I spent lots of time and some money, so maybe this is useful for somebody:
The Unpopular Music Player - Organize and Play Classical Music on Android
Question: There are 1000 music players for Android. Why did this gentleman write the 1001st?
Answer: I have not tested all of these, but any player I tested suffers from the same design flaws, making it unattractive for non-pop-music. Basically the music files are presented in a way that is incomplete and unaesthetic. An example: There are "songs", called "Allegro", performed by "Mozart" -- which is quite improbable. So finally I wrote the app primarily for my own use.
What are the goals:
- Present classical music in its native way, i.e. organised with composer, work title, movements, conductor etc.
- Always show the full information, never truncate text with "..."
- Simple, minimalistic user interface, fast and easy to use.
- Do not use the term "song" for a symphony etc.
- As a side effect the app uses very low system resources.
To make things easy to understand I also created a simple video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZlK8wREEmg
Characteristics:
- No advertisements or hidden costs
- Needs only the necessary permissions (access files), no internet access
- Starts with album list including cover pictures and then plays the album
- Various configuration options
- brutalstmöglich durchgegendert (If you do not understand that, don't mind: As far as I know there is no English translation for that, yet.)
Limitations (trying to honestly list all of these, comments are welcome ...):
- Needs Android 4.4 or higher
- Only plays local files
- Relies on correct mp4 or id3 tags. I recommend kid3 for tagging.
- Cannot access the internet to get missing album covers etc.
- No play lists or advanced filter and search functions
- No animations or other visual effects
- Only German and English localisations
Download:
As this is my first Android project I followed the usual way and uploaded it to Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kromke.andreas.unpopmusicplayerfree
It's also available via Amazon. I have not decided yet if to publish the source code, that might depend on my spare time.
Haydn album in any other player:
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Album in my player:
Album list:
Last words:
Although this is my first Android project, the Unpopular Music Player is not my first software project at all, so hopefully its design is not too bad. Additionally I am currently writing a more sophisticated successor that shall be capable of advanced filtering like "Show me all baroque music that contains the term KONZ whose composer is Telemann and has been performed by the NDR Radiophilharmonie".
Addendum: I also wrote a more advanced media player with database query and search functionality, different views, including folder views etc.: The Opus 1 Music Player. Ask me for a promotion code in case you want to test it, you can then skip the payment procedure.
The program is now "open source" and available from F-Droid.
See F-Droid Download Page
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Screenshots and provided information seem promising, but bloody hell I am not going to spend 30$ without at least hearing something good about it or knowing how it operates.
http://my.smithmicro.com/wireless/revue/
Photos
Revue lets you edit, enhance and store just about any photo format, including JPEG, GIF, BMP and TIF, just to name a few.
* Organize and browse images in a variety of formats: lists, libraries, timelines, albums or slideshows
* Search by detailed labels and categories that you create and define
* Edit photos, zoom in and out, pan, rotate, flip and crop images
* Enhance feature to instantly eliminate red eye and noise
* Share your photos and slideshows by email, blogs or text messaging
Video
Built-in players work with all major formats, including WMV and MPEG 1-4, to organize, play and share your videos anywhere.
* Easily enjoy your favorite video clips, anywhere you are, anytime of the day or night
* Detailed information on each file makes it easy to sort, organize and search for any specific video
* Simple, integrated playback controls let you play, fast forward or rewind any file in your video library
* With Revue's companion application for your PC, you can sync it with your phone, making it easier than ever to transfer video files back and forth
* Share your personal videos by email and blogs
Music
Your tunes, your way. Organize and search for your music the way you want, in just about any format including MP3 and WAV.
* Revue's simplified playlist format allows you to easily sync, monitor and manage all the music files stored on your phone or PC
* Easily search for and access all the music you own by song, artist, playlist album or keywords.
* Create standard or smart playlists, replay in shuffle mode, view album art, make notes
* Transfer songs to or from your PC, simply and easily with a single user-friendly interface
* Add your favorite music to photo slideshows
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Thanks for pointing this out; I contact them right away for a review copy. (If they don't answer, I purchase it and report on it.)
(BTW, based on the specs, it's nothing particular. For example, the PPC version doesn't even support hi-res VGA screens - unlike CP / TCPMP or even Nero Mobile. I don't think it even supports AVC and if it does, it must be much worse than CP or even TCPMP. That is, I don't have high expectations.)
Backing Tracks Player is an app for musicians/vocalists that need backing tracks while they perform.
What is a Backing Track?
A backing track is an audio recording that musicians play or sing along to in order to add parts to their music.
