Tentacle Setup Reviews

If it worked, it would be even better!!

Is not compatible with iPhone 15 using a legacy box.

For some reason I have to download and reinstall TentacleSetup each time I use my Tentacle or else the TC is off by a second. Thinking about selling my Tentacle for an Ambient unless there’s a fix.

TentacleSetup works well. It conveniently allows remote recording and status monitoring of the Track E recorders, and syncs the timecode of all my Track E recorders with the Sync E timecode generator. A glaring drawback - a BIG flaw - is during recording, TentacleSetup SHOWS audio levels, but it DOES NOT allow the audio being recorded to be monitored out of the iPhone. This probably could be done easily via Bluetooth. So there is no way to use TentacleSetup to tell if your audio recording is good or not - if there is too much wind or other unwanted noise - since the 3.5mm jack doesn't work on the U.S. model of the recorder.

I use this as a backup record for my ENG rig. It’s nice peace of mind to have. I just wish it had any memory card info in TentacleSetup . I have no idea when I need to change cards.

With the recent update, TentacleSetup crashes every time I try to use it within about 3 seconds of opening it.
This added unnecessary stress to a recent production I was on.
Hopefully an update will come soon and resolve this.
The previous version of TentacleSetup was flawless.

TentacleSetup works great. Would love a notification when tentacle box's battery runs low and when cable got unplugged from camera. Would it be possible ? Would be pretty cool

This system works quite well in conjunction with the official Tentacle Sync Studio software for Mac OS. However, I have not been able to get accurate syncs using the audio timecode features in Premiere or Resolve.

We’ve been using Tentacle for 2 years with minimal problems. For providing very basic timecode utilities, the apps pack a powerful punch.