Status, October 2026: discontinued. Reloop marks the Tape 2 as discontinued on its product page and names no successor.
What it is
The Reloop Tape 2 is a portable recorder for DJ sets, styled like a cassette tape. It followed Reloop's first Tape and launched in September 2018 (Digital DJ Tips). Where the original saved MP3s to a USB flash drive and needed mains power, the Tape 2 records to a microSD card and runs on a built-in battery.
A mixer, controller or CD player connects to its 3.5 mm input at line level, and dynamic microphones at mic level. An input gain control sets the level, and LEDs show power and recording, a full card, signal and peak, and battery. A lock function stops the record button being pressed by accident mid-set. The 3.5 mm Thru output passes the signal on to headphones or another device.
Recordings are 24-bit/48 kHz, saved as lossless WAV or 320 kbps MP3 on microSD cards up to 128 GB, formatted FAT32. The lithium-ion battery records for up to six hours and charges from any 5 V USB power adapter over micro-USB. Connected to a Mac or Windows computer, the Tape 2 works as a card reader, and Reloop's timestamp syncing tool names each recording with its date and time.
It measures 103 x 14 x 65 mm and weighs 82 g. The box holds an RCA to 3.5 mm cable, a micro-USB cable and three sticker sets; the microSD card and charger are not included.