Free iOS MIDI Tape Recorder

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A great new iOS MIDI Tape-style recorder has been released by Uwyn LLC and it's completely free! In this video, it's demonstrated by The Sound Test Room, who covers what it can be used for as well as showing it in context. Here's a little more information:

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

To download the MIDI Tape Recorder, head over to their Apple Store: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/midi-tape-recorder/id1598618004#?platform=ipad

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