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Maubub

Hi,
I just just bought Sony Xperia C3 dual yesterday. I'm having problem with audio recording. I installed the Sony audio recorder from Google play store but while recording in stereo mode with it the gain suddenly drops after 1/2 second(s). Same problem while recording a video with stock camera app as well, video quality is fine but the audio with it is,just worst. Tried third party app like regorge pro but faced the same problem. Tried disabling the AGC with it, but no good. Recording in mono mode just works fine and I get clear record.

Any solution?

Thanks.

Uliwooly

@Maubub

Let me double check but I thought the C3 could only record on mono.

Maubub

Yeah it records stereo & stereo imaging is correct but the problem is quality. If you need some samples I can post here as well.

Uliwooly

@Maubub

Upload them to youtube and post the links

Maubub

@uliwooly

This one i recorded today morning. The audio starts good & clear at the begining but just after one second it drops & then you can hear the bus engine sounds like waterfall. Here is the youtube link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H1jNxyYMlw

Here's another video uploaded by a review site with the same problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3vKwydfN6U

& more from youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GLLj2ommP4

then i used a third party audio recorder with mic switch option

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6d4uAEZFRE

as usual with the rear mic the gain suddenly drops after second & you can hear some weird sounds like a "movie bomb" sound at 00:04, "rattle snake" sound at 00:05 & 00:12

& with the front mic starts at 00:17 you can hear the difference. It's mono but so clear & sharp.

Finally, as i dont have the mic swith option while recording video, all videos i record will have the same problem. This is definitely not the typical "sony" thing to carry on.