

Lastly, be sure to put your phone in airplane mode, ensure the battery is well charged, and you have enough available space.

Ensure your phone is not sitting on a hard, non-absorptive surface to avoid mechanical vibrations and record in a room that doesn’t have a lot of hard reflective surfaces. If not using an external microphone, make sure the internal microphone is pointing directly at the 12th fret of the guitar between 10 – 15 inches from the source. To get started recording on your mobile phone, first check available settings for improving recording quality (sample rate, bit depth, and control input gain). But did you know that your smartphone is capable of producing professional-quality audio? You might already have some experience in this area, but, for most musicians, the phone merely serves as a folder of loose musical sketches, to be worked on and re-recorded on higher-end equipment. Today I want to show you how to record acoustic guitar on your smartphone.
