Reel Expansion: this update fixes empty Tapes on OP-1 field firmware 1.7.3 and later, and transfers on that firmware are much faster. NEW FEATURES - Export Mono Stems: hold on a reel in the Library and every stereo track comes out as two mono files, left and right, zipped for a DAW. BUG FIXES - Fixed a crash when switching the output mode back to 2ch on a multichannel mixer or interface. - Fixed an input edge case where some USB devices, the EP-133 K.O. II among them, were not taken as the input on connect. - Fixed a scrubbing edge case where the disc did not follow a mixer change. - Releasing the disc no longer leaves a gap or a hitch, forwards or in reverse, even on long reels. - Loading a reel or using Add to Track during a count-in cancels the count-in cleanly. - Duplicate refuses a reel with a track still downloading from iCloud instead of copying it short. - Quick Record is ignored during a count-in, so it cannot cut a take short. - Deleting a track with Stop and minus now asks before removing a single-file reel, names the track it removed, settles the transport cleanly and keeps a six-track reel's lanes in place. REEL EXPANSION FOR TE FIELD SYSTEM A new add-on for the Teenage Engineering gear that Reel already records. Reel already records your OP-1 field, OP-XY, TP-7 and TX-6 like any interface. This expands what they can do together. The OP-1 field, OP-XY and TP-7 move their files over MTP via Reel. Plug one in and, depending on the device, its tapes, takes, projects or kits appear on Reel's display. Navigate and transfer with just your thumb on the disc alongside the plus and minus buttons. No computer in between. Nothing to convert. Reel unlocks six stereo tracks, so it slots into the field system's workflow. Six tracks open for the field system only: a TP-7 multitrack take, a TX-6 or an OP-XY in multichannel USB. With anything else Reel records four tracks as before. OP-1 FIELD. TAPE SWAPS. A tape off the OP-1 field becomes a four-track reel, ready to play the moment it lands. A reel goes back as a tape, in any of its four tape styles: Studio, Vintage, Porta or Mini Disc. Back up your drum kits to Reel, play them from your MIDI keys, put a kit back when you need it. TP-7. TAPE SWAPS, MULTITRACK INCLUDED. The TP-7's library on your phone. Import a take and it plays straight away, a multitrack take as a reel of up to six tracks, one TP-7 channel per track. Send a reel to the TP-7 as a multitrack take or a stereo mix. Back up a take or a whole folder in one go. Cue markers travel both ways. Rename recordings, files and folders on the TP-7 from your phone. OP-XY. PROJECTS AND SAMPLES. Recording and project, together in one place. After the jam, switch to MTP and the project, samples and settings are saved in the reel. Months later it is still there: restore it to the OP-XY and carry on, or pass the project on to a collaborator. Samples in, samples out: back up the OP-XY's samples to Reel, send new ones as files or folders. With OP-XY OS 1.2.0, record its multichannel USB audio onto six tracks in one take, your In/Out layout remembered on reconnect. TX-6. SIX TRACKS AND MIXDOWN MODE. Every TX-6 channel on its own track: record all six in one take, each one separate to edit or mix later. Six stems out: play the reel back through the TX-6, one track per channel, and mix by hand. Mixdown Mode does both at once: Reel feeds its six tracks to the TX-6 and records the TX-6's master out, after its faders, EQ and effects, back into Reel as the finished mix. One purchase, all four devices, under Settings, Purchases. Teenage Engineering, field system, OP-1 field, OP-XY, TP-7 and TX-6 are trademarks of Teenage Engineering AB. Reel is not affiliated with or endorsed by Teenage Engineering.

Most recording apps feel like software. Reel feels like hardware. Reel is a multitrack tape-style field recorder in your pocket. Record your hardware jams, capture ideas in the rehearsal room, a live gig, collect sounds out in the field, digitise your vinyl or catch the moment inspiration hits. Connect your interface, hit record and capture it before it's gone. The disc spins. The transport clicks. Rewind ramps up the way tape actually does. Every interaction is physical, immediate…