Hi,
I'm very interested in getting my TF201 to record band rehearsals, jam sessions etc... Since the discovery of USB Audio Recorder Pro, I've been very hopeful that I'd be able to buy a half-decent USB condensing mic, like the Blue products (Snowball, Yeti) or a Samson Meteor for recording.
Now they list TF201 as supported and the Blue products are listed, great, but I'm concerned about the USB port on the dock, does it deliver a compliant USB2 power output? Or do I have to *sulk* and get a powered hub? Would CM10 be better placed on my TF201 for audio recording through a usb device?
Also, I get mixed reports that Jellybean hasn't actually brought USB audio, quoting eXtream Software Development with
Android does not support USB audio (even Android 4.1 contrary to popular believe!).
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I did a quick test with a Plantronics headset, it was detected, but failed to record anything, the FAQ for USB Audio Recorder says it's usually due to a USB port not providing sufficient power
Edit : More Testing
So I tried a Microsoft Lifechat Lx3000 as one was available in the office and it worked, so it seems it's device dependant, would still like to hear from someone who is using a Samson Meteor or Blue Snowball Mic.
Thanks.
How guys! Been a while for me being on here.
Have been working hard and don't have time to actually play with my phones in the same way of used to
So I have a new project I'm about to start.
In a previous car I had an ipad mini dash install, so basically the ipad replaced the stereo and it usb'd into a stereo hidden away in the boot. So that all music functions were controlled via the ipad and volume was done with the oem steering controls which were operating the volume of the hidden stereo. This time round tho I don't have room for an ipad mini so was thinking of using an xperia z ultra in the dash, but in what way would I be able to connect this to a car stereo?
Any help appreciated guys
There are some methods. Not as tidy as with an ipad.
Easiest to setup is bluetooth via aptX. I know the z ultra supports this. But I have never used it. I stopped buying bluetooth headsets some years ago. Just buy a reciever with a good dac. Plug it in and supply it with a power source and play music. (Find one that allows charging and playing music at the same time. Some powers off when charger plugs in).
For hardwiring the z ultra to the car. You could use either the aux cable strait from the headset jack. Not ideally ..the z ultra has catastrophically bad sound.
Or buy a dac from http://hifimediy.com add a micro usb extension cord so you don't have the z ultra janking on the short cable to the dac. Then run the aux cable from the dac to the aux input.
I don't know what to do about power. The micro usb port is taken by the dac. Perhaps its possible to have a splitter. But I don't know if the dac is running in standard usb mode or via otg. The pinout on the cable is slightly different when you run in otg mode.
Anyways. A cable would look like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-H...-Samsung-Galaxy-S6-6-Edge-5-4-3-/171837296881 Or use a magnetic dock with a car mount.
You could buy a chromecast audio.
It has a AK4430 dac. It looks promising on paper but google restricts the possibility to control the bitrate. Even if its capable of 192KHz. You're not allowed to stream audio in that bitrate.
Perhaps you can root it and change this?
Some good food for thought there.
I was thinking I could maybe charge with the magnetic port on the side of the device.
As I will be fabricating a mount built into the dashboard so the magnetic charger can just be in there ready to go as the phone is put in place and the dac unit in the USB port.
So the day u it would transfer all audio from the phone out of the auxiliary port on the stereo?
I'm wondering about buying attachment DAC for U11. It doesn't have mini jack port so I thought to buy sound blaster E5 or Fiio E18. They work over USB port with android. Do you use something like this? What are your thoughts about it?
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I bought a Fiio K1 which worked well enough, but my headphones have a mic and I couldn't give that up to walk around with extra long wire and dongle dangling from it/I NEVER hold a phone to my ears to talk, yuck, so have sent the DAC back and will just use the USonics in the mean time.
Sound blaster e5
Wondering if any knows if the sound blaster e5 will work with the Htc U11 USB-C port on the USB host connection on the E5?
This is what the manual states with the E5,
# Devices must support Bluetooth V4.1 For AndroidTM device
Phone / tablet running Android 2.3 or higher for Bluetooth
Phone/tabletrunningAndroid4.1orhigher for USBHostAudioStreaming*
* Devices firmware must implement AOA2 protocol that support USB Host Audio Streaming
I haven't got a u11 yet looking to if I can use something like this with it
How about....: https://www.bluewaveaudio.ca APTX and later on O APTX-HD.
Question for you folks, as I could not find anything in the Huawei literature
I'm looking at the Apple USB-C to 3.5mm adapter, which has a DAC and from what I can see, a pretty good one for 10$ (low noise, flat curve, etc ).
