So now the only extensive multi track DAW for Android have gone and broken down some barriers towards having a professional recording studio in your device.
This is what the developer is telling us:
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- Quality: the audio quality of these 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.
(*) = When the USB audio interface supports it
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The developer has implemented his own USB audio code to make this work on Android devices.
But (there is always a butt) there is of course prerequisites that have to be fulfilled if you are interested...
First of all you would need both Audio evolution Mobile and USB Audio recorder PRO installed.
Secondly you would need the obvious- a USB Audio interface
A telephone that can accept OTG USB cable.
And again from the developer-
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- Some Android devices have USB host, but lack certain kernel features that are needed for USB audio. These are usually cheap 'Chinese' tablets, but also the Samsung Note 1 and Galaxy S2 lack it. When your device has a Rockchip cpu inside, chances are very high it will not work. Basic rule of thumb is that if your Android tablet is under 200 euro, it probably is not going to work.
- Power: some USB audio devices require a lot of current to run. Most Android devices do not supply more than 100mA, so sometimes you will need a powered USB hub in between to function properly. Note that sometimes, the device is detected without a powered hub, but problems start to appear when starting recording.
So it may seem like a lot of chuppililupps but if you have these conditions met it seems to me that it is a must have-
a portable multi track recording studio with high grade audio quality and low latency for around 10€/$ including both applications!
So in the end it seems that Google is not going to fix the latency issue and other developers like this is finding their own solutions and with Sonoma having worked out hardware solutions and also IK Multimedia being involved in Hardware/Software/Android interactions
we just have to be patient enter into endless Buddha mind and before you know it...
For more information regarding Audio Evolution USB support:
http://www.audio-evolution.com/manual/doku.php?id=usbaudiosupport
Playstore links:
Audio Evolution Mobile
USB Audio Recorder PRO
Developers website