Magnetola - Vintage Cassette Player with Sound Softener for Android

11 things about Magnetola - Vintage Cassette Player with Sound Softener

1. The mobile and desktop versions are almost identical with a few additional features available only on the desktop: (1) keyboard shortcuts for playing/pausing, fast-forwarding/rewinding and skipping; (2) the ability to load any local audio file or entire directories, not only from the iTunes music library, though the "cassette collection" shows only the contents of your iTunes library, and (3) currently the desktop version doesn't include podcasts from your iTunes music library due to App Store "sandbox" restrictions, however, you can load podcast files into the player using the Open menu.

2. The playing, rewinding and skipping buttons are at the bottom of the player's window, but you can also press space to play and pause music.

3. Magnetola is the first sensory-friendly music player that can play tracks either unaltered or, for more sensitive ears, slightly "softened".

4. 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).

5. The player also features sliders for adjusting highs and lows (that's shelving filters in technical language).

6. Magnetola plays songs from your iTunes music library.

7. Click on the top part of the cassette to choose an album or a song to play.

8. Click on the tape window to see the current song position or change it by moving the slider.

9. The player is stylized as a vintage compact cassette player.

10. Of course you can listen to your music in its original, unaltered form.

11. 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.