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Magnetola - Vintage Cassette Player with Sound Softener

4.08 • 19 Ratings

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MAGNETOLA is the first sensory-friendly music player that can play tracks either unaltered or, for more sensitive ears, slightly "softened". The player is stylized as a vintage compact cassette player. The softener filter can smoothen the rough edges of individual instruments, such as the drums or electric guitars, as well as it can follow the overall dynamic of the song and suppress sudden "big" attacks (think the beginning of Pink Floyd's The Wall). The player also features sliders for adjusting highs and lows (that's shelving filters in technical language). You can either boost or cut off high and low frequencies to your liking; we call these parameters "silk" and "wool" respectively. Of course you can listen to your music in its original, unaltered form. When the app is started for the first time, all sliders are in their neutral positions that don't affect the audio in any way. You can always double tap on any slider to snap it to its default position. Magnetola plays songs from your music library. Tap on the top part of the cassette to choose an album or a song to play. The playing, rewinding and skipping buttons are at the bottom, but you can also tap on the bottom half of the cassette to play and pause music. When sent to the background, the player continues playing music with minimal battery power consumption. Tap on the tape window to see the current song position or change it by moving the slider. Tap on the VU meter screen (the thingie with a needle) to select Bluetooth/AirPlay speakers or headphones to stream music to. Have fun with the Fast Forward/Rewind functions that work almost exactly like on the old good cassette players. Pressing both buttons simultaneously does something, too. Currently available for the iPhone and iPad running iOS 8 or later, as well as for the Mac OS X 10.10 or later. Thanks for considering Magnetola, and enjoy the music!
What’s New
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. - Song position tracker with a slider added: click on the tape window to see the tracker - Library load time improved - Rewind audio improved (now plays uninterrupted) - Stability issue fixed for iPhone 6S
Version 1.0.8
Version History

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4.08
out of 5
19 Ratings
  • inchains95, 06.12.2022
    Pocket Cassette Player
    ***edit DEC'22: the app doesn't work anymore! There haven't been any updates, so maybe it's just my music library is too big now? Currently on iOS 14.8.1 with over 11k songs in my offline music library***. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Filters music from your library to sound like your playing them off of a tape, but without the bulk :) Turn your music library into one large vaporwave / mallsoft playlist!! Show more
  • Shondog, 27.11.2022
    Supercool Retro App
    i love the look and feel of the app. Sure new features can be added but it will make it more complex. If you can somehow allow people to upload their personal libraries to some cloud and play:stream it using this app, you will get 10 stars. But for zero dollars and no idiotic ad pop ups. you cannot beat it. Fantastic Show more
  • Your_majesty2016, 05.07.2021
    DOESNT WORK
    I download this app, and I was able to see all my songs, but none of them would play.
  • Whatwaq, 17.06.2021
    THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS 100% FREE
    I absolutely love this app. While there could be some visual components that could be made better like some of the other reviews here, the app performs its intended function perfectly. Thank you for being unlike other developers, who say the app is free and then charge an extremely high premium to be able to decently use the app. To those unsure about downloading, I can assure you that this has ZERO in-app purchases and has absolutely no ads. Show more
  • HeroshiKibagami, 12.05.2021
    The BEST!
    I hope this app never stops working. I love using it and it looks so realistic!
  • Kyle9678, 14.06.2020
    Best Tape Sound
    This is exactly what I was looking for. New music is hifi and thats cool and all but it tires out your ears. Thats why the sound of tape is cool because it takes away the harshness and you can listen to music for hours without hurting your ears. ? Show more
  • A user of iOS, 23.04.2020
    Awesome app, but needs a new update.
    This app is awesome, and the only good one of its type in my opinion, but there hasn’t been an app update for four years. I really wish this app would be update with new features like more than one color cassettes, but it most definitely does the job as it is. Show more
  • FoBomb, 09.04.2019
    Sweet
    Love it, works great. Would be cool if the color of the label on the cassette was random colored so they weren't all the same. Be handy if you could narrow down what is seen in the library. This still seems to work pretty flawlessly though! Show more
  • HelloitsDerek, 18.04.2018
    It doesn't work
    It loads my Apple Music library, but when I try to hit play nothing happens. I can pick different albums but it never plays the music. I'm using an iPhone X... O Merton this in case it's not compatible? Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    Free
  • Size
    4.49 MB
  • Provider
    Hovik Melikyan
Languages
English
Copyright
© 2004-2024 Hovik Melikyan. All rights reserved.