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marce · Post by **marce** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:15 am

Hi! I have never paid attention to cellphones. Yes, i have one, very old that only can be used for ...talk. I guess im in the prehistory
I have seen that they now sports Operative systems, isnt?, so i wondered myself if they can become like mini computers for recording, or they are not there yet?

I have some questions, that you that are in the knowledge, can help me:

1) Can new cellphone (any of them) run some kind of DAW?

2) If there are some kind of daw, can be used them to record stereo tracks trough a decent line-in or usb mic?

3) Can be midi be recorded? Are some kind of "VSTi" for that daws, if they exist?

4) Which model of phones can do these things? any good price/quality bargain?

Thanks for ilustrate me a little.

Dewaine · Post by **Dewaine** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:24 am

Just educate yourself a bit. Take some time and read threads on this mobile forum.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:31 am

Get an iPhone 4S. I have an Android phone, and they have serious latency problems with audio apps. This will hopefully be resolved eventually, but as of now, iPhone is the way to go.

marce · Post by **marce** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:12 pm

Dewaine, thanks your help!

Deastman, thanks the recommendation. I will investigate about it a little (the latency is because the software or the hardware?)

thebaggytrouseredone · Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:18 pm

iPhone is the mobile / cell phone that is supported most for music. You have apps that can record, create and adit audio and midi. It has some great synths, drum machines, guitar apps and mini DAW's. I'm a PC user, I've never owned a Mac but I own an iphone and an iPad, great experience for music whatever you do.

marce · Post by **marce** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:23 pm

thebaggytrouseredone wrote:iPhone is the mobile / cell phone that is supported most for music. You have apps that can record, create and adit audio and midi. It has some great synths, drum machines, guitar apps and mini DAW's. I'm a PC user, I've never owned a Mac but I own an iphone and an iPad, great experience for music whatever you do.

Thanks! that's a great start point.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:26 pm

For nearly everything but music, Android. For music, iPhone. I love my Droid X but I don't have any music apps because of that latency issue. No worries, I didn't get it for music-making.

marce · Post by **marce** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:37 pm

Meffy wrote:For nearly everything but music, Android. For music, iPhone. I love my Droid X but I don't have any music apps because of that latency issue. No worries, I didn't get it for music-making.

When you refer to latency, what are you talking about? like the latency of soundcards with ASIO? or any other problem?

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:40 pm

The time between when you operate a control and when the sound comes out. As much as I like them, Androids aren't so good at this. I'm hoping an OS upgrade will eventually take care of it, but it's unwise to buy something expensive in the hopes it will eventually do what you want.

marce · Post by **marce** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:13 pm

Meffy wrote:The time between when you operate a control and when the sound comes out. As much as I like them, Androids aren't so good at this. I'm hoping an OS upgrade will eventually take care of it, but it's unwise to buy something expensive in the hopes it will eventually do what you want.

Thanks Meffy. A Pitty, since the Android thing appear very interesting!
Googling about what you post, i found a very interesting discussion about the latency in Android. Appear it's related only to the software... too bad.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3434

VSTJuNkiE · Post by **VSTJuNkiE** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:22 pm

deastman wrote:Get an iPhone 4S. I have an Android phone, and they have serious latency problems with audio apps. This will hopefully be resolved eventually, but as of now, iPhone is the way to go.

Aww c'mon. Really? I want to get a new phone, but I'm allergic to apples so I don't want an iPhone...

ObiWonder · Post by **ObiWonder** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:59 am

Do what I did and get an iPod Touch or spring for an iPad. I have an Android phone but for anything music related I reach for my iPod along with my iRig gear!

My cellphone only is usefull for talk!!!