MixTape

Be it that you’re a music enthusiast longing for the looks and feel of the analog area, someone who wishes to show others how music was rendered and stored on cassettes in the past, or just an all-time nostalgic for analog tech, having the means to savor that in the digital medium can be a lifesaver. MixTape, just as its name implies, will allow users to preview and use a well-constructed rendition that manages to emulate the aspect of old cassette players, complete with a playback engine, playlist manager, as well as exporting features.

Users will be able to individually pick the audio tracks that can be added to the playlist, and support for multiple files is offered, of course. However, there is no way to add the said content through drag-and-drop, and only the included navigator feature can be used.

The app includes a minimalist player whose design we feel manages to do a pretty good job at emulating a classic cassette player looks and feel. Although simple and minimalist, the playback controls are reliable and quite intuitive to use.

Users have a slight degree of flexibility when it comes to the adjustments that can be performed to the loaded audio content. To that end, one can select a preferred tape length using a dedicated slider, although there is no manual string input available, choose the song gap, as well as the corresponding volume.

The last feature worth mentioning is the export tool, which actually isn’t an exporting feature in itself, but rather a display for the resulting playlist content and characteristics, in text format, which is copy-friendly.

This cassette player emulator manages to do a good job when it comes to simulating the look and feel of such devices and allows those who wish to bring back memories a simple way for achieving that.