012 - Testing Phone Recording Apps

Let's start preparing to interview people over the phone. First we need to find an app that will record both ends of a conversation. Voicemail is a great way to test if the app is working. Remember to be follow the laws in your region and the regions you record in. PRODUCTION NOTES I recorded the narration to this episode directly into the mic of a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. I recorded test one into my Note 4 by using it as a normal phone. For test two I recorded the phone call using a headset with a built-in microphone (Bose QuietComort 25) I recorded and edited using the Auphonic Edit App. I uploaded the edited recording as a mono WAV file to Auphonic.com to normalize the sound at -19LUFS. I did not make any other treatment to the sound. No levelling or noise reduction. I want you to hear all the faults and positives from both tests. I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock. Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps .m4a file (I'd prefer a 96kbps .mp3, but I can't change that).