An apparatus or method to give a user information about, and control of, internal and/or external microphone(s) so that the user can make adjustments to audio recording in real time. The method includes choosing microphones, displaying visual representations of microphones, capturing an acoustic source using a microphone, allowing a user to interact with a visual representation of a microphone to select or deselect the microphone, and processing of the audio signal from the acoustic source captured by a microphone.