SmplTrek as a Three Track Recorder!

SmplTrek as a Three Track Recorder!
Today I want to show how you can use the SmplTrek as a three track recorder! While you do need to use a "normal" track to set up your song structure, it is entirely possible to use the three audio tracks to record a full song. With the right use of input effects, you can stretch those three tracks even further! I also forgot to mention it in the video, but you can then export your audio tracks individually for finishing in a DAW if you want to as well! Enjoy the video :)
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[@ChrisLodyMusic]

Ha man don't be so hard on yourself, this was great 😁👌 This is something I've never fully explored on the SmplTrek, strange considering I'm such a big fan of using a four track tape recorder so I must do this

[@FreeBeat]

Glad you liked it Chris! Yeah honestly it's a pretty slick little recorder, I've been having a lot of fun with it.

[@TheLordcasio]

Man...the electronic scene must be giving you a ton of grief, because that performance was pretty tight..."bass first!?" That's bonkers. Great job!

[@FreeBeat]

Yeah for some reason I was just feeling the bass first! Thanks :)

[@ice4278]

What's up free beat that was interesting to show us some more talent of the sample track. Also it's nice to see someone still helping and giving us information about the sample track. Take care

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks so much! I'll be sure to keep the SmplTrek content coming :)

[@hvhvgitaar]

😎 Thanks for showing this. I got my SmplTrek a few days ago as a mini-studio as my songs usually start from guitar and vocals. For my first attempt to record a song, I put a simple beat in drum track 1 and then recorded guitar and vocal takes for the first few verses and the chorus on global tracks 1 and 2. I didn’t record the rest of the song yet and am now trying to figure out how I can use the guitar track as a oneshot” for the later verses& chorus… The SmplTrek is just awesome. I only wish it supported multi-samples, so I could load some self-sampled keys and bass into it.

[@FreeBeat]

Yeah multisamples would be amazing on the SmplTrek! Thanks for watching :)

[@Farold_Haltermeyer]

It’s Dave Stewart in a box. Gonna say it again, Sonicware are sleeping on expanding this unique workflow

[@FreeBeat]

Yeah that workflow is pretty sweet! You can also export your tracks to work on them in other places too!

[@wiggesobk]

Man that was pretty good! Awesome work.

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks as always!

[@pugnation]

Funny concept, taking it backwards. Also great idea using the 3ds as an instrument.Thank you, I love watching (your quirky) Videos about the Smpltrek! And don't hate on yourself, leave that to KZbin 😅

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks so much!

[@bionicbeatz1]

That was pretty cool. Thanks!

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks!

[@GoLoopAudio]

Great timing as I'm about do a collab with a friend on the SmplTrek, and was thinking to use the global tracks for this as well! Will be recording guitar, bass and vox, over programmed drums. Hopefully it'll be a simple way to lay down some ideas. Love the bassline you're laying down there!

[@FreeBeat]

Hope you have a blast with it! The tracks are pretty basic but I think that's sort of what you want when you're simply recording audio :)

[@GoLoopAudio]

@@FreeBeat Thanks, was great fun! In the end we didn't have time to play around with global tracks, so resorted to creating guitar and bass loops, managed to get four new song ideas down in a few hours so pretty productive. Not quite understanding the monitoring levels for HI-Z input yet though, there seems to be a monitoring level for when a loop track is record-armed, but when you start recording it seems to use a different level. It appears to be using the tracks mixer level during recording... which isn't so easy to set before you start recording... as you don't know how loud it's going to be with a blank track! Maybe I'm missing something though... any ideas?

[@FrankenBeanzzz]

Nice!

[@FreeBeat]

Thank you!

[@Zeak_Freak]

That groove is nice man🔥

[@FreeBeat]

Thank you!

[@TheLordcasio]

Dear Freebeat Patreons...our boy needs a new set of bass guitar strings, less he loses his fingers to tetanus.

[@FreeBeat]

Haha I definitely need new strings, it's been a while.

[@APKManagement-rg4px]

That was fun! But the idea is genius, thank you. Considering the tracks are stereo, it's almost a pseudo 6 track machine. Great content. Can you record live midi with it too? Thank you for the video.

[@FreeBeat]

You can live record MIDI, but not into full audio tracks like that. Thanks for watching!

[@sojourner-kl6ei]

global track lanes would be cool on the sp404mk2

[@FreeBeat]

Each sample can be up to 16 minutes in length, so you can kind of just treat them like audio tracks as is!

[@markossgalactico8523]

3/4ths of an op1! Any Lofi XTs in your future?

[@FreeBeat]

Possibly, but probably not. The Lofi thing just isn't really for me. Thanks for watching!

[@Farold_Haltermeyer]

@@FreeBeathey chief, that was my take too...but you gotta try this thing; yet again they’ve hobbled it with the name, this is no lofi machine and although not stereo it’s the ying to the Smpltrek yang

[@mrksaccount123]

3DS!

[@FreeBeat]

Jam Sessions is so fun!

[@asynchronicity]

Is this box “flow hell” in general or not really…..?

[@FreeBeat]

When it first came out it definitely had a weird workflow, but as they've updated it, the workflow has gotten a LOT smoother. I'd say it's pretty solid now.

[@asynchronicity]

@@FreeBeat Interesting. I’m looking for something that can be used in realtime for elaborate looping but is also deep enough for sound sculpting and deconstruction…

[@nigelreadon8381]

Hi ....cannot get my phone too connect to my computer. I have some ambrent stuff I could send, BTW Ableton you can use midi, saves having to record again if you mess up, I guess you know this anyhow..

[@FreeBeat]

Sorry, I'm not sure I'm following you

[@icebob8555]

No hate maybe slow down the tempo and speed it up after you record I’m not familiar with your device. That’s how I program patterns.

[@FreeBeat]

This is not programming, this is straight up audio recording :)