Demo Tapes, Write a Song - Write real songs on your iPhone with pro studio musicians
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Demo Tapes is a mobile songwriting studio powered by loops recorded by pro session musicians and vocalists (no AI). Songs are written in sections (intro, verse, chorus..), unlike a DAW that drops you into a timeline.
All loops are context aware, so your song is always in key and on time, and you can record your vocals on top of them.
App is free. No sign-up required. Go make a song. You can make a real song in minutes. No music theory or experience required.
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Hello Product Hunt
I’m Mahim, a musician and engineer, and the maker of Demo Tapes.
I built Demo Tapes because I felt mobile music apps were either too complicated or not real enough. I wanted something simple where you could capture a song idea quickly and end up with something that sounds like a real song. "Must haves" for me were (1) real loops from actual musicians (no AI). Not trying to disparage AI music, I just prefer the sound of raw musicians. And (2) Ease of building a song, without diving into menus and timelines etc.
Instead of a traditional DAW timeline, Demo Tapes builds songs with sections like intro, verse, and chorus, which is how I write songs.
I also collaborated with session musicians around the world to record the instruments and vocals, so the library is made from real performances. The app matches loops intelligently so everything stays in key and in time while you experiment. You can check out all the musicians on the Demo Tapes website.
App is free and no sign-up required.
It took about four years of building and rebuilding to get here.
I’d love to hear what you think and what kinds of songs you make with it.
For the songwriters here, what is the biggest pain point when trying to write a song on a mobile device? For me, it was just the effort of getting everything setup, and in the time it took to get setup, the moment was gone!!
Happy to answer any questions!
— Mahim