A Mac recorder for producers. Press ⌘R while something plays, and the clip lands in your library trimmed, with its key, tempo and chords. Drag it into your DAW.
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A minor86 BPMAm7 · Fmaj7 · C/E · G0:08
Introducing
The recorder
LeftThe clip you’re on: the timer, its key, tempo and chords, and the waveform with its trim handles.
RightEvery clip you’ve caught, newest at the top. Drag a row anywhere that takes audio.
Keys⌘R to record, Space to play, ⌘E to export, ⌘L to loop. The menus carry the rest.
From “what was that?” to a clip in your session
Analyze
Key, tempo, chords.
Musical clips get their key and tempo, and a chord for every half bar on the grid. A wrong chord is usually a close relative of the right one. Enough to start writing, not a transcription.
Dm7i
B♭♭VI
F♭III
C♭VII
Record
One key, any app.
Pick a source, or leave it on all Mac audio, and press ⌘R. There’s no audio driver, no plugin and nothing to reroute. macOS asks once for permission to record sound; after that, DOT just listens when you tell it to.
Record from
All Mac audioEverything
MusicPlaying
SafariPlaying
Microphone tooOff
Record⌘R
Trim
The silence is already gone.
Every take is trimmed at both ends before you see it. Drag the handles and they snap to the beat; hold ⌘ to move freely. Turn on Loop and hear exactly what you’ll drag out. Double-click a chord to keep just that chord.
0:002 bars
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Drag
Straight into your session.
Drop a clip on a track as a normal audio file. Save the chords as a standard MIDI file from the Export menu and play them with your own instruments. Copy with ⌘C and paste in Finder.
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late night ideaAm · 86 · 0:08
One price
Free to try. $49 to keep.
Free
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Record, see key, tempo and chords, and drag clips into your DAW.
There’s no audio driver or plugin to install, and no rerouting in your DAW. Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
Yes
Drag a clip onto a track and it lands as a normal audio file (WAV, AIFF or M4A), with its chords as a standard MIDI file. If your DAW accepts files dragged in from Finder, it works with DOT.
One permission
Screen & System Audio Recording. It’s how Mac apps are allowed to record sound. DOT uses only the audio, never your screen, and macOS may ask you to reopen DOT once after you allow it.
Microphone access too, only if you turn on Microphone too.
DOT may also ask to see the title of what is playing on Spotify. That one is optional.
They stay on your Mac
Recordings and analysis never leave it. DOT goes online only to check for updates and your license.
Try it free first
The free version has no time limit, so you can find out before you pay.