n_sonic

Hey again.

So, after doing a few more tests, it seems like I was incorrect, my initial recording was in stereo (I'm happy to admit when I'm wrong!)

I feel like the issue was more to do with a lack of stereo separation than anything being wrong.

For example, I tried making sounds on either side of the sound field, but I really couldn't hear any change positioning in the stereo image (and I'm using studio monitors).

Sounds like this might be more of a limitation of using the portrait orientation microphone positions that anything else.

So, I'd would definitely consider offering some flexibility there if that's possible. It would also be great if the UI showed twin level meters or similar to confirm the stereo (would help to push the idea of the additional value offered by stereo as well?)

So, I'm now on the trial and I'm trying it out again! :)

I have a silly question - does stereo recording work in both portrait and landscape orientations? I'll do more tests, but I'm hearing less stereo separation than I do when I shoot video (and I'm wondering if it needs to be held in landscape or something?)

Hi. Sorry, I missed this reply. That's exactly what I did do actually. So, maybe I've done something wrong? I'll double check Audacity again.

It didn't for me. The app does seem to imply that it will / did record in stereo. But, it didn't.

So, I don't mind trials and subscriptions. And I will give this another go, however..

When I went to make my initial recording, the app asked me if I wanted to "try [Stereo HD]". I did this thinking that I could verify that stereo worked.

If you're not going to let me try it without committing, you may want to rethink the onboarding flow a bit?

But still, personally I'd consider giving users a proper taste of the power of the app, without commitment. Allowing them to try stereo for just the first recording would be a great introduction to the app. You could even time limit it to 10 seconds or something.

If you imply that the app is recording in "stereo" / "HD", but then exporting the audio results in a mono audio file, just makes me think it doesn't work. (The app even adds a [HD] label under the recording, which makes it even more confusing when you export it and it's mono.)

Apart from the above (hopefully constructive criticism) I'm looking forward to seeing this develop :)

Hello! So I was very excited to hear that this app made stereo recordings. I make field recordings to use in my own compositions, so the idea of an app that does this was intriguing (and there seem to be none currently on the app store, unless I'm missing them?)

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but it's not recording in stereo? I verified by opening the file in Audacity (sent via AirDrop).

I tried holding my phone (iPhone 12 Pro) in both portrait and horizontal orientations (because I'm not sure if you needed to do this to make it work?)

Is there a way to make the stereo recording work (at least, can I verify it somehow before committing to a purchase?)

This is excellent. Thank you so much for sharing (and it's certainly a track that I've also wished was longer!) I'd be interested to see if this approach can be implemented within a DAW? This would allow the notes to be played and then treated with FX, EQ and mastering (or maybe just some sound design to get it sounding even closer to the original)? At a push, one could run the output of the browser through the DAW I suppose :)

That sounds like a good plan, thank you. I'll run it in Stella and grab the audio output from that. Not quite sure I'm up to the coding of the ROM TBH, so I'll do it manually :)

This is excellent - thank you for sharing! Is there any (easy) way to make it play through each variation automatically? Maybe a "demo mode" you could trigger? Ideally, I'd like to sample each sound and create a instrument in Ableton that allows me to select tone and frequency (and then pitch shift). Not sure how I'll do it yet, but getting high quality samples would seem to be the first step! (Obviously I can just do it manually, but I thought it was worth asking!)