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How is the video camera's audio?

I am wanting to pick one up today but I would like to know if the audio on the video recording is good? I have an EVO 4g and if i try to take a video at a concert or loud setting it is worthless. I would like to be able to record live music and have it sound decent, is it possible with an unmodded S3?

+1 on this.
I have the Verizon Galaxy Nexus and the audio is absolutely worthless in a concert setting. I came from the Droid X and it actually performed quite well in that same setting so I was disappointed with the GNex. I have an SGIII preordered through Verizon and I'm hoping the audio won't crack up and break like the GNex does.

my brother has the droid razr and he just recorded a bunch of a recent Roger Waters The Wall concert and it was great for a phone, if the S3 is as good as that I would be happy.

I went to the Coldplay concert last week, I'll upload the vid and give you the link when it's done. I'll be honest, the sound quality gets distorted when the bass kicks in.
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That's what I kept experiencing with the GNex. There was an acoustic song that sounded fine, but as soon as bass kicked in, to crap it went.

I tested mine at a concert the other night and the video was decent but audio was horribly distorted and static filled. My old BB Torch will be kept around for concert videos until I decide to buy a separate video camera. Kinda disappointed actually...but so far that seems to be my only complaint with this phone and since it's a phone and not a video camera that's ok by me really since I have a way of recording other than this phone.
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the audio on video recording is, maybe, the only flaw I can see on this device. Fortunately it is not a dealbreaker for me

Here's the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikkinSN4wew&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Google Nexus 7 Sound VS iPad - Headphone

Hi,
I just created a new topic because I was wondering if my device was fine.
I compared the sound WITH headphone of my Nexus 7 VS my iPad 2.
Seriously, the sound quality is so much better on my iPad, louder, bass stronger, sound quality.... seriously it is like comparing headphone paid 1$ to the dollarstore and a Bose headphone paid 500$ What's going on? I used the SAME m4a file and the SAME headphone.
Thanks
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you must have got a dud...mine sounds amazing... beats the acer 2x1w built in speaker on my 24inch too..lol

AznDud333 said:
you must have got a dud...mine sounds amazing... beats the acer 2x1w built in speaker on my 24inch too..lol
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On my iPad, if I put the sound volume at max, I can't keep my headphone on my hear because it is too loud. On my Nexus 7, I would say the volume is half my iPad volume at max :/

jamesst20 said:
Hi,
I just created a new topic because I was wondering if my device was fine.
I compared the sound WITH headphone of my Nexus 7 VS my iPad 2.
Seriously, the sound quality is so much better on my iPad, louder, bass stronger, sound quality.... seriously it is like comparing headphone paid 1$ to the dollarstore and a Bose headphone paid 500$ What's going on? I used the SAME m4a file and the SAME headphone.
Thanks
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Well for one thing, nexus 7 is about half the price of iPad 2...
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My Nexus 7 sounds amazing. Try installing volume+ or similar
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jamesst20 said:
On my iPad, if I put the sound volume at max, I can't keep my headphone on my hear because it is too loud. On my Nexus 7, I would say the volume is half my iPad volume at max :/
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im just gonna say it sounds louder than the 2 1w monitor on my acer screen..and the sound is clear...as my post said earlier you probably have a dud...mine fills the living room..

Guys, I'm talking about headphone, not speaker.
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UP

Output volume sucks

So I've recently been using my tablet to play music onto my nice dj style headphones. But output volume and quality is absolutely horrendous. I have to be at full volume to get and reasonably level sound, and then when I'm at that level, everything is very distorted. On my one X which has some beats eq thing, sound is wonderful and much louder. Maybe this is just a problem with stock Android, but I need to find some way to get much higher quality and more importantly louder music. I've tried a few mods available here but they don't seem to do much.
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What mods have you tried. I use awesome beats on my galaxy nexus. If not that trickster mod app has a setting to make the volume high. (Correct me if I'm wrong) I have my galaxy nexus stock and rooted.
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I have tried awesome beats and it doesn't seem to do much. I also tried AC!D mod and for some reason, whenever I started to play audio, my tablet would freeze up

mikel.canovas said:
So I've recently been using my tablet to play music onto my nice dj style headphones. But output volume and quality is absolutely horrendous. I have to be at full volume to get and reasonably level sound, and then when I'm at that level, everything is very distorted. On my one X which has some beats eq thing, sound is wonderful and much louder. Maybe this is just a problem with stock Android, but I need to find some way to get much higher quality and more importantly louder music. I've tried a few mods available here but they don't seem to do much.
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I haven't used much except for DSP, but the audio is just difficult to have it loud. I've found external speakers BT or through audio jack is the only way to go.

Be careful what you try because I've read about people blowing their speaker trying to increase volume. That being said volume+ from the play store worked when it wasn't fighting the other sound mods I had installed. Pimp my ROM app. has some flashable zips that helped. Bottom line its one of the sacrifices that kept the price of the N7 low. Better the speaker to be mediocre rather than the screen. I bought some ear buds and if I want to play it loud for the neighbors I jack in to a stereo. Also a set of desktop computer speakers (sub and two bookshelf) work great with tablets
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I use my N7 speaker to listen to music and get quite surprised and how loud it gets and don't notice any distortion. So I'm not experiencing what you are. Maybe I'm just easily pleased and aren't as passionate about audio quality as others

Sorry to say this but, it will never sound good. Not even with sound mods. The sound chip inside the N7 is just really, really bad. I've tried it with a pair of $900 Shure headphones and nothing can save this thing.

The sound quality on my Nexus 4 is terrible.

