MeloStock

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Don't let it stay a hum. A multitrack recorder for writing songs on your own. Press the red button once: a new song is created and recording starts. No count-in, no click. ■ Overdubs that stay locked to the beat Takes line up with the click grid automatically, so the groove holds however many layers you stack, and you can split a waveform and nudge it in 5ms steps. Tempo can change during playback, and the click follows. Bluetooth earphones work too: their delay is measured without hand claps and your takes line up with the click. ■ Record along with a song you love ・Import a karaoke track and the tempo is matched to it, first beat at bar 1, ready to overdub ・Split a song into vocals and backing — the singing goes on a new track below ・Backing in both ears, the original vocal in one, and sing it yourself ・It all runs on your device; nothing is sent anywhere ・Re-measure the tempo and bar 1 later from the FX screen Please use commercial music only from sources you obtained legitimately, and privately. ■ Everything you need is already inside ・A 9-pad sampler with around 500 built-in sounds ・Sample straight from the mic (up to 60 seconds) ・Step sequencer with swing ・Turn a pad pattern into audio with one tap ・10 effects including EQ, reverb, delay and compression ・Five click sounds, with volume and pan ■ Write the chart as you record Chord charts in the layout you already know: chord names above a staff. ・All 12 roots, plus m, 7, M7, sus4, dim, add9 and slash chords ・Double-tap a measure for rhythm notation, beamed automatically ・Long-press a measure for its own time signature; transpose with one button ・Rehearsal marks, D.C., Fine, dynamics and rit. anywhere, any size or colour ・Write lyrics under the chords — on screen and in print ・Print to A4 with 1 to 15 rows per sheet ■ Rearrange the song afterwards Add another chorus, shorten an interlude, open up room to record into later. Choose a range of measures and repeat, remove or insert blank space — across every track at once. Markers move with it and originals are kept. ■ Shape it until it's right ・Waveform editing: trim, cut, gain and quantize ・Re-record only the part you select ・The performance before a re-record is kept as a take, to compare and adopt the better one ・Automatic harmony a third, a fifth or an octave above any track ・Marks, loop playback, punch in/out ・Change the key and tempo of the whole song, non-destructively ・Copy measures, bounce tracks into one ・Fold tracks into groups, so a long list stays readable ■ Hear it before you export Match the loudness of released music: streaming (−14 LUFS) or louder (−9 LUFS). The song is measured first, then adjusted, so it holds up on a phone speaker. For colour, choose Pop, Acoustic or Warm mastering, 0 to 100%. Switch while the song plays, then export to M4A or WAV, with a 1–5 second fade. You can also export each track on its own as a ZIP — same length, same start, tempo in the name, so they line up as they are in a computer DAW. ■ A tuner is built in Chromatic, plus guitar (Standard, Drop D, Open G/D/E/C, DADGAD) and sanshin (Honchoshi, Niage, Sansage). Reference pitch 415–466 Hz. Monitor lets you hear the mic through your headphones. ■ Lyrics and ideas in the same place Notes with photo and PDF attachments, and voice input for a lyric you don't want to lose. Chord charts live here too. ■ Stay organised as the songs pile up Sort your song list into folders, and folders inside folders. Swipe a song left to duplicate it. A deleted song is kept for 30 days. ■ Share a song as a single file Send it by AirDrop, email or iCloud. Whoever receives it can open it and carry on — and you can import just the tracks you need from a song someone sent you. Each song can also back itself up to iCloud Drive on its own switch (off by default). ■ English and Japanese Switch anytime from the in-app menu; the user guide switches with it. Made a mistake? Shake your device to undo. Start with Quick Rec and capture one phrase.