Features:
1. Clean layout
2. No auto start
3. Auto pause after each song
4. Simple yet powerful
Instructions:
1. Creates folder labeled "btMusic" on sdcard where you store the audio files
2. Supports .mp3, .mp4, .m4a, .flac (Android 3.1+), .wav, .mid
3. Do not use extra folders inside the "btMusic" folder
4. Click on the song to play and answer the confirmation
5. Open options menu to stop song or exit app
Google Play Link
This app was requested by a few musicians and they wanted it to be as simple as possible. This is why there is no album art or any other fancy features.
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v1.2
- Refreshed UI
- Added more supported file types
What exactly differentiates this app from any other audio player? I'm not sure I understand what makes this especially novel or helpful for musicians. Suggestions:
- Multitrack playback - it'd be great to have vocal, guitar, drum, etc stems play synchronously with the ability to solo/mute them on the fly
- Folder integration would be essential for the above feature - each folder could contain all of the stems of a particular track
- Some implementation of tags, eg. style, tempo, genre
- Support for WAV and FLAC, even if they aren't great choices for mobile devices
- Maybe... make it free at least until it has some kind of special functionality? Pardon my bluntness, but don't know why anyone would pay for this
Thanks for the suggestions and I should have stated that I published this as quick as possible for the people that requested this app so there will be some changes in the future.
I also thought the same thing until a musician told me how a player like this would be more helpful than an ordinary player. A regular player is designed for listening to music and not a tool designed for the specific purpose of playing and selecting tracks in a live gig situation. There were complaints of players not having an auto pause feature after each song so they can either take a break or talk to the crowd without having to search around for a pause feature. They said the simpler the player the better because when your in a live situation, you do not need album art, shuffle, or any other features found on the regular media players.
so will it make a backing track from a normal song?
meethere said:
so will it make a backing track from a normal song?
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Nope, it is just a player for those tracks. The user would have to supply the tracks through the sdcard, as most musicians already have those tracks made.
Version 1.2 Released:
- Refreshed UI
- Added more supported file types (.mp3, .mp4, .m4a, .flac (Android 3.1+), .wav, .mid)
Don't think this app has much acclaim so I just wanted to post a thread about it here. It's called NotateMe and it's much better than the beta prototype "Symphony Pen" whose kickstarter died before it was able to release.
Just posting this to make it known. I found no thread about it on forums. Sorry if this is double. I searched and searched.
(I AM NOT THE DEVELOPER) Developer's site for this app is here : http://www.neuratron.com/notateme.html
NotateMe - Android & iOS
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Features:
- Quickly and accurately enter music notation with your finger or stylus, on a tablet or smartphone.
- Write music on the train, in a plane, by a lake, or just sitting comfortably on your sofa!
- Simple, intuitive interface with little to distract you from your creativity - similar to writing with pen and paper, but with instant playback, editing and a printable score at the end!
- Email PDF, MusicXML and MIDI files of your scores to friends or other musicians. Open in Sibelius, Finale and other desktop software. Print to paper.
- Automatically sync your scores to Dropbox so you can edit them on your phone whilst you are out, and then on your tablet when you get back.
- Write music for solo instruments (including voice and piano) or ensembles from string quartets and choirs to full orchestral scores. Includes support for transposing instruments.
- NotateMe recognises a wide range of music symbols, including notes (with solid, open, and slanted noteheads), flags, beams (even cross-staff*), leger lines, multiple voices per staff, chords, rests, accidentals (natural, sharp and flat), articulation marks, augmentation dots, ties, slurs, tuplets, hairpins, clef changes, key signatures. Barlines, clefs and time signatures are added automatically.
- Add chord-symbols, dynamics and lyrics to your score. Write comments or ideas in 'red pen'.
- It works while you write - the printed score updates automatically without you needing to stop and wait.
- If NotateMe doesn’t recognize your style immediately, keep at it, as it will adjust. Leave clear space between symbols and make markings clearer with further strokes if any transcription errors occur. If you experience problems, tap 'Help Improve NotateMe' from the Export menu and we will analyze your handwriting to help us improve NotateMe further.
* Cross-staff beaming requires a 3.8 inch or taller screen
Features Coming Soon:
Coming Soon...
- Import MusicXML files: Edit music created outside of NotateMe.
- AudioScore® In-App Purchase: Sing/play into your device's microphone and it will be automatically notated using Neuratron's AudioScore technology.
- PhotoScore® In-App Purchase: Take a photo of sheet music with your device's camera and have it played back to you, or export it as a MusicXML/MIDI file, using Neuratron's PhotoScore technology.
Pros:
-Excellent handwriting recognition similar to Samsung's "Complete Recognition" for its handwriting keyboard. It adjusts the actual notated music in the top pane by what you write or add to the notes and symbols in the bottom pane.
-Fast development. They seem to be very determined to adapt to user feedback and add features accordingly.
