{"id":578,"date":"2024-12-12T01:05:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T01:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=578"},"modified":"2024-12-12T01:05:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T01:05:35","slug":"your-next-favorite-christmas-song-mightve-been-recorded-on-an-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/12\/12\/your-next-favorite-christmas-song-mightve-been-recorded-on-an-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Your next favorite Christmas song might’ve been recorded on an iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Look out, Mariah<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It might be hard to believe, but we\u2019re just 14 days away from Christmas. The holiday season is here, and I\u2019d bet you\u2019re already spinning your favorite Christmas songs on your preferred music service, like Spotify orAppleMusic, but there is a change in the wind with how your next favorite holiday song might be recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongsidereleasing iOS 18.2 for the iPhone, Apple is dropping a major update for Voice Memos, which Michael Bubl\u00e9 thinks is \u201cgoing to change the way we make music, forever.\u201d Voice Memos has long been used to record tracks, jam sessions, and even ideas for songs by artists, but now the app supports layered Voice Memos recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This allows you to layer a vocal recording on top of an existing instrument-based track, all with just your iPhone. However, you will need a new one, specifically aniPhone 16 ProoriPhone 16 Pro Maxwith an A18 Pro chip inside. With just that one device, you can play the existing instrumental backing track out of your iPhone\u2019s speakers and use the onboard microphones to record your vocals in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In fact, that\u2019s how Michael Bubl\u00e9, Carly Pearce, and producer Greg Wells recorded vocals for their new Christmas song,Maybe This Christmas<\/em>, on an iPhone 16 Pro within Voice Memos. After recording, and during the process, the A18 Pro chip isolates just the vocals by using AI and ML models \u2013 likely similar to what Apple uses within Logic Pro for separating instruments, but the big difference is that this is for everyone, free on the top of the line iPhone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple even released a bit of a behind-the-scenes story with Pearce, Wells, and Bubl\u00e9 alongside announcing that layered Voice Memos were rolling out. You can see a bit of the process, including the recording on the iPhone, but also thoughts on the broader impact. Bubl\u00e9 is bullish on it and says, \u201cIf an artist has a moment of inspiration, being unencumbered by the traditional studio experience becomes the advantage, not the limitation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After completing a layered recording within Voice Memos, the result is two tracks \u2013 one with vocals and one with instruments, that will sync across your Apple devices within the app or that can be exported to another tool like Logic Pro for additional mixing or recordings. And thanks to a fresh update for Apple\u2019s pro-mixing tool for the Mac and iPad, you can also easily send that base instrumental layer to Voice Memos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded on iPhone 16 Pro Michael Bubl\u00e9, Carly Pearce \u201cMaybe This Christmas\u201d Apple<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, say inspiration strikes, and you write down lyrics in notes. Ask your band for the base track; they can record it in Logic and send it to you, and you can layer down sweet, soulful vocals on your iPhone. It’s pretty nuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, if you\u2019d rather listen to the new holiday song,\u201cMaybe This Christmas\u201d is streaming now on Apple Music<\/a>, mixed with Spatial Audio. Assuming you\u2019ve updated to iOS 18.2, you\u2019ll see this new feature within Voice Memos alongside some major new Apple Intelligence features like Genmoji and Image Playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as far as Christmas tracks, I\u2019m still spinningBruce Springsteen\u2019s \u2018Santa Claus Is Coming To Town\u2019\u2026 who knows, maybe he and E Street will rerecord with Voice Memos and include the historic Clarence Clemons saxophone solo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Look out, Mariah (Image credit: Apple) It might be hard to believe, but we\u2019re just 14 days away from Christmas. The holiday season is here, and I\u2019d bet you\u2019re already spinning your favorite Christmas songs on your preferred music service, like Spotify orAppleMusic, but there is a change in the wind with how your next … Continue reading Your next favorite Christmas song might’ve been recorded on an iPhone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}