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Windows Apps for Musicians

Windows Phones are becoming more and more popular, especially among budding musicians. Having the right apps on your phone can make it easier to record music no matter where you are. There are several useful apps that one can download that will help with editing, tuning and writing music.

SEQUENCER

Sequencer is a powerful music tool that is useful for anyone looking to record music. It comes with several samples, customizable synthesizer wavetables and 7-channel mixing are just some of the features that make this app one of the most robust Windows apps for musicians. It’s most common use, however, is simply to create smooth drum loops.  This app is free of cost.

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SOUNDFLAKE SYNTH

If you want an app that lets you create loops very easily, SoundFlake Synth is worth a download. Although you can’t save sequences, it’s great fun playing around with the block and seeing just what you can create. This app costs $0.99

GUITAR CHORDS

Guitar Chords is a useful reference app since it gives you easy access to both standard and not-so-standard chords. It’s fairly easy to use. This app is free to download.

ACCURATE TUNER

Accurate Tuner is fantastic for tuning 126 different instruments. Whether you play a guitar or a hammered dulcimer, Accurate Tuner will make tuning your instrument extremely easy. You can choose between a free version and a paid version $2.99, which comes with a tone generator.

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ONENOTE

How frustrating is it when you have a brilliant idea for a song but don’t know quite where to write it down? ONENOTE, which comes preinstalled in Windows Phones, gives lyricists the opportunity to create a note specifically to write ideas about songs in. You can pin the note to your Home page and start recording moments of inspiration before they escape your mind.

 

Do you own a Windows Phone? Which Windows apps do you use for your music needs? Let us know in the comments section!

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Android Apps for Musicians

Having reliable apps available to you on your portable devices can help to make the music recording process more mobile and flexible.  Music apps out there can assist you with tuning, editing and songwriting.  Here are a few of the best apps for Android.

 

ChordBot ProChordBot App

ChordBot is an app that will help with the songwriting process on the guitar immensely.  The chord sequencer is very user friendly. You can complete entire songs within the app and then export the songs as MIDI or WV file formats.  This app costs $5.

 

PocketBand ProPocket Band App

PocketBand is a great app that is useful for both DJs and recording artists. It contains polyphonic synthesizers for 125 instruments, 35 drum beats as well as a synthetic modulator.  You can also add recordings done on a microphone and edit them until they are a completed track using the app.  An advantage of PocketBand is that there is a large online community who uses this app and participate in publishing songs, voting on others’ tracks and collaboration online.  It can be bought for $10.

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Sound LooperSound Stack Looper App

Sound Looper,and many other loop apps, can be used as part of the songwriting and music editing with great success. Sound Looper can be used to edit a variety of music from hip hop to dub-step or rock. Sound Looper has the capability of taking a recording that you have input, adjusting its volume and pitch and then producing an infinite loop that you are able to use for recordings. The user interface is very easy to use, which helps make Sound Looper one of the best apps of its type for Android users. It is a great value as well, at a price of $1.

 

Archetype Guitar TunerArchetype Tuner App

The Archetype Guitar Tuner app is very handy when you are traveling for gigs and are away from your studio.  It does well in recognizing pitch and costs $5.           

 

 

 

 

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