Recording sounds on the iPhone has recently become as easy as taking pictures. Get the baby's first sounds, the bar band doing their encore, or add audio to your blog. Recording on an iPhone might even help a reporter on deadline. There are several programs that enable recording available at the iPhone store. We've chosen two, iTalk and iProRecorder, that are simple to use yet allow professional quality recordings.
iTalk by Griffin
This free application (an ad-free version is available for $.99 known as iTalk Premium) is more than a voice recorder. It can record high quality sounds that can be saved for replay on the iPhone or can be imported to your computer using Wi-Fi and drag and drop for further editing, burning to a CD, or e-mailing.
To transfer audio files to your computer you will need to also download on your computer a free program from Griffin. This program, when launched, will detect your iPhone, and once you confirm access on your iPhone the program will allow you to drag and drop audio files directly to your computer.
Three qualities of recording levels are available (Good/Better/Best). The Best level is high quality audio, suitable for broadcast.
iTalk has a nice interface and is compatible with the iPhone, iPhone 3G, or 2nd generation iPod Touch (requires a stereo headset).
iProRecorder by BIAS
This $.99 application also allows you to make high quality recordings. iPro has a beautiful interface and recording and playback is done with a simple one-touch. BIAS (see bottom image) is a well known audio software company and this program is a useful adjunct.