cratedigger.fm vs Kalimba

cratedigger.fm is a music discovery app for people who'd rather dig for gems than be fed by an algorithm. Hit play and lean back while a continuous, radio-style stream surfaces independent artists, curated labels, and deep cuts — all sourced from Bandcamp, where artists keep the majority of what you spend. DISCOVER, DON'T SCROLL Pick a genre or tag, press play, and let the crates roll. cratedigger.fm builds a never-ending feed of releases you won't find on the front page of the big streaming services. WAYS TO LISTEN • Discovery — a continuous feed of hand-picked releases across genres • Curated Labels — stream straight from independent labels worth knowing • My Radio — build a personal station from the labels and artists you love • Favorites — star tracks and grow your own collection • Playlists — save and organize the tracks you keep coming back to YOUR BANDCAMP, IN SYNC Connect your Bandcamp profile to sync your wishlist and library — so the music you already want and own travels with you, right inside the player. PLAYS LIKE A REAL MUSIC APP • Background playback — keep listening with the screen off or while using other apps • Lock-screen and Control Center controls — play, pause, and skip without unlocking • Automatic track-to-track advancement across full listening sessions SUPPORT ARTISTS DIRECTLY Found something you love? One tap takes you to Bandcamp to buy it — so your money goes to the people who made the music, not a middle-meddling-person. BUILT FOR THE HEADS • Clean, distraction-free player • Dark mode, easy on the eyes • No ads and no third-party trackers beyond anonymous usage analytics cratedigger.fm is an independent app for discovering music on Bandcamp. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bandcamp. Made for the heads, not the algorithms.

Kalimba: Pocket Synth is a touch-first musical instrument that transforms the character of the kalimba into expressive plucks, evolving sustain textures and rhythmic performances. Combine physical-inspired E-Kalimba synthesis, sampled kalimba sounds and wavetable engines. Play directly from the configurable strips, explore different keys and scales, and shape each performance with motion, arpeggiation and effects. Create anything from natural kalimba patterns and soft melodic sequences to atmospheric pads and animated experimental textures. Features: - Expressive touch-based performance strips - E-Kalimba physical-inspired pluck and sustain engines - Sample-based kalimba engine - Wavetable pluck and sustain voices - Four assignable LFOs with editable modulation areas - Per-strip LFO assignment and visual feedback - Built-in ARP with musical patterns and timing controls - Auto Strum and Repeat performance tools - Looper with count-in, quantisation and metronome - Reverb, delay, distortion and performance effects - Configurable keys, scales and number of strips - Factory presets for acoustic, ambient and experimental sounds - MIDI In and MIDI Out - AUv3 Instrument and AUv3 MIDI Processor - Standalone operation on iPhone and iPad The LFO system lets you draw a modulation area directly onto each assigned strip. Use it to animate wavetable movement or reshape sustained E-Kalimba tones while keeping the instrument immediate and playable. The built-in looper, ARP, Repeat and Auto Strum tools make it easy to create evolving phrases without interrupting your performance. In compatible AUv3 hosts, Kalimba: Pocket Synth can work as an instrument or as a MIDI processor controlling another instrument. Designed for musicians, producers and sound explorers looking for an immediate acoustic-electronic instrument that can move naturally between melodic playing, rhythm and ambient sound design.