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3.5 in (89 mm) 3:2 aspect ratio, aluminosilicate glass covered 16,777,216-color (24-bit) IPS LCD screen, 960 × 640 px at 326 ppi, 800:1 contrast ratio, 500 cd⁄ m² max brightness.
#SECRET VOICE RECORDING APP FOR MAC PROFESSIONAL#
Plus, it’s cool to see companies try to package professional tools for everyday creatives. Regardless, the idea of an easy to use app that can polish up audio recorded on the go is appealing.
I certainly wouldn’t record a guitar this way and expect anything great, as the app shows in the introduction slides above.īut, who knows - maybe this is just the beginning and a more robust version of Dolby “234” is coming down the line. Slapping a compressor and de-esser on a recording can only do so much if you recorded with a mediocre mic in a noisy room. The app feels very at odds with Dolby’s reputation as an expert in high-end audio quality. You can’t multitrack with it or adjust parameters within presets. Why would Dolby make a consumer app for recording audio with an iPhone mic that uploads to SoundCloud, where the maximum sound resolution is 256kbps AAC? It also doesn’t have tremendous functionality. I’m also a confused on the audience for this. This is definitely not, as Dolby says, “like having your own producer in your phone.” At least not for now. The mic level metering didn’t work either, failing to trigger when I recorded at high volumes. None of the presets worked enough magic to make my voice sound like it was recorded with a professional microphone. The app looks glossy, but it’s obviously a work in progress.
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There was one I liked - “deep” made my voice sound more full and widened. “Standard” made me sound muddy, while “bright” put too much emphasis on plosives (popping sounds made from saying words with hard consonants, like “popping!”). I recorded my voice with a window slightly open to create a more tonal background. I’m usually very skeptical of one-button solutions for fixing audio, so I was eager to see if Dolby’s app could follow through on its claims. Once you’ve finished adjusting the recorded audio, you can rename it, and choose to share it to Dolby or to SoundCloud. It only lets you adjust “intensity,” which is how much of the audio signal is sent through and affected. For example, “Lyric” is “full, smooth, and balanced,” while “Thump” is “deep, full, and powerful.” Unfortunately, you can’t see what’s under the hood for each preset.
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These extra presets are available through a seven-day free trial and each is described with a few keywords. The app only comes with one preset but an “essentials” pack unlocks six more. Tool options include eliminating the room tone (unwanted background noise), adjusting the amount of bass and treble, adding “boost” (loudness), and trimming. Once you stop recording, you can quickly polish the audio through adding a preset and tinkering with a few tools. Simply tap the record button and the app will measure room tone for a few seconds before starting the recording session.
The app itself is incredibly easy to use.
Dolby says it’s “Like having your own producer in your phone”