Should You Use Your Smartphone to Podcast?

You can literally hear the birds tweeting as I use my smartphone to record this episode outside on a glorious sunny spring day.

As long as you use the right microphone, it is definitely possible to use your smartphone in the recording process.

But beware of using the smartphone's inbuilt mic. I carry out a little comparison to show you the difference between using a good external mic, the phone's inbuilt mic and the sound I normally produce in my recording booth.

My much-loved Rode's SC6-L Mobile Recording Kit for use with an iPhone has now been discontinued but replaced with something that you can use with any phone, laptop or computer. The AI Micro costs around £70 and is the interface through which you link your mics to record you and your guest to your recording device. You have to buy lavalier mics separately (those are the ones that you attach to your lapel).

You don't need to buy the AI Micro if you just intend to record your voice -  you could purchase Rode's smartLav+ lavalier mic. There are plenty of other makes on the market too.

Rode also supplies a free app called RodeReporter that you can use to record into. Alternatively, you could try the  Hokusai Audio Editor for this purpose.

Recording into your smartphone is one thing - editing your material on it is quite another and not recommended by me to grown up businesspeople who might struggle with the intricacies of working on a tiny screen. Listen in for how I manage it. 

About me
Hello, I'm Serena Gay, a BBC-trained journalist and a former international satellite TV presenter.

I have many years of news and audio production experience which I now use to great effect as CEO of a podcast making company called "Made4U Podcasts".

I've  also helped run family businesses in the UK and Germany in the tourism and wine education fields.

So I understand the pressures on businesspeople to perform, promote and reach new and profitable streams of clients.

That's why these podcasts are short, pithy and full of information - not blather!

Contact...

Facebook: @Made4uPodcasts
Website: www.made4u-podcasts.co.uk
Email: [email protected]

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