How to Record Audio on an iPhone

Chris Pirillo — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:45:37 +0000

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What exactly is the best operating system? Is it Mac OS X? Is it Windows? Is it Linux? To answer that, I asked myself. Listen in as I argue with myself, and attempt to come to a concrete decision. Pretty cool the way I did that, isn’t it? I bet you wish you could make your voice do that! Well, you can if you have an iPhone!

I recorded four different tracks using FourTrack, which is available in the App Store for about $10.00. FourTrack is a well-designed app for the iPhone or iPod Touch that records, mixes and plays up to four tracks at once. There’s no way it’ll replace your main recording setup, but then again, you can’t put your main recording setup in your pocket.

As you’re recording on one track, you can either silence the others or listen to them. You can lay down a beat and transfer it back to your computer if you want. Each track can be as long as your device’s memory can handle, and the program can contain an unlimited number of projects. We like that you never have to save – everything you record gets stored automatically.

Each track gets stored as a separate WAV file that can be easily transferred to any computer on your WiFi network, another one of our favorite features. With your iPhone or iPod Touch connected to your wireless network, activate the WiFi Sync option to generate a URL to enter into your computer’s browser. Then you can download the four recorded tracks directly to your computer and into the audio editing software of your choice.

Even though my voice wasn’t working very well, I had a lot of fun recording the tracks to make the audio clips for this video. It was so easy to do, and totally worth it. I definitely recommend FourTrack.

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