Originally Posted by Sawmill Music
Originally Posted by jawgee
If you already own an iPhone, that might be all you need!

I would think you'd be able to get similar results with an Android phone with a voice memo/recorder app that has a lossless setting that can be enabled.

After watching that video, I'm rethinking why I bought all my mics. grin

My wife has the latest Pro iPhone and I have a Google Pixel and I won't even listen to anyone's music on a phone (without headphones anyway) and I would never even consider using one to record anything other than one of my friends bar / cover bands . . .

I had the same opinion as you and Mike about smartphone-recorded audio...until I watched that Spencer video.

Perhaps he's being deceptive in some way with the iPhone-recorded vocal, but it sounds more than passable to me. Did you folks check out the comparison at the 4:09 mark?

Granted, I think the differences would be more noticeable in an acoustic mix, but I was still impressed that a smartphone mic could hold its own to a Neumann TLM103 (which I happen to own).

Would I choose a smartphone over a TLM103 (or any other condenser mic) for vocals in my studio? Most likely not, primarily out of habit, but I would be open to using one if I lost all my mics and was starting over.

Originally Posted by Mike Halloran
...My iPhone 17 Pro has four microphones and no way to control the input...

That's a bummer. Why wouldn't an expensive "Pro" phone have that option?