Cotracks vs MIDISynth Control

"Cotracks is a brilliant concept and, on the whole, has been beautifully realised by Futucraft." - MusicAppBlog.com "Cotracks is a great platform for creation that has hit upon a clever collaborative setup." - Apps Magazine "A new approach to collaboration" - PalmSounds.net Cotracks is a collaborative music studio for teamwork on a single iPad. With Cotracks you can create multiple layers of loops and phrases using multiple instruments. Cotracks is designed to maintain your creative flow and is always ready to capture your ideas, regardless whether you are flying solo or collaborating with others. It's like playing with a band, but this time you can record and play back your own parts, in perfect sync with others, and create the constituents for a great track at the same time. With Cotracks the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. FEATURES MULTITRACK SEQUENCER • up to 12 instrument tracks • beat synchronized playback and recording INTERFACE • comfortable access for multiple users • dedicated interface modes for single user, two users and four users • switch between interface modes with a single tap • independent playback control constantly available for each instrument • repeater lets you play and record complex beat synced rhythmic textures • XY-modulation control EDITING • nondestructive quantize, transpose and swing • change the playback scale of recorded sequences • drag and drop copying of sequences between instruments INSTRUMENTS • polyphonic synthesizer with dozens of high quality instrument presets • monophonic bass/lead synthesizer with dozens of high quality instrument presets • sample player with a library of professional quality samples from Inspire Audio • programmable XY-modulation • band-limited oscillators to ensure professional grade sound quality FX • stereo delay • stereo phaser • 2 equalizer units • dedicated units for each track SHARING • Audiobus support • export each instrument to separate audio clip • export all in one audio mixdown clip SUPPORT • on-screen help and tips • online support integrated in app • video tutorials

MIDISynth-Control provides a control hub for your MIDI synthesisers from a single application and also provides in-depth editing for a number of inbuilt, popular synths and drum machines. For the inbuilt synths, all controls are automatically provided, as well a librarian features and functionality specific to the synth. For all other synths it is possible to define your own control map for the controls you wish access to and then lay these out as you see fit. From here global layouts can be created allowing several synths & drum machines to be controlled from a single screen in the app. In-built synths: Novation Circuit & Tracks, Novation Circuit Mono Station, Novation Peak & Summit, Elektron Digitakt, Elektron Digitone, Korg Minilogue xd & Prologue In-built controllers: Novation Launchpad X, Novation Launchpad Mini MK3 As well as being able to store and retrieve patch and synth data to/from your mobile device each editor also provides bi-directional communication, patch randomisation features, patch morphing, XY controls, mixer view (if appropriate), and a performance mode (separate In-App Purchase). A fully featured arpeggiator and drum repeat functionality are available as an IAP. Ableton Link support is provided for syncing individual sequencers to a Link session. This can also be used for syncing LFO and ARP clocks if they exist on the synth. There is also a Link+ IAP available which allows up to 6 other USB devices to be synced to a Link session - this can be used standalone and no other purchases are necessary. Keyboard and drumpad functionality can be added for up to six external synths using the Keyboard/Drumpad+ IAP. No other purchases are necessary. With each module purchase a single user definable layout in available in a 2x2 to 8x8 grid. With the purchase of the Rand/Morph/Performance module this is increased to 6 user layouts. Each module offers a 3-day trial version with some restrictions in order for testing before purchase.