Put your hands
on the tape
Record through your iPhone, iPad, or a compatible USB audio device. Touch the tape to scratch, slow, stop, and reverse it—then keep every take, version, stem, and bounce together.
TapeMan Recorder · Cassette Recorder & FX
Beat-synced loops, Punch It FX, live USB monitoring, stems, and a refined Mac workflow.
One screen. The whole session.
The cassette and the take library stay together in the main view, so recording, auditioning, and organising never send you to another screen.
Capture
- Record from the built-in microphone
- Record from class-compliant USB audio devices
- Choose input and output channel pairs
- Monitor live audio while you play
Organise
- Signal-activated recording
- Record WAV or M4A
- Search, sort, filter, and loop takes
- Rename, trim, share, and delete in place
Touch the tape
Scratch it. Slow it down. Stop it. Reverse it. TapeMan makes the recording surface part of the performance.
Transport behaviour
Choose how the tape responds to your hand with Hold, Follow, Sync, and Mix modes, plus tape start and stop shaping.
Wear and wobble
Dial in tape wear, wobble, and recording color so takes sit somewhere between clean and gloriously worn out.
Live manipulation
Manipulate the tape while recording input, monitoring, or playing back a saved take—no separate edit mode.
Perform the effects
Play effects like an instrument, then bounce the performance into a new version without replacing the original.
Color
Tone, saturation, and character effects that colour the signal as it passes through the tape path.
Motion
Time-based movement—stutter, warp, and modulation—triggered from stackable performance controls.
Space
Room, plate, and echo treatments that place the tape in a space, from tight ambience to long trails.
Bounce
Bounce recording captures the performance non-destructively as a new version alongside the original take.
Beat-synced live tape
Capture the tape in time. Loops lock to the grid, so a phrase you play by hand comes back exactly where it should.
Loop lengths
- Half-bar to eight-bar live loops
- Quantized capture and release
- ½×, 1×, and 2× tape speed
Tempo sources
- MIDI clock
- Detected audio beats
- Tap tempo and manual entry
Capture point
- PRE FX capture keeps the dry source
- POST FX capture keeps the performance
- Loops land beside the take they came from
Punch it, in the app or in your host
Punch It FX is TapeMan's performance effects engine. Use it inside the recorder, or load it as an AUv3 Music Effect in an iPhone or iPad host.
Effect families and modes
- Color, Motion, and Space effect families
- Raw and Direct modes for immediate control
- XY performance pad with selectable XY mappings
- Stackable controls you can play in real time
Recorder vs. plug-in
- In the recorder: punch the tape, then bounce a new version
- As an AUv3 Music Effect: process any track in a host on iPhone and iPad
- MIDI triggering, with host tempo support where the host provides it
- The AUv3 plug-in is an iPhone and iPad feature
Live USB monitoring
Plug in a class-compliant interface and hear yourself while the tape rolls—on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Routing
- Selectable input and output channel pairs
- A separate USB return for monitoring
- Compatible speaker fallback if the interface drops out
Every screen size
- iPhone, iPad, and Mac layouts
- Larger tape surface on wide screens
- Keyboard and pointer control on Mac
Safe monitoring
Use headphones while monitoring to avoid feedback, and let signal-activated recording start the tape when sound arrives.
Every take stays together
Versions and stems
- Originals and processed versions grouped together
- Stems and bounces stored beside their source
- Notes and tempo metadata on every take
Find it fast
- Search, sort, and filter the library
- Everything stored locally on the device
- Sharing is always a deliberate action
Separate locally
Install the optional stem model when you need it. Separate vocals, drums, bass, and other on your device, then mute, solo, mix, share, or save the result.
- The optional model is downloaded only after you confirm it.
- The archive is verified against a pinned checksum before use.
- Your audio is never uploaded for processing.
- Separation runs locally, and the model can be removed again.
Make it your tape
Import your own local videos as silent looping cassette backgrounds, apply a pixel treatment, and choose from ten 90s-inspired themes in light or dark mode.
Night Drive
Pool Hall
Sunfade
Chrome
Blueberry
Acid
Vapor
Walkman
Game Boy
Cherry Cola
Your recordings are yours
Stays on device
Recordings, versions, stems, notes, and imported video environments remain on the device unless you export or share them.
Honest about the network
Optional purchases use Apple's StoreKit, and the optional stem model is downloaded from a public GitHub release when you ask for it.
Read the full privacy policy.
One purchase. Your full tape.
Unlock unlimited takes, stems, effects, bounces, and video environments with TapeMan Pro Lifetime.
€5.99
Lifetime purchase- Non-consumable purchase
- Restore Purchases from Settings → Lifetime Pro
- Supports Apple Family Sharing
The purchase happens inside the iOS app through Apple. This website does not process payments.