I’m pretty confident with TapeDeck 1.1 at this point, and I’d love for folks to try it out in advance of the official release.
I added the following features for TapeDeck 1.1, and would like to hear what you think about them:
- Upload to YouTube. Share your recordings with the world, without leaving TapeDeck. (example)
- Import from MP3, AIFF, and others. Using QuickTime, TapeDeck can now import audio files of various formats.
- Export to AIFF, MP3(*), and others. TapeDeck can now also export tapes to various formats for emailing to colleagues on other platforms, or for use with other audio editing tools.
- Higher Quality Recordings. You can now record audio at up to 320kbps in HQ mode.
- Bug Fixes. Unlike Apple, we plan on detailing what this means later (when I get a chance to work on the real release notes). If you filed a bug in the past, and don’t see it corrected, be sure to let us know.
Updated (8/13/08 5:18 PM EST): You can grab your copy of TapeDeck 1.1b3 from this link: http://s3.amazonaws.com/tapedeck/TapeDeck-1.1b3.zip.
Please send all bug reports to support@tapedeckapp.com.
* You must download and install the LAME QuickTime Component for MP3 exporting to work. I found my copy of it here: http://karaoke.kjams.com/wiki/index.php/Lame
August 10th, 2008 at 3:23 am
i would totally buy it if i could easily record external sources via an audio interface or the internal system audio
it’s a cool product and visually makes sense to us who remember the days
right now i use and love Audio Hijack Pro (paid for, i support)
this product would make a great recorder if it did what i request it to (the previously mentioned)
August 10th, 2008 at 3:25 am
p.s. i have tried the remedy that the online forum guy said to do, but using soundflower is more a pain than anything else,i really want hit the button and go without having to reconfigure anything
August 12th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Angelo,
Implementing direct support for system output hijacking would involve writing a special audio device driver which behaves similarly to Soundflower.
We’re not completely dismissing the idea of providing our own solution to accomplish this, but it certainly isn’t our top priority given that Soundflower is both free and does the job very well.
Now, you mention that you require TapeDeck to record external sources via an audio interface. TapeDeck does this right now—I record my audio via a CAD M179 microphone hooked up to a MOTU Traveler Firewire audio interface.
You just have to change your default audio input device in System Preferences to record tapes using an external interface.
August 13th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Love the product. Love the support. Love the innovation. Love the honesty.
Angelo, just the effort they’ve given you already is worth you buying it just for the support of their intent. Not to mention that you have the nerve to advertise a competing product that you paid for on their website. Cough it up, buy the product and then support them in adding features that you want.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Mark, thanks for the kind words. We do try to keep a direct contact with our customers, and it’s important to us to continue innovating in a way that suits our customers’ needs.
However, I do not agree that someone should buy TapeDeck if it doesn’t currently suit their needs. Buying a product in the hopes that a feature will be added in the future, while noble, just doesn’t make economic sense.
One day we may suit Angelo’s needs, and at that time we’d be glad to accept his registration fee. Until then, he can feel free to pester us and keep his money in his pocket. :)
August 13th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
For those of us who have already bought TapeDeck should we update now or wait until the final release and update via the app itself?
August 13th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Lee, if you download the beta version above, you’ll be able to update it to the final release using the Check for Updates feature in TapeDeck at release time.
As long as nothing horribly bad is discovered in this beta, which I don’t expect to be the case, there will likely be no changes between now and the release other than a version bump.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Thanks Chris. I didnt want to update via the link and possibly lose the songs already in there if all I had to wait was a week or so. Love the app as it is so these new features all excellent. I use it for noting down song ideas I then develop in Logic. Its my constant note taker.
Youll have to develop a side project for the iphone that can sync with Tapedeck anything we have recorded on our travels.
Thanks again
August 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Lee, we definitely wouldn’t want to release something to our customers that could potentially affect your library of tapes! :)
I’m glad to hear it’s invaluable as a songwriting tool. While developing TapeDeck I thought that would be an excellent use case.
A mobile version of TapeDeck would certainly be great. We’re looking into it, and trying to work around any obstacles we encounter.
August 13th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
This product is great! I use different color ‘tapes’ for different categories and generations of ideas, so the tape sidebar can get pretty unorganized. Perhaps a filter to only show certain colored tapes would be a useful feature in future releases?
August 14th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Brad, try adding ‘color:blue’ to a search. I’m sure that’s what you’re looking for… ;)
August 14th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Hi all,
You know what might be a great feature for 1.2? When using TapeDeck for songwriting purposes, I often think back on my old dual tape deck that would allow me to add a new layer of sound as I dubbed from tape to tape. It would be awesome if there were a mode where I could just rewind the tape, hit record, and add a new layer.
No need for extra tracks or editing or anything. It’s just sometimes I don’t want to break out Garage Band, but I want to hear how an idea–with harmony or more than one instrument–might sound.