Sonoma Wire Works

This video demonstrates how The 88 used Sonoma Wire Works FourTrack (App Store link) to record their latest single on an iPhone.

FourTrack is $9.99, which is amazing, considering it transforms your iPhone into a functional recording studio.

Impressive? Leave a comment with your thoughts!

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Sonoma Wire Works has announced the release of FourTrack 2.0 (App Store link), an update to its iPhone multitrack audio recorder.

FourTrack 2.0 is available from the iTunes App Store for an introductory price of $9.99 USD.

FourTrack is the only iPhone multitrack recorder available with calibrated faders and meters, panning, latency compensation, metronome with live drum recordings, bounce, and wifi-sync directly into a companion desktop application (RiffWorks).

If you’ve used FourTrack 2.0, leave a comment with your thoughts!

New in FourTrack 2.0

• Bounce – Mix your song to track 1 and 2 of a new song. This makes room for two more tracks while preserving the originals for syncing to desktop recording software.
• Duplicate – Make a backup of your song and continue working on it in a different file.
• Metronome – Maintain a consistent tempo by recording along with real drums (not MIDI) using FourTrack’s built-in metronome. Select a tempo by entering a number or by tapping. Choose from seven sounds including three beats by celebrity drummer Jason McGerr on his signature Ludwig kit recorded in his Seattle based studio, Two Sticks Audio. Other sounds (Block A, Block B, High Hat, and Pop) are samples of live drums and percussion courtesy of Discrete Drums, the original multitrack drum library. Time signatures include 3/4, 4/4, 6/8 and X/4 (which are unaccented beats that can be used to play 5, 7, 9 and other odd meters).

Sonoma Wire Works has released a free update for RiffWorks Standard recording software (Windows & Mac).

With RiffWorks Standard you can record ideas, create complete songs with drums and effects, collaborate online with musicians around the world, post tunes to the RiffWorld.com online community and now export to any DAW for editing and mastering.

Here’s what’s new in Riffworks Standard v2.5: Read more…

Sonoma Wire Works has launched FourTrack (App Store link), a multitrack audio recorder for the iPhone and iPod touch (2nd Generation).

FourTrack works with the iPhone built-in microphone, a headset mic or an iPod touch with a third-party mic and headphones.

WiFi sync allows FourTrack recordings to be downloaded to any desktop computer with a browser. Tracks can then be loaded into any recording software (DAW) to continue working on songs.

Note that FourTrack won’t let you record four tracks to the iPhone at the same time. That would require a four-channel audio interface for the iPhone…..which would be awesome.  

The iPhone continues to get more and more sophisticated applications for music and audio work. The platform is evolving so rapidly, though, that it may be early to commit to any particular app. 

Let me know what you think of the FourTrack in the comments. 

FourTrack retails for $9.99. Read more…

Sonoma Wire Works has reduced the list price of RiffWorks Standard recording software from $169 to $129 (99€, 69£ exc. VAT), a reduction of more than 20%.

With RiffWorks, musicians can record ideas, create songs complete with drums and effects, jam online with musicians from around the world, and broadcast to a the online community.

Doug Wright, President of Sonoma Wire Works said, “Using RiffWorks to record songs and collaborate online with old friends and new has become a favorite pastime for many beginning and experienced guitar players. We hope this price drop will make RiffWorks accessible to even more guitar players as well as bassists, vocalists and other musicians who would like to join in and start jamming!”