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Aug. 15, 2017

Enhance your Sound with nana Effects

Hi nana-versal people! Hope you all are enjoying your music life. Today’s tip is about enhancing your sound with the unique effects that nana provides. Some add on quite unusual tunes, so just play around with them to create unique sounds!Basic Effects:No EffectSimple is the best - Adds no effect to keep the direct sound recorded from the microphone.It will be the best option for acoustic sound like guitar backings.Echo (in Arena) The first type of echo with deep reverb effect. Makes you sound as though recording in a middle of big arena hall as it says. One of the basic effect available, so it's applicable on any kind of instruments!Echo (in Studio)The second type of echo is one of the most frequently used effect in nana. Matches with any kind of sound adding on soft reverb, working as an agent to fade the original sound together with collab sound.SunshineIt’s has the effect almost the same as “No Effect” - then what’s the difference? It makes your tone clear and bright, making easier to hear. Best matches with acoustic vocals and dialogues to make the sound come front. ChorusWhen you feel you want to add on a bit more richness to your track, Chorus does the work. It duplicates your sound with a little delay from the original sound, adding on richness to your track. Unique Effects:nana not only has standard effects, but unique effects for you to play with the sounds.Chip MunkMakes your voice high like a squirrel! (like that long-loved character you may know...) It’s the effect mainly for vocals, but listen how it sounds when you use it on instruments…? Be careful with the increase in the volume after adding this effect.MonsterIn contrast with Chip Munk effect, this turns your sound very low and deep. Add a taste of evil and the power of dark-side with this effect!FlangerGuitar players may know this effect very well. It is one type of modulation effect constantly creating wave within the sound. It may be difficult to use at first, but definitely should create one of the unique tune of your own.Radio VoiceTime for getting back in oldies. Radio Voice effect is adding nice fuzzy tones onto your sound, turning it into aged vintage track. It can be used on your voice and acoustic instruments. Sounds may get smaller so beware of the volume.TelephoneMakes the sound as though heard through telephone.Having similar characteristics with Radio Voice, it comes with more clear sound without noise coming in. It will not be the main effect to be used, but adding a pinch of taste onto your sound.Limited Effects:There are some effects that are limited to specific devices. Doubler (for Android)Similar with Chorus effect, but has a little stronger duplication of sounds with wavy effect, as though you really are chorusing with yourself. It can be obtained for free on Android device, and unlocked by adding Premium account for iOS.nana-Tune(for iOS Premium)Popular Auto-Tune-like sound is now available in nana! Tap on the icon→select the key to make the sound more smooth and fit. (*Only available for iOS for now)Make your sounds unique...and fun!One of nana's principle is to enjoy music and sounds with everyone. These effects are small spices that can be added to make your tunes better, enjoyable and even funny.Hope you all enjoy!!To know more basics about recording, check the links below too.Check out “nana How-to Guides” (Android / iOS)  if you want to learn the basics to enjoy nana app.For more infos, see our FAQ for answers to the most common questions....　

