Apple is bringing layered recordings to the Voice Memos app on the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. With the brand new function, you may report vocals whereas listening to an instrumental observe out loud in iOS 18.2.
Even although the microphone will technically decide up the instrumentals, Apple says the iPhone 16’s A18 Pro chip permits it to isolate vocals with “superior processing and machine studying,” letting Voice Memos create a separate observe with simply your voice. From there, you may combine the 2 layers, in addition to edit or hearken to them individually.
Apple first introduced this function with the launch of the iPhone 16 Pro in September. On a help web page, Apple notes you could nonetheless hearken to multitrack recordings on any gadget with iOS 18.2, however they received’t work with units working something earlier. You’ll must separate the tracks for them to work on a tool with an older model of Apple’s working techniques.
The addition of layered recordings ought to make Voice Memos much more helpful to musicians and creators, particularly since they sync to Voice Memos on Mac and iPad, letting you drop them into Logic Pro for enhancing.
