Audio interface experiences survey on using professional microphones on Smule

I would like to be able to give as many users on Smule as possible good information on how they can achieve the best possible audio quality for their singing. Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all solution that I can recommend to Smule users to get a professional microphone running for Smule, as there is a wide variety of different smartphones to sing with.

Older iPhone devices have a 4-pin analog jack connection, later iPhone devices only have a Lightning connection, some iPads USB-C.

The problem with Android is that a large number of different sound chips with different latency properties are used. The analog jack connections often have different channel assignments that do not strictly adhere to a specific standard. However, some users were able to get professional microphones up and running via digital audio interfaces on Android devices. Others were successful using analog interfaces such as Tascam iXZ or iRig Pre.

In order to be able to give as many users as possible information about compatible setups, I would like to find out which device combinations can be combined with each other.

I know from many of you about the chat that you experimented a lot and spent time to find working device combinations. It would be nice if not all of us would have to reinvent the wheel and even less technically savvy singers would have the chance to find a reasonably practical solution for their smartphone without major technical fuss, in order to get the best possible sound quality with their microphone on Smule to sing.

I think it would be great if we form a really strong smule front of talented singers with high quality audio quality. If you want to help and have tried to operate a professional microphone for Smule yourself, you can support the community by filling out the following form. The aim is to find setups that harmonize with each other or that were not compatible with each other. Afterwards I will evaluate this collected information unpersonified (!) And hopefully be able to present some setup combinations that are also useful to other Smule singers.

Operating system used: Smartphone or device used to sing:: Microphone used: Audio interface used to connect the microphone to the smartphone: Additional hardware used, which was necessary for operation: Did the set of devices you specified work on your smartphone or not? Do you hear yourself on the headphones if you have connected them to the specified audio interface while you are singing? How satisfied are you with your audio quality on Smule with this compilation? Or do you have problems with it? (For further comments) Smule name for queries: Email for questions: Additional information: I accept the processing of my data in the context of the data protection declaration.

Your experiences

Please tell me about your experience with audio interfaces when using professional microphones on iPhone and Android smartphones for Smule, so that we can put together an overview of compatible hardware configurations. This should enable users of different smartphone device types to later look up which hardware setups are compatible for their device. With your experience, I would like to be able to provide even more precise information on this website in the future.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.