With the advent of macOS Catalina, iTunes has undergone significant changes that not everyone is comfortable with. If you are among the disgruntled users and are looking for a simpler alternative to the Music app, here's my pick for you.
Elmedia Player.
This audio player stands out noticeably because it allows you to listen to music in Hi-Res, has its audio engine, a bunch of features for fine-tuning audio, and more.
You'll be able to add tracks from your computer, iTunes, and SoundCloud. It is possible to listen to online radio. All known file formats are supported, including FLAC, MP3, ALAC, DSD, PCM, APE, CUE, M4A, etc.
If you install a special extension, you can use Apple Remote and AirPods. Sonos speakers are also supported. I think this is one of the best music player for mac that exists in this market.
IINA.
Completely free, open-source media player with a Mac-like interface. Supports Touch Bar, Force Touch, and other gesture controls. It also keeps its shortcuts and those used in MPV, VLC, and Movist players.
Flexible settings allow you to customize the player. For example, you can make it automatically switch to music mode when you select a folder with songs. Or, you can have keyboard shortcuts to open the playback history quickly.
IINA is also suitable for easy listening to audiobooks and podcasts, allowing you to navigate between chapters quickly.
Cog.
Free and open-source audio players can read different file formats (WAV, ALAC, Opus, Vorbis, RealAudio, DTS, Musepack, and others).
The interface is divided into two panels. In one, you add tracks. Alternatively, you can arrange them as you like and play them.
There is built-in support for ReplayGain and the ability to change the sound output device. You can control playback with hot keys. For those who create music, you can connect Soundfont and MIDI plug-ins.
Strawberry Music Player.
A cross-platform, free audio player with awesome features for organizing your song collection. It is a fork of Clementine, a popular media player that no longer exists.
Allows you to add album covers from various sources and put them in the background during playback, easily manage playlists, edit tags and track metadata.
The program can read such file formats as WAV, FLAC, WavPack, MPC, TrueAudio, AIFF, and Monkey's Audio. There is a button to track changes in your collection, which, when enabled, will automatically update your playlist whenever a new album is added.
Strawberry Music Player supports integration with various services: Tidal, Qobuz, Subsonic, MusicBrainz, Discogs, and Last.fm, Libre.fm, and ListenBrainz.
You can view lyrics from AudD, Genius, Musixmatch, and other sources.
Another cross-platform, free audio player that supports some formats and can be extended in functionality with plugins
It allows you to work with multiple playlists at once, easy to edit metadata and tags. It has an 18-band graphic equalizer and can import presets from Foobar and convert audio files from one format to another.
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