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FourTrack multitrack audio recorder is a songwriting and practice tool for singers, guitar players, piano players, and others who want to capture musical ideas and record songs on the iPhone and iPod touch.

Record with FourTrack in three simple steps:

  1. Arm
  2. Record
  3. Repeat

"Solid and functional, well worth $10 for musicians and anyone who messes around with audio. Stable, easy to use and useful." - Wired.com

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The 88 recorded an entire song, "Love is the Thing," using this FourTrack multitrack recorder on an iPhone. "The tune was recorded with a total of 16 tracks [using FourTrack's bounce feature]. The trio (guitars, keyboards and drums) used the iPhone mic for each instrument, plus four-part harmony, which is displayed on The 88's making of video on YouTube." - USA Today

FourTrack Features

  • Multitrack: use bounce for more than 4 tracks (eg. 8, 12, 16 tracks or more)
  • Recording quality: 16 bit, 44.1 kHz
  • Calibrated meters: accurately monitor record and playback levels
  • Recording clip lights: ensure input levels do not cause distortion
  • Calibrated faders: accurately adjust playback level of each track
  • Pan control: move tracks from left to right
  • (NEW) AudioPaste: paste audio from compatible AudioCopy apps including InstantDrummer, DopplerPad, and more (AudioCopy Demo Video, AudioCopy User Info & AudioCopy Developer Info)
  • (NEW)PromoTracks: download individual PromoTracks from a variety of artists directly into a FourTrack song to add more tracks, mixdown with effects, export and more
  • (NEW)MasterFX: sweeten the sound of your recordings with a compressor-limiter and a 4-band parametric EQ (Master FX Demo Movie)
  • Timeline: seek to anywhere in your song instantly
  • Shuttle wheel: accurately move within your song
  • Slide-to-Record: prevents over-writing your tracks
  • Latency compensation: accurate to within 1ms
  • Song list: unlimited song count
  • Bounce: mix song to track 1 and 2 of a new song to record as many tracks as you want
  • Duplicate Song: make a backup of a song and continue working on it in a different file.
  • Metronome: maintain a consistent tempo by recording along with real drums (not MIDI). Select a tempo by entering a number or by tapping. Choose from seven sounds, including three beats by celebrity drummer Jason McGerr on his signature Ludwig kit recorded in his Seattle based studio, Two Sticks Audio. Other sounds (Block A and B, High Hat, and Pop) are samples of live drums and percussion courtesy of Discrete Drums, the original multitrack drum library. Time signatures include 3/4, 4/4, 6/8 and X/4 (unaccented beats that can be used to play 5 ,7, 9 and other odd meters).
  • Mixdown : Mixdown directly on the phone, with or without the metronome audio, then WiFi Sync either the mixed WAV file or individual tracks
  • WiFi Sync to any Computer with a Browser: copy recordings to a desktop computer for use in any DAW (without pan and gain settings).
  • WiFi Sync to RiffWorks, FourTrack's companion desktop recording software RiffWorks Standard and RiffWorks T4 (free) automatically detect and import tracks directly from FourTrack (including pan and gain settings) using Bonjour on Mac and Windows (FourTrack Guide). From RiffWorks T4 or Standard, FourTrack Songs can be MIXED to WAV or OGG, and RiffCast to RiffWorld.com for MP3 download links, embeddable song players, online collaboration, and contests. More tracks, effects and drums can be added to songs using RiffWorks.

FourTrack was crafted by Sonoma Wire Works, makers of RiffWorks loop-based guitar recording software for Mac and Windows, along with Retronyms, makers of the top-selling Recorder iPhone app.

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