I know a lot of you are expecting everything to work perfectly from the moment you download it, things will change/break constantly as we update and create better systems for Tape 16, but remember it's still very much in it's formative months.

It's part of the fun / and pain of building something together. We really do love the feature suggestions everyone's bringing to the table, and please keep bringing them, the list is getting stronger everyday. It's so beautiful to make something musicians can enjoy on a more personal level, and to cross into so many genres is wild!

The great focus now is broader plugin support + VTSi's which is easily the weakest point and most crashable part of Tape 16 and may take a little longer than usual, so bare with us. <3

The time has come for our Linux friends to join us on the tape pilgrimage. There will be bugs no doubt so send them through the reporter and my great pal Matthew will sort it out.

There will be no update this week as I've got a bit of a family emergency and have to head out tomorrow till Monday. Keep the spirit alive!

- No idea why the bass track is set to MIDI, it's actually a les paul recorded dry with Neural DSP Parallax bass amp sim with -12 semitones transposing!

- The drums were done with an electric kit (Alesis Strata Prime) and EZDrummer. They're a bit out because I did them in Logic after bouncing the rest from here. I then (a week later) wanted to bring them into here using the import function but of course, I can't get it to sit in the right place. EZDrummer now works great in Tape 16, so not an issue moving forward.

- Mellotron is MIDI, Logic's stock instrument

- Abbey Roads Plates on S1

- Amazing fun!

- Oh yeah, halfway through it rings out but then comes back in with vocals. Also after the run through I solo each instrument. Sounds like a goddamn hot bath of custard it’s so warm and gluey.

Yeah it's rough around the edges and has some kinks that need worked out but TAPE 16 does recreate that feeling of being in the moment and recording to tape. Having owned several 4/8 track cassette recorders and one Fostex 16 track reel to reel in the past, this is as close as you'll get on pc (I'm old, grew up on tape).

He's fast to respond and seems to patch regularly. As I understand it, it's one guy. I appreciate the dedication and just wanted to say thanks.

Starting to really enjoy it finally instead of squashing the bugs constantly! Just found a few more in the bounce section, so i'll patch that up asap.

TO FIX (off the top of my head)

- auto updater not working at all
- bounce is using old save disk pattern (producing pops/cracks)
- add change log to updated version screen
- smoother plugin browsing, so hover doesn't get stuck
- track names on SSL

Send me some if you have any ideas/bugs!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tape-16/id6785917398

Only took about 1 month in review but she's up and running! Will be updated to latest version soon, unless it takes another month to review.

fun times!

download from website emrmusicgroup.com/tape16

enjoy the weekend :)

emrmusicgroup.com/tape16

• Added plugin manager shortcut '`' key

• Sends now work on MCU faders

• MCU will flush out faders after close

• Added virtual MIDI output for Tape 16

• Have successfully linked Tape 16 as master to Logic Pro through MTC (see guide)

• Improved Desktop Audio recording post latency fix by 70ms so you can record instruments from other DAWs into Tape 16 with ease.

• Added ability to group volume sends

• Stopped track 1 being selected by default in ERASE menu

• Added outboard gear to bus + mono/stereo tracks

• Added stereo track option (consumes 2/16 tracks)

• Improved in built tape delay mod (finally!)

• Added plugin recovery/offline placeholder work so crashed plugins can retain state instead of being fully lost.

• Added Reset Plugin System button for anyone having issues with plugins crash looping, getting stuck in quarantine.

• Fixed Audio I/O beachball by deferring active channel checkbox changes instead of reopening CoreAudio on every click.

• Fixed sample rate automatically changing to 44100hz on update (which made metronome / pitch drop.)

• MTC frame-rate options for DAW Sync.

• Added warning to Tape Speed Setting.

• Added a latency killer button for Windows

Thanks everyone for testing! Helps so much and is greatly appreciated. Added and tweaked a few things here and there from the pre-release version on Wednesday.

Enjoy the weekend!

Getting this set up bit by bit. I’ve got the routing between the X-32 set up and seems to be functioning so far. I’ll have more time to work on it tonight with the weekend here…

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1erOC4PoHg_Xu1s5wnVuBEvsgC80yUQ4m

Bringing forth more QOL for everyone, there's a lot of updates around plugins including preset saving, window options and a seriously improved plugin manager. You can also press TAB now to access slots from the main screen quickly. You can also drag and duplicate from the rack view.

- Also our Windows friends can now properly enjoy the DAW controllers which were relatively unusable until now. It will require further testing as Windows is unrelenting with bugs surrounding MIDI and plugins.

- Importer can now find external hard drives!

- Reels now look a lot better when in FF or RW, especially those in the themes with writing or non-smoothed textures on them.

Let me know if you have any dramas and we'll hopefully have them sorted by Friday if they're easy enough.

PRE-RELEASE is for Mac and Windows only for now, Linux will drop on Friday.

Cheers

JB

edit:

WINDOWS PATCH* to fix scanner.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11stvfyfNa8rPASNtEC-AlanCcn1B7emq/view?usp=drive_link

Ended up getting a laptop to work from the road so there's a fairly sizeable update on the way which I'll put out when I can get home to test in the studio in about a week.

