Traknotta: Backing Tracks

Build the backing. Play your part.

Traknotta puts a sequencer, a backing-track generator and a multitrack recorder in one app for iPhone and iPad. Program a groove, jam over a chord chart, record your instrument and mix the take, all offline, all on one screen.

PRACTICE WITH A BAND IN YOUR POCKET
• 100 original practice songs in 15 genres: blues, jazz, funk, R&B, bossa, Latin, pop, rock, metal, hip-hop, dance, country, reggae, world and ballads.
• Pick any of 12 keys, a tempo from 25 to 300 BPM and 1 to 16 choruses.
• Follow the live chord chart with the current and next chord, chorus and bar position, and a practice tip for each song.
• Mute drums, bass or keys and take their place. Tap a bar to start from there.
• Press REC and capture your solo as audio or MIDI after a one-bar count-in.
• Search by genre or theme (pentatonic, ii-V, modes, slash chords, tensions and more) and star your favorites.

TURN A PATTERN INTO A SONG
• Piano-roll grid with step entry from an on-screen keyboard.
• 274 sampled instrument voices and 13 drum kits, with category browsing, search and audition.
• 40 backing styles, each with intro, two main sections, fills and ending, driven by your chord progression.
• 548 instrument phrases you can drop into any pattern.
• 16 sequence tracks plus 8 backing parts. On-bass chords, chords within a beat and 8 progression templates.
• Quantize, transpose, velocity, gate and shift jobs over any range. Tempo changes inside a song. 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8.

RECORD, MIX AND KEEP THE TAKE
• Up to 8 audio tracks, recording 2 at once from the built-in mic or an external audio interface.
• Count-in, markers and a tuner.
• Trim, split, duplicate, loop, move and fade regions. Time-stretch 50 to 150% without changing pitch.
• Per-track compressor, gate, limiter, 3-band EQ, 4 drive types, tempo delay and 13 reverbs. Two shared sends and savable effect patches.
• Freeze instrument tracks to audio.

SHARE YOUR WORK
• Export a 24-bit / 44.1 kHz stereo WAV mix, individual track WAVs (wet or dry) or a Standard MIDI File.
• Import SMF 0/1 files into a new or existing song.
• Share a complete project package, recordings included, and reopen it on another device.
• Build playlists for rehearsal and live use.

MIDI
• Play and record from USB or Bluetooth MIDI keyboards, one track or several channels at once.
• Record and edit control changes, program changes, pitch bend and pressure.
• Send MIDI Clock to sync external gear.

DESIGNED FOR PLAYERS
Cream panels, a green display and physical-style keys, inspired by the pocket sequencers and multitrack recorders that musicians have carried for decades. Everything works on a phone-sized screen and expands on iPad.

Your sessions are saved on the device and autosaved as you work. No ads, no analytics, no account.

Interface language: Japanese. An English user guide is available online from the help menu.

Requires iOS 18 or later.