Neutron Music Player

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Description of App

The only true audiophile music player with Hi-Res audio rendering and DSP engine

Neutron Player is an advanced music player with an audiophile-grade platform-independent in-house developed 32/64-bit audio engine which does not rely on the OS music player API and thus delivers truly unique experience to you.

* It outputs hi-res audio directly to the internal DAC (including USB DAC) and offers a rich set of DSP effects.

* It is the only application capable of sending audio data to the network renderers (UPnP/DLNA, Chromecast) with all DSP effects applied, including the gapless playback.

* It features a unique PCM to DSD real-time oversampling mode (if supported by DAC), so you can play your favorite music in DSD resolution.

* It offers the sophisticated user interface with an advanced media library functionality that is appreciated by audiophiles and music lovers from all parts of our world!

FEATURES

* 32/64-bit hi-res audio processing (HD audio)

* OS and platform independent decoding and audio processing

* Hi-Res Audio support (up to 32-bit, 768 kHz)

* Bit-perfect playback

* Supports all audio formats

* Native DSD (direct or DoP), DSD

* Multi-channel native DSD (4.0 - 5.1: ISO, DFF, DSF)

* Output all to DSD

* DSD to PCM decoding

* DSD formats: DFF, DSF, ISO SACD/DVD

* Module music formats: MOD, IM, XM, S3M

* Voice audio format: SPEEX

* Playlists: CUE, M3U, PLS, ASX, RAM, XSPF, WPL

* Lyrics (LRC files, metadata)

* Streaming audio (plays Internet radio streams, Icecast, Shoutcast)

* Supports large media libraries

* Supports iTunes library (non DRM) and local files (inside /Documents folder)

* Supports external storage via Apple Lightning USB port (iOS 13+)

* Network music sources:

- SMB/CIFS network device (NAS or PC, Samba shares)

- UPnP/DLNA media server

- SFTP (over SSH) server

- FTP server

- WebDAV server

* Output to Chromecast (up to 24-bit, 192 kHz, no limit for a format or DSP effects)

* Output to UPnP/DLNA Media Renderer (up to 24-bit, 768 kHz, no limit for a format or DSP effects)

* Direct output to USB DAC (via USB OTG adapter, up to 32-bit, 768 kHz)

* UPnP/DLNA Media Renderer server (gapless, DSP effects)

* UPnP/DLNA Media Server

* Device local music library management via internal FTP server

* DSP effects:

- Parametric Equalizer (4-60 band, fully configurable: type, frequency, Q, gain)

- Graphic EQ mode (21 presets)

- Frequency Response Correction (5000+ AutoEq presets for 2500+ headphones, user defined)

- Surround Sound (Ambiophonic RACE)

- Crossfeed (better stereo sound perception in headphones)

- Compressor / Limiter (compression of dynamic range)

- Time Delay (loudspeaker time alignment)

- Dithering (minimize quantization)

- Pitch, Tempo (playback speed and pitch correction)

- Phase Inversion (channel polarity change)

* Speaker overload protecting filters: Subsonic, Ultrasonic

* Normalization by Peak, RMS (Preamp gain calculation after DSP effects)

* Tempo/BPM analysis and categorization

* Replay Gain from metadata

* Gapless playback

* Hardware and Preamp volume controls

* Crossfade

* High quality real-time optional resampling

* Real-time Spectrum, Waveform, RMS analyzers

* Balance (L/R)

* Mono mode

* Profiles (multiple configurations)

* Playback modes: Shuffle, Loop, Single Track, Sequential, Queue

* Playlist management

* Media library grouping by: album, artist, composer, genre, year, rating, folder

* Artist grouping by 'Album Artist' category

* Tag editing: MP3, FLAC, OGG, APE, SPEEX, WAV, WV, M4A, MP4 (internal, SMB, SFTP)

* Folder mode

* Clock mode

* Timers: sleep, wake

* Interface languages: Русский, 中文 (繁体), 中文 (简体), 한국어, 日本語, Việt, ไทย, Deutsch, Italiano, Indonesian, Malay, Nederlands, Français, English, Español, ελληνικά, Português, Magyar, Polski, العربية, Türk

SUPPORT

Please report bugs directly by e-mail or via forum:

Forum:

http://neutronmp.com/forum

X:

http://x.com/neutroncode

Version

2.24.7

Free or Paid

Paid

Apple Watch Support

No

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

18.x

Accessibility Comments

seems totally inaccessible, can't read anything from the screen.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads no page elements.

Button Labeling

No buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is totally inaccessible.

Other Comments

I am going to email the developer, and will report back with any response.

Developer's Twitter Username

@neutroncode

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Comments

By alex wallis on Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 18:02

Hi, well I had the below response from the developer, does anyone know if the API he asks about exists?
response begins now,
Hi Alex,

Thank you very much for writing about the issue you faced with Neutron.

The incompatibility with VoiceOver functionality is due to the fact
that Neutron's User Interface is developed and is running by own
OpenGL based graphics engine. Neutron is not using UI elements which
are provided by OS and I believe it is the cause of the problem. OS
simply does not know about UI elements as they are drown by OpenGL.

Neutron exists not only on iOS platform but with on Android,
BlackBerry and potentially Tizen (if it gets released in the future).

Only Neutron's portable UI engine allows to develop UI which is the
same on all platforms and it also accelerates the development
progress.

If iOS provided some API which could bind VoiceOver tags to custom UI
elements then may be it could be a way out but so far I have not found
such.

Best regards,
Dmitry.

By Levi Gobin on Monday, September 23, 2024 - 18:02

I bought this app a long time ago, and recently reinstalled it to see if there were any improvements to this app.
The app is still totally inaccessible as of September 2024.
I tried using screen recognition, but it was a nightmare, probably because of The way the UI is being presented, as mentioned above.
I really wish this app was accessible, because it sounds like a great app.