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Aug. 8, 2017

nana's Next Star - Interview with Nathan'seoul♩

We interviewed Nathan'seoul♩!What's up nanamily!So nana's Next Star of this month is... Nathan'seoul♩. Some of you may recognise him on the app.We reached out to him to get to know him better and the interview was so much fun.Let's take a look at what we talked about!So who is he?Nathan'seoul♩ also known as Nathan on the app is a popular user on nana. He is well known for his beautiful voice as well as his amazing harmonising skills. He lives and works in Texas, the USA and joined nana in February this year when his friend recommended it.He's always loved singing since he was little. He says, "Singing is therapeutic for me. Whenever I go through troubles with my life singing brings me up." Surprisingly, he never recording singing before nana app! He uses his headset for recording on nana and always tries to connect with others, listen to them, and collaborate with them to network. Just listen to his AMAZING voice! It's so touching.Not gonna lie, this mashup he made will melt your heart.Not only does he share and post his own creations on nana, he created a community for everyone to enjoy the app more.He says, " I just wanted to make it easier for people to connect with each other regardless of where they come from." On this community, people promote their tracks, give each other advice and suggestions, and look for collabs like this below.Nathan also encourages others to discover more songs on nana as well as to be discovered by sharing various tracks and suggesting collabs in this community. And what's so interesting about this community is that it is so diverse and interactive. You can see many different nationalities, age groups and music genres. "It's really cool that I come across so many different styles of international songs I've never heard of. I also enjoy talking to different types of people across the world on nana because it gives you a variety of viewpoints and you discover new things" says Nathan. Join the community and be connected!  Click on the image below.Tips to become successful on nana!?Don't you want to know what he does to get so many likes and followers on nana? Well, at least I do.And Nathan kindly told us these things he does on nana;1. Try to find the famous/most liked instrumental players and singers first. 2. Reach out to them and leave Like & Comment as well as Follow.3. Take a look at what others are doing and study the song.4. Find people you want to collaborate with and also encourage others to collaborate with you. 5. Share tracks in the community"The most important thing is Don't only focus on yourself." Nathan added. This will definitely help you be recognised by more and more people.If you follow these steps and network, maybe you will be the next nana's Next Star. Who knows!Thank you, Nathan'seoul♩To make a long story short, nana app was born out of a desire our CEO Akinori Fumihara felt. He wanted to have a platform where people across the world can easily connect through music. We are beyond blessed to know that Nathan sees value in the concept of our app. Thank you Nathan! We will always strive to deliver the best platform for everyone in the world to connect through music. Can't wait to see what he comes up with next. Also, don't forget to go follow him and join his community! Nathan'seoul ♩His page: http://nana-music.com/users/3771560/His community:  https://nana-music.com/communities/195288/Follow us on;Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nanamusic_official/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nana.Sing.your.Life/...　

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Aug. 1, 2017

nana's Select - Arranged Tunes Selection

Hi nana-versal people!Recently we are getting lots of unique tunes from around the world. Some of them are high quality, some of them are creative...it’s very interesting to see how different each of these tracks are. And it’s very pity that we have too few places to share these beautiful pieces.Regarding that, we are going to start a new series of blog articles called “nana’s Select”!! This series will be introducing unique tracks from all over the world based on specific topics each time.So today’s nana’s Select will be featuring some of the known tunes that were creatively arranged in each user’s own way.Are You ready? Listen up people!!Bad romance / Lady Gaga→Acoustic arrangeFamous track from Lady Gaga brought into acoustic combination of Cajon and guitar + sweet voice. Listen up people! It’s no bad romance, but just a good one.Country Road / John Denver→Jazz arrange Can you feel the swing? Long known “Country Road” arranged into jazzy sound with amazing vocal. Feel the groove, get collaborated.Closer / The Chainsmokers→ Piano arrangeThe Chainsmokers’ “Closer” with piano sound added as a taste. It’s melody makes it sound a bit emotional...and somewhat sorrowful. Must have a listen!My Heart Will Go On / Celine Dion→Guitar arrangeAnother piece arranged from Titanic’s theme. It’s played with a guitar only, but creates irresistebly emotional atmosphere.Molecular Shape of You / A Capella Science (Ed Sheeran)→A capella + Lyrics arrange The tune from Ed Sheeran is parody-covered by famous YouTuber “A Capella Science”. Amazingly he created this track all by his voice only! He actually arranged the lyric itself but he purposely left it blank so everyone can play with it. If you want to hear his original version, go search for his YouTube channel!Titanium / David Guetta→Recorder arrange Who would have expected to have this?! Vocal melody was sung by english flute. Very interesting… and it matches the song itself too.You Rock My World / Michael Jackson→Acoustic Band arrangeLast one is the collaboration by two nana-versial citizens, making Michael Jackson’s “You Rock My World” into groovy acoustic sound! Well done both!!Tune up your creativity!How was it?? Every sound was unique with creativity and maybe from cultural backgrounds. By combining these difference, what new sound will you be able to make next?nana’s Select will be picked randomly, so your’s might be picked any moment! Keep up the good work everyone :)Check out “nana How-to Guides” (Android / iOS)  if you want to learn the basics to enjoy nana app.For more infos, see our FAQ for answers to the most common questions....　

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