You can use iPhone as a portable recording device to record personal notes, classroom lectures, musical ideas, and more. You can also fine-tune your recordings with editing tools like trim, replace, and resume.
Record voice memos using the built-in microphone, a supported headset, or an external microphone.
To adjust the recording level, move the microphone closer to or farther from what you’re recording.
Tap to stop recording.
Your recording is saved with the name New Recording or the name of your location, if Location Services is turned on in Settings > Privacy & Security. To change the name, tap the recording, then tap the name and type a new one.
To filter out background sounds in your recording, select Voice Isolation.
To include the background sounds, select Wide Spectrum.
Note: Wide Spectrum isn’t available on all iPhone models.
Record stereo, mono, or Spatial Audio
The recording mode you select determines how the recording sounds when it’s played.
Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap Apps, then tap Voice Memos.
Tap Recording Mode, then choose one of the following:
Mono: Audio playback is the same in both ears.
Stereo: Separates audio playback between the left and right ears.
Spatial Audio: Audio playback is immersive—it seems to play from all directions.
Note: Spatial Audio isn’t available on all iPhone models.
When Stereo or Spatial Audio is selected, Voice Memos records using multiple microphones on your iPhone and with right and left audio channels. If you listen to the recording through headphones, you hear different sounds from different microphones; however, the waveform display still looks the same.
Use the advanced recording features
You can make a recording in parts, pausing and resuming as you record.
Go to the Voice Memos app (in the Utilities folder) on your iPhone.
Tap to begin a recording.
To adjust the recording level, move the microphone closer to or farther away from what you’re recording.
To see more details while you’re recording, swipe up from the top of the waveform.
Tap to stop recording; tap Resume to continue.
To review your recording, tap .
To change where playback begins, drag the waveform left or right across the playhead before you tap .
To save the recording, tap Done.
Your recording is saved with the name New Recording or the name of your location, if Location Services is turned on in Settings > Privacy & Security. To change the name, tap the recording, tap the name, then type a new name.
If the other app starts playing audio, Voice Memos stops recording.
On supported models, you can see your recording in progress in the Dynamic Island on the Home Screen and in other apps. Tap the Dynamic Island to expand it, or navigate back to Voice Memos. See Use the Dynamic Island.
If Voice Memos is turned on in iCloud settings or iCloud preferences, your recording is saved in iCloud and appears automatically on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account. See Keep recordings up to date.
On supported iPhones, recordings using the built-in microphone automatically record in Spatial Audio. Earlier iPhone models record in Mono, unless you turn on Stereo Recording in Settings. You can also use an external stereo microphone or audio interface that works with iPhone to record in Stereo. Look for accessories marked with the Apple “Made for iPhone” or “Works with iPhone” logo.
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