4 Tracks Audio Recorder Negative Reviews

4 Tracks Audio Recorder App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

4 Tracks Audio Recorder app received 43 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using 4 Tracks Audio Recorder? Can you share your negative thoughts about 4 tracks audio recorder?

4 Tracks Audio Recorder for Negative User Reviews

✓ 2nd rate app at best!I'm sorry I wasted my money on this app!.JimastroVersion: 0

✓ Great idea but a little disappointed...Wonderful idea... But, when trying to record over the first track, the latency makes this app unusable. everything on top of the first track is recorded after the click! I dont know if this could even be addressed as the iphone is hardly a macbook pro in terms of processing. For the future i would like: LATENCY FIXED! loop options/ arranger page? pan controls? maybe some wave edit functions: reverse etc what about a basic midi drum mapper and a few drum samples (that would be FUN!) thanks.C1V1L14NVersion: 0

✓ Getting thereGood idea. It works, but there is a bit of work to be done here and there. Would be nice if the play/rec buttons lit up when active so you could tell what's going on. Also, the ability to adjust levels is pretty vital. I'd swap the level meters for a more responsive user interface. Still, all good clean fun..Fly BryVersion: 0

✓ Sorry, Doesn't WorkI hate to give this app such a low score, but the damn thing doesn't work. I can't hear the audio from my previously recorded track while recording a new one. This makes it pretty much useless. Am I the only one having this problem? It also will occasionally record the audio (that I can't hear) to the new track directly! Does this whether or not I use the headphones. Sorry, I'll write another one if it gets fixed, but right now I was just screwed out of 6 bucks..Non Comprende'Version: 0

✓ CheatersThey made the same app but better and have it seperate. I can't believe this! Charge an extra 2 bucks. So stupid..JohnnySVersion: 0

✓ Lost DemosLast update erased all my demos. Nice job! Less than 0 stars if possible..HowlingtoeVersion: 5.3

✓ HmmmOk....but does anyone else find the level of prerecorded tracks totally craps out when recording the next tracks?.BenCorbettVersion: 0

✓ Update!!!The update will not install onto my phone. Stuck with the original version, with no saving import or export functionality. Please help.Dark fallen angelVersion: 0

✓ Incredibly worthless app, unbelievable--hardly more than a single track memo minderDefinitely NOT worth the price. Gosh, I sure wasted some bucks. I want my money back! The reviewer who gave 5 stars on the current version gave away his purpose when he admitted he really used the app as a voice memo substitute. What a waste! If this programmer ever has been in a real recording studio, or even owned or used one of the old 4 track cassettes his thematic iconology is based on, I'd be stunned to learn. Nothing in the software interface outside of a slider for channel volume even hints at a multitrack recording deck interface. Major problems: (1) The online website is a joke. Static pages with just screen shots of the app itself with the exact same text content as in the iTunes store. Nothing more. Nada. Zipola. Not even navigation buttons!! (2) No help guides and no user guides whatsoever, whether in software, or online! Not even a brief "How to Get Started" web page. Unbelievable. (3) Really screwball interface. Needs a MAJOR overhaul even to look like a typical multitrack recorder, Tascam or whatever. Get this: THE LEVEL METERS RUN UPSIDE DOWN!! No kidding. When you have the iPhone in landscape mode (the only mode the app uses), with the rudimentary transport controls at the bottom and the English text in the green screens at the top of each track rightside up, then the level meters come out of the TOP of the track channel and bounce DOWNWARD to the transport controls. I seriously am not kidding. (4) Minimal transport controls. Just play and stop. That's it! No fast forward or reverse or track position point; further, hit stop and you always return to beginning of track, not where you are in the track! Much more critical and fatal--you literally are flying blind. You have no graphic indicator whatsoever of where you are in the track. No song position cursor to drag around and navigate back and forth in the track. You have no waveform to follow. All you get is sound output. You hear the track playing, but you are completely locked out of going anywhere specifically in the track, whether by visual waveform, or even some rudimentary data entry, such as time, measure, or beat. Again, simply unbelievable. You also do not have track mute or track solo buttons, without which a "multitrack" is nothing more than multitrouble, because you can get really twisted up auditioning and keeping straight in your head your live tracks and your recorded tracks, even with just four! (5) No icons have any explanation as to their function, and most are non-standard, not intuitive at all. Some are obvious, such as Play, Stop, Record, but others you do not even have a clue. You have to discover by accident whether the little round circle that is supposed to be a track activity light should be red or white to be active (you'd be surprised what the answer is). (6) The synthesizer page is completely wasted programming time, worthless, because you cannot use the dumb thing for input. You access the page through the little piano keyboard icon on the track page, and just sit around plunking on the thing and hearing a sound. This "feature" is inexplicable. Has absolutely nothing to do with the actual recorder. Nothing. What in the world was the reason for adding this synthesizer to the current version? I cannot think of anything that has anything to do with using the app as a recorder. (7) As best I can tell, you cannot import files as the app advertises. You have no explanation at all how to try to access the WiFi interface and use the interaction. I figured the matter out, but I was just lucky (or stubbornly persistent). Then, I tried transferring one of my existing mp3 files from the computer to the app, because the app advertises "import" ability for anything that the iPhone recognizes. This simply is NOT TRUE. You can EXPORT files you have created with the app to the computer, but you cannot IMPORT files you have on your computer to the app on the iPhone. If you can, the author of the app better pony up an explanation guide or "How To" or something, somewhere, because I tried every trick in the book and could not load any files INTO the app that were not on there to start with already recorded with the iPhone speaker, and then saved out to the computer. I could go on, but will not further bore you. Suffice to say this app is history. Wasted disk space on my iPhone. Sure wish I could get a refund! I have been robbed. Not even close to a multitrack recorder in look, feel, or use--not by a long shot!.AppsAnalyzedVersion: 0

