MIDI Tape Recorder

Effortless Perfect Recording

Published by: Uwyn
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MIDI Tape Recorder is an open source Audio Unit v3 plugin with a radically different approach towards MIDI recording.
MIDI messages are recorded and played back with the same accuracy and precision as audio recordings. Most modern DAWs, even at their highest resolution, still change the timing of MIDI messages to accommodate for their editing features. These changes impact the playback of your performance as MIDI messages get reordered and delayed, causing changes in how they influence sound, sometimes in very significant ways.
MIDI Tape Recorder records your performance exactly as you play it, just like an audio recorder, accurately reproducing every nuance of your performance.
MIDI Tape Recorder purposefully has no MIDI note editing, no quantization, no individual CC tweaking, nothing that you wouldn't do with audio. Instead, very expressive and ultra-dense MIDI streams are perfectly stored and reproduced. MIDI Tape Recorder excels at capturing and playing back expressive performances with MPE controllers and MPE MIDI plugins.
The controls are purposefully simple and intuitive, similar to a traditional four-track audio recorder, making it fun to record, play back and loop your MIDI performance. Even when recording non-MPE MIDI, MIDI Tape Recorder makes it easy to stay in the flow and be creative without being interrupted by the technical nature of most DAWs.
MIDI Tape Recorder makes no sound on its own and requires an AUv3 host to function.
Features:
• Four independent tracks for recording MIDI channel voice messages
• Sample accurate MIDI recording and playback
• Real-time display of active recorded notes and other received messages
• MPE support
• Multi-level undo and redo
• Overdub recording
• Punch in and punch out recording for automated regional overdubbing
• Automated storage and recall of all recordings inside the AUv3 host project
• MIDI file import and export for the project or each individual track
• Repeated playback with start and stop locators
• AUv3 parameters for all controls
• Snap to beat option for positioning playhead and start/stop locators
• Detection of MPE configuration message (MCM) reception for each track
• Envoy of MCM at start of play or when pressing the track's MPE button
• Host transport and host tempo sync
• Clear all recordings or clear a single track
• Crop session to new duration
• Fully resizable UI
• Activity indicators for MIDI input and output on each track
• Optional tool tips for every operation
• Optional per-track record enable, input monitoring, and mute
• Four virtual MIDI cable inputs if the AUv3 host supports it
• Support for AUv3 user presets if the host supports it
• Optional routing of first virtual MIDI cable to all tracks
• Fully open-sourced under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, an approved Free Culture License
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MIDI Tape Recorder Reviews

Takes a little fiddling around, but…

Ronzlo on

United States

…a utility like this is so obviously useful for almost any musician who uses midi-enabled stuff that it worth it. Would love to see a built-in editor.

Expresss;)sesh

twenny9.5 on

United States

All the stars for this one!

Brilliant and essential

EdZiPad on

United States

A staple of my toolset for recording MIDI on iOS. I’ve been using it for years and it has never let me down, and in my experience is the most faithful and reliable method of recording MIDI. Excellent support from the developer too.

Excellent little midi recorder

AngGroove on

United States

Does exactly what it promises and is super handy. No problems in AUM or Drambo. Negative reviewers should read the documentation and perhaps study up a bit more on how to work with MIDI and AUv3 plugins in their preferred host app. Also, if you get really bizarre recordings that sound like some invisible, recently used IAA midi source app hasn’t closed properly - restart your device. 🙃

Ummmm

martinshitonit on

United States

Hey Devs re, what do you think of maybe letting people know how to use this and what programs would be best used with this? Because I don’t believe any of the reviews… they don’t say a thing about any DAWs and I’m pretty sure that you guys wrote those reviews.

I am confused.

Aydn ghost on

United States

I don’t know how to use it. I been trying to find out how to use it but can’t. And also I am trying to use it on garageband.

My first app review ever…

JuanKenobi_22 on

United States

This app is so outstanding and excellent and all the good things that the other reviewers have already mentioned. Thank you for making this app, and should you decide to start charging for it you won’t get any complaints from me. BUT there is just one thing that doesn’t seem to be working correctly for me, and that’s the midi import function. Pressing the import MIDI file button shows me a list of “Locations”, fine. I wish to import a MIDI file from AudioShare, so I press on that icon and nothing happens. I presume correct behavior would then show me a column with all the AudioShare folders displayed. Is that correct? Similarly nothing also happens when I press any of the other “Locations” shown. Other than this one bug, this app is quite a dream come true.

YEAH

Ty1990 on

United States

Finally a way to export midi from GarageBand muchas gracias

So good

RG3825 on

United States

I’m using it on AUM on iPad to record a nord drum 2. Seems very precise. SO enjoyable to use. It is like yer in my head. Please redesign all software I use.

EDIT NOTES

synerdex on

United States

This is just what’s needed except we need to EDIT THE NOTES, CLIPS, note data, etc

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