Author: clarnibass
Date: 2023-06-12 07:55
Paul, I'm not sure what you are replying to. I have a professional setup that I use occasionally, but only for "serious" recordings e.g. for sound tracks, parts for albums, etc. though this is not often and these things are usually still recorded is professional studios.
I also happen to have a friend who is a sound engineer with a microphone obsession...
My point was entirely different. I was specifically talking about mid-level portable recorders like the Zoom. It is sort of the "tweener" of the recording world. Still better than phones, but to get something significantly better you need a much more expensive and more cumbersome setup.
Even if you can't get a "good enough" mic in the phone maybe you could get a small mic accessory that would make a huge difference.
It's why I compared it with P&S cameras, which became the "tweener" of the camera world, and almost no one buys them anymore. Just randomly checking on Google, fifteen years ago the market was 110 million, a couple of years ago it was 3 million.
People still use much better cameras (me too), but a new iPhone was flat out better than a semi-professional and good camera with a basic lens. A lot of it is software, and that can make a lot of difference to audio too. The sensor itself (which is a bit like the microphone) is definitely not better on the phone, and it is smaller too (the larger sensor is part of what makes good cameras better). There is no way they can put a "full frame" (35mm film equivalent) sensor in a phone, it would drive the price way too high and the lens wouldn't cover it.
I'm only guessing that soon enough you would have no reason to use anything but a phone to record unless you jump to a pro setup (and the hassle that comes with it).
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