Lightweight digital audio workstation for macOS

Tape Sim

A small, direct workstation for recording through your default audio device.

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macOS 11 or newer. Intel x86_64 build. No telemetry.

Tape Sim running on macOS with transport controls and multiple audio tracks.

48 kHz / 24 bit mono WAV tracks

1:1 I/O input tracks to outputs

Local only recordings stay on disk

Stereo bounce print two tracks to one file

Pick a reel

Choose a working directory on launch. Tape Sim writes numbered WAV tracks directly into that folder.

Arm tracks

Enable the tracks you want to record, then use the transport to play, stop, rewind, fast-forward, or return to zero.

Bounce out

Select two tracks and create a stereo WAV from the Actions menu when the pass is ready to keep.

Program details

Simple routing, explicit files, fast keys.

Tape Sim creates as many mono tracks as your default audio input exposes. Playback maps each track to the matching output, so the available output count should match the input count.

Spaceplay, stop, record, or stop rewind/fast-forward

Renable record mode

,rewind

.fast-forward

Zreturn to zero

Latest release

Download Tape Sim v2.3

Install the latest macOS build and start recording straight to local WAV files.

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