Chapter 6Recording Location Sound Using a Smartphone
Ivo Burum
Summary
Recording clean useable sound on location is an art requiring practice and the right equipment. While basic sound-recording principles remain constant, a mojo needs to know how to shoot video and record sound at the same time. In this chapter we’ll explore basic sound-recording principles and the differences between microphones. I’ll introduce the various cables and accessories available for recording sound with a smartphone and briefly discuss a number of apps for recording and transferring audio.
We begin hearing sounds at about 16 weeks while we are still in the womb and even before we can see. Parents’ voices, intonation and rhythms can be heard above the sounds of the ...
Get MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