✓ Great, but incompleteThe lack of a bounce or digital export feature makes this app incomplete. What good is making recordings if you can't save them somewhere? Also, there's no confirmation when hitting the 'eject' button to erase a track. Combine that with a small button and big fingers and you end up with accidentally deleted tracks. Otherwise it's good enough..Genius JVersion: 0

✓ SERIOUSLY DO NOT BUYRecording one track is fine and easy but when recording the 2nd in time with your 1st the final product when listening back is out of sync, therefore its not a 4 track at all really, just an out of sync mess. Your better off just using your iphone recorder, cos anything above 1track is a waste of money and time.Gav daftVersion: 0

✓ Why im dumbI only bought this app to record Tracks using the built in synth. Well of course, you cant do that. I guess i didnt read the app page well enough? Though the picture on the app page clearly shows the keyboard with a record option. Not on mine. I want my 8 dollers back. Seriously, this is illegal..JHoleWYVersion: 0

✓ Something good's a comin'A simple, functioning sound-on-sound app was all I had hoped to find in the app store when I got my iPhone. I've used the voice-memo function on past phones as sketch-books, but ALWAYS was frustrated by the inability to record the harmony underneath a melody idea, or indicate a rhythmic pattern. I am going to wait to purchase until this app gets it's legs a bit, as it seems by the other reviews that there are some issues that need to be worked on..Poly PhonikVersion: 0

✓ Avoid!Crashes everytime I try to bounce the track over wi-fi so cant get the track off my iphone and use it to record something else. Latency is unbearable so all in all a complete waste of money!.El Jedo RinsoVersion: 0

✓ Not worth the troubleUseless from latency.Phlip gibbonVersion: 0

✓ HmmmPretty cool but ultra basic. Really needs a bounce to stereo with pan. For some reason the latest update made the monitoring while recording volume so low as to make overdubing useless. I want the ealier version back. Not useful until that is fixed..Joe guyVersion: 0

✓ Truly Horrible AppDO NOT, repeat, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PILE OF GARBAGE! Yeah, you can record 4 tracks, but guess what? You cannot combine them into a single track! You can only save each one as a wav file. If I can't combine the tracks into a single track with the app, doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of the app?! Go buy music with your iTunes money instead..Lord GakVersion: 0

✓ BrilliantGreat ap to put down vox and guitar - watch out for mic on headphones, distorts if too close to mouth/guitar. Can't wait for update (hopefully ability to save / alter volume levels / bounce down??) - Already used to show my band some written ideas!! One of the most useful aps for all musicians!! Cheers..Stu CashVersion: 0

✓ 4tracksTracks are out of sync. Effectively pointless and a waste of money..Smudge_17Version: 0

✓ Buy a different one.It comes down to this: I recorded a rhythm track. Then I recorded a lead track. They are immediately out of sync. Waste of money..Ron GieseckeVersion: 0

✓ Could be betterThis is the first of the multitracks to appear on the iPhone but it is inadequate in it's current state. I'm curious to see how it develops but currently there are 2 main problems: a) there is no way to save sound files so you are stuck with one song. The other problem I've noticed is with the sync. The more tracks you have, the less in sync they are with each other..SpiralmonkeyVersion: 0

✓ Great app but needs a little moreHey mate, first of all, this is a fantastic app and I love the simple/effective layout. However I'm gutted that I can't save my songs. I would not have paid money if I knew that there was no option to save. However the idea is great and I will be looking forward to all of the updates!!.GrammenosolopoulosVersion: 0

✓ Not exportingThe app is not letting me share my work and export my recording to sound cloud..JOJOO.17Version: 4.5

✓ Does not workThis app is incredibly glitchy. It worked only twice for about a minute then promptly stopped working, never to resume..Eldndl829Version: 5.5

✓ Yuck!Congratulations on making one of the worse apps out there! I tried to email the developper to get a refund but to no avail. This is a rip off that doesn't work. There are so many good apps out there that you shouldn't waste your time with this. Take it from a music pro. Nothing works on this and it's glitchy as hell....KushlionVersion: 0

✓ Not impressedI've been waiting for ages for this update and was expecting many changes, however, I have been unable to find much to smile about. It is still not possible to record from any location other than the beginning. The built in instruments are about as much use as a nun's t*t! Why are the VU meters still upside down? Why isn't there any time counter? Why are there no wave editing facilities? Really, this is of very little practical use..Music WhizzVersion: 0

