Firmware

Entering firmware update mode

To enter firmware update mode: power on tape! while holding PLAY to access bootloader mode, connect to PC, then drag and drop update file on appeared "tape! boot" drive in your system.

Latest 1.1.4 2026-08-17

Fixes

  • Various bugfixes and stability improvements
  • Updated SDK v1.4

Previous versions

1.1.3 2026-08-16

Fixes

  • Various bugfixes and stability improvements
  • Updated SDK v1.3
1.1.2 2026-08-11

New

  • Improved pitchshift fx
  • Optional persistent input source
1.1.1 2026-08-07

Fixes

  • Corrupted radio sound caused by PSRAM caching
  • FX sometimes did not worked after using radio
  • Various stability improvements
1.1.0 2026-08-04

New

  • User applications - “tapps” now available, check out updated manual for instructions

Fixes

  • Encoder jitter
  • Tape mirror frame sync
1.0.17 2026-07-23

Fixes

  • Slow encoder turns sometimes not registering
  • Waveform not refreshing when a loop wraps during recording, and when extending a loop
  • Tape menu: new tape time parameter value snappping
1.0.16 2026-07-19

New

  • REDO via in-place MemSwap — undo now toggles back and forth
  • Loop span-rule wrap-race fix for very short loops

Fixes

  • Record-stop declick: full mic-delay ring trim
  • Loop-record seam gap at buffer end
  • Faster waveform cache prefetch
  • Micro-loop @1x out-of-bounds guard

Tools & utilities

tape_mirror

Desktop screen mirror utility — stream tape!’s display to your computer over USB.