How the desk
is wired.
One device, a prewired cluster, or a whole board. Import a pack onto your desk when you are ready.
Component guides
Meet Pal, the handheld that talks and works your cables
Pal is a pocket AI on the Subtape desk. Type or talk, press GO, and patch Pal.ai into other devices so it can write beats, cut stickers, and run shortcuts.
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Clip on. Read the note. Stay silent.
The Subtape Tuner is a clip-on chromatic tuner. Press Clip for the room mic, or patch Keys, Mic, or a synth. Needle, note, and cents — no speakers.
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Open the room. Send audio out.
The Subtape Mic opens the device microphone and sends audio out. Patch it into Tuner, Pal, Deck, or Sampler. Live gate stays high while the capsule is open.
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A little tape keyboard with pitch, gate, and audio out
Keys is the Subtape keyboard. Play for audio out. Pitch and gate CV follow the held note. Patch into Tuner, Deck, Scope, or Effect. Wider spans add a second octave.
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Mic into Tuner. That's the clip.
A prewired pair: room Mic audio into the chromatic Tuner. Drop it on any board to read pitch from the capsule — or play Keys into the same Tuner later.
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Press GO. Pal runs the last ask.
A Button patched into Pal.gate. One plunger re-runs Pal's last prompt — the same as tapping GO on the handheld. Drop it next to whatever Pal is already watching.
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7 authored guides. In-desk help covers every device.