I have fond memories of the early 80s in which I sat patiently in front of my Technics dual tape deck waiting for the DJ to start the newest Def Leppard song on KSJO. Off my finger came from the pause button and on went the recording. I could see the tape moving inside the display window of my Maxell XL-IIS tape. Man, I got a lot of good tunes that way and I kind of miss watching the tape grow smaller on the left side while feeding the right side. Thankfully, toastycode has brought back that warm fuzzy feeling for me via TapeDeck.

TapeDeck allows you to easily record audio on your Mac from a single source as easily as just pressing that red Record button on the tape deck. You know the recording is happening from the “dancing” meter as well, get this, from the tape moving in the display window. Just like the old days! When you’re all done recording, TapeDeck files your “tape” in a shoe box with your added titles and allows for easy retrieval later by simply clicking on the tape. Very simple, very cool. You can share your recordings via email, send them to iTunes or to Apple TV.

TapeDeck isn’t meant to take sales from sophisticated software like WireTap Studio but rather fill in that little void for a simple to use single-source recordings. For $25, this is a straight up winner in my book. Now excuse me before I release the pause button as I prepare to record “Go” from Def Leppard’s new album, “Songs From The Sparkle Lounge“.

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