MIDI Tape Recorder

MIDI Tape Recorder

Perfect MIDI recording

62 ratings
34 reviews
$9.99

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • December 25, 2021
  • September 20, 2026

Features

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This app offers a unique approach to MIDI recording, capturing performances with audio-like precision. It focuses on preserving the nuances of your playing without altering timing, ideal for expressive MPE performances. Simple controls make it fun to record, play back, and loop MIDI.

✓Sample accurate MIDI recording
✓MPE support
✓Four independent MIDI tracks
✓Overdub and punch-in recording
✓MIDI file import/export
✓Undo/redo functionality
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What's New in MIDI Tape Recorder

2.0.2

September 20, 2026

• Moved the crop marker flags to the bottom so two markers on the same position can be told apart. • Improved cropping to keep the punch in and out markers, adapting them to the cropped take. • Raised the MIDI buffer sizes so dense playing and MPE expression are not dropped. • Fixed the first recorded event of a take landing slightly early when the recording starts the transport. • Fixed other armed tracks missing the message that starts the transport when several tracks record at once. • Fixed stopping a loop recording partway through a silent pass erasing the start of the loop. • Fixed MIDI arriving right after Record is engaged from the host being dropped until the tracks were armed. • Fixed recording over existing content erasing the recorded range when nothing was played. • Fixed continuous loop recording losing what was played after a silent cycle. • Fixed the track display blanking while a recording pass that played nothing was running. • Fixed a loop recording pass inside a punch in and out region only being added when the playhead returned to the punch-in point. • Fixed clearing a track while it was recording leaving behind an undo step that did nothing. • Fixed a recording that captured nothing creating an undo step that did nothing. • Fixed a recording never finishing when the playhead never reached the punch in and out region. • Fixed undoing a take also reverting a MIDI file imported into that track while it was recording. • Fixed cropping while recording leaving the running take behind in the uncropped timeline. • Fixed crop and punch markers being impossible to grab where another marker or range covers them.

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User reviews

After update: Loop problem

Nice to see so many fixes! Recording seems to be more accurate now, but looping doesnt really work. On first play it replays correctly, but then there is a short replay then nothing?

Auf dem iPad gut, aber…..

Auf dem iPad sehr gutes Tool. Aber auf dem Mac läuft der MIDI Tape Recorder nicht. Jedenfalls nicht bei mir unter Cubase und auch nicht in Gig Performer.

Wow

This app is nuts! Love it.

Simply Brilliant

I have some really great midi recorders / editors on my device and I love them but I wanted a really simple way to just record midi exactly how it’s played and then export it. It may seem a daft workflow as the exported file often ends up being imported in to a app that can record midi and do everything this app can do (and more) but the simplicity of this app that just records midi streams is just what I was looking for.
Midi has also been adopted by other professions like lighting and video control and can see this being very useful in environments where midi isn’t just triggering instruments.
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Don’t Buy!

This is the only app I’ve ever been refused a refund on. Even after an appeal. So unless you are prepared to keep this app if it disappoints you (as it did me) don’t buy! Personally I lost some good work on this app by accidentally hitting the destructive undo. There is no redo. That alone made me unwilling to ever use it again. An inexcusable oversight in design. The way markers are adjusted on long projects is also unnecessarily fiddly. And there is no written documentation for the product, only one YouTube video which doesn’t demonstrate some of the features claimed in the app description.
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FAQ

What does MIDI Tape Recorder do?

MIDI Tape Recorder is an open-source Audio Unit v3 plugin designed for sample-accurate MIDI recording and playback. It captures your MIDI performance with the same precision as audio, preserving every nuance without altering timing or reordering messages, unlike many standard DAWs.

What are the key features of MIDI Tape Recorder?

Key features include sample-accurate MIDI recording and playback, support for MPE controllers, four independent tracks for MIDI channel voice messages, overdub and punch-in recording, multi-level undo/redo, MIDI file import and export, and host transport and tempo sync.

Is MIDI Tape Recorder free to use?

Yes, MIDI Tape Recorder is fully open-sourced under a Creative Commons license, making it completely free to use. It does not have any in-app purchases or advertisements.

What devices or software is MIDI Tape Recorder compatible with?

MIDI Tape Recorder is an Audio Unit v3 (AUv3) plugin and requires an AUv3 host application to function. It is designed to work within compatible DAWs on iOS and macOS that support the AUv3 format.

What are common use cases for MIDI Tape Recorder?

This app is ideal for musicians who want to capture expressive MIDI performances, especially with MPE controllers, exactly as they play them. It's also useful for producers who want to avoid the timing alterations often introduced by DAW editing features, ensuring faithful playback of their performances.