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24 alternatives to Music Dawn

A recorder for musicians. Every idea sounds finished.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   A Song a Day▲158

   For those "too busy" to discover new music.

   2014 · horrorant.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hidden Layer▲119

   Interviews with musicians about their creative processes

   2017 · hiddenlayer.co · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hear▲234

   Unlimited control over real-world sounds

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   KRFT 1.5.0▲110

   A modular instrument for music production

   2017 · studioamplify.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Cycle▲119

   A beautiful app for creating ambient music

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   A Soft Murmur▲92

   Ambient sounds to wash away distraction.

   2014 · asoftmurmur.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Platform▲106

   A desk for musicians

   2017 · output.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Musikcube▲107

   A fully functional terminal-based music player

   2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Spring▲63

   A rhythm based music app for exercise

   2014 · springmoves.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    SoundBrush▲73

    Turn drawings into music

    2014 · getsoundbrush.com · its alternatives →

11. 11DS
    deepsing – See music – create machine generated visual stories of songs▲7

    2020 · deepsing.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Music Notepad▲76

    Keep track of all your musical ideas in one place!

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AS
    Ambient soundscape generator for productivity▲45

    2015 · stampede.it · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Audiologs - 001: Welcome▲55

    A personal audio journal experiment

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    An open source music grid you can play around and create short music▲9

    2020 · music-grid.surge.sh · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Dodeka▲7

    An alternative music notation and newly designed instruments

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17JT
    Journal to Music Making AI App▲9

    2020 · deardiary.ai · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Ambicular▲6

    A fabulous ambient noise generator.

    2016 · ambicular.com · its alternatives →

19. 19OS
    Open-Source Music Streams Made with Loops and Randomness▲9

    2020 · celody.com · its alternatives →

20. 20BB
    Band Blocks, visual music programming▲8

    2017 · marianoguerra.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Step in Time▲13

    A music player app for rehearsals

    2014 · sungheroes.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Typedrummer▲14

    An instrument for creating drum beats with text

    2015 · typedrummer.com · its alternatives →

23. 23AS
    A simple music maker using Roland TR-808 sounds▲5

    2020 · tr808-emulator.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

24. 24UT
    Universal Tone Generator – A Generative Music Experience▲8

    Univeral Tone Generator.

    2020 · utg.ezralafleur.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →