When you record with Roll, you can use the tools you already have to get awesome quality footage. In this article, we will focus on audio.

Here is our suggestion to get crisp, clean audio.

If you are not wearing headphones, Roll automatically enables echo cancellation.

Echo cancellation prevents other participants' audio from bleeding into your microphone, and therefore prevents feedback and echo for everyone in the live session, as well as on your saved recording. Although echo cancellation is great for removing unwanted noises, it can add clipping and distortions.

When you wear headphones, your speakers are no longer outputting any audio so, Roll automatically disables echo cancellation. Recording with headphones lets your record crisp, clean audio without any clipping.

Remember to choose accurately based on your actual setup — if you've selected that you're wearing headphones but you're not, everyone will hear an echo.

By wearing headphones, you've already elevated your audio quality. Now when using your computer's built-in mic with headphones, you’ll notice an improvement over using it without.

You can further elevate your audio by using any external microphone to record a richer, more luxurious sound.

Most microphones that connect to your desktop will work effortlessly.

Here are a couple of helpful lists with great mic recommendations.

When you're not wearing headphones, and you connect your phone to your recording session, you’ll be switched to the phone's camera and mic automatically.

If you want to record audio using your computer microphone, you will need to wear headphones connected to your computer – that will move audio to your computer and use the phone just for the video. To record video on your phone and audio using your desktop mic, follow these steps:

Since this is a sophisticated set up, we recommend that you run a short test recording to make sure everything looks good.