Topic: Recording app for android

[rhinowing]

Finally giving a phone based right a shot. What are people using for recording on android? I heard good stuff about MOTIV but appears to be restricted to shure mics only? I'll be mics > Xbox > 3.5 to USB c adaptor > phone

[one8ung]

I’m using the MOTIV app with a Røde AI-Micro interface and a iem receiver.

[Top Hat]

Android records in AAC format which is LOSSY. iPhone is WAV format LOSSLESS

[firemt66]

Android records in AAC format which is LOSSY. iPhone is WAV format LOSSLESS
Field recorder app out of Germany records in WAV.. I know this because I use it... when you screen record a concert on Android yes the sound is in AAC unfortunately

[fishingteste]

Finally giving a phone based right a shot. What are people using for recording on android? I heard good stuff about MOTIV but appears to be restricted to shure mics only? I'll be mics > Xbox > 3.5 to USB c adaptor > phone

I have also tried many apps, and it is true that Shure MOTIV can only be used when you use Shure MOTIV microphones (like MV88). I am plugging in a separate microphone via a USB-C adapter and then connecting it to Easy Voice Recorder.

[rhinowing]

Finally giving a phone based right a shot. What are people using for recording on android? I heard good stuff about MOTIV but appears to be restricted to shure mics only? I'll be mics > Xbox > 3.5 to USB c adaptor > phone

I have also tried many apps, and it is true that Shure MOTIV can only be used when you use Shure MOTIV microphones (like MV88). I am plugging in a separate microphone via a USB-C adapter and then connecting it to Easy Voice Recorder.

Thank you, exactly the information I needed. Can Easy Voice record in WAV and monitor levels?

[Niels]

With a direct USB-C to 3.5mm jack input I believe you will only be able to record in mono on a smartphone. And the sound quality will depend on the (usually very poor) phone preamp.

[voltronic]

With a direct USB-C to 3.5mm jack input I believe you will only be able to record in mono on a smartphone. And the sound quality will depend on the (usually very poor) phone preamp.

There are no mic preamps or ADCs for recording from external devices in smartphones, unless it's an older phone with a TRRS jack which would accept a mono analog mic input on a set of wired earbuds. The mic preamps and converters for what is being discussed here will be in the external interface you connect.

For Android, I know many people have had success with this app in the past though I have never used it myself. The key points are: (1) you can use any USB class-compliant interface such as those you would connect to a PC, and (2) it bypasses any limitations or additional processing done when recording through Android the 'normal' way.
https://www.extreamsd.com/index.php/products/usb-audio-recorder-pro

I have used the same developer's playback app for many years, which also can directly stream to your external playback device.
https://www.extreamsd.com/index.php/products/usb-audio-player-pro

[Niels]

There are no mic preamps or ADCs for recording from external devices in smartphones, unless it's an older phone with a TRRS jack which would accept a mono analog mic input on a set of wired earbuds. The mic preamps and converters for what is being discussed here will be in the external interface you connect.

I believe you are wrong.
Admittedly my experience is only with iPhones - but the Lightning or USB-C input can easily be adapted to 3.5mm TRRS input with a simple converter and used with a mic/headset, headphones etc. It seems this is what OP and others are talking about when mentioning a "3.5 to usb-c adapter" in his first post.
(i imagine similar to this: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW2Q3AM/A/usb-c-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter)
It has no preamp or audio interface build in. It is intended for a headset with mic to use for taking calls and substitutes the old trrs input. But you can connect a microphone directly to that with a TRRS to TRS adapter so there must be a build in converter/preamp (and PIP) in the smartphone - how else would it work?
I have recorded countless times in mono this way with a lav mic.

If you want to record stereo you need an audio interface (like Røde AI-Micro, or that which is build into an MV88 etc.)

[grawk]

the adc and preamp are in the usbc to 1/8" adapter, not in the phone.  So the interface you choose makes a difference.

[Niels]

the adc and preamp are in the usbc to 1/8" adapter, not in the phone.  So the interface you choose makes a difference.

There is no AD converter in the adapter I link to above (yet it works). How do you explain that?

[grawk]

I explain it by saying you are incorrect in your assumption.  The apple usbc to 1/8" is an active converter. It has to be, with the way usb c works.

[Niels]

I explain it by saying you are incorrect in your assumption.  The apple usbc to 1/8" is an active converter. It has to be, with the way usb c works.

Really - an adc and a preamp as well? I would not mind being educated.

[grawk]

https://www.ifixit.com/News/8448/apple-audio-adapter-teardown

[phil_er_up]

Thanks for the info guys. Learn something new all the time. We are in a ever changing world.