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Magnetola - Vintage Cassette Player with Sound Softener app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 4944 ratings )
Music Entertainment
Developer: Hovik Melikyan
Free
Current version: 1.0.8, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 28 Aug 2015
App size: 4.23 Mb

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 Floyds The Wall).

The player also features sliders for adjusting highs and lows (thats 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 dont 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!

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Very nice. Please continue the development : Easier access for big libraries, lists access or jukebox, different tapes colors... Très bonne application que jencourage à télécharger !
Love the interface of the app, it feels like youre listening to the album on tape... For the update I would like different tape faces and separated sides like when the tApe first came out. Thanks.
This app is cool and works great. I love the animation! The only reason I gave 4 stars is because there is no way to group by artist. It only plays playlists or albums. Give it capability for me to select an artist and play all songs in my library by that artist, and you have a perfect app! Thanks!
Very good design. Almost like a real cassette player. Awesome icon too! Just wish choosing the music was easier.

Some bad moments

Very good design. Almost like a real cassette player. Awesome icon too!
Looks gorgeous, but doesnt work. After waiting upwards of 30 seconds for it to load my music library, it crashes when I tap to select music.
Wish could change the cassette designs. But other than that great. Love the selection method. Different than all other apps.
looks great on my 6S. animation is stellar. think id prefer "bass" & "treble" over "silk" & "wool". and 2 friends have held the phone to their ears, (somehow) expecting to hear music from the apps speaker! the VU meters a great touch, & works. the whole thing is very cool.