But obviously this will only work of the Mate 20 pro outputs digital audio via the USB port...and I only have the supplied adapter to play.
Does anybody know if this phone sends both analog and digital audio over usb or which one?
The USB-C audio mess is a nightmare, I didn't realize that there is no frikkin consensus or universal solution.
No one?
EDIT: let me be the nice guy here and say that from what I gathered (and it's mostly P20 Pro info) the phones SHOULD send BOTH digital and analog audio to USB-C.
I would still appreciate some educated comment from a user that has tried an active (with a DAC) USBc-to-3.5mm adapter.
I was planning on trying to convert my my data from analog into digital BUT
So I've been reaching for hours now....
My car only will receive analog an I was in the process of buying or make an adaptor from a apple 30pin (that only outputs analog) to mate pro 20 usb-c 3.1 but I've just worked out it also supports USB c 2.0 an it uses analog audio as an out put an input soooo I'm pretty sure we can, I'm just gonna botch up a cable an give it a go to see what happens, if I fry my phone I'll be Back On here asap ahaha
The cable you mention is just a passthrough cable, similar to a £2 version from ebay.
It does not have any DAC or otherwise active circuitry - just a cable.
Hello!
I recently picked up a pixel 6, very happy with it so far except for the fact that my car is too old for the bluetooth to carry music to the radio.
I was wondering if anybody has managed to find a type c to 3.5mm cable that works? I have tried a type c to 3.5mm adaptor and it doesn't work, I think I need a straight type c to 3.5mm cable instead of an adaptor?
Before anybody asks, I have an fm transmiter but not really enjoying the experience between static or the bluetooth getting confused with the car itself.
I don't see why a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter shouldn't work. Try finding one on amazon that specifically advertises use in cars. It could be possible that the one you have is incompatible, manufacturers tend to make adapters that only work in specific circumstances.
You need an active adapter with integrated DAC (digital to analogue converter). Passive ones will not work. You better get the google cable if available. Apple one works but is too quiet in android. In fact any active cable should work.
Thank you both.
I have seen this one on Amazon, this is what I need I guess?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/KOOPAO-Adapter-Headphone-Stereo-Compatible-Grey/dp/B07Z3TRJKS/ref=sr_1_4?crid=VG53YFREW7S7&keywords=Type+C+to+3.5mm+Stereo+Audio+Cable&qid=1641755818&sprefix=type+c+to+3.5mm+stereo+audio+cable%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-4
I use this one:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Y7YXHSB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
An alternative if you have 12v power in your car is using a USB Bluetooth to 3.5mm device like this one.
Hagibis Bluetooth Receiver Bluetooth 5.0 Adapter Hands-Free Bluetooth Car Kits AUX Audio 3.5mm Jack Stereo Music Wireless Receiver for Car Speaker Home Built-in Microphone (U3-Grey) : Amazon.com.au: Electronics
Hagibis Bluetooth Receiver Bluetooth 5.0 Adapter Hands-Free Bluetooth Car Kits AUX Audio 3.5mm Jack Stereo Music Wireless Receiver for Car Speaker Home Built-in Microphone (U3-Grey) : Amazon.com.au: Electronics
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That way you can still be wireless and have Bluetooth in an older car, without having to deal with those hit or miss radio adaptors
I have this issue since using the Galaxy S21, the way I fixed it, start playing music on the phone speaker, then connect the cable, and it will start working, it happens all the time, that why I bought a cheap Bluetooth receiver from Walmart, best $8 I've spent in years.
cervantesjc said:
I have this issue since using the Galaxy S21, the way I fixed it, start playing music on the phone speaker, then connect the cable, and it will start working, it happens all the time, that why I bought a cheap Bluetooth receiver from Walmart, best $8 I've spent in years.
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I thought to do the same but the phone shows that the connected device is not supported
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You need an active adapter with integrated DAC (digital to analogue converter). Passive ones will not work. You better get the google cable if available. Apple one works but is too quiet in android. In fact any active cable should work.
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Just to clear up what that actually means for OP: a passive adapter will work only on USB-C ports that are able to route an *analog* signal. These are fairly uncommon -- most USB-C ports are digital only.
The nice thing about digital output is that you get to control the sound quality by selecting a USB-DAC of a quality that meets your needs, instead of being limited to whatever cheap thing they built in to the phone.
Physically, you can't even tell the difference any more. While USB-DAC's used to always involve a "big ugly box", the circuitry has shrunk these days to small enough to fit into the ends of the dongle.
