Android 4.1 Jellybean - Updates to Audio
I was reading this article earlier, and it got me a bit excited about the future prospects of DJing on Android based hardware. From what I understand, the biggest hurdle so far is latency within the OS.
[QUOTE]‘On the Samsung Galaxy Nexus handset — a device over which Google has more control — they’ve already improved latency from 100ms in “Ice Cream Sandwich” (4.0) to “about 12ms” in “Jelly Bean” (4.1), and want to go oven better.’[/QUOTE]I have no idea how much of an impact it’s going to have on devices other than the Nexus, as there is so much hardware segregation in the Android world. I imagine a lot of phones and tablets are still going to be out of the question for DJing due to a lack of processing power.
[QUOTE]‘Multichannel audio over HDMI’[/QUOTE]Now I’m not completely sure of the logistics of this, whether it would be eventually harnessed for an android based mixer hardware, so that you could run 2+ Stereo channels off one device, unlike IOS where you are restricted to two mono channels for mixing. Whether HDCP is going to be an issue, I have no idea. Somebody else with more experience in the area would have a better idea.
[QUOTE]‘USB Audio support, exposed through the Android Open Accessory Development Kit’[/QUOTE]I’m not sure if I understood this one correctly, but I think external sound cards? Allowing the development of products like the S4/VCI-400 with built in sound cards and taking away some of the strain from the mobile processors.
I’m a little excited 