3D Music Player Pro

CNET Editors' review

by: Jason Parker on April 19, 2011

3D Music Player Pro gives you some interesting options for enriching the sound of your music, and it does a pretty good job with only a few flaws. Upon launch, use the plus-sign button in the upper left to add a couple of songs from your music library and test the various effects. Once they're queued up, you can play a song and then touch the 3D Sound button to hear the basic audio enhancements in the app. We noticed a difference immediately in our testing, with the app adding a much fuller and warmer sound to our music.

Beyond the main button, there's much more to play around with in 3D Music Player Pro. Hit the gear icon in the upper right to bring up the settings screen. From there you can fiddle with all of the app's sound enhancements individually and turn them on and off to hear the results. The 3D.STEREO control lets you turn on surround sound and adjust bass output for a 3D stereo listening experience. The G.EQ control lets you adjust the levels for songs like a regular equalizer, and the ON.STAGE control gives you three options simulating the sound and reverb effects of playing the song in a studio, a concert hall, or a stadium.

3D Music Player Pro's features are fun to play around with, and each of the effects definitely enhances the way your music sounds, but the app is not perfect. When we added our entire music library, the app seemed to choke on the approximately 8GB of music. After a restart we were able to get all of our music to show up, but 3D Music Player Pro doesn't share the iPod's ability to search through your music quickly (think of the alphabetized strip of letters on the right of your iPhone music library that allows you to jump to different parts of the alphabet). This means that you'll spend a lot of time scrolling to listen to specific songs. An even bigger issue is that when you quit the app and relaunch, your previously uploaded music will no longer be listed. This is definitely a bug the developer must have overlooked and will hopefully be fixed soon.

Overall, 3D Music Player Pro is a unique app that lets you mess around with audio settings to give your music a much warmer sound. With the right bug fixes and some slight interface enhancements, this app will be a great way to get more out of your music.

Publisher's Description

From DigitalCoolio:

3D Music Player has been featured as New & Noteworthy in the music category! Are you crazy about music but just not satisfied with the audio output of your iPhone? 3D Music Player can enhance your listening pleasure.3D Music Player is a very simple - yet extremely effective - audio player with top-notch sound enhancements. Just download the app to your iPhone or iPod and you will be ready to enjoy your music in 3D stereo sound in a matter of moments.Simply select songs, artists or the playlists you would like to play in 3D Music Player then press play. Included in the app are extensive equalizer options. Make the music suit your tastes. The equalizer presets include rock, jazz, classical, pop, R&B, live, full bass and full treble. In addition, you can manually adjust the real-time multi band equalizer to match your mood.*** 3D Music Player Pro includes the following features *** 3D Stereo Control: delivers a natural, realistic 3D sound experience G.EQ Control: allows you to manually adjust the real-time multi-band equalizer to suit your mood- Featured presets: rock, jazz, classical, pop, R&B, live, full bass and full treble. On Stage Control: delivers a natural, acoustic sound that offers a surround effect. It leaves listeners with an experience that simulates a live music environment.- Preset environments: studio, concert hall, stadium Speed and Pitch Control: regulates the speed and pitch of the selected song* SP Control: operates playing speed without changing the tone in real-time for single and multi-tone content -- Variable Range: 0.5 - 2 times range* PT Control: the function that controls pitch without changing the play-speed -- Variable Range: +/- 1 Octave Docking Mode: This mode eliminates the need for an expensive speaker system. Treat your ears to a surround-sound like experience when you dock your iPhone on any dual speaker stereo system.IMPORTANT NOTICESome docking systems may not support Docking Mode. Please check it with your docking system manufacturer.CONTACT USPlease contact us if you have any problems with this app. Email us at contact@digitalcoolio.com

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