Porchlight
A small eight-track tape recorder for the Mac.
I'm Dave, a songwriter in Denver. I made Porchlight for myself, because I wanted something between a voice memo and a whole studio: a few tracks, a tape speed knob, and not much else to think about. It's how I write now, and I hope some of you get something out of it too.
What it does
- Eight tracks. When they fill up, bounce a few together onto one.
- A Speed knob that moves pitch and tone together, the way tape does. There's a half-speed switch and a switch to run the tape backwards.
- A Drive knob on each track. It only changes what you hear, never the recording.
- Four slots on each track for the Audio Unit effects you already have.
- Sessions are folders of ordinary audio files. Export the mix, or each track, as WAV.
It doesn't do MIDI, and there's no grid. The help page covers everything else.
Porchlight
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$29 once, every update free. For macOS 15 and later.