Android audio apps

[blakecasimir]

http://hexler.net/software/touchosc-android

TouchOSC released for Android, at last!

[Karmacomposer]

Thanks for posting that link, The Chase. This is to what we are referring when we state that we cannot, at the present moment, technically implement AmpliTube on these devices. Well, we could but it would really suck.

And that kills me because I bought almost all of your apps for iphone and now I own a Viewsonic Gtablet with Android 2.2 and Nvidia's dual core Tegra processor.

I so want all of IK's apps for my new droid tablet. Granted, it is more high-end than almost all other hardware, but that was the point when I bought it.

The thing is a bullet on steroids. I also want to develop apps (or instruments) for it, especially software to take advantage of my samples.

Let me know if you guys ever do port your apps over to android tablets.

Mike

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

Thanks for posting that link, The Chase. This is to what we are referring when we state that we cannot, at the present moment, technically implement AmpliTube on these devices. Well, we could but it would really suck.

And that kills me because I bought almost all of your apps for iphone and now I own a Viewsonic Gtablet with Android 2.2 and Nvidia's dual core Tegra processor.

I so want all of IK's apps for my new droid tablet. Granted, it is more high-end than almost all other hardware, but that was the point when I bought it.

The thing is a bullet on steroids. I also want to develop apps (or instruments) for it, especially software to take advantage of my samples.

Let me know if you guys ever do port your apps over to android tablets.

Mike

Thanks, Mike. If we saw this bug fixed, and had dev time, we do love a viable market and would try our best to put out innovative products for it of course. Successful products (and the success of markets like iOS, Android, and the like should allow us to predict potential success - especially now that we've seen the iOS market up close and personal) can help give life to all other products. I'm thinking that people may be missing the normal blowout promotions that have been a little less prevalent while we release new things in this arena and update our software line, etc...

[Cognition]

All those of us who are concerned about audio on the Android platform should consider to "Star" the issue, if you haven't done so yet (to hopefully make it a bigger priority to the powers that be).

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3434
Just click the star to rhe left of the headline so it turns yellow.
(I don't know if you need a Google account to do so or not. If you do, signing up to Gmail should only take a minute).

[RPH]

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3434
Just click the star to rhe left of the headline so it turns yellow.
(I don't know if you need a Google account to do so or not. If you do, signing up to Gmail should only take a minute).

Done, and yea you need to sign in to click the star.



I also noticed the BPM isn't rocksolid with for example RD3 groovebox, i ran it with my Laptop running Renoise and my Roland MC307 ( not synced with MIDI or so ). Renoise and the Roland ran perfectly at the same BPM, RD3 constantly lost it.

[jensa]

Android 2.3 Gingerbread is here and it's got low latency audio! Bring'em on devs!



Look at 1:06.

[The Chase]

^^ Beat me to it!

http://developer.android.com/sdk/androi ... ights.html

Open API for native audio

The platform provides a software implementation of Khronos OpenSL ES, a standard API that gives applications access to powerful audio controls and effects from native code. Applications can use the API to manage audio devices and control audio input, output, and processing directly from native code.

Eff yeah.

[RPH]

Android 2.3 Gingerbread is here and it's got low latency audio!

Mmm, i hope so..

But it will take some time for it's released as update for our phones

[blaster78]

Android 2.3 Gingerbread is here and it's got low latency audio!

Mmm, i hope so..

But it will take some time for it's released as update for our phones

the price we pay for not living in appleworld™

"they can take forever to release my ota os update, but they cannae take my freedom"

excellent news though

steve.

[RPH]

It could be sooner then expected, at least for my Samsung Galaxy S..if it's true..

http://an.droid-life.com/2010/12/06/sam ... ead-first/

[Karmacomposer]

So, if I have Froyo 2.2, how do I get 2.3? Do I have to install it or is it an update?

Mike

[robenestobenz]

So, if I have Froyo 2.2, how do I get 2.3? Do I have to install it or is it an update?

Mike

Depending on your phone, and your carrier, you should just get a notification at some point telling you an update is available and asking if you want to install it. That said, I've just checked and an update has been released for my phone but it obviously hadn't done the scheduled check yet. Try going Main menu>About phone>System software updates>Check now and see what it says.

[Karmacomposer]

So, if I have Froyo 2.2, how do I get 2.3? Do I have to install it or is it an update?

Mike

Depending on your phone, and your carrier, you should just get a notification at some point telling you an update is available and asking if you want to install it. That said, I've just checked and an update has been released for my phone but it obviously hadn't done the scheduled check yet. Try going Main menu>About phone>System software updates>Check now and see what it says.

What I own is not a phone, it's an android 2.2 tablet, and I have rooted it to install a fresh, good copy of 2.2 tnt light. It works GREAT and is as stable as can be now. What comes with the gtablet is slow, crippled and a show stopper. Thank goodness the tablet is not locked in any way and is easily rootable.

Now that I have installed a different rom, the marketplace works, flash works, youtube works - everything just works.

Peter (from IK), I just bought several apps for android (one is a acid pro-like app and the other is one heck of a synth system) and all I can say is that the speed and capability of the viewsonic gtablet is something you have to see to believe. I am 100% sure IK could develop for it without problems. I have seen no latency now that the Nvidia Tegra dual core processor, which also handles audio, video and everything else, is in use. It is a powerhouse that smokes anything else I have seen.

I am confident this is the way tablets are going to go, because my tablet was $200 cheaper and has way more power than the Ipad. It also has a 16:9 hi-def screen and can play 1080p video with HDMI out (when the expansion dock is available) - which means you can use apps in full resolution on a TV or monitor!!! Imagine IK apps on a gorgeous monitor at full resolution.

Mike

[UltraJv]

Not exactly new but more on Android Gingerbread (2.3) will feature low latency audio via Khronos open SL ES :

Gingerbread :

http://developer.android.com/sdk/androi ... ights.html


Khronos audio :

http://www.khronos.org/opensles/

So decent realtime audio apps will follow

[SuperConductor]

Hi. So I finally got 2.3 gingerbread on my Nexus One. I tried a piano app called "My Piano" and the latency issue seems to be more or less fixed. I did notice SOME latency though... hard to estimate how much, but maybe 20-50ms... could be more. On some earlier versions (2.2 and 2.1) it was like 100-200ms (with a different app though)

Does anyone know a way to test the latency efficiently?