Dear Martyn I was doing something similar to your suggestion by connecting my condenser mic through focusrite directly to my Mac and using Amadeus which I prefer to Audacity; but this meant getting up from my playing position to start and stop recordings etc. I found using FiRe or Tape on my iPad more convenient as I could control everything while playing. I did then download to my Mac and Amadeus.
I realize you can do that very well from a Zoom, and perhaps I will acquire one if I cannot replace FiRe; but I found the sound quality of this setup with condenser mic, focusrite, FiRe and IPad/iphone good enough for evaluating progress, or the lack of it (more often unfortunately). But I will keep your suggestion in mind, thanks Martyn, Regards Anthony [1]Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone Le lundi, décembre 16, 2019, 12:26 PM, Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> a écrit : Dear Anthony, You might find it helpful to download your recording onto a PC or tablet (from whatever recording device - I use a Zoom H2) and then use software like Audacity to produce a recording as you would wish it ie without ridiculously excessive 'sound engineering' with, as you say, things like the added resonances of GarageBand. [2]https://www.audacityteam.org/ And no, I'm not on commision! regards Martyn On Monday, 16 December 2019, 10:32:09 GMT, Anthony Hind <agno3ph...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote: Dear Luthenists I am looking for a very simple app which will recognise the presence of a mic and preamp such as Focusrite connected to the lightning connector of my iPad or iPhone, but which will make a single track mono recording of my lute without the unnecessary multitrack complexities and added resonances of GarageBand. I used to use the excellent app FiRe, but it no longer works, as it hasn't been updated; I then used Tape by focusrite which worked alright on my iPad, but now has become temperamental. Impact by focusrite apparently works well but only for audiovideo. Rode Rec Le looks a good candidate but apparently it only works with a Rode mic (at least that is what they claim). I use the excellent Voice Recorder Pro for casual recording with the internal mics on my iPhone, but I don't think it can recognise an external mic. If anyone has found and uses successfully such an App, please let me know on or off list. Thank you for your help, it will be much appreciated. Regards Anthony -- To get on or off this list see list information at [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. https://yho.com/footer0 2. https://www.audacityteam.org/ 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html