I have been experimenting with Android phones for 2 years.
The only external mics I have found are those from Rode, but they are
almost useless. They are connected to the minijack and allow only
monorecording There is also a lot of noise with them and you cannot set
the volume, at least not with Samsung Galaxy.
In december last year I bought a Samsung S6 which is running Android 6.
At the same time I came across an app, Amazing mp3 audio recorder.
I have made several tests, recorded concerts, interviews, and now
recently birds. I use the internal mics as I have found no external
ones. The wind is my main problem.
Please have a look at this:
http://hljod.blog.is/blog/hljod/entry/2163251/
There are some explanations in English.
The Amazing mp3 audio recorder can store files in several kinds of audio
as mp3, wav etc.
On my blog http:hljod.blog.is
are some recordings made with my Samsung S6 using the app.
Finally I would like to add that the producer of the app is very helpful
and open for new ideas.
I hope this helps.
Arnthor Helgason
=DEann 9.8.2016 22:48, skrifa=F0i [naturerecordists=
]:
>
> Dear colleagues, I am not sure this topic has been discussed here; if
> so, I am sorry for being repetitive.
>
>
> I am currently interested in evaluating and comparing smart phone
> devices (mainly Android) and their usefulness in recording quality
> bird recordings. I am aware that the main problem with mobile phones
> is usually their mics, while their digital converters are mostly ok.
> However, I haven't found many discussions or blogs specifically
> comparing multiple models, particularily on bird song (very low/high
> pitched sounds, distance from recorder, background noise ,etc). Is
> anyone here using, or used, mobile different phone models for bird
> recordings? Are there any suggestions of small mics to use with along
> with these phones? My main interest is to document some records, not
> necessarily to obtain high quality recordings for spectrogram analysis
> (I also carry a Tascam DR 100 MK II with me, though still with no
> external mic rophone).
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Marcelo Villegas
>
>
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