App of the week for journalists - iRig Recorder, for recording, trimming and sharing audio
A fantastic iOS app for broadcast journalists, podcasters and anyone who records audio
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App of the week:
Operating systems:
Apple (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad)
Cost:
£2.99 (there is also a free version)
What is it and how is it of use to journalists?
iRig Recorder is a fantastic audio app, an essential for broadcast journalists, podcasters and anyone wanting to turn their iPhone into a high quality recording device.
The huge benefit of this app is the ease with which it enables you to trim audio and upload it, making it easy to edit out a fluffed introduction or an interruption at the end of an interview.
You can also clean the sound before exporting to SoundCloud, uploading to FTP, transferring to iTunes, by email or over a wireless network. <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-42011" height="390" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43095&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="iRig-edit" width="260"> <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-42007" height="390" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43096&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="iRig1" width="260">
At Journalism.co.uk we use this app to record face-to-face interviews, immediately uploading the audio to our SoundCloud account (where we have acquired almost 4,000 followers).
Reviews:
It gets three stars in iTunes App Store.
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Written by
Sarah Marshall is VP Audience Strategy at Condé Nast. She leads distribution and channel strategy globally. She is also the former technology editor for Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)
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