4-Track Tape Recorder Made Me Fall in Love with Music Again

Re:4-Track Tape Recorder Made Me Fall in Love with Music Again by bluGill on Thursday October 12, 2023 @07:24AM (#37855766)

So long as you can export to USB all the tracks i'd call it good. Record in peace, then if you want more take those tracks to a real DAW for editing. The easy to record where you are is a major feature as setting up a computer in a different room for a 5 minute song is not worth it.

I'm looking for an easy way for my kid to record himself, so i'm more concerned about durability as it will be abused. To that end i'd prefer to see features like take an mp3 from the instruction book website and play along (this is often hard to download).

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Re:4-Track Tape Recorder Made Me Fall in Love with Music Again by col_rad on Thursday October 12, 2023 @07:52AM (#37855968)

Yes there is a Stem export to USB Drive (besides a mix export). This gives you 8 WAV files. 1 per Track.

In the latest Hardware revision I added the capability for a USB Device mode. So you can attach Track8 to a PC and directly access the internal SSD.

Idk if Track8 is suited for kids. Sure it's durable. But because of the heavy weight and metal case there might be accidents happening when dropping it on siblings ;) Also it might be a bit complex to operate depending on the kids age.

There's an Audio import from USB, but currently it only supports WAV. I still have to find the time to include a mp3 decoder.

Track8 has no Wifi/Bt/Internet connectivity whatsoever. (because the certification is a big pain). So you'd have to copy everything you want to import to a USB Drive.

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