My list of useful multimedia free apps

Cloudbeats:
Play music from your google drive
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudbeats

Freezer:
Download FLAC files from Deezer
https://freezerapk.com/

Airmore:
Connect Phone with computer (no cables)
http://web.airmore.com/

Newtek NDI/HX
Camera over IP: transmit live your smartphone camera into computer (e.g. Dawless jam recording), I use it with OBS
https://www.newtek.com/software/ndi-camera/

Youtube Vanced:
Youtube alternative: it blocks all videos ads and allows you to play videos in the background or in picture in picture
https://vancedapp.com/

Mobdro:
Any commercial TV channel from anywhere in the world
https://mobdro.how/download-mobdro/

Radio Garden
Any commercial radio broadcast from anywhere in the world
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jonathanpuckey.radiogarden&hl=en_US&gl=US

 

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Chord! Free

 

MP3 Tools:
Midi Player, plays midi files
VLC player, plays most audio formats
Black player / Player Pro, good mp3 players
Viper4Android, must have sound enhancer

Online radios and D/L:
DI.fm, online radio
DI saver, save DI.fm playlists
GoSeek, Soulseek alternative

Musisian tools:
DaTuner pro, best tuner app
Soundbrenner, great metronome
Oscillocope, for sound measuring
Signal Generator, to generate testing tones
Neutralizer, to adjust earphone curve
Humbeatz, to turn audio to midi
Chord Wheel / Circle Of Fifths

Training:
Earmouse, for ear training
Audiometry Made Easy, to take a hearing test

Chords:
GChord, guitar chord finder
Piano Chords, easy piano chord finder
Sherlock, a chord/scale finder
Musician Friend, to find chords playing using device's microphone
Chord Tracker, extract chords from music playing on device
Chordify, find chords from youtube videos

Lyrics:
Lyrically / Musicmatch / QuickLyric, to find and display lyrics of songs playing
Shazam / Soundhound / Google search (mic), to identify songs

Instruments:
ORG 2021, synth
SunVox, synth and tracker style sequencer
DRC Polyphonic Synthesizer, synth
SEQVENCE simple drum machine
G-Stomper Rhythm, fully featured drum machine

Atmos:
Atmosphere, create soundscapes
Binaural Beats, brain wave machine
Atmosphere: Binaural Therapy, brain wave machine

Songwriting:
Poet Assistant, rhyme dictionary
Syllable dictionary
Rhyme Master
Rhyme N Pronounce


Sequencers:
Audio Evolution Mobile, sequencer
Oscilab, sequencer
Bandpass, sequencer
G-Stomper Studio, sequencer
Caustic 3, propellerheads reason style sequencer

Experimental:
Reactable, unique style sequencer
NodeBeat, unique style sequencer
Jasuto, unique style sequencer

 

Sunvox is def not free, but this list is solid af ^^

I've got three to add - none of these are free, but they're all definitely worth it, IMO!

Mazetools Soniface:

Super dope app/sequencer/experimental "daw"/groove....form? There is a free version, if you'd like to check it out! Also on steam, for croiss platformin'! Can't explain it very well, sorry, but worth download, for sure!

Mazetools Mutant:


So, obviously from the same devs/company - and somewhat similar, in ways to Soniface - but this one allows collabs in real time, with your friends! So much fun just messing around, but it's actually super complex and has deep algorithms to coordinate all the functions. A lot to learn!

Koala:


Okay so if you haven't heard/tried this one out yet, you are missing out for sure! I have an sp-404a that should be here, hopefully tomorrow....but while waiting, i've found this app! I think it was like $3 or $4? But in all honesty, it ALMOST does everything the sp-404 line of roland samplers can do, but thru software, obvs, and often, it seems, more efficiently! Sample from literally anywhere, with the phone mic, or import sounds, or what i like to do is: Split screen the app with my browser, go on splice, and "browse" thru their samples that i think i could use. Then, using split screen, start sampling the samples of the samples! For free, and build dem beats.

