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Using Audio Evolution with USB Audio Recorder PRO

8/22/2013

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Have been on a week of vacation with some friends and our respective families and we took some hours out of our busy schedules to test out this setup.
So what have been used is the two applications Audio Evolution and the USB Audio Recorder OTG USB Cable and one USB Soundcard ( M-Audio Fast Tracker 2 ).
There is some faults of mine regarding the sound- 
The guitar got recorded with a direct line and the trombone and ukelele was recorded with a Shure SM 48 a Dynamic microphone. ( The telephone being used was a Samsung Galaxy S3 ).
So directly there is a disparity in the recording as the guitar have no natural ambience in its sound as do the other two instruments also to record natural instruments with a dynamic microphone is in general a bad idea. ( but you use what you have, right? ).
The only production on the recording was the Audio Evolutions built in effects- 
Which was some reverb on the guitar and some compression and a little bit more reverb on the master track to make the things gel together a little bit.
So here is the recording.
So my impression have been mixed about this. There was some problems that was annoying.
Recorded the guitar without no problems but when it was time to record the ukelele it got buggy and did not want to record so in the end had to mixdown the guitar to a wav file and start a new project in the Audio Evolution app and then it was not any problems with the recording but got some other problems like it seemed that there was an auto gain feature being activated even though it was not supposed to be and could not get any control over the input volume ( which I had recording the guitar ).
So what happened was that the trombone got distorted and being on some kind buggy auto gain it did not matter how far the microphone got placed except weirder sound because of the room ambience...
It also crashed a couple of times.
Yes it did feel unstable.
But...
To be honest the Audio Recorder PRO is still in BETA and what the developer have accomplished even with these problems are truly remarkable as with some patience and a better microphone you have a very portable studio as the USB Sound Card uses the battery of your device and this without latency and depending on SoundCard up to 24 Bit sound with direct monitoring of your audio signal. 
I can not say yet and will have to record some more but as I have recorded my guitar many times into the same Sound card into the P.C and it does sound the same to me.
So if you have a USB Sound Card and a OTG USB cable and a telephone that can handle it. 
It is the only way you are going to be able to get a professional recording made with your Android Device.
And if you are not interested in multi track recordings you can use just the USB Audio Recorder PRO for one track recordings. 

So To finish would say that the possibilities this offers is exciting but would not count on it in a critical situation yet.
But for recording in the park or not wanting to bring  a computer for recording or as a backup if your computer breaks down as at least you have the possibilities to continue recording with the same audio quality as your USB Sound Card would allow.

Update-
Spoke to the developer and he said that it sounded strange regarding the auto gain and that he had ran into the same problem also with a Samsung Galaxy S3 and that it is probably the cable that got loose and that things got recorded straight in with the microphone of the phone.
Well that would make sense and had been thinking that it could have been a reason.
Especially because of how much more sensitive the microphone seemed to have gotten when the recording got made with the trombone and not with the Ukulele...
Well in future update there will be a warning built in if the USB cable gets detached.

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Frank Malm and the Holy Mountain Boyz


Playstore links:

Audio Evolution Mobile
USB Audio Recorder PRO
5 Comments
Jason EIPStudiosOhio link
8/22/2013 05:00:08 am

While it is amazing what we can now do with our mobile devices, my opinion in regards to audio field recording be it 24 or 32bit, I recommend using a seperate dedicated recording device. And then use an interface app that can quickly access and transfer the audio data to the host apps like AudioEvolution or Caustic 3, for further development.
This comes from years of experience of live and studio recording and suffering a last second crash because a piece of software went kabloowee, or a hiccuup occurs on your mobile device because of an incoming call or other network inturruption etc....

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Frank Malm
8/22/2013 07:56:21 pm

Yes I agree...
But the point being with these two applications together you will have multi track and to be able to use also as a back up if your other options fail.
And the developer being mighty active hoping that soon this setup will be more stable and so could be used with more confidence.

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Jacko
5/5/2014 12:53:04 am

What I find amazing is the high frequency of crashes which users are willing to tolerate these days. Whilst crashes are acceptable in beta release, they are not at all acceptable in a final release. The end user is not meant to be testing the product on behalf of the developer. Exhaustive testing should have already been done before the final product was released. That's what you paid for, so that's what you should get. If you bought a new car and it kept breaking down, you wouldn't find it at all acceptable; you would either return it for a refund, or you would expect compensation for wasted time or loss of earnings.

Software should be no different, and users need to take a firmer stance against developers who are releasing these unfinished products. Return them for a refund, and find another way to accomplish your task. Or, if you really must use this particular software, then demand compensation for wasted time or loss of earnings. This could be an agreed percentage of the cost of the software. If they think you are being unreasonable for doing so, then that really is their problem, and nothing to be concerned about.

Ultimately, what you will end up with is the software you paid for, fully working, and at an appropriate cost.

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Matt F
5/5/2014 04:30:38 am

I've been using Audio Evolution since January for lo-fi mobile recording on my S3. As former audio engineer in another life, I am acutally astonished with the reliability of the application, especially considering the financial investment was less than the price of a happy meal. I have a nice broadcast quality Shure XLR mic that I would like to utilize, so I have started exploring the OTG/USB option for Audio Evolution and Recorder Pro. Still on the fence on how to implement (how much to spend on an interface), but all of this is very exciting.

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dudeMang33 link
8/31/2015 05:59:08 pm

True- I'm about in same boat on an android v4 bionic. Audio Evo seems already well worth it. been tracking some simple guitar mixes with internal mic. Only very minor bugs, ie messages that don't disrupt recording/playback. Probably will get whatever cheapest usb to xlr (or at least 1/4") option i can find and hope the signal isn't delayed/broken/hickuppy...

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