Voice Recorder & Audio Editor

Tapewave is a voice recorder and audio editor that keeps recording in the background, even with the screen off or the app closed. Use it as an audio recorder for voice memos, lectures and meetings, then cut audio on a real waveform, make ringtones and turn video to audio.

Built to never lose a take: if your phone closes the app in the middle of a recording, Tapewave recovers it the next time you open the app.

VOICE RECORDER
• One big record button, live waveform, timer and level meter
• Pause and resume, and add markers while you record to find key moments later
• Quality presets: Voice (AAC 64 kbps), Standard (128 kbps), High (256 kbps stereo) and lossless WAV
• Choose the phone mic, the camcorder mic, unprocessed input where supported, or the mic of a connected Bluetooth headset
• Noise suppression and auto gain, if your phone supports them
• Background recording in a notification with Pause, Mark and Stop buttons
• Pauses by itself when a call starts, and stops safely when storage runs low

AUDIO EDITOR
• Waveform with pinch to zoom, selection handles and a playhead
• Trim, cut out the middle, split into two files and merge several clips
• Volume boost or cut, and one-tap normalise
• Fade in and fade out, speed from 0.5x to 2x with natural pitch, and reverse
• Undo and redo every step, preview before saving
• Saves as a new file in M4A (AAC) or WAV, so your original is never overwritten

RINGTONE MAKER
• Cut 5 to 40 seconds from any song or recording, with fade in and out
• Save it as a ringtone, notification sound or alarm
• Set it as the default with one tap, or give one contact their own ringtone

VIDEO TO AUDIO AND AUDIO CONVERTER
• Pick a video and extract its sound as M4A, copied without quality loss when the video uses AAC
• Audio converter and compressor: change format, bitrate, sample rate and channels for one file or many, and see the size before and after
• Opens MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, OGG, FLAC and more, and works with "Open with" and Share from other apps

LIBRARY AND PLAYER
• Every recording with its date, length and size
• Search, sort, rename, favourites and tags
• Share one file or many, and select several to delete
• Trash keeps deleted files for 30 days so you can restore them
• Player with speed control, skip silence and a waveform seek bar
• New files are also copied to the Recordings folder (you can turn this off), so other apps can find them

HOW IT WORKS
1. Tap record, or open any audio or video file
2. Trim, cut, fade or turn it into a ringtone
3. Save and share

FREE AND PREMIUM
Recording, playback, trimming, cutting, splitting, volume, the ringtone maker and video to audio are free, with ads. High quality and WAV takes are free up to 10 minutes each. Premium (monthly, yearly or lifetime) removes ads and unlocks unlimited High and WAV takes, merge, fade, speed, reverse and the batch converter. You can also watch a short video to use a Premium tool once. A one-time Remove ads purchase is available too.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Everything is recorded and edited on your phone. Tapewave has no account and never uploads your audio.

QUESTIONS
Does the voice recorder work in the background? Yes. It runs as a foreground recording with a notification, so it keeps going with the screen off.
What happens if my phone closes the app while recording? The take is written safely as it records and is recovered the next time you open Tapewave.
Can I use it as an audio cutter or MP3 cutter? Yes. Open an MP3 or any audio file, cut the part you want and save it as M4A or WAV. MP3 export is not offered.
Can it convert video to MP3? It converts video to audio as M4A (AAC), which plays everywhere MP3 does.
How do I make a ringtone? Open Ringtone maker, pick 5 to 40 seconds, add a fade and tap Save, then Set as default.

Recent changes:
First release: record voice memos with a clean waveform editor, trim audio, make ringtones, and turn videos into audio. Faster, more reliable start-up.