Hey, all!
So I had a Nexus 4 for a few weeks and loved everything about it...EXCEPT for its poor sound headphone sound quality. Music played on the Galaxy Nexus I had before this sounded fantastic on my Bose QC15s and Klipsch s4. I didn't even need to use the EQ; it was balanced and perfect right out of the gate. Not so on the Nexus 4; most of my music sounds muddy and bass was next to non-existent.
I was able to adjust for this on the EQ provided in the Cyanogenmod builds (I think it was an 8-band EQ), but could never do so on the 5-band EQs available on stock.
Is this a common problem?
Thanks!

Strange I'm listening to music as I write this and there's no problem with mine its clear and crispy with nice bass. I also compared it with my s3 about the same quality as my s3..

Give franco kernel a try
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I installed mods with Xylon
Pick your poison:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025486 (Really good, not complicated to set up)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923630 (Slightly better than above, more options, but harder to set up)
Warning:
Don't flash the above together. Only one can be installed.
Connor Baker

It sounds fine here.
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Agreed. I like listening to music in my car and always connect my phone to the speakers with an AUX cable. However, the music sounds very low and dreadful. This was never a problem on my Galaxy Nexus or G2. It was clear and crisp. Bass on the Nexus 4 is absolutely pathetic and the volume is too low. Probably a software problem. I'm not rooted by the way.

Nexus 4 terrible sound quality
mrcrassic said:
Hey, all!
So I had a Nexus 4 for a few weeks and loved everything about it...EXCEPT for its poor sound headphone sound quality. Music played on the Galaxy Nexus I had before this sounded fantastic on my Bose QC15s and Klipsch s4. I didn't even need to use the EQ; it was balanced and perfect right out of the gate. Not so on the Nexus 4; most of my music sounds muddy and bass was next to non-existent.
I was able to adjust for this on the EQ provided in the Cyanogenmod builds (I think it was an 8-band EQ), but could never do so on the 5-band EQs available on stock.
Is this a common problem?
Thanks!
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Hi
Even I face the same problem. I think it could be due to version 4.2.2 because people who said sound quality is good may be having 4.2.1 or earlier version
Please let me know if you got any luck in resolving this issue
Thanks

I actually did a test with two files, one with an excerpt of an mp3 from a well recorded album, and the other... the same mp3 played back on the phone, recorded from the phone's headphone output. No one was able to identify which was which more than 50% of the time.

I think the latest version of Nexus 4 has poor sound quality. Mine is updated with camera lens and have some 2 nubs at the bottom of the phone to prevent rear glass to touch surface
But the sound quality is poor. I don't understand
Can anyone confirm this?

I also think the sound of my N4 is not the best i heard on a mobile device... Plus the volume is dead low imo...
I can hear a big diffference when im listening to Mog on my i5 compare to my N4.
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Try Franco kernel and the xlouder mod. Works well for me. Now my nexus 4 is no longer anemic on bass and volume and sibiliant on highs.
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Could be impedance mismatches between your headphones and the device. The frequency response of the headphone jack is pretty flat, though volume with the stock kernel is an issue.
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Video Recording Test With a Jet Fly By

Just picked up this phone a week ago and I was very sceptical at first. Being a long time Samsung user and a fan of TW I'd thought I couldn't get used to the Sense..
But the phone is still in my hands. Not because of battery life, or screen. But because of the amazing sound out of those tiny speakers. Today I went to a local air show and thought I'd see how the mic's would enjoy some extreme loud scenarios.
As you will here, the One does exceptionally well. I've taken many cell phones to concert events and hockey games that just can't record properly when under anything loud.
This is also by far the loudest I have ever recorded a video before. The video does not do it justice. A F-18 flying that close, I can't describe it. You can feel it in your chest.
Anyways, enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7VeKXztMeo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Wow.... I have recorded airshows with a camcorder that doesn't have the audio quality of that video
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WOW!!! I told people who were worried about having a bad mic on this phone to record a jet (in the general forum somewhere), would never have guessed that it would turn out sooo AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing
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Awesome. Guess that dual membrane mic is a heavy hitter . can't believe how great that sounds. Concert recorders will love this phone
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I have some great recordings too. Best phone ever.
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Crystal clear. I really haven't record any video on the phone but taken lots of pictures and watch movies on it.
I had the dark night rises gassing on the phone and everyone wanted to see
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dtblair24 said:
... Concert recorders will love this phone
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You're damn right! Went to a Muse concert recently, the sound is just great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQE4RFw11XM
(Video resolution was edited by the gallery with which I uploaded I guess, original is much higher quality)

I'd beg to differ. Yes, the HTC One records really loud sounds, but for some reason it sounds like the audio is coming out of a plastic cup or something. It sounds hollow for some reason ): I've seen quite a few vids of the One recording audio as well. Not sure why this is though /:

I've had a lot of phones (as you can see) and the One has the best audio recording I have experienced. My brother in law recorded the same fly by with his S2 Skyrocket and it was terrible.
I'll have the S4 soon (phone whore here) and I'll be amazed if it can beat the one in terms of audio recording / playback.
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g2tegg said:
I've had a lot of phones (as you can see) and the One has the best audio recording I have experienced. My brother in law recorded the same fly by with his S2 Skyrocket and it was terrible.
I'll have the S4 soon (phone whore here) and I'll be amazed if it can beat the one in terms of audio recording / playback.
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It probably won't record audio that is as loud as a jet plane, but normal recording the S4 seems to handle audio better from what I've seen. For some reason, the HTC One has a weird hollow feel to their audio ): I hope that it's fixable in software ):