How avoid automatic gain control with AudioRecord?

Question

How can I do audio recordings using android.media.AudioRecord without any smartphone-manufacturer-dependent fancy signal processing like automatic gain control

Answer 1

MIC should be fine, and for the rest you need to know if they are supported.

I've made a class for this:

enum class AudioSource(val audioSourceValue: Int, val minApi: Int) {
    VOICE_CALL(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_CALL, 4), DEFAULT(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.DEFAULT, 1), MIC(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC, 1),
    VOICE_COMMUNICATION(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_COMMUNICATION, 11), CAMCORDER(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.CAMCORDER, 7),
    VOICE_RECOGNITION(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_RECOGNITION, 7),
    VOICE_UPLINK(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_UPLINK, 4), VOICE_DOWNLINK(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_DOWNLINK, 4),
    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT)
    REMOTE_SUBMIX(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.REMOTE_SUBMIX, 19),
    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
    UNPROCESSED(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.UNPROCESSED, 24);

    fun isSupported(context: Context): Boolean =
            when {
                Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < minApi -> false
                this != UNPROCESSED -> true
                else -> {
                    val audioManager: AudioManager = context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE) as AudioManager
                    Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N && "true" == audioManager.getProperty(AudioManager.PROPERTY_SUPPORT_AUDIO_SOURCE_UNPROCESSED)
                }
            }

    companion object {
        fun getAllSupportedValues(context: Context): ArrayList {
            val values = AudioSource.values()
            val result = ArrayList(values.size)
            for (value in values)
                if (value.isSupported(context))
                    result.add(value)
            return result
        }
    }

}