simple multitrack recording software for Android

[Cato]

Just had a bit of a play on Fender Studio.

 

Used my Katana Go as the interface with the phone, works pretty well but I'll probably try the focusrite as well when I've got the right cable, just to compare. 

 

The app itself is pretty intuitive to get started rough recording a few tracks, but I tnink I'm going to need to read the instructions/ watch some tutorials to start unlocking it's full potential.

 

Pretty impressed so far tbough.

[Paul S]

On 06/06/2025 at 19:44, Paul S said:

 

 

Thanks!  I've just splashed out on a new USB B to Micro lead - think I might be able to cobble the rest together - see if it will work with Android tablet or phone.  If not, as you say, the Fender Link IO is cheap enough.

 

Lead arrived, connected everything up and it works!  Fab.  Ta everyone.

[godathunder]

Have android sorted their latency problem these days?

 

The older devices were absolutely unusable for real time audio (which was a shame, as they were my goto device for pretty much everything else mobile related)

[tauzero]

The USB device I got from AliExpress was generating lots of extraneous noise so I returned it (instant refund). I'm trying a Behringer UM2 instead which seems more promising.

[chris667]

The problem with usb audio interface support for Android is gloriously inconsistent support for supposedly class compliant devices and latency. It varies so much from device to device that you can't recommend anything unless you have exactly the same phone and device as the person who you're recommending something to.

 

I know this isn't what you asked and they're unfashionable now, but my little Tascam DP-006 multitrack is the single best piece of music technology I've ever owned. Two mics which are far better than anything you'll get on a phone and two line inputs in a device the size of a paperback book. Zero latency and it always just works exactly as intended.

 

I copy things that I'm learning into it and jam along. Or if I want to do something more technical I can export the tracks to a DAW. It really is so much more straightforward than a phone and there are fewer cables. Simple to use, but not more simple.

 

 They go for about £40 secondhand at pawn shops now. The older DP-004 is exectly the same thing but it has two fewer tracks.

Edited 3 hours ago by chris667