"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
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Cotracks FAQ
Is Cotracks free?
Yes, Cotracks is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is Cotracks legit?
🤔 The Cotracks app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
Очень веселое (но не смешное) музыкальное приложение, позволяющее сделать готовую песенку даже без малейших навыков игры хоть на чем-нибудь. При чем на одном iPad могут "придумывать" и "играть" как один, так и двое или даже четверо - в это в принципе и один из главных фокусов, что воплощено и в названии (co-tracks). К примеру, можно играть "в музыку" с детьми или случайно пришедшими друзьями - занятие на полтора часа гарантировано. Есть хорошие ролики на youtube, наглядно демонстрирующие возможности, и словами тут передать конечно сложнее. Но я попробую хоть как-то...
1. Приложение представляет собой простой в использовании грувбокс - в данном случае музыкальный редактор позволяющий придумывать музыку по ходу ее исполнения. Ты изначально задаешь только темп, а так же выбираешь мажор, минор или какой-то другой из зашитых здесь ладов (я всегда беру мажор, чтоб было весело :) ). А дальше все сам импровизируешь на ходу.
2. Интерфейс разбит на 4 блока, нижние 2 которых отвечают за ритмсекцию (барабаны + бас), верхние - солирующие инструменты.
3. Чтобы "играть" достаточно просто попадать пальцем на кнопки (любые). Ну и соблюдать темп (что не сложно). Все остальное делает за тебя Cotracks который не даст испортить музыку (хотя бы потому, что следит чтоб все кнопки были в выбранном тобой изначально ладе). Навыки игры хоть на чем-то, как уже было выше, не нужны.
4. Интерфейс может разделиться на 2 (ты играешь на двух нижних панелях, а kid сидит напротив и играет на 2 верхних) или на 4 части (каждая из 4х панелей поворачивается вдоль одной из 4х сторон iPad'a). Честно говоря, веселее чем преферанс.
5. Каждая из панелей состоит из 3х "слоев" - так что играть можешь сразу тремя инструментами с каждой из панелек (I.e. всего слоев 12).
6. Каждая партия может быть обработана какими-то встроенными здесь же эффектами. Но это хорошо бы посмотреть и послушать на YouTube.
7. Все это добро потом можно экспортировать через AudioBus или AudioCopy дабы слушать на ночь эти удивительные звуки :)
Словом, очень хорошая музыкальная игрушка. И если еще можно было бы думать, стоит ли ее брать за $14.99 как это было до последнего времени, то за нынешние 3 доллара забирать нужно без раздумий!
Creative!
I'm a professional musician who enjoys playing music in new and innovative ways, thinking outside of the box and CoTracks is a fun tool to do this with. However, please add: option to play actual keyboard w/ more octaves & play your sounds via our own physical/real life keyboard. Thanks CoTracks!
Unbelievable for 99 cents
This take's the cake as far as "almost give-away" Apps! I'm a serious musician who also like's to have fun! This app certainly meets both! Really amazing and deep for synth programmers.So many things happening at once it's like a Synthesizer Pinball Machine, that produces serious unending fun and terrific sound! I would be charging $9.99 and even that would be a great deal. For less than a candy bar, this is a true gift!
Legit music app
This app has proven to be a real winner. Once you take some time, utilize the in-app help options, and play around a bit, you'll see that this app has some serious depth.
Lots of options for tweaking sounds, a multitude of instruments to use, and a very cool interface. The co-op feature looks great, however I have not used it yet.
Give this one a serious look.
Powerful GrooveBox
It might look a bit "fiddly" at first, finding and adjusting the parameters for the synths and effects etc inside the menus and tiny icons. But once you find your way around, this is one really, really capable groovebox. 1 mono synth and 1 poly synth which you can have up to 12 unique instances of, the same goes for the drum machine.
I'm really liking the sounds the synths and their effects can spit out. It's not the deepest synths you'll find on the AppStore, but they are fast and easy to make new sounds with, and they are quite versatile with the ability to produce some deep gritty bass sounds (with some automated wobble for good measure!) to thin leads and pluck-ish pads. Since it is quite fast to get this groove box up and runnin with some new sounds etc, it is one of the apps I do keep coming back to for coming up with some new fast beats/stuff generation.
Don't get stuck on the co-op part if that's not your thing. This works just as well as a regular "solo" user groove box. As mentioned, it can be a bit fiddly at first, the small-ish menus and icons that is. But take your time and check it all out. There's so much this can do that might not be apparent at first. Automation is one great feature here.
Another thing I really like is that it can export each track as individual files which is great for batch copying over tracks to a DAW.
It works fine on iOS 7. Got Audiobus support. Adjustable buffer settings, so it'll run well on most devices.
Fun and great sounding groovebox, well recommended!
more than you might think!
This might seem like a party app.... It can be... Yet, CoTracks has much more to offer for those interested. It's really a pro grade app...
It can be used for collaboration with up to 4 other people, or as a 1 person workstation. A lot of good sounds included...
Needs ability to edit recorded midi... Would like to see Virtual Midi support. Developer says MIDI implementation is in the works!
Very useful as a sketchpad for musical ideas, and can be used for full blown sequencing...
Awesome App
Made for collaboration, but I'm loving it solo. Great Dev that cares what customers want. Audio has been optimized at users request. Love it. Maybe I'll let someone play with me someday.
Fun and useful
Great fun when collaborating with others or playing solo. Very well thought out with features and functionality.
Chokes on ipad mini with iOS 7
Want to like this so bad, but it's not ready for prime time yet
Very nice app.
This is a very nice app for the novice, but would have more potential with Audio Bus and midi out. Hope to see these features in future updates, then I'll give you five stars.
Good work.
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