n-Track has introduced Studio 8, a new mobile DAW for iOS & Android.
Studio 8 lets you record and play back a virtually unlimited number of audio and MIDI tracks, mix them, add effects and more.
The app is a free download, but a subscription is required for advanced features.
Studio 8 Video Intro:
Main Features:
- Stereo and mono audio tracks
- Virtually unlimited number of tracks (max 11 tracks without in-app purchases)
- Group and Aux channels
- MIDI tracks with builtin synth featuring 128 General MIDI instrument sounds
- Pianoroll MIDI editor
- Step Sequencer
- On-screen MIDI keyboard
- EQ with 2D and 3D Spectrum analyzer + chromatic tuner*
- Import existing tracks from your iTunes library
- Reverb, Echo, Chorus+Flanger, Tremolo, Pitch Shift, Phaser, – Tube-Amp and Compression effects can be added to any track and master channel*
- Automate track volumes and pan using volume and pan envelopes
- Supports the new AudioUnit plug-in standard: open 3rd party effects and instruments inside the app, without switching to another app*
- Audiobus input and output: you can send audio from other apps to n-Track, play your favorite instrument app and record the output inside n-Track alongside the device mic/line input. Each Audiobus app can be recorded to a separate track*
- Interapp audio: receive audio from instrument apps, use other apps as effects or host n-Track inside another app*
- Share your recordings on Facebook
- Collaborate to create music with other musicians with the integrated Songtree online music making community
- Quick one touch drums and bass grooves tracks
- Built-in metronome
Advanced Features:
- 64 bit double precision floating point audio engine*
Internal audio routing - Support for multichannel external audio devices on the iPad: record 4 or more tracks simultaneously from pro-audio devices such as the RME Babyface, Fireface, Focusrite Scarlett etc.
- Support for multiple audio output when using compatible USB devices*
- Record 16, 24 or 32 bits audio files*
- Set sampling frequency up to 192 kHz (frequencies above 48 kHz require an external audio device)
- Sync with other apps or external devices using MIDI clock and MTC sync, master & slave*
- Choose microphone on multi-mic devices and set microphone polar pattern (e.g. cardiod, omnidirectional)
- Allows monitoring and processing live audio input with near-zero latency
- AudioCopy 2.0 allows transferring audio files between compatible apps
- Support for DropBox and SoundCloud
- MIDI input monitoring
Pricing and Availability
n-Track Studio Multitrack Recorder 8 is available as a free download for iOS and Android.
Some features require one of the two available in-app subscriptions levels:
Standard edition:
- Price: $0.99/month
- What you get:
- Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks (Free edition is limited to 8 audio tracks, 1 MIDI track and 2 step-sequencer tracks)
- Unlocks all the available effects (Free edition has Reverb, Compression, Echo and Chorus)
- Unlimited number of effects per channel (Free editon has up to 2)
Pro edition:
- Price: $1.99/month
- What you get:
- 64 bit audio engine
- Export in 32 and 64 bit uncompressed (wav) format (the Free and Standard edition are limited to 16 or 24 bit wav)
- 3D frequency spectrum view
hmm
strange pricing setup, although if you were not going to use for a few months.
but it looks like the model that microsoft has been using, great for business standpoint, but for individual use I can’t see it
I gave up on music apps on tablets and phones. It gets frustrating at some point. But, it sure does look cool !!!
Yeah I know what you mean. Just too many work arounds to be fluid.
Crucial detail — you can’t save or export audio with the free version.
This ups the pressure on Apple to come out with Logic for iOS. My first Mac with Logic was a lot less powerful than today’s phones. It was a G5 iMac with 512MB of RAM that I eventually upgrated to 1GB, and other people were running Logic on laptops that were G4. I don’t know how the G5’s altivec SIMD unit compares to modern Apple mobile processors.
Also ups the pressure on Ableton, Propellerheads and others… 😉
“a subscription is required for advanced features.”
without me
Plus 1, what a joke
Seriously, this sort of nonsense is a headache that I don’t ever need or want in any piece of music software.
This is only usable if you need it for a month or so. Imagine paying $1.99 a month for a year so you can import/export WAV files. You’re better off just getting Auria.
This review does not mention, that you can subscribe for the standard edition with $0,99 monthly, the PRO edition with $1,99 monthly OR you can just BUY the program for ca. $30 and have it for all times!