Recommendations wanted for Android apps

close2u

My laptop died and my 10 year old PC is on it's last legs.

But I am getting up to date.

I have just got my first tablet thanks to receiving a gift voucher recently.

 

It runs on Android Marshmallow and I have plenty of storage potential with an SD card option.

I have not used any apps previously on my  iPhone as the memory was too limiting.

I'm looking for recommendations for great apps.

Song charts & chord / lyric sheets.

Recording.

Music players (Spotify is pre-installed but I'm not sure they pay a fair deal to artists).

Other / miscellaneous ...

crunchman

For song charts and chord/Lyric sheets, Songbook is worth a look for $10.

I've got a free tuner and a metronome app.  They were both free - various options available.

From all I've heard, Android isn't great for recording.

normula1

Ireal pro is good for learning songs. I've never really tried recording with mine.. I'll give it a go

Grumpyrocker

Songster isn't bad for learning songs.

Philly_Q

Funny, I was just wondering about the same thing, this very day.  

I've just started using my Android phone, which has sat untouched for 18 months since I bought it because I don't understand smartphones and find them intimidating.  Thus far I only have Spotify on it because I wanted a music player.  I have a tablet as well but don't really use it. Untapped resources....

rroberts

I use DaTuner Lite as a decent, free tuner, Ultimate Guitar Tabs for access to tabs, it also has a chord library and metronome function.

I tried out their Tonebridge app, which claims to give realistic guitar tones when combined with am iRig of AmpKit interface, but my phone's not compatible, as Crunchman said, Android can be a bit hit and miss with regards to audio latency

NelsonP

There's a boss tuner which is pretty good
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.roland.bosstuner&hl=en_GB

stimpsonslostson

NelsonP said:

There's a boss tuner which is pretty good
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.roland.bosstuner&hl=en_GB

That's the one I have too. It's handy to have. 

ESBlonde

I have G strings tuner and mobile metronome, Gstrings I find handy at times, MM less so.

t1000

i use chordbot for chord progressions pretty usefull. 

Sporky

close2u said:

Spotify is pre-installed but I'm not sure they pay a fair deal to artists.

It's a better deal than radio, but not as good as if you bought their CD. Unless you played the CD a lot.

close2u

Thanks all.
Don't really need a tuner.

I know Songster etc from online usage. Songster I fin more reliable than the others.

I can view my home made chord charts for songs using my doc which are uploaded to Google Drive.
I was looking for something with a song-to-view format and the option to rest the key I transposing or using a capo.
Or an app that allows me to enter this easily ... As easily as typing in to a word doc.


Good to know Spotify aren't as bad as I thought. It's a great way of discovering new music ... When it plays some similar song to those you've searched in a 'radio' format.

crunchman

close2u said:

Thanks all.
Don't really need a tuner.

I know Songster etc from online usage. Songster I fin more reliable than the others.

I can view my home made chord charts for songs using my doc which are uploaded to Google Drive.
I was looking for something with a song-to-view format and the option to rest the key I transposing or using a capo.
Or an app that allows me to enter this easily ... As easily as typing in to a word doc.


Good to know Spotify aren't as bad as I thought. It's a great way of discovering new music ... When it plays some similar song to those you've searched in a 'radio' format.

Songbook

close2u

Okay.
I now have Songbook.
It may be a great long term app to have.
Shot term I need to convert all of my word doc song and chord charts to chordpro format then edit them.
What a pain.
And I'm struggling to find online chordpro format chord charts too for any new songs I want.
Does anyone have any handy hints for this?
Or is it just suck it up and put in the work converting everything?

hywelg

Amazing Slow Downer for learning songs.  Set and memorise loops, change pitch for old analogue recordings, slow down to acceptable speed to learn solos etc.

Only downside is the Windows app and Android app don't share presets.

 

crunchman

close2u said:

Okay.
I now have Songbook.
It may be a great long term app to have.
Shot term I need to convert all of my word doc song and chord charts to chordpro format then edit them.
What a pain.
And I'm struggling to find online chordpro format chord charts too for any new songs I want.
Does anyone have any handy hints for this?
Or is it just suck it up and put in the work converting everything?

@close2u - sorry about the delay in replying.  I've been on holiday.  The format that OnSong (unfortunately Apple only) uses is very similar to the Chordpro format, so if you search for an OnSong file, it might save a lot of work.

close2u

Update ... tablet returned due to tech fault ...
im now changing tack and on a laptop hunt ...

thanks all ... I may get an android tablet again but in the future, not now