[Q] Any audio recording enthusiasts using EVO's!

[creeping_death]

Hey fellow EVO's!

I'm looking for a solution to the poor audio quality when recording in a high volume setting (concerts, jam sessions) when using the internal microphone.
Yes, I know that it is not the phone's main use as a personal recorder for this sort of scenarios, but as we all know, the iPhone does it a lot better and I'd really like to show up the iPhone geeks if possible by using an external mic with a recording app.

There's this multifunction audio cable from HTC that I've been thinking about buying and it's called an HTC YC A300 Multifunction audio cable. You can find it on Amazon.com

Any experience, creative ideas, development or anything of that sort that would help me out would be great as I'm sure other people would be able to benefit from the info as well!

Thanks in advance...

 

[bkrodgers]

I haven't done it, but there is a microphone input in the headphone jack -- it's intended to support a wired headset. With the right cable you should be able to use an external mic.

 

[sitlet]

The app Tape Machine records uncompressed wav files. Even with the internal microphone, it actually makes very decent recordings.

 

[creeping_death]

Thanks for the reply guys.
Do you think trying a Sony ECM DS30P might work? it's a direct connection compressor microphone.

I will definitely check out Tape machine. I've got the lite version now and i'm eager to try it now! Is it successful in loud environments?

 

[sitlet]

Do you think trying a Sony ECM DS30P might work? it's a direct connection compressor microphone.

It's better than the built in mic of the phone. Far, far from decent though.

Is it successful in loud environments?

That completely depends on the quality of the microphone, and how sensitive it is.

 

[creeping_death]

Well, I just bought myself one of those nifty little Sony compressor mics and I'm going to see how that works out. I may need a convertor to go in to the headphone jack so it recognizes the input, but I'm not sure.

Another way you could go possibly would be to us one of those multifunction cable things. The model is called: HTC P6300 Multifunction Audio Cable YC A200. There's also a YC A300 as well but I'm not sure of the difference between the two is besides the size.

Any new findings?

 

[creeping_death]

It's better than the built in mic of the phone. Far, far from decent though.



That completely depends on the quality of the microphone, and how sensitive it is.

So i got that sony mic and a convertor so the phone thinks i'm using a headset...and with some apps, with the convertor it works and some, without, it works too. The only issue i'm having is that the internal mic is still on and working while recording. I want the external mic that I'm plugging in to be the ONLY mic it's using and I'd like to control the input volume.

Any insight as to how we could do that?

 

[billyman]

I have been looking for a solution to this for over a year. It really sucks that everything else about the device is great except this one feature. As for the iPhone, it sounds like Apple has utilized some kind of filter to reduce the bass the phone records (in my experience, the bass is what causes the distortion in the recording).

If Apple can do it, why can't HTC? :?