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Multitrack Recording

Hit the Record Enable button on Track 1 in the TRACKING page and press Play to start recording! You’ll hear a preset beat playing in time with your click and/or tempo selection. Your recording is instantly saved and you’ll see a waveform appear on Track 1 representing the audio captured. Let’s now record another instrumental layer on Track 2. Hit the Record Enable button on Track 2 and press Play to start recording. You’ll hear your first recording playing back and you can use the Track 1 volume slider to adjust its volume. Well done – you’ve made your first multitrack recording. You can now repeat the same steps to record more layers and ideas on Tracks 3 and 4. It’s a lot of fun layering multiple tracks, reviewing how they work together and reflecting on your performances – you’re on your way to creating your very own pop symphonies!

Getting Started with Songzap

We built Songzap as a handy demo production tool that lets you capture musical inspiration on-the-go. We ‘re excited that many musicians with no previous tech or recording experience are embracing Songzap. So, in this blog post, we have summarised four easy ‘Getting Started’ scenarios that will get you recording, making grooves, arranging and mixing in no time! Read on for a fun and fast guide to start making music.

Mixing a Song

Let’s load up one of the included demo songs that come with Songzap, so we can learn about mixing and experiment with Songzap’s mixer functions! Tap on the Song Library button in Songzap’s Home Screen and select ‘Ready To Go (Demo Song)’ by FET 47. Next, tap on MIX in the Home Screen, which will take you to Songzap’s MIXER page. Press Play and enjoy listening to the song while you explore the Mixer’s functions.

Arranging a Song

Let’s create a new song and structure an arrangement using drum groove variations! Tap on the New Song button at the top of Songzap’s Home Screen to name and create your new song. Now tap on the ARRANGE button in the Home Screen, which will take you to Songzap’s ARRANGE page. Here, you can view your song sections and access many useful features to customise your arrangement and the elements it consists of.

Creating a Groove

To start creating drum grooves, tap on GROOVE in the Home Screen. This opens up the GROOVE page, where you’ll be presented with a handy Beat designing screen. At the top part, there’s a Notation editor showing you the notes that make up your drum pattern and, at the bottom, you’ll see three circular areas with control dots corresponding to the Kick, Snare and Hi-Hat sounds. Tapping in the Notation screen adds or removes drum notes, and dragging the control dots creates viable variations for each drum sound pattern.

Capturing an Idea

When you first launch Songzap, it loads with an almost empty song. Songzap’s really a pocket four-track recorder, if you want to use it in its most basic form. So when inspiration strikes, and you just want to capture a vocal or instrumental idea, tap on TRACK in the Home Screen and you’ll be presented with the 4-track TRACKING page. This is where you can record your vocals or instruments just using the iPhone/iPad microphone. And, yes, you guessed it, you can also layer multiple parts to start shaping your songs.

Recording a demo song with Ethan Ash

In this post, we provide a breakdown of Ethan Ash’s ‘Cry Baby’ demo – a song that he performs and records on guitar and voice using only an iPhone, with the help of RT60 directors Dr Mike and Prof Rob. Watch the ‘making of’ video and enjoy Ethan’s dynamic performances, as he gets to grips with Songzap, jams with Mike, then exports all of the song’s assets to continue working with Rob and Mike in a professional studio.

2024 Songzap Year Roundup

Wow, 2024 has been an amazing year for Songzap and our parent company RT60, led by Prof Rob Toulson and Dr Mike Exarchos. We went on a wild and varied adventure of technology, creativity and business development – some which was reported through our social channels and some which just passed us by a bit too quickly to mention! So here’s a quick roundup of our most exciting events that happened through the year…

The Demo Song ‘Ready To Go’ Songzap’s developers are musicians, producers, and educators, who have passionately created Songzap with the intention to empower songwriters, musicians, producers, MCs and all music artists. We have endeavoured to provide easily accessible features that support songcraft and promote effective… Read More »