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by JoshuaEddy
1727 days ago
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I currently use Voice Memos to record multi-hour rehearsals as a single recording. I assume recording with Tape It would prevent/interfere with recording with Voice Memo. So before I try recording a rehearsal with Tape It, I'd like to load existing Voice Memo recordings to see how Tape It would add value. Right now after rehearsal I manually extract each full run-through of a song (or important excerpts) into a separate file (then I put it into dropbox for sharing). I would find it useful if Tape It automatically creates a separate "file" for a play-through of a song, so that I don't have to manually do it. But I can't tell from the Tape It website whether something like that is possible or not. So I'd like to load an existing recording and see whether that happens. It would be extra useful if Tape It would automatically determine and label the name of the song to each "file". I don't plan to put down my instrument and unlock my phone to label each song before/after the run-through -- I am paying attention to the rehearsal leader and don't want distraction, don't have time, etc. If it doesn't happen automatically, then Tape It's usefulness depends on how easy it is to go back and label each song -- again, I want try it with existing recordings to see how easy that would be. (It would be even better if it could identify a whole song play-through versus just an excerpt/segment. Scenario being "We made a small change and only practiced that part without a full run-through.") For promoting the app, consider advertising on /r/bandmembers and /r/WeAreTheMusicMakers and other super-relevant subreddits. Or you can encourage some Tape It users to create/participate in threads in those subreddits about "how do you record your rehearsals". |
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Regarding your use case: Unfortunately, we don't yet have support for importing recordings, but I think it's safe to give it a try on a regular practice session. You can export from Tape It the same way that you export from Voice Memos, so your existing workflow will work just fine. To export, open the detail view (either by tapping on the mini player or by long-pressing a tape in the list), then tap the three dots in the top-right corner and choose Share from the menu.
We've also been using the app ourselves for our own music making during the entire development, and we have absolutely zero tolerance for crashes or data loss. Even in cases like a sudden termination of the app, say because of your device overheating or battery issues, Tape It will recover your partial recording on the next launch.
Currently, Tape It only supports markers for individual points in a recording, not for marking a time range. You can add a marker during the rehearsal as well as add or edit them afterwards. While you record, Tape It keeps the screen on and prevents the phone from being locked, so that adding a marker is always just a single tap away. We were originally worried about the always-on screen draining your battery, but to our pleasant surprise those worries were really unnecessary.
One of the features on our todo list is some kind of text-marker that allows you to select interesting regions in your recording. Our current thinking is that once you start selecting regions in a text, the regions will show up in the list instead of the whole tape (although probably grouped by tape - it's a bit unclear yet). There won't be any destructive editing, though, so you can never cut and accidentally delete a part of a recording. Once we have that, we hope that you don't have to do the manual extraction anymore.
Regarding labelling a song: try recording speech and recording music. You'll notice that non-music regions are rendered in grey in the waveform. That way, you can easily spot the gaps between the different pieces you practiced.
I'd also be curious about your use of Dropbox: who do you share these recordings with? I'm asking because sharing (within a closed circle) is really high on our priority list, and we'd love to learn more about every use case :).
Please also feel free to also email me directly at thomas@tape.it for a continued discussion :). I'll continue to check this thread, too, but in the long run email might be easier.
And again, thanks for your reddit suggestions!