Record your music when inspiration strikes.

Tapelet is a one-click multi-track recorder for macOS. 
Just hit record and lay em' down. No getting distracted by DAWs, projects, configurations or plugins. 

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Like Voice Memo's for musicians

Get the "lightness" of Voice Memos, but with quality of your audio interface and mics. 

Multi-Track Capture

Record multiple tracks at the same time, selecting which inputs on your audio interface you want to capture. Your selection is remembered for next time so you don't even have to think about it.

High Quality Recordings

If your audio interface, mics and room are any good, you're going to get a great quality capture of your ad-hoc performances. This means you can take them to your DAW and build on them easily.

One-Click Record

Hit record whenever you want to capture a new performance. Simple beans. Each time you hit record it automatically creates a new folder with your recorded stems in it, saved as a high quality WAV files. 

Drag Stems to Your DAW

Once you have a performance worth building on, drag your stems into the DAW of your choice. These are just WAV files on your disk, no magic or complexity. 

Star Your Best Takes

Stick a star on any recordings you think stand out, so you know which ones you might want to work with later and can easily find them. 

Add Notes

Keep a note against a recording so you can look back and see what you did differently on that take. Great for when you're trying a bunch of different vocal styles, tempo's or keys.

Record Band Practice

Record your entire band without messing about with a DAW. Tested for up to 2-hours with 8-tracks. 

Record amp modeller sessions

Record guitar jams with modelling software like the Tonex. You can select to record your monitor out channels on your sound card which makes capturing stereo guitar practice easy.
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"I made this because I'm a busy dad and sometimes I just want to capture an idea as fast as possible. I love my dictaphone, but if I'm at home with good mics and an audio interface I'd rather capture ideas with those so I can use them when I'm producing."
Tobin HarrisDad, Hobbyist Musician, Creator of Tapelet

FAQ

Frequently asked questions answered

Who makes Tapelet?

It's made by me, Tobin Harris. I'm a software engineer, hobbyist musician and busy dad. By day, I run a UK app development agency called Pocketworks. I write songs and record music in my spare time.

Is it FREE?

Yup, it's FREE whilst in Beta and may even stay that way forever, we'll see. Even if I make a paid version, I won't lock you in. You'll always have a free version that at least matches the functionality you have today.

Will it work with my audio interface?

I'm testing on a UAD X4, a web cam's and the built in MacBook microphone. It's working on all those so it will probably work with any Mac compatible audio interface from brands like Focusrite, Motu, Neve etc. 

Does it work with amp modelling software?

I tried it with Tonex which outputs to to MON 1 and MON 2 on my interface. Since I can choose to record those in Tapelet, I could quickly capture practice sessions for guitar that way. Example video here.

How many tracks can you record at one?

I've tried up to 7 so far. I need do a proper test, but suspect it's based on your hardware.

Why I made Tapelet

Dear musician, engineer or producer,

If you're like me, sometimes you get "in the zone" when practicing and songwriting, and you think "I must record this!"
 
But my dictaphone sounds a bit crap, and I'm  nailing this performance, god damn it!

So, I want to capture it using my nice audio interface and mics so I can actually use it in a real track at some point.

Or, if I'm practicing guitar through DI or a software amp modeller, I just want to capture that in high quality.

But setting up a DAW every time I practice is boring. I have to create different projects if I'm working on different songs. And, I easily get distracted by plugins, configuration and EQ. All this breaks my flow.

What I really want is to stay in the zone and capture a good sound as a practice and write. 
 
So that's why I created Tapelet.

Is stupid simple and lets me capture quality stems without having to think or get distracted. Then, I can drag those into a DAW later when I want to focus on mixing and production.

If this fits your workflow, download and give it a try!

Cheers 

Tobin

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