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Life & fun · July 1, 2018

Cycle

A beautiful app for creating ambient music

Cycle launched on July 1, 2018 with 119 votes, #256 of 2,673 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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What it does

Cycle is a time lag accumulator - a musical system that repeats the notes you play over and over until they gradually fade into silence. It's a simple but very powerful idea, allowing you easily create fascinating and often unexpected sonic textures.

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Didn’t know what to expect but this is really a lot of fun. I’ve never heard harmonies like the ones I’m making with this. Couple of things that could make this app even better: 1. Octave up and down 2. Limit keys to one key or scale: major, minor, etc.Also I’d pay good money for more instrument sounds and to have 4 tracks at a time going with loop recording, etc. Didn’t know what to expect but this is really a lot of fun. I’ve never heard harmonies like the ones I’m making with this. Couple of things that could make this app even better: 1. Octave up and down 2. Limit keys to one key or scale: major, minor, etc.Also I’d pay good money for more instrument sounds and to have 4 tracks at a…from apps.apple.com

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