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OctoTrack Studio
The 8-track tape machine your Mac always wanted to be.
Remember the Tascam 244? That four-track feeling reborn as an 8-track Mac app: destructive recording on purpose, ping-pong without the hiss, one amber TAPE knob. Not a DAW: no timeline, no plugins. 14-day free trial. Then $19.99 once, no subscription.
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I'm Mauro, maker of OctoTrack Studio.
If you ever laid hands on a Tascam Portastudio — a 244, a 424, any of those four-track cassette machines — you know the feeling: you armed a track, hit RECORD, and committed. No timeline, no plugins, no "Save changes?" dialog. Recording was a performance, not a draft.
OctoTrack brings that machine back, as a native Mac app:
🎛️ 8 tracks, real tape workflow — punch in, bounce down, ping-pong to 7-8 (without the hiss this time)
⏺️ Recording is destructive, on purpose. One level of take undo, and that's the whole safety net. Every take counts.
💾 Nothing to save — no sessions, no dirty-document dot. The tape remembers.
🟠 One amber TAPE knob for saturation. That's the entire effects department.
🎚️ Plug in a Mackie Control surface and it just works — faders in your hands, zero mapping.
📼 Share a whole project as a single .octotape file. You can even print the J-card as a PDF.
What it's not: a DAW. No timeline editing, no automation, no plugin racks. If you need those, you already have them somewhere else. OctoTrack is for the moment you want to stop arranging regions and start playing music.
Free 14-day trial, then $19.99 once — no subscription, no accounts, no analytics, no network calls. Your recordings never leave your Mac.
It's my first Mac app, built solo in Brazil. I'd love to hear from anyone who ever wore out a cassette ping-ponging tracks — what would make this your daily sketchpad? I'll be here all day. 🙏
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About OctoTrack Studio on Product Hunt
“The 8-track tape machine your Mac always wanted to be.”
OctoTrack Studio was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #132 on the daily leaderboard. Remember the Tascam 244? That four-track feeling reborn as an 8-track Mac app: destructive recording on purpose, ping-pong without the hiss, one amber TAPE knob. Not a DAW: no timeline, no plugins. 14-day free trial. Then $19.99 once, no subscription.
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