{"id":2502,"date":"2011-08-01T07:15:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T14:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:04:23","slug":"another-iphone-as-audio-recorder-approach-handheld-mic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2011\/08\/another-iphone-as-audio-recorder-approach-handheld-mic\/","title":{"rendered":"Another iPhone-as-Audio-Recorder Approach: Handheld Mic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple months ago I posted about how to improve your video projects by <a href=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2011\/04\/using-your-iphone-as-an-audio-recorder-will-make-your-videos-better\/\">using an iPhone to record improved audio<\/a>. I described a system that mimics a lavalier (clip-on) mic, by putting the phone in your shirt pocket, or even on the desk next to you.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah Warren (the guy who <a href=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2011\/07\/wide-angle-hd-micro-camera-mounted-to-a-firework\/\">strapped a camera to some fireworks<\/a>) took the same concept and expanded it a step further &#8212; using the iPhone as a handheld microphone in his latest video (about cooking food on the hot dashboard of your car). The interesting thing about this approach is that it creates the concept of a handheld microphone with a built-in-audio recorder, rather than the system where the mic wirelessly connects to a separate recorder. This creates the option of having as many channels of audio as you have microphones (I&#8217;m envisioning a full concert with all the instruments and individual drums recorded on a multitude of iPhones).\u00a0Of course, the iPhone doesn&#8217;t have the ergonomics a handheld mic does, nor does it have the same microphone patterns that the variety of mics used for various instruments, sound levels, and recording environments require, but still something I might have to play with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And get a kick out of the windscreen!<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"390\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EEMHofTLBxU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EEMHofTLBxU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple months ago I posted about how to improve your video projects by using an iPhone to record improved audio. 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