, the voice recorder should do a good job. I'll bet that the recorder is omni-directional so that should help as far as placement of the S6 goes in relation to the instrument or voice. Hopefully the phone will let you adjust the input level or maybe there would be an app for that.
 
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zenmindbeginner said:
As long as you don't overload the input, it should sound decent. If you have a good sounding room and you are in the right spot, the voice recorder should do a good job. I'll bet that the recorder is omni-directional so that should help as far as placement of the S6 goes in relation to the instrument or voice. Hopefully the phone will let you adjust the input level or maybe there would be an app for that.
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No, it's pretty bare bones. Gotta tell ya, I'm regretting getting rid of all my old recording equipment.

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Look around, you can find older gear for cheap that can serve as an all-in-one interface+effects for the computer, like this Tascam PocketStudio 5:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tascam-POCKETSTUDIO-5-/171978497332?hash=item280ab79d34:g:RngAAOxy2CZTbko5

I've got one, and while the Compact Flash cards are limited, you can at least run the signal out to your computer (assuming it has some sort of input).


I'm sure someone makes an inexpensive (under $100) USB interface?
 
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beandip said:
No, it's pretty bare bones. Gotta tell ya, I'm regretting getting rid of all my old recording equipment.
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Yeah but, your phone is bad arse powerful... I mean, it's really powerful and totally capable of recording music through IK Multimedia stuff

Their Microphone (iRig Mic HD-A) comes with everything you need and it's only $100.
 
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If you were doing "scratchpad" stuff only, and had designs on full multitrack recordings later, then I'd say it was sufficient, but if you prefer a "start with an idea that turns epic" workflow, there may be no way around the expense.

Hmmm. Market for a powerful but lightweight 4-track app?
 
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