Anyone else do any recording with your iPhone/smartphone? Until I get around to setting up a home studio with a real DAW, I occasionally play around with FourTrack:



(Yes, I know it's not perfect...there are a few vocal notes that aren't quite right on, and a few missed notes on the guitar, but I think it's pretty good considering what I was using and the amount of effort put into the production)

Let's hear some of you guys' stuff...

11/4/2012 2:23:12 AM

Here's another one:

11/4/2012 4:48:54 PM

can i request some Warrant? maybe some GnR?

11/4/2012 4:52:38 PM

I could probably do some GnR (especially Appetite/Lies era stuff) once I get a new computer and a more capable recording setup. A lot of the real hair metal stuff has lead guitar work that's beyond my abilities (and not really where my skills are--I'm not a good metal guitarist). Also, a lot of that stuff is reaaaally heavily produced, and I definitely don't have the production skills to take that on.

(although if I get a good idea, I could cover something as a more stripped-down rock song, without a bunch of recording effects and a zillion layered tracks).

For right now, though, I am literally using nothing but my cell phone and doing basic multi-track recording. I don't have any drum tracks (and don't play drums), and the audio quality seems to get degraded if you bounce too many tracks down (since I don't have a good recording mic...I'm just using the internal iPhone mic).

[Edited on November 4, 2012 at 6:06 PM. Reason : I can't sing like Axl, though...at least not more than once]

11/4/2012 6:05:43 PM

It's still insane to me that a free program on a phone can do recording that's almost as sophisticated as the Tascam deck I paid $400 for in 1998.

11/4/2012 7:54:34 PM

Yeah, it offers the vast majority of what a cassette 4-track has, plus a few other things (some basic modeling, compressor, etc). There's also the advantages that come with it being all digital instead of magnetic tape.

11/4/2012 8:11:00 PM

Is it 16-bit or 24-bit? I prefer the sound of tape in general, but can't argue that 24-bit sounds objectively "better."

11/4/2012 8:17:39 PM

16 bit.

I just mean that there are no ghosts when you record over stuff, and it's quiet on seams and punch-ins, at least compared to some inexpensive cassette-based stuff I used 15+ years ago. Certainly it's not better than studio-grade tape-based equipment.

11/4/2012 9:09:17 PM

damn duke...

A+ nice job.

11/5/2012 9:16:43 AM

damn duke...

A+ nice job.

11/5/2012 9:16:43 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxGcaGRj5Jo

So...I went back and recorded this again with my friend's DAW and "real" mice/interface, etc. There are a few timing errors, and a few places I want to go back and tweak levels and stuff...and it's not mastered yet, either (I figure I'll email it to one of those places that does cheap mastering for $15/track or something).

...but I'm fairly pleased with this as a first effort at DAW recording, especially with me doing everything (both guitars, bass, all vocals, and drums--I deliberately chose a song with minimal drums, because I'm not much of a drummer).


Go ahead and let me have it...it's still pretty easy to fix/adjust stuff.


Next up, I think I'm due for a real rock tune...

2/12/2013 10:22:46 AM

sorry, set to private earlier. should be viewable now.

2/12/2013 9:06:20 PM

wasn't aware of this App. I'm planning to download tonight!!!

2/13/2013 10:16:18 AM