Android currently doesn't support USB Audio Paths. You can use USB Audio if you have a Nexus 5 with Android L Preview. Otherwise you are out of luck.
Answer from Hiemanshu Sharma on Stack ExchangeDisclaimer: I don't really know where to post this question. It's about cellphone gear but specifically about audio and I don't want answers from people who are not into recording audio, despite this not being focused on high quality.
My phone (Samsung A05) has a horrible noise reduction that, according to Samsung, is in the hardware and not a software thing, so I can't turn it off and it ruins my audio whenever I want to record myself playing (distorted) guitar or whatever that isn't a human voice. I'm thinking of getting a cheap USB mic to bypasṣ this but I'm not sure it will work. Has anyone tried it?
Please don't tell me to buy a different phone or any other expensive gear (I'm poor), to google it (I already did and it didn't answer my question), or to use my DAW (the point is to be able to record anything and anywhere only with my phone).
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Android currently doesn't support USB Audio Paths. You can use USB Audio if you have a Nexus 5 with Android L Preview. Otherwise you are out of luck.
Yes, Android supports standard USB audio class devices:
Android 5.0 (API level 21) and above supports a subset of USB audio class 1 (UAC1) features:
- The Android device must act as host
- The audio format must be PCM (interface type I)
- The bit depth must be 16-bits, 24-bits, or 32-bits where 24 bits of useful audio data are left-justified within the most significant bits of the 32-bit word
- The sample rate must be either 48, 44.1, 32, 24, 22.05, 16, 12, 11.025, or 8 kHz The channel count must be 1 (mono) or 2 (stereo)
Also, Android 3.1 or higher can support USB audio if you buy an app from eXtream Software, which bundles its own drivers.
Also, your hardware has to support USB Host mode (USB On-The-Go). There are apps to test whether it does:
How can I determine if my device has USB Host Mode (OTG) support?
I'd like to think that I, as a 28 year old, am pretty solid with technology. Outside of VR, there's not a whole lot that's above my mental paygrade. But so help my ass, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get my 2021 Moto G Power to recognize my North Wireless Mic.
It really seemed as easy as plug the receiver into the USB-C port, pair the mic up to it, and you're good to go. For some reason, my phone just won't recognize it as a microphone. Like I plug the receiver in, and nothing changes. Is there a setting I'm missing, does the big standard Android camera app not recognize external mics? I'm really at a loss.
Can anybody recommend a good mid-range mic that will work with USB C android/Samsung phones for field recordings?
Wired or wireless is alright.