About voice recording

[James Knott]

Antonio T. Sun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For voice recording, instead of the specialized voice recorder, I'm
> wondering what else have you been using and how good it is to record
> sounds at least 2 meters away.
>
> Especially, nowadays, many smart cell phone (ie iphone) can do sound
> recording. But I wonder how good they are because if they use the same mic
> that picks up you voice to pick up sounds for recording, I am afraid that
> it won't work well to pick up sounds 2 meters away.
>
> Please comment.
>    
Many phones can be used in speaker phone mode, which means you don't 
have to hold the microphone close to the sound source.  However, the 
further it is away, the more noise you'll also pick up.  Normally, with 
a recorder, you'd use a directional microphone to reduce that problem.

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