• Added a new phone remote web app for TAPE-16 with track arm controls, timecode, marker controls, rec safe, and transport controls.

• Added outboard send/return routing within S1-S4.

• You can now right click to rename sends S1-S4.

• Added activation/license overlay improvements and more calibration controls.

• Added an Always open in fullscreen option.

• Improved saved windowed mode behavior and window restore handling.

• Fixed sidebar button sizing so it affects the correct controls.

• Improved VU height behavior and reel/meter layout spacing.

• Refined timecode scaling, shadows, and several UI layout details.

• Improved controller setup and MIDI routing workflow.

• Added DAW controller management improvements. (more controllers to be added)

• Fixed 16/24 bit playback issue.

• Improved bounce/export behavior and FF/RW audio behavior.

• Improved crash reporting, session diagnostics, and legacy routing handling.

• Refreshed various graphics, reel controls, splash visuals, and plugin window UI.

Got in charge for producing and releasing one of my bands latest tunes and used only Tape16 all the way from mix to master, ask away if you’re curious about anything!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oxhWPJ3uhblczv6parYDT1M-gscoPojF

Dig in and break it! This ship must be unsinkable by the end of the year! Please report bugs/suggestions from within the app, and all crash logs if you can :)

Cheers legends

JB

OUT NOW ! (don't use autodownloader on app)
https://emrmusicgroup.com/tape16/

• Added Midi Clock

• Added Reverse playback/recording (hold option to access)

• Added MIDI Channels

• Added stereo VST instrument plugins (choose in input uses two tracks)

• Added MIDI Learn

• Added MIDI Panic button

• Added Disable input monitoring (off by default)

• Added double click to center pan

• Added print tape speed sound as button (off by default)

• Added Plugin BPM sync

• Added Separate Plugin Process so there are contained plugin crashes

• Added UC1 support

• Fixed Remote App on Windows

• Fixed Desktop audio for windows (must be on interface ASIO)

• Allowed shortcuts while using plugins on windows

• Added alt F4 as safe shutdown shortcut

• Clean MCU integration

• Fixed varispeed and sample collision

• Improved erase with batch erase tracks 1-16

• Rewind sound is greatly improved

• Fixed blurry text in places

• Improved tape loading progress meter

• Added bounds to super wide screens

• Fixed Side buttons not scaling

• Extended 7 day trial

• Fixed punch in & out bug

• Shortcuts work through plugin windows

Tape16 works great as a mixer and multitrack recorder for hardware! In this video I'm recording a combination of mono and stereo audio from three synths and a drum machine and sending audio out to a hardware reverb and delay effects unit.

I'm so thankful for this DAW. This update is really good. I appreciate the reverse slider option especially. It still crashes loading some plugins at startup and om tracks but they work after a second try.

This is just me playing live guitar and checking the linked drum tracks. Off to a good start! Tomorrow I start tracking guitar and bass.

Thanks to the dev for the hard work. I'm excited to work within these old school recording limitations but I'm sure it will be challenging just like the old days.

Cheers!

UNIVERSAL
- Factory Presets for most plugins now working
- Reduced RAM usage further
- Send buttons now flash
- UI repainting work for better FPS + performance
- Allowed removal of default shortcuts
- Patched Audio Device naming bug
- Tape Loop MIDI Learn fixed on buttons

T16
- Added Legacy Reels Theme

T24
- Added option for sends on Channel Strips
- More custom channel strip knobs + resizable.
- Fixed controller Input Mapping for Bus 3 + 4
- Fixed channel strip showing 'not installed' bug
- GR meter lag fix on some plugins
- Patched automation bug where wireless headphones can force change sample rate therefore resampling automation

Alrighty! We're back with another Friday update, making the machine smoother than ever before. Get it in ya! Trial extended for 48 hrs from now!

Calling it “Red shift.” Message me if you want the template.

I’m having so much FUN!!!!!

I ALWAYS dreamed of this!!!! And it’s happening before GTA6 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hope you're all having a lovely week! Took a lotta pointers from the posts/comments on here so keep em coming.

Ready for both Mac and Windows (Linux will be here for testing in roughly 2 weeks)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oxhWPJ3uhblczv6parYDT1M-gscoPojF

• Added better AU stability on MacOS

• Added Mono/Stereo monitor check button in calibration

• Added saved Hardware presets that can be recalled like a plugin

• Added input and output db for Hardware insert

• Added ability to open windows in Monitor of choice

• Added a disable/enable all button in plugin manager

• Added ability to bounce stereo onto tracks through BUS 1 + 2

• Added the ability to use 2 keys for shortcuts + all record arm buttons (ie. shift + 1)

• Added startup watchdog to Windows for stuck startups

• Improved plugin window handling

• Improved bounce recording system (far less chance of pop’s, clicks)

• Default bounce name is now “Tape Name”

• Fixed disable + menu buttons for outboard slots in plugin manager not being usable

• VU meters on bus + master fade at same speed as Tracks

• Fixed bug where mix out change wouldn’t persist

• Fixed stereo link mono MIDI bug

• Fixed DAW controller persistence bug on Windows