If anyone gets or has mutant, lmk, would love to jam with someone else!


[edit - oh shoot, totally forgot, Honorable mention (free!): Old Time Radio, paired with Dolby On for recording it. Have found some amazing samples in the past, just letting it roll

 

AUDIOID TR-808 Drum Machine TB-303 Bassline .


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N-track. Lexis editor. Using these on chromebook with audio interface is a big upgrade for android.

 

@ArticStorm
wouldnt it be better to remove (free) from title cause so much isnt out there ?
pls remove my comment after reading ...thx
cheers

 

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dje073.android.modernrecforge&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dje073.android.audiorecorder&hl=en

 

Seal: YouTube-DLP for Android (works for 100s of hosts, not just YouTube) - https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal

AdAway: host blocker (in-app ads) - can optionally work as an on-device VPN (no rooting required) - https://adaway.org/

Fender Tuner: free tuner - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fender.tuner

 

AllChords: Guitar chords without ads
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mv2studio.allchodrs

Sound ID Headphones app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonarworks.soundid.mobile

Internet download manager (paid)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=idm.internet.download.manager.plus

Internet download manager (with ads)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=idm.internet.download.manager

Symphony music player
https://github.com/zyrouge/symphony

Radio online
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ilv.vradio

 

Roland's Zenbeats can be used on both smartphones and PCs. A paid version is also available, but the free version is sufficient for music production.
You can try the free version once, and if you like it, you can upgrade to the paid version.
https://www.roland.com/us/products/rc_zenbeats/

 

Wavelet +AutoEq project


^^ For radio - I recommend RadioDriod - least intrusive and uses radio-browser.info (open) database.
my station listed on all mentioned apps though, so you should be all set

 

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Grainstorm,for grainy situations,very experimental!

 

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Wait, ist that the app that started on pc +30 years ago with midi out only?
The name seems to be the same and somehow the exercices as well...
That would be cool if a niche software like that could survive that long.
(it was expensive though on pc, but cheaper than to ask your piano teacher to throw some chords at you)

 

Caustic3 (now free) is back (it never went away if you have ancient phone) with 3.2.2 since end of last year still the same (best daw for android) but has been fixed to work on android 14+ now working on 64bit devices like my s22

 

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MIDI CC Phone Controller

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.michelmoalem.midiccphonecontroller
https://www.michelmoalem.com/

Transform your phone into a powerful and versatile MIDI controller!

MIDI CC Phone Controller gives you tactile, real-time control over your favorite music software (DAW). Connect wirelessly over WiFi using our free companion plugins (VST3 & Max for Live) or simply plug in a USB cable for a direct, zero-setup MIDI connection. Automate, modulate, and perform with your virtual instruments and effects like never before.

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mpv for Android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.xyz.mpv

This is the only Android media player that I'm aware of that exposes all of ffmpeg's filters. I can't listen to podcasts without automatic gain riding & de-essing, and I'm too lazy to re-encode on another machine.

If you're already using mpv on desktop, then you know to expect little to nothing in the way of GUI - but it's fine as a dedicated podcast player with niche features.

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YTDLnis

https://github.com/deniscerri/ytdlnis

YT-DLP GUI for Android. The other Android option for YT-DLP and my current go-to (instead of Seal).

 

We haven't had TouchOSC yet, have we?
I like it a lot.
You can create your own rotary dials, faders, XY joysticks and so on in any shape or form.
On Tablets one can create an extensive remote surface for his daw or synth.

 

i use YTDLnis constantly for downloading yt video as audio to take samples from i like that it allows mp4 video to be downloaded as .wav this is useful for compatibility. then i use another great free cross platform utility localsend to air drop the audio to where I need it
https://localsend.org/

 

Yeah, localsend is great. I use it to sync settings between sideloaded apps and move podcasts around.. Used to be easier before Google crippled Android into being a wish.com version of an Apple mobile OS.