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!