It boosts and balances everything you do want, reduces everything you don’t want. Had a video recording using iPhone and $10 lapel mic with music (recorded with the mic) that included harpsichord. It sounded like there was almost no midrange. Harpsichord all but disappeared. Everything else was fine. Used DolbyOn and everything sounded perfect, including the harpsichord! Scary. Woo hoo! All that, and it will clean up the noise floor in voice recordings using the same mic as above considerably too. That’s all I’ve done with it so far, but it is truly amazing.
Developer Response
Thank you for this EPIC review! It's music to our ears!I like that this app is voiceover accessible, as I am blind and use a bluetooth keyboard. Yesterday I checked the app, and noticed it was taking up a lot of space, more than it should. I erase all the files after I'm done with them, so not sure why it's still taking up all that space. I finally had to uninstall and reinstall it, but once I start putting various audio things into it and editing them and erasing them once I'm done, I'm wondering if I will eventually run into the same problem. Is this app really deleting my files? Also, it would be cool if I could choose the bitrate of the files when I share them with other apps.
Is it possible you could create the possibility to save presets. For most files, I always turn boost up all the way, noise canceling off, and amp on up to 20. It would be nice if all this could be a preset so I wouldn't have to do it each time?
Otherwise, keep up the good work.
Update: The bad audio is related to the iPad. The same setup on an iPhone 11 Pro Max doesn’t have any clicking issues. You will need recent hardware to use this. The screen orientation problem is present here, too.
Original review:
I’m using this on an iPad Air that topped out at iOS 12.4. Input is via an iRig Pro with a CAD CM217 condenser mic.
I’m trying to record a classical guitar with this, and no matter what I do, I get some clicking/clipping on the start of the louder notes. The only way to get rid of that is to turn Dolby off. Then it sounds exactly like recorded with the native camera app.
Maybe the app is overwhelming the iPad, but I didn’t see any hardware limitations mentioned.
And then there is the annoying screen orientation behavior. I’m doing everything in landscape but the app only supports portrait mode for replay and tool use. And when you go back to recording, it stays in portrait mode even if the iPad has remained in landscape orientation.
In summary, this is completely useless for me. Too bad, the sound between the noises was good.
If you are a musician, songwriter, producer of any kind this app is an absolute game changer. For taking a live video supposed to on social media demoing or recording your rehearsals it really makes a huge difference over using the built in recording app on your smart phone
I’ve had a good experience with the app so far, but I wish there were an easier way to transfer the tracks from my phone directly to my computer. Currently I upload them to Dropbox and then to my computer. A bit of a hassle I feel is unnecessary
It is interesting and I like it.
But, I would give it 5 stars if the comparison feature actually compared the post processing your Apple device already applies so that I know I’m using better systems. Audio inside of the Apple video recorder already processes to an acceptable degree with music. Built in voice recorder app of course not so much. Now, I’ve used other raw format bypassing audio recording apps like Zoom and Shure versions and they have manual processing but the bypass still doesn’t sound as bad as Dolby is forcing it to. (IMO) concluding that I can not conclude the processed audio in Dolby On is actually better because the bypass within Dolby On sounds worse than the hardware actually sounds in reality when bypassed.
Developer Response
HI poshsoup this is great feedback! Thank you. If you have more ideas on how we can improve please email us at dolbyonsupport@dolby.com or take advantage of the "request a feature" button in settings. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback!After downloading this app I have finally been able to capture my music. To me it’s like having my own studio with the options it has. I use it everyday and am almost at my 500th song. Thank you Dolby On. If you ever need anyone to tryout an app in the development stages I would be honored to do so.
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Download. Open. It asks for my birthday. Which I guess it needs to record sound. !? When I try to enter October, it keeps going back to April. Won’t let me change the date. If this is any indication, then maybe after 2 minutes of use, it’s time to delete. Dolby Off.
Update. Contacted by developers. Though the input shows MONTH DAY YEAR. In that order. They are telling me to enter the year first. I read left to right. Silly me. I was trying to enter the month first. LIKE IT SAYS. Upgrade to 2 stars until I can use this a little. And learn to read backwards.
This app is absolutely amazing!! I can’t stop using it and I advise this app to every single human being on earth. I sent in a request and within two hours I got a response and not just the response that some apps send where it’s just the same thing to every single person, it was particular and mentioned my request in there response which let’s me know that these people are actually reading what I say and take it into consideration so thank you!!
Developer Response
whoo hoo! We love hearing this feedback! Thank you for giving Dolby On a try and happy recording!Have used numerous applications and have found
DOLBY far superior. Both audio & video capabilities.....easy to rename, forward to one or multiple sources including Facebook!
Quality product and price is right! Thank-you.
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