Unlimited samples. Generated on your Mac. Yours forever.
Tapechild turns a text prompt into a clean, royalty-free WAV — entirely on-device. One purchase, infinite generations, no cloud round-trip, no monthly bill, no plugin in your DAW.
- On-deviceRuns on your Mac
- No subscriptionPay once, own it
- UnlimitedGenerate forever
- Royalty-freeYours commercially
What it does
Built for one thing — getting the right sample into your session, fast.
Text → sample
Describe the sound. "Dusty 808 with tape hiss", "warm Rhodes loop at 92bpm in F minor". You get a clean WAV in seconds.
Drag into your DAW
Every sample is a real file. Drag the card straight onto a track in Ableton, Logic, FL, Bitwig. No VST. No bridge.
Runs on-device
Apple Silicon MLX engine. No cloud, no subscriptions, no waiting for queue. Your prompts never leave your Mac.
One-shots & loops
Switch between single hits and seamlessly tileable loops. Auto-detect BPM and key, or pin them yourself.
Made for producers
No engineer-speak. Calm dark interface, fast keyboard flow, and a sample bank that remembers what you liked.
Yours, forever
One-time purchase. Royalty-free output. Use the samples in commercial releases, sync, sample packs — anything.
Under the hood
Seven things most generators won't do.
Local generation
Your Mac is the studio.
Tapechild runs entirely on Apple Silicon through MLX. No cloud queue, no API key, no waiting room. Your prompts never leave the machine and your generations don’t depend on someone else’s GPU being awake.
- Runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1 through M4)
- Three model sizes — Fast, Medium, HQ — switch on the fly
- Output goes straight to your output folder or drag → DAW
Surgical edits
Regenerate any block. Don’t re-roll the whole sample.
Select a region of the waveform and Inpaint it. Transform a section while keeping the rest. Continue past the end. Three ways to edit at the sample level — so a near-perfect take becomes the perfect one.
- Inpaint — reroll any selected region
- Transform — re-prompt the selection (“make it darker”)
- Continue — extend the sample by +10/+20/+30 seconds
Seamless loops
Loops that actually loop. No click, no drift.
Switch the sound type to Loop and Tapechild generates a tail that joins the head — phase-aligned, energy-matched, with no zero-crossing pop. Drop it on a track, set it to repeat, walk away. It tiles forever.
Tempo & key
Lock the BPM. Lock the key.
Type the exact BPM — 92, 124, 138.5, whatever your session needs. Pick any key (F minor, F# dorian, Bb major — all 24 are there). Or leave both on Auto and Tapechild detects them after generation and stamps the value into the file name. Either way, samples drop into your grid already aligned.
Inspiration
Stuck on a beat? Generate ten ideas in a minute.
Use Tapechild as a starting point. Type a vibe, run a few takes, grab the one that sparks something. Chop it, layer it, resample it, or pull it into MIDI and play it on your own instruments — treat it like vinyl sampling. The seed comes from Tapechild, the track comes from you.
- Sketch a mood in seconds, build the real part around it
- Audio into your DAW, or MIDI through your own VSTs
- Unlimited tries — the keeper is usually take 4 or 7
Audio → MIDI
Audio in. MIDI out.
Drop any sample into TAPECHILD and pull out clean MIDI — pitches, timing, velocity. Then play it through your own instruments, or rearrange it however you want.
- Polyphonic transcription — works on chords, melodies, drums
- Quantize to grid, scale-snap, or keep the raw human feel
- Export as .mid or drag straight into Logic / Ableton / FL
Yours forever
Pay once. Own every sample.
No subscription, no credits, no per-generation fee. Buy Tapechild, generate forever, and every WAV is royalty-free for commercial use — releases, sync, sample packs, games, ads.
- One-time purchase — unlimited generations, no caps
- Royalty-free output for commercial releases & sync
- Works offline forever — no auth ping, no telemetry
Why Tapechild
Cheaper than a yearly cloud subscription. More flexible than any sample pack.
