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Best Apps for Listening and Creating Music
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by Jeff Butts
May 6, 2016
When it comes to music, many of us just can't get enough. We need more music, we want to listen to our favorite artists, and sometimes we even try our hand at mixing tracks DJ-style. These titles for music junkies are some of the best the App Store has to offer, helping you discover, enjoy, and make amazing soundscapes.
Here we go, some of the best music apps you can dream of. These titles will help you discover great songs, find out what that tune is on the radio, listen to your favorite radio stations, and make your own music. Tune in and enjoy.
Let your tunes take on the acoustics of any live venue you can imagine
LiveTunes - Concert FX Player
LiveTunes - Concert FX Player
This app integrates with your iTunes Music Library to give you an impressive area of acoustic modifications to those boring old studio tracks. You can simulate the sound of a sold-out arena, with the crowd shouting and cheering, or the quaint and cozy feel of a coffee shop. LiveTunes uses a proprietary and ground-breaking HD reverb technology from iZotope® to simulate acoustic spaces for a variety of live venues including stadiums, arenas, theaters, concert halls, clubs, bars and more. This technology allows LiveTunes to literally make any track sound bigger and better than ever before. It’s like you’re really there.
Download it from the App Store:
LiveTunes - Concert FX Player
Rockstar App Solutions, LLC
Choose your venue
When you begin your music, you can choose what kind of venue you want to hear the song being played in. The built-in selections are varied, giving you everything from the cozy atmosphere of a coffee house to the frenzy of a sold-out stadium concert. Whatever you pick, though,, the soundscape generated gives you the feeling of actually being in the venue, enjoying the music performed live without the outrageous costs of tickets.
Your songs, LiveTunes' venues
LiveTunes works directly with your iTunes Music Library, allowing you to transform any studio track you have into a stunning rendition performed live in your choice of venue. You can put your entire playlist up to play, listening to it as if you were in the concert hall or at the arena for the performance. It's a fantastic new way to experience your music again for the very first time.
More venues with in-app purchase
If the included venues aren't enough for you, LiveTunes has a number of additional choices available through in-app purchases. Want to hear your favorite songs in a Roman amphitheater? With LiveTunes, you can do just that. The offerings even include the famous Austin City Music Hall, allowing you to hear your songs like you might never hear them otherwise. It's time to hear your music like never before.
Developer
Rockstar App Solutions, LLC
Release date
2013-05-22T05:40:58Z
Compatibility
iphone, ipad, ipod, universal,
Software requirement
OS8.0
Price
$0.99
For an amazing surround sound effect, this music player rocks.
Boom: Bass Booster & Equalizer
Boom: Bass Booster & Equalizer
Boom: Music Player with Magical Surround Sound is not only super easy to use but provides excellent, quality sound. You can spot the difference immediately by enabling the Effects. The sound is crystal clear, the Equalizer options give you the perfect effect, and the app provides a truly immersive experience with any type of headphones or even without.
Download it from the App Store:
Boom: Bass Booster & Equalizer
Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Adjust your settings
For the best possible effect, first choose your headphone type. You can then set the Shake gesture to play the next song or play or pause the current song. Set the Crossfade duration between tracks, enable the Visualizer while the song is playing, and set the Sleep Timer for listening at bedtime.
Turn on effects
To get the full power of the app, turn the Effects on and adjust them as desired. You can activate and deactivate the various areas within the 3D Surround settings. Then select from Equalizer settings which include auto, bass boost, acoustic, pop, rock, and many more. You can also use the slider to adjust the audio intensity.
Music library and playlists
You can browse through your music library easily by song, album, artist, playlist, or genre. The app also lets you set up custom playlists as well as mark songs as favorites for quick access. You can turn on the shuffle, repeat, and adjust the volume from the main screen.
Developer
Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Release date
2016-05-08T05:04:00Z
Compatibility
iphone, ipad, ipod, universal,
Software requirement
OS13.0
Price
FREE
One of the best music players on iOS
Ecoute
Ecoute
Ecoute hooks in to your device's local music files and presents everything in a beautiful, streamlined interface that is much more appealing than Apple's own music player on iOS. View album art, filter through your music and get nice gesture-based playback controls with Ecoute.
Download it from the App Store:
Ecoute
Julien Sagot
Filters and search
Ecoute, which takes its name from the French for “listen,” lets you easily access and listen to your music library with filters for albums, artists, compilations, composers, genres, playlists, and songs. It even lets you listen to podcasts and audiobooks. Looking for something in particular? Just swipe down to search. Your music and audio library has never been so gorgeous.
Share, scrobble and sort
While playing a song, Ecoute lets you load its lyrics, tell your friends you’re listening to it via Facebook and Twitter, and “scrobble” it to your Last.fm account. The app also features a handy queue manager. Ecoute not only looks beautiful, but it does everything you would want a music player to do too, and then some.
Developer
Julien Sagot
Release date
2012-08-20T17:35:13.769Z
Compatibility
iphone, ipod,
Software requirement
OS8.0
Price
$0.99
Keep the fire burning with continuous mixed music in Serato Pyro
Serato Pyro
Serato Pyro
When you set up a playlist in Serato Pyro, that's just the beginning. You can queue up as few or as many of your favorites as you want, and the app will happily play through them for you. You can even shuffle things around once you start playing, if you decide you want a different beat. When the end of the playlist comes around, though, the party doesn't stop. Serato Pyro automatically extends your playlist, adding new tracks that fit the same feel as what you'd already been listening to.
Download it from the App Store:
Serato Pyro
Serato Limited
Start the fire
Serato Pyro's interface is clean and simple, allowing you to quickly begin building your playlist of favorites. You can browse by song, playlists, artists, albums, and even integrate with Spotify Premium. Choose as few or as many songs as you want to get the musical party started, or "start the fire," as the app puts it. Then start playing your tunes and enjoy the music.
Finding more tracks to add
Serato Pyro figures out what kind of music you have in your playlist, and makes recommendations for additional tracks you should add. You can then tap those recommendations to add them to your playlist. If you don't, don't worry -- those recommendations are added in automatically when you reach the end of your selections. Serato Pyro counts on you to start the fire, but it keeps the blaze going continuously by adding similar tracks to the mix. You'll never run out of music to listen to again.
Nudge your playlist around
Sometimes, you decide you want a song to play a bit earlier or later, or you just realize that you don't care for the track that's currently playing. With Serato Pyro, it's easy to nudge songs up or down in the playlist, or even bump a track to the top so it starts playing immediately. Even better, there's no erratic pause in playback, as Serato Pyro intelligently fades out the current song and fades in the new one. It's completely wonderful and seamless.
Developer
Serato Limited
Release date
2015-09-21T01:58:17Z
Compatibility
iphone, ipad, ipod, universal,
Software requirement
OS8.0
Price
FREE
All of these apps fit perfectly on the music junky's iPhone, allowing you to make the most of your device for all of your entertainment needs.
