Amber

Help center for Amber, the iOS voice-memo app.

Automatic Tagging

What Amber detects automaticallyTempo, key, instrument, transcript, and title — every recording is tagged after the fact, with no setup required.
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Fixing a wrong tagAutomatic detection is a best guess — here's how to correct it, and why your correction is never lost.
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Export & Sharing

Exporting a recordingGet a recording out of Amber as a WAV or AIFF file, via AirDrop, Files, or anywhere else your phone can share to.
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Finding Recordings Again

Searching and filtering your libraryCut hundreds of recordings down to the handful that matter using BPM, key, instrument, or transcript search.
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Browsing with Calendar viewSee your whole recording history laid out by date.
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Getting Started

Recording your first ideaHow to capture a recording in Amber, and why it's never blocked by tagging or analysis.
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Set up the Action ButtonStart recording with a single press, before Amber is even open.
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Playback

Slowing down or changing pitch during playbackTempo and pitch are decoupled, so you can slow a riff down without it turning into a different note.
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Privacy & Data

Is my audio ever uploaded anywhere?Amber's privacy model: everything runs on your device, nothing is uploaded, no account required.
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Tags & Triage

Organizing recordings with tags and Triage modeBeyond automatic detection: your own structured tags, applied fast in Triage mode or from a recording's detail screen.
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