Comments on: More iPod Touch MityMic Audio Samples

By: Brendon

Brendon — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:28:41 +0000

Hi Olivia

As it turns out someone else had also asked for how the MityMic fared in environments of background noise. So I took some recordings today before I saw your comments. I have created a new post with these samples tonight at http://www.unexpectedidea.com/ipod-mitymic-background-noise. I hope these samples are useful. As I note in the post I think the MityMic does a good job at filtering out more distant background noise, so should work well in outside / playground / cafe recording.

If you are fully charged when you start recording I think you should be fine for 2 hours plus with battery. Bigger issue will be file size. For longer recordings I think you will need to select a lower record quality in whatever recording app you use so the file size is manageable.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:21:42 +0000

Hi again

also how long does the battery last for long recordings? eg lectures, plays, etc

is there a way it can stay charged while recording?

By: Olivia

Olivia — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:55:39 +0000

Hi Brendon,

This is very helpful! But I will definitely be doing recording in locations with background noise – eg outside with traffic, at a kids playground, in a cafe.

Could you do a few recordings in those type of locations?

Thanks heaps!
Olivia

By: Brendon

Brendon — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:33:23 +0000

Hi Graham. Thank you for your latest comment and apologies for not getting back to you sooner on your question relating to Voxie Pro. I quite like VoxiePro and I note that it is also recommended by TouchMic.com. I haven’t used iTalk so much, so it may be okay too. You may want to check out ‘HT Professional Recorder’. I haven’t tried it, so I couldn’t directly recommend it, but the writeup in the apps store states “this is the recorder to get if you care how things sound when recorded at a distance. Signal processing algorithms capture conversations throughout a room, recording both near and distant voices clearly”. It also has the ability to set a gain sensitivity, so that you can amplify at source rather than edit the volume in Audacity. It could be interesting to trial ‘HT Professional Recorder’ – maybe the focus of a future blog entry.

By: Graham

Graham — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:21:02 +0000

Thanks for this post, Brenden! I’m impressed with the quality as far as 2+ meters away. If the input is constant at a distance, presumably you can boost it in Audacity (if necessary) to get a reasonable sound output.

(On your advice, I’ve switched over from iTalk to VoxiePro.)

Thanks again!