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Show HN: Tape It – iOS recording app for musicians

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Re: Show HN: Tape It – iOS recording app for musicians

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prionassembly wrote: post #24
earthnail wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Comboy, It's not trying to compete with GarageBand. GarageBand itself is an instrument in a way; it comes with lots of built-in sounds, loops and more. You should rather think of it as a replacement for Voice Memos :-).

Why should I use it over Voice Memos?

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Re: Show HN: Tape It – iOS recording app for musicians

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Post by nerdite »

JanNash wrote: post #16
import wrote: post #11

Looks great. BPM and key/scale detection would be awesome.

Thanks :) Yes, I also think that BPM detection would be amazing and we are likely going to implement it in a future version. Scale detection does also sound like an interesting feature. However, I can't think of many use cases for key detection since (at least for me) it's quite common to just transpose a lick or some chords as necessary (e.g. joining them together with a different lick or melody or chord progression…

Key detection would help me remember what chords I’m using. If it’s in B I’m probably capo 2/A or Capo 4/G for instance.

Re: Show HN: Tape It – iOS recording app for musicians

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Post by n_sonic »

Hello! So I was very excited to hear that this app made stereo recordings. I make field recordings to use in my own compositions, so the idea of an app that does this was intriguing (and there seem to be none currently on the app store, unless I'm missing them?)

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but it's not recording in stereo? I verified by opening the file in Audacity (sent via AirDrop).

I tried holding my phone (iPhone 12 Pro) in both portrait and horizontal orientations (because I'm not sure if you needed to do this to make it work?)

Is there a way to make the stereo recording work (at least, can I verify it somehow before committing to a purchase?)

Re: Show HN: Tape It – iOS recording app for musicians

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Post by bezieio »

Nice work! I like the option to annotate with photos and notes! Have you guys checked out Spire? It's a free app, but could be paired with their hardware. It's different in that it's a really simple app for multitrack recording and editing, but I've also been using it for a similar function as Tape It. Not to take away from your work though, I will give the app a go :)

Re: Show HN: Tape It – iOS recording app for musicians

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Post by subhro »

I am probably one of the few that use my iPhone more or less like a dumb phone, so pardon my ignorance.

Is the iPhone mic able to pick the entire audible spectrum (and then some)? Does this mean companies like Neumann, Shure, Rode should feel someone is coming for their lunch?

Re: Show HN: Tape It – iOS recording app for musicians

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Post by chris_st »

subhro wrote: post #39

I am probably one of the few that use my iPhone more or less like a dumb phone, so pardon my ignorance. Is the iPhone mic able to pick the entire audible spectrum (and then some)? Does this mean companies like Neumann, Shure, Rode should feel someone is coming for their lunch?

Anecdata, but a number of people in the online guitar group I'm in report that their iDevice can't really hear their bass guitar. My iPad Pro can, indeed, hear my bass fairly well, but I don't use it for recording the bass (long story).

The microphone is, as I understand it, optimized for voice communication, since its main original job is to be a telephone.

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