Starting the app

First start

The very first time that you start the app, you will be presented with several dialogs. The first two are permission dialogs from Android:

This is a generic message allowing the app to allow access to storage on your device, outside the app's private directories. Although the message states access to photos, the app itself only uses this for two reasons: writing your projects and recordings to a subfolder in the Documents folder on your device and allowing you to browse the internal storage and SD card on your device to import audio or MIDI files. Without allowing this permission, the app will not run.

The second permission dialog requests permission to record audio, which is also required for the app to run.

After these two dialogs, and with every new release, a Version Notes dialog is displayed, where you can see the new features and bug fixes that have been done in the last and recent versions. In the next dialog, your experience level can be selected:

You may be surprised that the app offers two different user interface behaviors, but there are so many different type of users with different expertise levels and experiences with other similar apps, that it is impossible to make everybody happy with just one rigid user interface. Please see the texts in the dialog and press the 'More info...' button to find out what the differences are. Please note that you can switch between the two at any time later on using the app's settings.

Available devices

The previous dialogs are only displayed once during the very first start of the app. At each start of the app however, the Available Devices screen is displayed:

This shows you whether you have successfully connected any external devices and what devices you have available to use within Audio Evolution Mobile. 

The Mic, speaker, headset option is always available as that is the app using your device's hardware to record and playback.

The USB audio device indicates whether you have a USB audio interface connected. If successfully connected, the USB symbol will turn green as can be seen on the right. For more information about connecting external audio interfaces, see here.

The USB MIDI device indicates whether you have a USB MIDI device, such as a MIDI keyboard, connected. If successfully connected, the USB symbol will turn green as can be seen on the right. For more information about connecting MIDI devices, see here.

Once you press OK, you will see the Arranger Screen from where you can set up your project or just jump in using the default settings.

NOTE. If you'd rather not see the Available Devices splash screen when you launch Audio Evolution Mobile, it can be deactivated from within the User Interface section of the Settings .