Subj : Your next favorite Christmas song might've been recorded on an iP To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Wed Dec 11 2024 22:15:05 Your next favorite Christmas song might've been recorded on an iPhone Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:11:24 +0000 Description: Look out, Mariah FULL STORY ====================================================================== It might be hard to believe, but were just 14 days away from Christmas. The holiday season is here, and Id bet youre already spinning your favorite Christmas songs on your preferred music service, like Spotify or Apple Music, but there is a change in the wind with how your next favorite holiday song might be recorded. Alongside releasing iOS 18.2 for the iPhone , Apple is dropping a major update for Voice Memos, which Michael Bubl thinks is going to change the way we make music, forever. Voice Memos has long been used to record tracks, jam sessions, and even ideas for songs by artists, but now the app supports layered Voice Memos recording. This allows you to layer a vocal recording on top of an existing instrument-based track, all with just your iPhone. However, you will need a new one, specifically an iPhone 16 Pro or iPhone 16 Pro Max with an A18 Pro chip inside. With just that one device, you can play the existing instrumental backing track out of your iPhones speakers and use the onboard microphones to record your vocals in real time. (Image credit: Apple) In fact, thats how Michael Bubl, Carly Pearce, and producer Greg Wells recorded vocals for their new Christmas song, Maybe This Christmas , on an iPhone 16 Pro within Voice Memos. After recording, and during the process, the A18 Pro chip isolates just the vocals by using AI and ML models likely similar to what Apple uses within Logic Pro for separating instruments, but the big difference is that this is for everyone, free on the top of the line iPhone. Apple even released a bit of a behind-the-scenes story with Pearce, Wells, and Bubl alongside announcing that layered Voice Memos were rolling out. You can see a bit of the process, including the recording on the iPhone, but also thoughts on the broader impact. Bubl is bullish on it and says, If an artist has a moment of inspiration, being unencumbered by the traditional studio experience becomes the advantage, not the limitation. After completing a layered recording within Voice Memos, the result is two tracks one with vocals and one with instruments, that will sync across your Apple devices within the app or that can be exported to another tool like Logic Pro for additional mixing or recordings. And thanks to a fresh update for Apples pro-mixing tool for the Mac and iPad, you can also easily send that base instrumental layer to Voice Memos. So, say inspiration strikes, and you write down lyrics in notes. Ask your band for the base track; they can record it in Logic and send it to you, and you can layer down sweet, soulful vocals on your iPhone. It's pretty nuts. Of course, if youd rather listen to the new holiday song, Maybe This Christmas is streaming now on Apple Music , mixed with Spatial Audio. Assuming youve updated to iOS 18.2, youll see this new feature within Voice Memos alongside some major new Apple Intelligence features like Genmoji and Image Playground. And as far as Christmas tracks, Im still spinning Bruce Springsteens Santa Claus Is Coming To Town who knows, maybe he and E Street will rerecord with Voice Memos and include the historic Clarence Clemons saxophone solo. You might also like iOS 18.2 is out today: ChatGPT in Siri, Genmoji, and Visual Intelligence are here You can now buy a new car on Amazon as long as it's a Hyundai The next Apple Watch Ultra might get a lifesaving iPhone feature for the first time, and I couldnt be more excited ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/your-next-favorite-christmas-song-migh tve-been-recorded-on-an-iphone --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .