SuperMegaUltraGroovy and Toastycode announce TapeDeck for Leopard
Posted by Dave Merten 
May 10, 2008 at 3:57pm
TapeDeck is a new audio recorder designed with a quick-capture workflow in mind. TapeDeck also adds many welcome improvements to traditional tape recorders, such as a never-ending supply of tapes to record on, far better audio quality, lots of space to write notes, and full compatibility with iTunes and the iPod.
New recordings, called “tapes”, can be started with a single mouse click (or keystroke). TapeDeck records directly to compressed MP4-AAC audio, making it useful for many applications including simple high-fidelity recordings of a band, practicing speeches, and capturing hours and hours of lecture.
TapeDeck was designed to emulate a real cassette tape recorder with a few key differences. Every recording is automatically saved and organized in the searchable “tape box”. There’s no need to “tape over” anything, because a new recording is always just a click away. TapeDeck also adds many welcome improvements to traditional tape recorders, such as a never-ending supply of tapes to record on, far better audio quality, lots of space to write notes, and full compatibility with iTunes and the iPod.
Rather than filling up a hard drive with raw AIFF or WAV audio, TapeDeck records directly to standard MP4-AAC files at one of three configurable compression settings. Users can add titles and even “liner notes” to each tape; TapeDeck allows fulltext searching on this data and makes it available to Spotlight, Quick Look, and iTunes as well. Tapes even look great in the Finder and Cover Flow.
The rich animation features new to Mac OS X Leopard are put to dramatic use in TapeDeck’s user interface, which is full of sound and motion. Live level meters, rotating cassette spindles, live search, and UI sound effects make TapeDeck fun to use.
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