MultiTrack DAW – an 8 to 24 track DAW for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad – has been updated to version 3.
It’s the third major iOS DAW release this week, after GarageBand for the iPad and N-Track for iPad.
Here’s what’s new:
- Per track EQ (2 bands parametric, 2 bands shelving, 18db boost and cut) (3GS or later).
- Per track Compressor (3GS or later).
- Ability to monitor the input signal with effects (3GS or later).
- Fade in and out per region (editable fade points).
- Open/copy email attachments (mp3, m4a, AAC, wav, aif, ogg).
- Restore in-app purchases onto other devices.
- Delete Unused Bins from within app.
- Increased control of sliders and handles.
- Retina display for iPhone 4 and iPod 4th gen.
- Shared directory now monitors changes from iTunes File Sharing.
- Improved input selection allows spitting stereo input onto 2 mono tracks.
- iPod media browser now uses Apple supplied browser.
- Hotbox ‘Trim’ and ‘Move’ buttons unified to single ‘Edit’ button.
- new Hotbox ‘Slice’ tool splits a region at hotbox location or playhead location.
- Fader controls now accurately use decibel scale and allow a real +12db of gain boost.
- Metronome has volume control
- Track download on wifi webpage has option to include effects in track rendering.
- Bugfix: email account no longer required to create mixdowns.
- Bugfix: AAC is now in m4a container.
- Bugfix: After recording, track could be heard without disarming track.
- Bugfix: Missing metronome tick at zero
- Bugfix: Audio glitches sometimes when editing or deleting regions.
MultiTrack DAW is $9.99 in the App Store. 8 tracks are available in the standard version, additional tracks as in-app purchases.
Features:
- Basic version has 8 stereo audio tracks, upgradable to 24
- 44.1kHz, 16 bit, CD quality sound for each track
- Non-linear, non-destructive editing using Regions and Bins
- Multiple levels of Undo and Redo
- Metronome adjustable from 40 to 240 BPM
- Time Signatures (2/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 7/4, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, and 12/8)
- Ruler showing bars/beats/divisions/ticks or timecode
- Individual controls for pan, volume, mute and solo
- Bounce Regions using multi-region copy and paste
- Looping with the Loop Markers
- In-app help always grabs the latest help file if network is available
- New Bin Browser allows preview of audio files in the song
- New Hotbox popup control with context sensitive buttons
- Snap snaps the Timebar to Ruler lines
- Punch automatically starts and stops recording at precise times
- Auto Input allows monitoring the track underneath until punch points
- Crossfading uses cubic interpolation to eliminate clicks and pops
- Beautifully rendered waveforms of all tracks at multiple zoom levels
- VU meters for each track
- 32 bit internal pathways
- Multi-touch pinch/zoom support
- Speaker/Receiver selection switch for iPhone
- Input enable buttons for left and right (for stereo microphones)
- Copy and Paste to and from other apps
- Selectable input monitoring
- Selectable latency with compensation
- Recorded material perfectly synced with other tracks
- Native iPad support (landscape and portrait, up to 11 tracks visible)
- iPad USB Audio using Camera Connection Kit
- Wav, Ogg, and AAC compression for Wi-Fi download, mixdown, email attachments, and SoundCloud upload
