Finally, Android users can now do professional recording and editing using Audio Evolution Mobile. With the support for USB audio, a lot of limitations of the poor Android audio system are now gone and the advantages are plenty:
- Quality: the audio quality of USB audio devices quickly raises far above the built-in mic and A/D and D/A converters of your Android device. You'll be able to record in higher sample rates and higher resolutions when your USB audio interface supports it.
- Connectivity: proper XLR inputs with high quality pre-amps, quarter-inch jacks for line inputs (*)
- Control input gain: almost all USB audio devices will let you control the input gain, something which Android lacks completely (*)
- Zero-latency monitoring: use zero-input latency hardware monitoring to hear directly what you are recording, also not present on Android. (*)
- Lower latency: our USB audio system talks directly to the hardware without the Android audio layer in between
- Very low latency jitter: the variation in latency each time you record can be dramatically high using the Android audio system (up to half a second!). With our USB audio system, this jitter is limited to one or a couple of milliseconds)
- Multichannel recording: when your Android device is capable enough, you can even record more than two channels at the same time if your USB audio interface has more than two inputs.
Note that some features like multichannel and 24-bit recording are only possible on certain Android configurations. Please read the section on compatibility in the documentation for further information.
In order to use USB audio interfaces with Audio Evolution Mobile you will need to purchase USB Audio Recorder PRO first as a kind of in-app purchase (out-of-app in this case!).
For more information, requirements and limitations, please have a look here: http://www.audio-evolution.com/manual/d ... diosupport
For a compatibility list, see here:
http://www.extreamsd.com/USBAudioRecorderPRO/
There is a free demo version for both apps available and we suggest trying it before purchase. We are still looking for feedback on which Android devices can handle 24-bit playback and recording, so please let us know if your device does or does not.