https://audio.ooo/series/ideadump/Recent content in Ideadump on audio.oooHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usWed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://audio.ooo/thoughts/ideadump-ios-reel-recorder/Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://audio.ooo/thoughts/ideadump-ios-reel-recorder/<p>This is an entry from my <strong>ideadump</strong> – a place for ideas about audio development, MIDI, OSC and everything in between. Rough, unfinished and not a promise.</p> <hr> <h2 id="the-idea">The idea</h2> <p>A mobile reel recorder. An iOS app that records and plays samples, but instead of looking like a file manager with a list of recordings, it looks and feels like a tape machine with two spinning reels.</p> <p>Every recording app on my phone works the same way: press record, get a file with a timestamp as its name, find it again three weeks later in a long list. That&rsquo;s fine for voice memos. It&rsquo;s not fine for quick musical ideas, field recordings or samples I want to play with.</p>