Rode iXY! 24 bit 96k mic for iPhonePad

Yeah, getting files off of an iPhone is cake. And... here's a cool recording trick.

Guerrilla Location Overdub Trick

You're working on a tune in your DAW. Set it up so the click plays 16 beats before the intro. Now bounce the tune with the clicks intro and burn to a CD or an MP3 for whatever mobile music device you have, iPod, etc. This is what you'll play to. Now, using headphones for the guy overdubbing, say it's a piano in a great church, take the phones off for a second and hold the first bar or so so the mic picks up the clicks. Phones back on, count in and record.

Now import the take into DAW when you get back and line up the clicks. Viola'! Or vwalla! Or as they say in El Cajon Walla!

Note: you don't really need to monitor your piano or acoustic guitar in your phones. Just slide them off a little and listen acoustically while hearing the track in your phones.

This works great for huge drunken fan choirs. The "choir director hears the track and sings along. The audience of fans sing along with him. The mics don't pickup the track because only the choir director heard the track. I did this on a bands party bus up to Hollywood for their showcase. We got their core fanbase singing along on a tune for their next album. It was great.