Quanta – Vinyl Companion2.4 - App Store

Quanta is your ultimate vinyl companion.

By combining the best of analog, physical media, and the features of digital music streaming, Quanta creates a truly magical listening experience.

- Multi-room AirPlay 2 support: With the right hardware, Quanta enables you to stream vinyl playback to any AirPlay compatible device.
- Shazam-powered recognition: Instantly identify songs, display track info on your device, and update the Now Playing section.
- Time-synced live lyrics: Stay in tune with lyrics synced to your current playback position on compatible songs.
- Last.fm support: Quanta automatically scrobbles your vinyl play history.
- Apple Music integration: Quanta can sync your vinyl play history with Apple Music recently played so your Replay will stay updated even when listening to physical media.
- Discogs support: Quanta uses your Discogs library to provide more accurate matches, notify you when it's time to change the side of your vinyl, and allows you to shuffle your collection.
- Customizable audio settings: 6-band EQ, gain slider, and options for mono or stereo output.
- Apple TV companion app: Mirror your playback details and lyrics to the big screen.

created by indie dev, christian privitelli. i hope you enjoy!

Version History This version fixes a bug where your play history may not sync and lyrics may not load. Thank you for your patience in getting these issues resolved! 2.4 01/27/2025 This version adds a Portuguese localization and fixes a bug that could cause the next side detection to stop working. Thanks for using Quanta! 2.3 01/04/2025 This version adds some new features and fixes some bugs.
- Quanta can now optionally sync playback to your Apple Music account so your "Recently Played" and Replay stay up to date from your vinyl listening!
- There is now a radio mode that will always update matches even if not in your library or from the currently playing album. Find this in advanced settings.
- Setting Discogs images to always be used no longer breaks the now playing view.
- Performance improvements. Matches should now load even faster due to added caching logic. 2.2 12/03/2024 Quanta is BACK!

Quanta 2.0 features an all new design, and compatibility with the latest version of iOS. You can now also sign in with your Discogs account in order to improve the matches that are shown, shuffle your library from the main screen, and use the app without connecting your record player. Mic-only mode is here! Get time synced lyrics, Last.fm syncing, and live metadata just by opening the app near your music setup!

Version 2.1 adds and fixes the following:
- Tracks may not scrobble to Last.fm.
- The Apple TV companion app might not show the correct playback info.
- Adds German and Italian localizations.
- Improves performance, animations, and transitions. 2.1 11/25/2024 Quanta is BACK! 

Quanta 2.0 features an all new design, and compatibility with the latest version of iOS. You can now also sign in with your Discogs account in order to improve the matches that are shown, shuffle your library from the main screen, and use the app without connecting your record player. Mic-only mode is here! Get time synced lyrics, Last.fm syncing, and live metadata just by opening the app near your music setup! 2.0 11/19/2024 Fixes a bug where lyrics may not load for some users. 1.11 03/04/2024 Fixes a bug where lyrics may not load for some users. 1.10 11/23/2023 This version fixes a bug where the buttons in the control bar might be hard to tap on certain iPad models. 1.9 11/10/2023 Quanta v1.8 fixes bugs, improves performance, and makes your vinyl listening experience even smoother.

- New settings screen! Settings are now combined into subsections to make things easier to find. This will also simplify things for future additions ;).
- iPad settings are now more space efficient showing 2 columns.
- Big improvements to the way the correct match is shown, prioritising items in your music library or matches that have been previously played. This should reduce incorrect matches, and issues where one song shows multiple versions throughout playback.
- Improves in-app history tracking accuracy and bugs. Changes from multiple devices through iCloud should be properly merged.
- Adds a "Remove Match" option.
- Buttons FEEL and animate nicer than ever.
- Adds a debug log in advanced settings that can be sent to the developer (me) to help diagnose issues even easier. 1.8 07/11/2023 This version of Quanta fixes a crash that was introduced in the previous version and improves the performance of pre-fetching the next song. 1.7 06/15/2023 This version squashes a bunch of bugs and makes Quanta run smoother.

Some of the changes and fixes include:
~ Fixed a bug where audio input would be unavailable after backgrounding and then coming back.
~ Added a button to remove current match when holding on title (if it is incorrect).
~ Fixed some issues with text.
~ Reduce probability of random, inaccurate recognitions.
~ Automatically pre-fetch the metadata for the next song in the album.
~ Lyrics caching for improved speed.
~ Fixed issue where there are random gaps in some lyrics. 1.6 06/12/2023 Apple TV Support!
~ You can now download the companion Apple TV app and mirror content from your device to the big screen!
~ Fixes a randomly occurring but often prevalent bug wherein lyrics or metadata would not be detected.
~ Improves some visual styling across the app.
~ Show song credits under lyrics. 1.5 05/16/2023 - Last.fm Support! You can now sign into your Last.fm account and tracks detected through Quanta will be automatically scrobbled.
- French translation.
- Fixed issue where tips may show in the wrong order.
- Fixed issue where Last.fm integration may not scrobble really short tracks. 1.4 03/23/2023 - Last.fm Support! You can now sign into your Last.fm account and tracks detected through Quanta will be automatically scrobbled.
- Tip Jar! If you're feeling generous, and would like to support future development, you can now do this through the credits screen.
- Slightly improved recognition quality and lyric offset.
- Improved button tap animation on iOS 16.
- Fixed issue where lyrics would scroll to the wrong position on iOS 15.
- Fixed issue where lyrics instrumental sections would continue progressing when paused.
- Fixed issue where lyrics for some songs may not load. 1.3 03/22/2023 This version of Quanta:
- Adds Hungarian localization.
- Adds a backup lyrics source.
- Fixes an issue where audio may not be available with some devices when using a USB-C hub or adapter. 1.2 01/08/2023 Quanta is finally available! The app has been rebuilt from the ground up to be significantly more reliable, deliver more accurate information, include some nice small quality of life features, and be even easier to use. 1.1 12/27/2022 1.0 11/08/2022