I checked this and a mix of the 57 and iPad is pretty gnarly! Although it’s a very common practice to use a mix of a dynamic mic and condenser mic to achieve exactly what you’ve described, I decided to leave that idea out because I wanted to focus on the idea of “if you only had a phone available”.
Great video. I've tried this as well, I released a video last year about recording acoustic guitar with a phone. It was harder for me to get a good result recording a guitar amp. Placing it in front of the speaker led to clipping every time (note 10+ and Samsung voice recorder app)... Eventually what ended up working was laying the phone flat on the floor facing up, 4 to 6 in front of the amp (also on the floor). The sounds I was going for were not as heavy as yours. What app did you use to record on the iPhone?
Hey Billy! I checked out your video and there's some great info there, I also really like how enthusiastic your approach is. I used the Voice Memos app that comes stock with iPhones/iPads. I did think about using the camera app, GarageBand app or a third party camera/audio recording app so that I could have more control over the input gain, but decided to keep things simple. The apple Voice Memos app records in mono. I wonder if your guitar amp recording clipped so easily because the Samsung voice recorder app records in stereo which I assume would lead to more input signal to drive the preamp to cause the clipping. Just a theory....
@@J-163 Thanks! I never thought about the stereo signal clipping the preamp, I'll have to see if there's a way to record on mono with one of the stock apps. I did look into if there was a third party app where I could trim the input gain, but I guess I couldn't find one that I liked enough to download.