✓ Ultra glitchyI was excited about this, but there's no save feature and if you touch the track name the keyboard comes up and can't be removed! Simple is one thing but broken is another. Please fix, as this could be a neat program..CaseymoralVersion: 0

✓ Good app, hope it gets better...I think the idea behind this app is great. The next update is supposed to have individual volume controls for each track which will certainly make it more useful. I do think that the fact I cannot save my projects and I cant export them to my computer makes this a little but of a let down for such a high price. That said, it has potential and the developer is working on things. I think it is worth the investment to help the developer out so we get these features in a future update. Though I give this 3 stars, I do recommend purchasing it..KryptonianSonVersion: 0

✓ IPad version?I have this nifty app. Used to use it on my ipod, but now I have an ipad. Unfortunately this app doesn't do ipad mode, so it is 1/4 the size of the screen. I hope the author puts in an ipad mode..TerrorIntVersion: 3.1

✓ Very disappointing and a ripoffThe app is not worth buying. It cannot have multiple projects nor can u merge keyboard sounds with recorded audio. Nor has the developer responded to emails regarding what they are doing about it. I would like a refund..Grappat()684Version: 3.1

✓ Not sure yetJust bought this and already highly disappointed with the metronome not working. i adjust the tempo and upon playback it never seems to actually change tempo. just for kicks i typed in 500 bpm and stayedthe same, 80 bpm i think. i havent even been able to test out the other functions as i have been wasting 20 mins or so tryingto get this metronome to work. it seems a bit buggy, when you click the "i" button it seems to work when it feels like it. i almost have to press it just right for it to open the right page. this app os way overpriced, it has the potential but the creators need to just follow through and give up the proper updates..TruthsAndRightsVersion: 0

✓ Out of sync!Tracks are out of sync in playback! apart from that is rather handy!.JoldenblueVersion: 0

✓ Freeze!I loved this app. Great tool for getting ideas out quickly, but the most recent update freezes my whole phone when the piano is loaded! Also, it erased all my previous recordings! What are you guys doing?!.HandclonesVersion: 3.0

✓ Don't buyThis app is good at recording and that's it. Can't export songs via text, email etc... No tutorial at all. And it's a shame as recording quality is good. I even tried to email the support team, to find email address is invalid. Cost me £7.99, worth £1. The free one with blue icon much better.......Addiemac2020Version: 4.5

✓ I wish I’d read the reviewsThought it be a way to record simple demos. I was wrong. No support or tutorials. An expensive mistake..OFWGCWVersion: 4.5

✓ RefundsGreedy software writers are making a killing on us for these 4 track apps. Everyone who bought this 799 app should get a refund. Only supports wifi import/export, app is constantly freezing. No manual piece of s#@t.I phizone 420Version: 0

✓ Maybe...for .99 cents...this would deserve three stars. At $9.99 (!!)....Don't waste your money. Doesn't work well at all. update: new version freezes when piano sound is loaded. Great improvement..6v6Version: 0

✓ DisasterDoesn’t work. No manual. No support. Can’t record. Can’t import. Rip off. Run away from this disaster. Please, mister programmer, change profession!.MercurionVersion: 4.5

✓ I LOVE IT--! BUT IT's also IMPOSSIBLE-!!!This app is AWESOME-BUT IMPOSSIBLE to get tracks to your computer-!!! BOTH the light app AND the $9.99 app 'pretend' to 'act' like they will save to your computer via 'go to this web address' - -BUT IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT download to your pc-it actually DUMPS the track altogether-!!! Ahhhh-! OTHER THAN THIS MAJOR FLAW-THE APP IS AWESOME-!!! It worked GREAT the very first time I used it-!! Time yourself to your own music-it WON'T do that for your-and if your too lame to not be able to do that-then well-yah-it WON'T work for you-!!.RktrachVersion: 0

✓ Save song / Bounce TrackThis app just needs to either bounce the track or save the songs..BikeABahVersion: 0

✓ Very GlitchyShould not have been released yet- especially for 6 bucks. Impossible to record more than one track without freezing or glitching..RecoverysoundsVersion: 0

✓ Latency issuesA great concept with good controls. I can look past the lack of save or export (you can simply dub onto another medium), BUT there are serious latency issues. May be an aspect of my phone since I haven't seen anyone else mention this, but I'm unable to record over even a simple click track; the play becomes badly out-of-sync. I've only been able to record instrumentation over found sounds...to that end it makes a good field recorder (although there are cheaper field-recording apps out there). Maybe an update can solve the latency problem?.NilcjonesVersion: 0

✓ The synthesizer is useless?!?I bought this instead of "fourtrack" by Somoma because I wanted to be able to add ideas from a built in keyboard into the recording. This is not possible in the current version (2.0). When you play the keyboard, it comes out of the speaker next to the mic as it should. When it is time to record the keyboard however, the sound comes from the telephone-earpiece and the mic can barely pic it up at all. Sort of defeats the only real feature advantage that this program has over "fourtrack" and "gigbaby". I'll give a higher rating if this is fixed, and the solition had better be a free update, not a new program calls Tracks Deluxe that is being shown on this software maker's website..MeatlegVersion: 0

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