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Hi
Sharing 3 new KoalaSets in my iCloud - there are quite a many already.
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Check the link in video descriptions:
Some "guitar" nyances recorded with my daughter Miisa
Drums unStable in 110 Bpm
Drums Dnb-Like in 160Bpm
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You’ve almost ‘sold’ me the idea of actually getting the Polar Go for mobile use!
Can the built-in effects be ‘baked in’ to the audio that is recorded or are they for monitoring only?
How is the ‘Loopback’ handled? (Separate input channels or does it get re-routed back to inputs 1&2 when enabled?). Think ‘sampling’ YouTube or Spotify etc. via digital loopback to Koala. (LoopyPro can already do this as it has more flexible input selection compared to Koala).
How many input channels do You see when the Polar Go is set to multi-channel mode?
I’ve not seen any ’technical’ reviews of the device yet (like XLR mic-preamp noise levels or headphone output etc.). Maybe I’ll have to try and convince Julian Krause to take the device for a spin haha.
But it’s very affordable making the GAS level rise
Hi @Samu
At first and when I did my review I was totally impressed, but now lots of second thoughts
Yeah, really would like to hear from Julian the real quality justment.. don’t trust my ears that much.
There is a stereo input, but the Polar app only offers the ’effects’ through direct monitoring. I have some videos, where you can hear the the plain recording quality through stereo mics like these ’guitar’ set I’m sharing..so mics are quite noisy.. need to test with better mics.
Stronger points are size and rechargeable battery and Phantom power..and quality is decent not high end hifi, measured with my old ears..
Loopback I need to check more..
It's not always the just mics that are 'noisy', it could be the environment as well as there's so much sound around us that the our brain and ears automagically filter out. Those 'room noises' become painfully obvious when recording...
The 'ambient noise' in my room is around ~40dB(a) (quieter at night) and it 'feels' relatively quiet, but microphones with a low self-noise (~7dB(a) or lower) tell a completely different story
One thing that is a bit annoying (when using the iPad/iPhone Mic's with for example Koala) is that there is no way to disable the AGC (Automatic Gain Correction) or iOS Processing which applies pretty heavy EQ and Limiting on the recording.
On the positive side iOS25/iPadOS26 now allow us to use 'Voice Isolation' when recording sounds (when an app is running go to the control center, tap on the 'orange blob' that indicates that the Microphone is being used and select 'Voice Isolation').
This will clear out background noises and 'isolate' the voice for cleaner voice recordings.
(It works with other sound types as well but can be quite 'heavy', I'm waiting for 'Wide Spectrum' option to be enabled in a future iPadOS update, it's currently 'greyed out').
The things that for me 'stood out' for me with the Polar Go is a quite strong head-phone output (at least when compared to the Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 4th Gen) but it's still no match for the Audient ID4Mk2.
Also the gain-rage for XLR Mic's seems to be decent at 53db with 2dBu being the maximum input level with a dynamic range around 112db which should be plenty for most use-cases.
Thanks!
Unfortunately Koala is still limited to using inputs 1&2 (loopback usually uses inputs 3&4) but if when @elf_audio adds more input options digitally sampling apps running on the iPad will be a breeze!
Cheers!
@Samu Appreaciate your valuable info very high.. 🤩Thanks So Much 👍
Time to get to know this thing 'inside out'
@AkiVilla love your samples. Will push your page.
@AkiVilla I've been playing around with the LoopBack option on the Polar Go and it works as expected!
First make sure both Mics are 'muted' so they don't interfere with the LoopBack recording.
Pump up the iPad volume as this will be the recording level of the looped back audio.
Make sure LoopBack is enabled and sample away!
The loopback recording is also slightly quieter (-3--6db) compared to my other devices that can also do loopback recording.
I suspect they did this to avoid clipping when mixing in all the sources...
As the device is pretty new I bumped into som fun 'bugs' in the firmware...
...as long as the 'Space Knob' is turned up the live monitoring will remain turned on (even when disabled in the menus) and the recorded audio will be processed by the effects which could be used for 'creative' sampling (ie. small clicks and pops washed in plenty of reverb).
I also noticed that when normalizing low-level recordings done using the built-in mic's there's a quite heavy DC offset which is almost to be expected with the type of capsules that are being used in the device.
The XLR-Input and its MicPre is decently quiet as long as one stays away from the built-in compressor.
As for the USB Multi-Channel mode, it's something I'll likely not be using that much...
Overall it's quite good 'bang for the buck' but not something I'd replace any of my other devices with
@egobeats thanks appreciate it 👍 Trying to create more samples wit some specialities in the future
Wow this is awesome! Thanks!
@samu You really are fast and effective in your moves. Didn't yet find time to investigate the direct monitoring. And thanks to you I don't need to now. In my audio interface comparison I felt quite similarly.. Polar Go has some nice and fresh features and decent quality, but there are better ones, not much more expensive like e.g. Audient or Focusrite.. Maybe this rival to some Ik Multimedia iRigs or that kind.. Maybe they can improve something with firmware or sotware update dunno. I think this unit will sell hugely especially to guitarist.. for synth / keyboard player like me, would have liked to have a stereo line in..
Thanks @Tones4Christ really pushes me forward to surprise with the next Koala SoundSet 😊
It also seems to appeal to vloggers, when I bought mine today there were 2 persons in line in front of me also getting one...
...the primary reasons I got mine was to get an XLR input, a decent headphone jack and loopback functionality when on the go.
(I'll still have to check how 'hot' the 3.5mm jack is for driving line-level devices).
As for IK, the AD/DA converters they use in their devices are audibly a few steps up from the Polar Pro.
I use my 1st gen iRig Mic HD (with a Micro USB -> USB-C cable) quite frequently and it still surprises me!
The only downside with it is that it does power down after a while in idle (ie. connected but not used) and iPadOS 'freaks out' and I have to unplug and re-plug it again, this is something I wish there was a setting for in iPadOS...
The Polar GO has a timer setting in the companion app to keep it powered at all times when connected and so far it has not 'disconnected' while being connected to the 11" M1 iPadPro.
Small portable USB-C interfaces with stereo inputs are still quite rare...
...there's definitely room for another 3.5mm jack for stereo input on the Polar Go, maybe they'll save it for Polar Go Mk2