Rap Lab vs TapeMan Recorder

Anybody can have bars. Rap Lab is the recording studio for rappers who don't have a studio. Import your own beat, step into the Vocal Booth, and record your bars. Then use the Wave Timeline to see your vocal sitting right against the beat — and Line It Up to shift your timing until it locks. Export the whole mix as one clean audio file and share it anywhere. WHAT RAP LAB DOES: Beat Deck — Import any audio file as your backing track. Adjust beat volume with a live slider. Vocal Booth — Record your bars with a real-time live meter showing your vocal energy. Wave Timeline — See your beat waveform and vocal waveform side-by-side. Watch the playhead move through your track. Line It Up — Slide your vocal take −2 to +2 seconds against the beat until your timing is on point. Studio Transport — Play your beat and vocal mix together in real time before committing to export. Mixdown Export — Renders your beat and vocal into one finished .m4a audio file with your volume levels and timing baked in. Share it to SoundCloud, WhatsApp, iMessage, or anywhere. ONE PURCHASE. NO MONTHLY BILL. Rap Lab is built for artists who shouldn't have to pay monthly rent just to record a verse. Try one full session free, then unlock once and keep the full studio forever — unlimited recording, full mixdown export, and every feature in the app. No subscription. No recurring charge. No gotcha. BUILT FOR BEGINNERS STARTING OUT: You don't need a producer. You don't need studio time. You don't need expensive gear. Record a freestyle over a beat you found online, line up your vocal timing, and mix it down on your phone. The Wave Timeline makes it easy to hear exactly where your flow sits in the track — something most studio apps never show you. "This is the first app that actually showed me where my timing was off. The waveform timeline changed how I record." — early beta user Rap Lab requires microphone access to record vocals. Free tier includes 1 session with 1-minute recording cap. One-time in-app purchase removes all limits. No subscription.

TapeMan turns your iPhone, iPad, or Mac into a tactile cassette recorder and performance instrument. Connect a class-compliant USB audio device or use the built-in microphone. Record WAV or M4A, then slow, stop, reverse, and scratch the interactive tape while recording, monitoring, or playing a saved take. THE CASSETTE IS THE INTERFACE • Scratch and manipulate the tape directly • Choose Hold, Follow, Sync, and Mix behavior • Add tape start, stop, wear, wobble, and recording color • Perform stackable Color, Motion, Space, Raw, and Direct effects • Control effects directly or through selectable XY mappings • Bounce a performance into a new non-destructive version BEAT-SYNCED LIVE TAPE • Capture seamless half- to eight-bar loops from live input • Quantize loop starts and releases, choose pre- or post-FX capture, and perform at half, normal, or double speed • Follow a selected MIDI clock source, detected audio beats, or a tapped/manual tempo • Keep a captured loop moving through MIDI Stop or temporary clock loss, then relock smoothly when clock returns ALL YOUR TAKES, TOGETHER • Search, sort, filter, loop, rename, trim, share, and delete • Keep originals, processed versions, stems, notes, and tempo metadata together • Record from the built-in microphone or compatible USB audio interfaces • Select input and output channel pairs • Use signal-activated recording and optional live monitoring LIVE MONITORING Monitor processed USB input through a separate stereo USB return when available. With a compatible 2-in/2-out device, TapeMan can also use the iPhone or iPad speaker when iOS routes USB input there. Keep the level low and stop if you hear feedback. OPTIONAL ON-DEVICE STEMS Separate vocals, drums, bass, and other with an optional model download. After installation, processing runs locally through Core ML. Mix, mute, solo, share, or save stems and bounces back into the take library. MAKE IT YOUR TAPE Choose from ten tuned 90s-inspired themes in light or dark mode. Import local video environments, apply a pixel treatment, and arrange clips behind the cassette. Video audio is never used. LOCAL-FIRST TapeMan has no account system, advertising, tracking, or automatic cloud upload. Recordings and imported media stay on your device unless you choose to export or share them. TapeMan is independent software and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any audio-hardware manufacturer.