Vinyl Tap for iPad (review)

For the last 3 days I have been playing with this fantastic iPad application called Vinyl Tap and I have loved every minute of it. Vinyl Tap is a novelty application for your iPad that simulates a record player to play the music you have on your iPad. The detail of this application is amazing, it even includes the "pop and scratch" sounds when you first place the needle on an album.

Vinyl Tap features two different players: T-800 which is a standard turntable with multi-colored strobe simulator and the T-1000 which is a linear tracking turntable that features a digital display and track scanner. More players are coming to the application in the future, stay tuned.

Let me talk about the attention to detail with this application, the animation for flipping the album is superb. If you load an entire album onto the turntable you will see a full 12" album, if you load a single onto the turntable a 7" album is displayed. Lift the needle during the middle of a track and hear the scratching noises, place it in the middle of a track and hear the pops like you would on a real turntable.

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Features:
Full support for the new iPad Retina display
Who needs crates when you can browse your albums as a wall of art
Select from two beautifully re-imagined turntables
Play albums from your iTunes library (DRM files not supported)
Authentic vinyl sounds
Both LPs and Singles
Vinyl Tap LPs and Singles look like their real life counterparts
Album art record labels
3D flipping of the records to their other side

Standard turntable:
Pivoting tone arm
Select between 33RPM and 45RPM
Multicolored strobe simulator

Linear tracking turntable:
Auto detection of LPs and Singles
Digital display showing track number, RPM and play status
Jog wheel
Track scanner
Previous/Next track buttons

 

If you are wanting a retro feel for your music on the iPad then Vinyl Tap is the application for you. Vinyl Tap is an iPad only application and it is $1.99 in the iOS App Store. You can download it here:


 

[box type='info']INFO: If you are using iTunes Match you must download the music you want to play onto your iPad first. Vinyl Tap can not play music stored in iTunes Match.[/box]


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