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24 alternatives to I made a free app to calibrate your turntable by simply playing a song

Hey there! I made a little app that lets you to calibrate your turntable by putting on any record and tapping a button. It's called Grooved and it uses your phone's microphone to see how fast your platter is going, almost like magic. You can see what it looks like in action here: https://twitter.com/OKatBest/status/1795453042994680148 The app itself is free without ads, subscriptions, or trackers. It's a tool I built for myself, and I just thought someone else might want to use it too. I have never seen this technology being used before, all other apps require you to…

Grooved is a free app that calibrates turntables by analyzing audio through a phone's microphone while a record plays. Users simply tap a button to measure platter speed without printing materials or placing their… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites. I made a free app to calibrate your turntable by simply playing a song launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    One tap turntable calibration, for free.

    2024 · grooved.okat.best · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! A few years ago, I left my cushy big tech job to make hardware. And made the device I always wanted - an automatic piano recorder! I usually play piano improvisationally, and manually hitting record never meshed well with that. But there are always moments I wish I recorded, and now they are! Hopefully it scratches a similar itch for some of you as well! A few of the tech details: * built on an esp32-s3 * custom injection molded enclosure * BLE comms, sd card storage, DS1302 RTC * android & ios apps with Flutter * Shadertoy vfx support for video sharing - Chip

    2024 · jamcorder.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3TI

    Hello HN, Over the last 15 months, two friends and I developed the music recording app we felt we wanted based on our own needs as musicians. It's called Tape It [1] and has just recently hit the Apple App Store [2]. We put a lot of effort into a good UX to help musicians really focus on playing their instrument instead of pretending to be a recording engineer. The app records in stereo on newer iPhones (although that's a premium feature; the free version only records in standard mono audio quality). I would be really grateful for advice from this community on how to best approach marketing.…

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    High quality records at the push of a button

    2019 · phonocut-records.com · its alternatives →

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    Record and edit vinyl records straight to your phone 📲

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Vinyl puts a photorealistic animated turntable on your Mac desktop. Connects to Spotify and Apple Music. A beautiful way to customize your Mac. $4.99, one-time purchase.

    Aug 2026 · vinylformac.com · its alternatives →

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    The app that helps you learn music faster

    2023 · ytranscribe.com · its alternatives →

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    Jamcorder▲124

    World's first automatic piano recorder

    2024 · jamcorder.com · its alternatives →

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    A few months ago I had a silly idea of making a mobile app that used the accelerometer to track the slide motion for playing a virtual trombone. Just wanted to share the story of bringing it to fruition here on hn. I started out spending a couple days trying to get something cross-platform going in Flutter, but it soon became clear that wasn't the best fit, seeing as I'd need native hooks for most of what the app needed to do, and it wasn't yet clear it'd be possible at all. So I switched to making it an iOS app in Swift. The accelerometer data turned out to be not nearly accurate enough to…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Vinyl▲110

    The best app for record collectors

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Figure▲92

    A simple, fast, and beautiful music creation app

    2014 · reasonstudios.com · its alternatives →

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    Make real vinyl records from any SoundCloud track

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    RPM▲5

    The iPhone Turntable Accuracy Checker.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Vinylify▲154

    Create your own personalized vinyl record online

    2015 · vinylify.com · its alternatives →

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    Find information, resources and relevant links for getsoundbrush.com. This domain may be for sale.

    2013 · getsoundbrush.com · its alternatives →

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    AI tutor for musicians

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Find and record chord progressions in your DAW for free

    2022 · songmine.io · its alternatives →

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    I recently got Ableton Move and was disappointed by how difficult it was to convert samples into Move-compatible drum racks, so I made a simple CLI tool for that. I hope others find it useful, and at some point, Ableton sees the need and provides us with a built-in solution.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A vinyl turntable interface for playing music from YouTube

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Dive deep into your listening habit & see the music you love

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    I made this iPhone app called "Affine Tuning" which is a collection of body-interactive musical pieces: https://affinetuning.com/ It uses body tracking (Motion Capture from RealityKit) to shape dynamic compositions. The app is completely free and will be updated in the future with more songs and other interactive features.

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    1 minute screencast: https://youtu.be/AmDL2QtkoJ4 If you'd like play with it, please send a note with your name and email to [email protected] and I will send you an invite (via TestFlight). If you're the kind of person who listens to albums cover to cover, or would like to manually arrange your records instead of going through a boring alphabetized list, or are just really annoyed with the iOS Music app (like I am), you should check this out!

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    A toolbox for the modern musician and DJ.

    2018 · app.soundgrail.com · its alternatives →

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    TAB player and practicing tool with real audio.

    2019 · goplayalong.com · its alternatives →

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