The headphone adapter sold by Google is an example of this, its a USB-DAC, but shows no sign of containing any significant components besides the connectors.
I tried one that came with an old Motorola phone and it did not work, but Google sells one. They should be able to confirm if it works before you order it
https://store.google.com/product/usb_c_headphone_adapter?hl=en-US
I've personally tried 3 different ones that have worked for me, the first one was from an old Motorola phone, the second one, was one that I bought at an airport, I believe the brand is Moshi, and the third one was coming from a one plus phone. They all worked by playing on phone speaker and then plugging it.
cervantesjc said:
I've personally tried 3 different ones that have worked for me, the first one was from an old Motorola phone, the second one, was one that I bought at an airport, I believe the brand is Moshi, and the third one was coming from a one plus phone. They all worked by playing on phone speaker and then plugging it.
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Which Moto phone? My Moto Z(2) Force one gives an error message that the audio device is not supported.
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Which Moto phone? My Moto Z(2) Force one gives an error message that the audio device is not supported.
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It is the moto Z2 Force, I've used it a couple times, and I had no issues.
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It is the moto Z2 Force, I've used it a couple times, and I had no issues.
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It works on your Pixel 6? Maybe mine is defective??
This discussion is very interesting. Generally pixel 6 (and previous pixels also) do not send analogue audio signal to the usb type c port hence passive converters from type c to 3.5 mm do not work. You need active converter with integrated DAC (digital to analogue converter) in it so that the digital audio from the usb type c port is transformed to analogue signal and sent to the headphones or whatever else. Every phone though has integrated DAC in the chipset because otherwise it would not be able to drive its own speakers with analogue signal. When i tried to connect my passive DAC adapter from oneplus 7 phone i got error on the pixel 6 that cable is not compatible. It is possible if you play something through the speakers analogue signal to also be copied towards the usb type c port and this way to trick passive adapters to also work but this need to be tested. I think that i still have the passive adapter somewhere and will test these days if i find it.
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This discussion is very interesting. Generally pixel 6 (and previous pixels also) do not send analogue audio signal to the usb type c port hence passive converters from type c to 3.5 mm do not work. You need active converter with integrated DAC (digital to analogue converter) in it so that the digital audio from the usb type c port is transformed to analogue signal and sent to the headphones or whatever else. Every phone though has integrated DAC in the chipset because otherwise it would not be able to drive its own speakers with analogue signal. When i tried to connect my passive DAC adapter from oneplus 7 phone i got error on the pixel 6 that cable is not compatible. It is possible if you play something through the speakers analogue signal to also be copied towards the usb type c port and this way to trick passive adapters to also work but this need to be tested. I think that i still have the passive adapter somewhere and will test these days if i find it.
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I tried an adapter from a Oneplus 6 (if memory serves) and I had the same problem, hence the thread
Given the one from Google looks just the same I am apprehensive to buy it until I am 100% certain
Today DAC circuits are so small that it is easy to integrate these into the usb type c part of the cable. There is no way to tell if cable is active or passive only by looking at it anymore. Google cable should work fine. Alternatively you can try the trick with first playing through the speakers and then connecting the old oneplus 6 cable and see if that will make it work. ne side note - don't buy the apple usb to 3.5 mm cable. It has very low volume on android (works properly on ios and windows). Tested it myself.
neptun2 said:
This discussion is very interesting. Generally pixel 6 (and previous pixels also) do not send analogue audio signal to the usb type c port hence passive converters from type c to 3.5 mm do not work. You need active converter with integrated DAC (digital to analogue converter) in it so that the digital audio from the usb type c port is transformed to analogue signal and sent to the headphones or whatever else. Every phone though has integrated DAC in the chipset because otherwise it would not be able to drive its own speakers with analogue signal. When i tried to connect my passive DAC adapter from oneplus 7 phone i got error on the pixel 6 that cable is not compatible. It is possible if you play something through the speakers analogue signal to also be copied towards the usb type c port and this way to trick passive adapters to also work but this need to be tested. I think that i still have the passive adapter somewhere and will test these days if i find it.
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It would need to be physically wired together like that, which it is definitely not.
It would probably also need a second DAC built in, because there are only so many speakers you can drive with the built-in. That's why some phones are advertised as "dual DAC".
Got Pixel 6 usb-c to 3.5 mm one direct from Google...works great.
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Got Pixel 6 usb-c to 3.5 mm one direct from Google...works great.
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Is this for a car aux port or for earphones you use it for?