Can an oscope app pick up clipping/distortion???

[alaskanzx5]

maybe we can get tony or cj18 in on the testing.

[TheMonolith2001]

I have been looking at these apps recently and I think you guys are missing an important detail. When you use these apps you are supposed to plug in a special tool to the mic jack of the phone that's basically some oscope prongs wired through some resistors. Some of them even offer bluetooth versions to get around the noise in the mic input. People have been doing this for years with pc sound cards. Its the exact same thing actually. When set up properly they are generally accurate enough for audio needs but not much else without expensive hardware. See links below.

http://hackaday.com/2012/07/14/android-oscilloscope-built-from-parts-just-laying-around/

http://www.ledametrix.com/oscope/index.html

http://www.osciprime.com/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.serverbox.android.osciprime

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.nexuscomputing.android.osciprimeics

That's just some stuff I could remember off the top of my head/find with a single google search. There is a TON of information out there on this stuff. I have been toying with the idea of a bluetooth probe in the back permanently hooked to the amplifiers and then mounting an old phone in the dash for constant oscope monitoring. I could even switch between amps/show both at the same time.

[20 hertz xpertz]

my scope and dd-1 clip at the same time