Published on 11/ 6/2008
Audio geeks and songwriters who own an iPhone or iPod touch will be thrilled to play with FourTrack - an application that records, mixes and plays up to four tracks. While this isn't going to take the place of your main recording setup anytime soon, it is highly portable and does a casual enough job seriously to warrant a serious consideration. The $10 price tag might be 10 times more than those lightweight iPhone apps, but at least the price is justified, thanks to its rudimentary, four-track-like functionality. Both recording and mixing procedures are a snap, and recording length depends on how much empty space you have left inside. Each track will also be stored as a separate, mono, 44.1 kHz WAV file that can then be transferred over to a computer via Wi-Fi, doing away with the need for pesky cables.