fourtrack recorders

mattaggart · Joined: Mar 23, 2009 Posts: 27 Location: billings montana

if you'd like a cheap but effective fourtrack look at GigBaby. 99 cent fourtrack with option to email it to others or to yourself as a wav file.

also Fourtrack is good. you can use it with Riffworks website and work with others.

who else has used this? curious about others opinions.

GaryRea · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

Well, I was going to ask why anyone would want to limit themselves to just four tracks, especially if they're talking about a software sequencer - until I saw that this is an iPhone app. In that case, any more than four tracks might be more than the iPhone can handle? Just guessing.

Gary

v-un-v · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject:

It's worth mentioning that many early classic LP's such as those made by The Beatles (Sergeant Pepper for eg) where all recorded on 4-tracks.

mattaggart · Joined: Mar 23, 2009 Posts: 27 Location: billings montana

its nice to have more than four tracks. i agree. but as a field recorder it is nice. work on ideas. that sort of thing.

i guess for me, i like limitations when it comes to experimental music or music in general. its a challenge.

they do have various other apps that make these two look cheesy. one app is actually a 32 channel midi controller. and they have a more studio version of a recording device.

its us musicians and composers who will push these devices. the more we use them and give our two cents the more the boundaries will be pushed.

GaryRea · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:27 pm Post subject:

GaryRea · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:32 am Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:39 am Post subject:

Please post a link.

Alexander · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:15 am Post subject:

I wonder if it's suited for multitrack recording high quality audio with the enormous amount of ram memory this little phone is packing. Smile

Here is something I came across google:

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http://www.sonomawireworks.com/iphone/fourtrack/

Looking good are the specifications, 1ms latency, 'unlimited' track length, 16bit 44.1K audio.

I no longer wonder, now I know. They'll make it all for these little phones, but I would rather take my tascam 424 to a recording session than my phone (although I will always bring my phone to a recording session Wink

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I need crazy and fun stuff, not attempts to be serious or mimic studio gear. That's my personal taste, I encourage everyone to go and use and develop whatever they want, I just prefer the odd.

To give an example, I would like to memo phonecalls, this one does memos:

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http://www.recordertheapp.com/support/

"# Can Recorder record phone calls?

No. We currently don't have the mechanism to add this feature."

...so close. Very Happy

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:40 am Post subject:

Yes- this one's got a compressor on it too right?