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Want to record audio onto iPad...

...and be able to e-mail the file.

Does anyone know of a way I could record good quality audio into the iPad, and then e-mail that file to someone in my address book?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), MacBook Pro 17" (1G.), iPad 3G 64, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch (1G.)

Posted on Oct 30, 2010 8:32 AM

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Oct 30, 2010 5:01 PM in response to Lindsay Schnebly

Well, of course one problem you're going to be facing is that top quality audio files are going to be a bit large for emailing, but what kind of audio do you want to record? Spoken word, music, what?

I get very nice results (was able to do my acoustic harp segment for the local NPR holiday program at home instead of going to their studio to record it) with the Blue Yeti mic, the usb part of the camera connection kit, and the DAW app, but the mic wasn't cheap, although it's excellent. There are simple voice memo recorder apps you can get for free and use with the built-in mic. There's a whole range of possibilities but "good quality audio" isn't very specific for us to be able to help you.

Several of the recording programs (including DAW) give you the option to email the files if you want, but in my case a 3:35 recording was 57 MB, just to give you an idea.

Oct 31, 2010 7:19 AM in response to Barbara Brundage

Barbara!

Many thanks for the reply!

I want to submit auditions for voiceover projects. Typically, these files are MP3s lasting about 30 seconds or so, so they're not very big.

The Blue Yeti mic looks like it's around $150 - a steal if the quality is that good.

What I'm trying to do is leave the MacBook Pro and USB Mbox and Sennheiser 416 at home, and carry just the iPad and a USB mic. I have the camera connection kit for the iPad on order.

So the DAW app looks like the way to go? I don't need (don't WANT!) any effects. And if it will let me export the file as an MP3 or WAV, then I would be able to record the audition, and email it to the client?

Oct 31, 2010 8:26 AM in response to Lindsay Schnebly

Well, one thing I must say about the Yeti is that it is HUGE. It's as big as an old-fashioned analog studio mic from the 40s, so it's a lot to lug around. There may be something else that would be smaller that would do as well for your purposes, since you don't really need a full-range mic for spoken voice. This thread in the DAW support forums has info about many different mic options:

http://forum.harmonicdog.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6

I am very pleased with DAW for basic recording, but I've actually only used the full quality settings. It does allow you to choose either ogg or aac compression for emailing (in addition to full-quality wav) but I don't know how much that compresses things--to get a file that size small enough for easy emailing is going to take a fair amount of compression and I don't know how that would affect perceived quality.

For voice there are a lot more options than for tricky instrumental recording. Harp is one of the most difficult instruments to record well, so options are much more limited than they are for voice or something like guitar where there are plenty of apps focused on those.

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