MultiTrack DAW vs MultitrackStudio for iPad

The power of a digital audio workstation in the palm of your hand. Release your creativity with up to 32 high quality audio tracks. Record multiple takes, harmonies, solos, and experiments. No more worrying about bouncing - each instrument can have its own track. More cowbell? No problem! Build new songs like a recording studio, with the monitoring and overdubbing capabilities of MultiTrack DAW. Move and trim audio until it's perfect, and mix the sound until it's just right. Export your work with a multitude of sharing options. INPUT MultiTrack has a wide range of input capabilities, including the built-in mic, headset mics, and USB interfaces and mics. AudioUnits (AUv3) and IAA (Inter-App Audio) are also supported as inputs and as effects. AUDIO FILES File types for import include mp3, ogg, wav, aac, m4a, aif, and m4a. MultiTrack now offers 8 ways to get audio files in and out: iTunes/Finder File Sharing, Wi-Fi, Drag&Drop, Copy/Paste, 'Open in...', Airdrop, the Files app, and importing from the Music Library. Whole projects can be archived in-app and shared, and sent directly to other devices using AirDrop, Wi-Fi, or any other iOS sharing method. FEATURES 2 stereo audio tracks, upgradable to 32, for simultaneous playback. 16 inputs simultaneously (USB interface required). 16, 24, or 32 bit floating point at 44.1, 48, 88.2 or 96 kHz, professional quality lossless audio for each track. Inter-App Audio / AudioUnits v3 - Generators, Instruments, and Effects supported. Up to 4 AU/IAA plugins on each track, the 2 effects busses, and the master out. Sidechain capable, use the 'SC' button to pick a source track pre/post FX. Audiobus 3 - Can be used as a sender for any track or master out. Supports saving and restoring state. Non-linear, non-destructive editing using Regions and Bins. Built-in track Compressor and EQ (2 bands parametric, 2 bands shelving). Built-in Sweet Reverb and Stereo Delay available as bus effects. Grid View with Snap to easily align regions. Freeze tracks for improved performance. Metronome adjustable from 40 to 240 BPM. Various musical Time Signatures. Ruler showing bars/beats/divisions/ticks or timecode. Volume faders have +12db of gain boost. Per-Region volume and fade in and out, with realtime audio monitoring while editing. Ability to monitor the input signal with effects, while recording the raw input. Looping with the Loop Markers. Hotbox popup control (Long-touch over track) with context sensitive buttons. Audio Browser allows preview of audio files in the song. Snap, Punch, Input Monitor, Auto Input, Undo and Redo, and many more features. Smart Snap displays red vertical lines with exact snapping placement, snaps to any other region or ruler line. MORE FEATURES Beautifully rendered waveforms at multiple zoom levels. Low latency VU meters for each track. 64 bit audio processing. Latency compensation with selectable buffer sizes. Zip compression of song projects for backup/restore. Wav, mp3, ogg, ALAC, FLAC, and m4a compression for mixdown with selectable bitrates. Free 'Sound Copy' app extension allows copying audio to the General Pasteboard from outside MultiTrack. Many, many more features. For more information visit harmonicdog.com * USB Audio requires Lightning to USB Camera Adapter.

MultitrackStudio turns your iPad into a digital multitrack music recording studio. You can record, edit and mix audio and MIDI tracks. Both "one man band" recording, adding tracks one at a time, and live multitrack recording are supported. Both audio and MIDI tracks can be edited. MIDI editing features include pianoroll, drum, score and pattern editors. Tempo and time signature can change throughout the song. MultitrackStudio for iPad comes with many high quality audio effects including a guitar amp simulator. MIDI instruments include GM-compatible MultitrackStudio Instruments, SoundFont Player and Matrix Sampler. External (hardware) synths can be used as well. AUv3 audio effects, instruments and MIDI effects are supported, so 3rd party apps can integrate into MultitrackStudio. The straightforward user-interface has been designed with tape-based recording in mind. It's easy to use yet powerful. Key features: • Up to 16 audio/MIDI tracks, audio tracks can be mono or stereo. • Editors: audio, pianoroll, drum, score, MIDI patterns, MIDI controllers, tempo/time signature and song. • One effect return section. • One master section. • Three effect slots per mixer section (two for MIDI tracks). • Audio Effects: Automated Fader, Chorus, Compressor, DeEsser, Echo, EQ, Flanger, Guitar Amp, Master Limiter, Noise Gate, Phaser, Reverb, Rotor, Saturator, Stereo Imager, Tremolo, Tuner and Vibrato. • MIDI instruments: MultitrackStudio Instruments (General MIDI compatible), SoundFont Player, Matrix Sampler, up to four Virtual MIDI Apps and up to two CoreMIDI output devices.. • MIDI Effects: Arpeggiator, Poly Modulator and Velocity Curve. • Supports Audio Unit effects and instruments and MIDI effects (the latter require iOS 12). • Supports Inter-App Audio effects and instruments. • Supports Audiobus (acts as output in Audiobus app). • Supports MPE, MIDI 2.0 and MIDI-CI (MIDI 2.0 requires iPadOS 14). The MultitrackStudio Instruments acoustic pianos support the MIDI 2.0 Piano profile. • MIDI sources: onscreen keyboard (keyboard, fourths, guitar, bass, violin, matrix, chords and drum layouts) and up to two CoreMIDI input devices. Supports Bluetooth LE MIDI. • Supports Bluetooth audio output. • Audio sample rate: 44.1 or 48 kHz. • Imports .wav, .aif, .flac, .m4a, .mp3, .mid, .midi2 and various other audio file types (Flac requires iPadOS 16). • Exports .wav, .flac, .m4a, .mid and .midi2 files (Flac requires iPadOS 16). • Import/export audio/MIDI via Document Picker, Copy/paste, iTunes File Sharing, AudioShare or email. • Imports/exports .zip file containing all files needed to open song, compatible with MultitrackStudio for Windows/macOS. • Lyrics/chords prompter and editor. • Also works with mouse/trackpad/keyboard (requires iPadOS 13.4). The Pro Extension (available as in-app purchase) adds these features: • Up to 64 tracks. • Up to 3 extra Effect Slots. (*) • Up to 3 extra Effect Returns. (*) • Up to 8 Groups. (*) • Multichannel audio playback. (*) • Mixer and effect automation. • Audio pitch shifting in track editors. • Time stretching in track editors. • Tempo editor can process audio tracks. • Stretch and Stretch Accelerando in tempo editor. • Multi MIDI Editor (edit multiple tracks in a single editor).. • Convolutor effect with Vintage Reverbs. • Load custom speaker IR in Guitar Amp. • Sidechain input on Compressor and AU effects that support it. • Dynamics effect, supports sidechaining. • Multiband Compressor effect. • Auto Wah effect. • Phase Inverter effect. • Transposer effect. • Vocal Tuner effect. • Sample rate conversion in Export Mix dialog. • Create new song using current as template. • Remote Control for transport ("MIDI Learn") (*) Limited by iPad screen size. There's just one additional space on iPad smaller iPads. 10.5" iPads have two spaces, 12.9" iPads have three spaces. An Effect Slot, an Effect Return and the Output Selector (for groups and multichannel playback) take one space each.