Easiest ways to record your screen along with microphone

“How to record your screen with microphone audio?” is a question that you might have asked the internet plenty of times or if not then at least must have thought about it.

People may want to record their screen along with the audio for various reasons:

To record a live stream.
To provide a tutorial on something along with a voice-over.
To create a video training for work.
To create content for marketing and many more.

Although there are a lot of screen recorders in the market that claims to get the job done, not all of them can record both the system audio and the microphone audio simultaneously.

Here, we will have a look at some of the most efficient and user-friendly ways to record one’s screen along with the audio across various operating systems such as Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. So let’s get started without further ado.

Recording screen and microphone audio using ScreenRec

As already said, recording audio from multiple sources isn’t what all screen recorders can do. That’s exactly where ScreenRec comes to our rescue. It can record both external and internal audio along with the screen.

About: ScreenRec is a 100% free screen recorder with no watermarks or recording limits. It can capture screenshots and videos with a single hotkey and can also share screencasts fast via a private link.

Worried about the privacy of your recordings?

ScreenRec is built on top of the StreamingVideoProvider business video platform. Your videos and screenshots are encrypted with the 128-bit AES algorithm which means that only you or people you gave the sharing link to can view them. The developers at ScreenRec don’t have access to your content.

How to:

Hit the following link Download ScreenRec - Free Screen Recorder For Faster Communication to download the ScreenRec.
To install ScreenRec for Linux, open the terminal and type the following commands:

sudo wget -qO - https://screenrec.com/download/pub.asc _ sudo apt-key add -_
sudo add-apt-repository ‘deb https://screenrec.com/download/ubuntu stable main’
sudo apt update
sudo apt install screenrec

Once ScreenRec is successfully installed, you will see a screen recording toolbar appear to the right side of your screen.
Click on the Settings icon and the following window should open:
As seen, ScreenRec will record the audio from the microphone along with the screen by default. To record the system audio too, toggle on the switch that says Record system audio.
To start a recording, either click the video icon from the recording toolbar on the right side of your screen or press Alt+S.
Click and drag to take a screenshot or record the screen.
Make sure that the window you created by clicking and dragging completely encapsulates the portion of the screen that you want to record.
Click the video icon to start the recording. By default, you will have a five-minute recording limit but it can easily be removed by creating a free account or signing in using Google or Facebook.
To stop the recording, hit Alt+S again or press the white square.
You can view your saved recordings by clicking on the gallery icon of the recording toolbar.
To save the recording to your local machine, hover over to your recording and click on Preview.
Click on the download icon to save the video locally.

If you want to record your screen along with the audio on a Mac, then you can use the inbuilt Screenshot Toolbar that comes with macOS and record the entire or a selected portion of your screen along with the microphone.

About: The Screenshot Toolbar comes built-in with macOS. To view the Screenshot Toolbar, press these three keys together: Shift+Command+5. You will see on-screen controls for recording the entire screen, recording a selected portion of the screen.

You can either record your entire screen or a selected portion of your screen using the Screenshot Toolbar.

Screenshot Toolbar in Mac

Picture Credits: Apple

How to record your entire screen with audio:

Click on Options in the toolbar and toggle on the Microphone.
Click on icon present in the Screenshot Toolbar.
Click any screen to start recording that screen, or click Record in the onscreen controls.
If you wish to stop the recording, hit Command+Control+Esc.

How to record a selected portion of your screen with audio:

Click on Options in the toolbar and toggle on the Microphone.
Click on icon in the onscreen controls.
Drag to select an area of the screen to record.
Make sure that the window you created properly encapsulates the portion of the screen you want to record.
Click on Record in the Screenshot Toolbar to start the recording.
If you wish to stop the recording, hit Command+Control+Esc.

Thumbnail of the recording

Picture Credits: Apple

After the recording is stopped, a thumbnail of the recorded video will appear momentarily on the bottom right corner of the screen. Taking no action or swiping the thumbnail to the right will automatically save it.

You can also click on the thumbnail to trim or share it.

Recording screen and audio using Screen Recorder on Android

If you are using an Android phone running Android 10 or higher, you will probably have an inbuilt screen recorder.

In-built screen recorder in Android

To record your screen along with your audio using the inbuilt screen recorder:

Pull down the Control Panel from the top of your screen.
Search for “Screen recorder” if not already available in the Control Panel.
Allow the screen recorder to capture the video.
Select “Media sounds and mic” and hit on Start recording.

However, if you are using earlier versions of Android and don’t find an inbuilt screen recorder then you can simply download one from the plenty of options available in the Google Play Store. Here, we shall be using a simple yet powerful app called “Screen Recorder” as an example.

About: Screen Recorder is an app that helps you easily Record the Screen along with the audio. It even has options to change the bitrate of the video and also trim it. Other advanced features include changing audio sample rate, audio source, audio encoding and much more.

How to:

Download the Screen Recorder app from Screen Recorder – Apps on Google Play
Open the app and allow the permission it asks for.
Click on the blue video icon on the bottom right corner of the screen.
It is advised that you switch on the Do Not Disturb on your Android phone to prevent unexpected notifications from blocking the screen while the recording is on. You can generally find the Do Not Disturb button in the Notification Panel of your smartphone.
You will see a recording bar appear on your screen, click on the red video icon to start the recording. Make sure that the microphone icon isn’t cut off or else it won’t record the audio.
If it is cut off, tap on the microphone icon to record along with the audio.
The screen recorder will give you a notification that it will record everything on the screen. If you agree to this, tap on Start now to continue.
A three-second timer will appear on your screen after which the recording will start.
To stop the recording, you can either open the app and click on the blue cross.
Or stop it from the notification panel of your phone.
The recorded video can be found in the app itself from where it can be trimmed or shared.

Recording screen and audio using Screen Recording on iOS

If you happen to have an iPhone, you can directly use the inbuilt screen recording to record your screen along with the audio and save them on your iPhone.

How to:

Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
Search for the Control Centre in the topmost search box.
If not already in “INCLUDED CONTROLS”, tap the green plus icon next to Screen Recording to add it to the Control Centre.
Now, head back to the screen that you want to record and pull up the Control Centre from the bottom of the screen.
Tap on the Do Not Disturb icon (like a half-moon) so that your video recording won’t be interrupted by other notifications or calls.
Tap and hold on the Screen Recording icon.
Tap on the Microphone icon to toggle on the microphone and then tap on Start Recording.
Your recording of the screen along with the audio will start after a countdown of three seconds.
To stop the recording, simply pull up the Control Centre from the bottom of the screen again and tap again on the recording icon which should now be flashing red.
Once the recording is stopped, you can find the recording in the Photos app of the iPhone.

In conclusion, recording your screen along with the audio is a great way of making tutorials and training videos and now you know of the easiest and most efficient ways of how to do it across various operating systems.