DEESTECH
v1.7 · iPhone + Android · in final testing

Four tracks.
Every take saved twice.

A pocket four-track tape machine for iPhone and Android. Arm a track, hit REC, and it prints two WAVs — the raw take and the FX take — because the processed version is a take, and the raw one is the truth. Free, open source, and nothing you record ever gets overwritten.

DEES TAPE running on iPhone: tape counter and VU meter up top, transport controls in the middle, four channel strips with faders and VU meters below.
What you get

A machine, not an app wearing a machine skin.

Two prints

RAW and FX, every time

Each track lands as track#_RAW.wav and track#_FX.wav. Commit to a sound while you track without ever losing the take underneath it.

Transport

STOP is pause, not the end

The next REC continues the same take. RW snaps to the top, or replays from zero if you're already playing. Overdub by arming an empty track while the rest play along. Nothing resets unless you start a new project or hit ERASE, which asks first.

Inputs

Any class-compliant interface

Multichannel USB, so every input on the box shows up. Patch IN 1 through 8, or a summed stereo pair, to any of the four tracks.

FX rack

Six-band EQ, LA comp, Deestress, tape

Switch units in and dial them with DIRECT on, so you hear the processed input live while you set gain. Deestress goes from gentle to NUKE.

Quality

16, 24-bit or 32-bit float · 48 kHz

Mono per track, WAV throughout. Tape length runs to infinity, or set a 3 to 30 minute reel and it stops itself and saves.

The reel

Spins with the tape, drag to scrub

One turn is eight seconds. Twelve skins, wood through steel, and it remembers which one you picked on that device.

Price

Free, and open source

No subscription, no unlock, no watermark on your bounce. The source is published at launch under Deestech Holdings LLC.