-Good price compared to what Symphony Pen was planning to charge
Cons
-While u can export your compositions as xml to use in apps such as Finale, MuseScore, etc... you cannot import xml files created in those other programs; bummer.
-Pro version can seem expensive if you don't buy apps more than $5.
Download Link:
Get the free, limited, one staff version here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neuratron.notatemenow&hl=en
Paid version is on-sale now for about 22 bucks (at least on-sale for now).
Why Libre Music?
Basically, I've been fed up with the monopoly on Android music players that have CUE sheet support and I took it upon myself to make a media player that will be free, open source, and will support CUE sheets as well as other things which I have planned for the future. Media players with cue sheet support on the Play Store either cost money or have ads, except for AIMP, but I don't like AIMP for other reasons. In addition none of the media players with CUE sheet support are open source and there's no documentation at all on how to add CUE sheet support to your media player.
Features
Support for all popular music formats (MP3, FLAC, WAV, etc...)
Support for CUE sheets and CUE sheets embedded in audio files.
Modern, simple material design
Light and Dark themes
More to come!
Download Link:
Bitbucket Source Code
Screenshots:
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Great music player app.
Why do you need Phone autorisation ?
Hello,
It's all in the title, why do you need the phone's authorization? Only to find out who uses your application for testing? Will you delete this authorization request in stable version?
While waiting for your answer, let's test this application
Sincerely.
Please add function to play from folders. A lot of music are not kept in album folders only.
I like the app, but i don't like the icon. Like a communist symbol.
Arabic mp3 files names typed incorrectly and no folder preview
first : arabic words of names of songs not typed correctly
second : No option to see mp3 files by folders
these two options which matters me and not pr sent in this app
Third : no need to access call and contact permission
If you add folder play option than it will my favourite music player.:good:
Only the button are quite large than normal size
Why app should be access to phone contact and calls? And pls add option to choose color accent
Sent from my Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro using XDA Labs
Thank you!
Looked promising, but it ignores cue sheets/files on my installation - but thanks for the effort.
I thought I'd try this, but as soon as I opened it the app demanded access to my phone - not storage, which obviously I'm ok with, but permission to make phone calls? When I denied this permission, the app simply closed.
Given the current furore about an Israeli company's product being used to inject spyware into Whatsapp, there is no way in the world that I'm going to grant this permission, so I've uninstalled the app without even being able to try it. Shame.
Edit: I saw a comment that the app needs phone access to mute music when a call come in. However, Poweramp does not make a phone access permission request.
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Symfonium is a simple and modern music player, with an unique vision to be your central control point for your music. Add multiple media providers (Your local device, Plex, Emby, Jellyfin, Subsonic, Kodi) then play your music on any supported player (Your local device, Chromecast, UPnP, DLNA, Kodi).
Remark: This is a paid application with a free trial to ensure continuous updates without tons of bothering ads. It does not allow you to play or download media that you do not own.
MAIN FUNCTIONS
• Consolidate all your music from different media providers (Android, Plex, Emby, Jellyfin, Subsonic, Kodi) in a fast, beautiful and intuitive interface.
• Cast your music to Chromecast, UPnP/DLNA or Kodi devices.
• Offline first experience, browse your library even without access to your server.
• Cache your media for offline playback (Manual or automatic).
• Advanced Android Auto support.
• Many functions for audio books like playback speed, album or playlist resume, …
• Smart filters and smart playlist to organize and play your media on many different criteria.
• Fully configurable interface: organize your tabs, shortcuts, overview and much more.
• Complete file mode support.
• Advanced “Mix” modes that evolves with your listening habits.
• Fully embrace Material You and Android 12+ colored themes, while still proposing many other themes (including custom ones).
• Advanced local player with gapless, skip silence, volume boost, replay gain and supporting many formats like Alac, Flac, Opus, …
• And much, much more, just install and try everything with the full free trial.
HELP AND SUPPORT
• Official website: [https://symfonium.app](https://symfonium.app/)
• Forums and documentation: xxxxxxxx
NOTES
• Symfonium relies on the media providers to provide accurate music library data, it does not directly parse tags nor have metadata editing functions.
• Symfonium development is user driven and moving fast, be sure to open feature requests on the forum to have the perfect app for your needs.
• Plex pass or Emby premiere are not needed for Symfonium to provide all it’s features.
DOWNLOAD
• Symfonium is available on Google Play Store:
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Gave it a try but it feels like Symfonium doesn't support .aiff music files. (Bought from Bandcamp for Djing use)
dexlemaffo said:
Gave it a try but it feels like Symfonium doesn't support .aiff music files. (Bought from Bandcamp for Djing use)
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Does not seem to be a frequent music format, but if you can send me one file by mail from the app or on the Symfonium forum I can easily add support for that since it's supported by ffmpeg.
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@Tolriq Please check your PM inbox.