Lacquer vs Podcast Maker

Lacquer turns your iPad or iPhone into a bulletproof recorder for your DJ sets. Park it at the end of your chain — mixer master out → USB audio interface → iPad — and capture the whole night in pristine 24-bit. Its one promise: it will not lose your set. RECORDING IS FREE, AND UNCAPPED No time limit. No limit on how many sets you keep. No watermark, no trial countdown, nothing withheld from the recording itself. Record a six-hour night and take the full-quality 24-bit WAV master home — free, forever. A recorder you can't trust before you've paid isn't worth trusting after, so the entire capture path is free: the durability engine, the markers, the crate, playback, and your master file. Lacquer Pro is a single one-time purchase for the work that happens after the gig. No subscription — the DJ tools you already pay monthly for cost more in a quarter than Lacquer costs once. THE SET IS SACRED A DJ set is a once-only, irreplaceable event. Lacquer's recording engine is decoupled from the audio hardware, so if a cable gets pulled, a call comes in, or the system hiccups mid-set, it keeps writing and resumes the instant the signal returns — and clearly flags any take that dropped out, so you always know exactly what you captured. The master file is written continuously and is never modified, so it stays playable even in the worst case. CAPTURE • True 24-bit at your interface's native rate (up to 96 kHz), in stereo — record with headroom and never ride gain again • Works with any class-compliant USB audio interface (e.g. Focusrite Scarlett), or the built-in mic • 12+ hour recordings, with live level meters, a free-space countdown, and a charging check • Drop markers live with one tap to bookmark each DJ change or moment YOUR CRATE Every set lands in the Crate as a record. Browse your collection, play sets back, scrub the waveform, and jump between markers. EXPORT — ALWAYS FREE • Your 24-bit WAV master, the whole take, out via the share sheet • Trim and fades, so you can top and tail the night • Recordings appear in the Files app for drag-and-drop, with human file names like "2026-06-22 Club X" LACQUER PRO — ONE PAYMENT, NO SUBSCRIPTION Everything that turns a capture into deliverables: • Split at markers — one file per DJ, in a single pass • Loudness processing — normalize to a target for SoundCloud / Mixcloud, or gently flatten the night's loudness creep while leaving the drops intact, plus a safety limiter • The full loudness report — LUFS, true-peak and clipping. Lacquer measures every take as you record it, so unlocking reveals the analysis of sets you have already recorded, with nothing to re-process • ALAC and AAC export, with artwork and tags baked in • Gig profiles — venue, genre and artwork presets, stamped on every take Your original 24-bit master is never touched by any of it. LIVESTREAM (OPTIONAL) Go live over RTMP to a destination you choose, such as Mixcloud Live. Audio-only and best-effort — a dropped stream never affects your recording. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. No account, no tracking, nothing uploaded unless you choose to stream or share. Lacquer — record, master & livestream.

Podcast Maker is a podcast recorder, voice memo and dictation app for iPhone. Record episodes in uncompressed 48 kHz audio, crash-proof, with nothing lost if the app closes. Voice recorder and audio editor in one app for podcasters: choose your microphone, record, invite guests via link, edit with the transcript, add music, and export as M4A (AAC) or WAV, all on iPhone. EDIT WITH THE TRANSCRIPT Your episode is written out word by word on iPhone. Tap a word to jump there, select words and delete them, and the audio goes with them. Clean up finds hesitations and silences longer than a second; listen to each and remove them in one step. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, the app writes show notes, title ideas and chapters from the transcript, on the device. MUSIC AND STUDIO SOUND Background music under the whole episode or a part of it, lowered automatically whenever someone speaks. 50 tracks: talk, lo-fi, jazz, piano, business and news. Keep your own jingles in My sounds. Studio sound gives a clearer voice at an even level in one tap, and in interviews each voice has its own level. An episode template starts every new episode with your intro, outro, music and studio sound. CRASH-PROOF RECORDING Audio is written to storage every ten seconds, so nothing is lost if the app crashes or iPhone restarts. Pause and resume, drop markers, keep recording in the background and on the lock screen. An incoming call pauses the recording and it resumes on its own. A take can run up to four hours. MICROPHONE AND LEVELS Built-in mic, wired headphones, a USB interface or Bluetooth, with a warning because Bluetooth records at 16 kHz. The level meter warns when you are too quiet or too loud. Start with Siri; pause, resume and stop from the lock screen, Dynamic Island or widget. REMOTE INTERVIEW WITH A GUEST Invite your guest via link: no app needed, they join from the browser. You hear each other live, each side records locally and the tracks are merged afterward, so a weak connection does not touch audio quality. Both voices are balanced in volume, a dropped connection reconnects, and the recording screen tells you when your guest's recording stops. EDITING ON iPHONE Waveform editor with zoom: delete a range or cut in the middle. Reorder, listen to and remove segments, move a clip to another episode. Undo and redo, one tap back to the original. Markers, playback speed from 0.5× to 2×. Noise reduction and auto level, reversible. Join episodes in any direction and add intro, outro and 40 sounds such as applause or a sting anywhere, on top of the recording. SERIES AND EXPORT Episodes are grouped under shows and numbered automatically. Export via the share sheet to any app, in higher quality or WAV, in the background. ICLOUD BACKUP AND PRIVACY Optional backup to your own iCloud, on and off whenever you like. Without it, recordings stay on this device. The app works fully without an account, and your audio never reaches our servers. You can export your data or delete your account. DEVICES AND LANGUAGES For iPhone, iPad (three columns) and iPhone Duo (side by side when unfolded), iOS 17 or later. 18 languages, switchable without changing your iPhone's language. Dark mode, dynamic type and VoiceOver. FREE AND STUDIO-PASS Free: two episodes, fifteen minutes each, full editing, joining episodes, inserted sounds, and M4A export. Studio-Pass unlocks: unlimited episodes, takes up to four hours, remote guest interview via link, transcript, clean up, notes, background music, studio sound, episode templates, intro and outro, noise reduction, automatic level adjustment, higher quality and WAV export, playback speed. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rsndijital.com/link/podcast/privacy-policy.html