Tapechild | Splice | Cloud generators | Sample packs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $89 Early Bird · one-time (then $189) | $13–30 / month forever | $10–30 / month forever | $20–50 per pack |
| Generations / downloads | Unlimited | ~100 credits / month, then locked | Token-capped, runs out mid-session | Fixed set, can’t expand |
| Stop paying → | Keep the app and every generation | Lose access to the catalog | Lose access entirely | Files stay yours |
| Works offline | Always — even on a plane | Browse needs internet | Never | After download |
| Privacy | Prompts never leave your Mac | Search history on Splice servers | Prompts sent to vendor servers | n/a |
| Originality | Unique per prompt + seed | Same files millions of producers use | Unique per prompt | Same files thousands of others bought |
| Edit a section | Inpaint · Transform · Continue | Chop it yourself | Rarely — re-roll the whole thing | Chop it yourself |
| Tempo & key control | Pin exact BPM + any of 24 keys, or Auto | Pre-tagged, no live control | Hit or miss | Whatever the pack ships |
| Truly seamless loops | Generated to loop — zero click | Depends on the pack | Usually not — needs editing | Depends on the pack |
| Audio → MIDI | Built-in | Separate paid add-on | No | Bring your own tool |
| Royalty-free for commercial use | Yes — releases, sync, packs | Yes (downloaded files) | Depends on plan | Usually yes |
Works on a plane. Works in a tunnel. Works at a remote studio with no Wi-Fi.
Tapechild never needs the internet to generate. No API call, no auth ping, no telemetry — just your Mac doing the work, whether you're at 35,000 feet or in a basement.
Hear it
Real samples, generated on a MacBook.
Every clip below was generated locally from a one-line prompt — no cloud, no curated dataset, no post-processing. Click anywhere on the waveform to scrub.
lofi groovy funky beat
lofi groovy funky beat
lofi groovy funky beat
lofi jazz guitar
lofi guitar, beautiful arpeggio
lofi guitar, chorused guitar, beautiful arpeggio
lofi guitar, chorused guitar, beautiful arpeggio, pad, drone
lofi guitar, chorused guitar, beautiful arpeggio, pad, drone
lofi guitar, chorused guitar, beautiful arpeggio, pad, drone
lofi guitar, chorused guitar, beautiful arpeggio, pad, drone
lofi percussion
lofi drone
lofi guitar riff, melodic electric guitar, nostalgic arpeggio, reverb
lofi hip hop beat, drums only
lofi hip hop beat, drums only
lofi synth melody
lofi piano melody
FAQ
Straight answers.
Are the samples royalty-free?
Fully. Use them in commercial releases, sync, sample packs, games, ads — anything. No attribution, no per-track fee, no asterisks.
Does it work offline?
Always. Once installed, Tapechild never touches the internet to generate. Works on a plane, in a tunnel, in a studio with no Wi-Fi — same speed, same quality.
What about updates?
All updates on this major version are free for one year — bug fixes, new models, new features. After that, upgrades to the next major version are optional and discounted for existing customers.
Will my samples sound generic?
No. Every generation is unique to your prompt and seed. Two people typing the same prompt get different files. Unlike sample packs, you’re never sharing the literal same WAV with thousands of other producers.
What Mac do I need?
Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) and macOS 13+. Bigger chip = faster generations. An M1 runs the medium model comfortably; M3/M4 Pro and Max are noticeably snappier.
What file format do I get?
32-bit float WAV at your chosen sample rate (44.1, 48 or 96 kHz). Drag straight onto a track in Ableton, Logic, FL, Bitwig, Reaper — anywhere a WAV goes.
Refunds?
14-day full refund, no questions. If it doesn’t fit your workflow, email us and we send it back.
Pricing
One-time. Yours forever.
No subscription. No per-generation cost. No upsells. Pay once, get the app and every update on this major version, generate as many samples as your Mac can handle.
- Mac desktop app (Apple Silicon)
- Unlimited on-device generations
- Royalty-free, commercial use
Early Bird pricing for first customers. Goes to $189 once the cohort fills.
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