[cxz]

I think collbative recording can work well. My iPhone app, Jampipe, is kind of a scratch pad for musicians. Quality isn't the top priority, the main focus is on collaboration. Not sure about drums but most instruments pick up well with the iPhone mic. I sent you an email by the way!

http://www.jampipe.com

[pud]

Wow your app looks amazing. Brilliant.

Also, I've found that the iRig mic makes awesome iPhone recordings.

Here's the mic:

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/irigmic/features/

Here's a drum solo I recorded with the iRig mic (disregard all the other mics that are setup around my kit -- they're not on.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJoS0n0-AfU

It sounds okay-ish. Good enough for some collaboration I suppose. Good point!

[cxz]

You should drop by sometime, we could do with more drummers! Here are some jams recorded with Jampipe: http://jampi.pe/s/pF8Mj/ http://jampi.pe/s/6MysH/ http://jampi.pe/s/IwDhY/

[anulman]

cxz & pud -- If either of you guys want, some friends and I developed a pretty comprehensive collaborative recording suite a while ago that I just couldn't get off the ground.

I've since taken it offline (minimal active users + a couple hundred a month for hosting != sustainable), but if either of you want to take a look at the source code, let me know.

Here's a TNW article detailing what we did, from back in 2010:

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/07/01/youphonics-has-just-ch...