# Shimmer AUv3 Audio Plugin — AUv3 Compatible Plugin

> AUv3 compatible audio effect for creating atmospheric shimmer sounds. (iPhone/iPad app by 4Pockets.com.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shimmer-auv3-audio-plugin/id1451968439 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [4Pockets.com](https://appshunter.io/developer/370131860)
- Category: Music, Photo & Video
- Price: $7.99
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 31 App Store ratings · 33 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-02-15
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shimmer-auv3-audio-plugin/id1451968439/reviews.md

## What is Shimmer AUv3 Audio Plugin?

This is an AUv3 compatible effect which must be used as plugin with your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Meteor, Auria or GarageBand. It supports a modern graphical interface and presets with stereo meters for monitoring signal levels.

This shimmer effect is a combination of effects that creates an etherial wall of sound. The effect combines a digital delay and pitch shifter to create multiple harmonies before entering a rich long reverb with controllable filtering. The resulting effect is a monsterously huge sound adding a spacious atmospheric quality to any lead instrument or vocal.

The effect also features many beat synced modulation options with various modes of operation such as your basic pans and vibrato effects but including sweeps and morphing harmonies.

Finally to give the effect some real 'shimmer' we've added a harmonic exciter and a sustain section which samples and holds on to the sound to pull out and emphesise the harmonics.

The effect presents all the most frequently used controls to the user in a single screen, but each effect has it's own distinct set of controls and a total of 7 pre-configured touch pads allowing easy recording of controller data.

This plugin allows complete parameter automation and auto synced modulation to master tempo.

This is one of a suite of AUv3 compatible plugins which will also soon be available from 4Pockets.

## Key features

- AUv3 compatible plugin
- Combines delay, pitch shifting, and reverb
- Beat-synced modulation options
- Harmonic exciter and sustain section
- Single-screen interface with presets
- Parameter automation and tempo sync

## Recent user reviews (10 of 33)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shimmer-auv3-audio-plugin/id1451968439/reviews.md

### 5/5 — apple mac

*2024-05-12*

i love this app and use it for everything in logic pro ipad but its not avaliable for my mac it so analouge one of the best apps out there please make it avaliable for the macbook .

### 5/5 — Toujours très bonne app

*2022-10-09*

ShimmerFX reste malgré ses 3 ans d’ancienneté l’une de mes préférées.
Un son très propre, les réglages essentiels sont là, l’interface est claire et agréable (sauf sur iPhone SE sur lequel la lisibilité est assez discutable, ce qui vaut pour l’ensemble des applications de ce développeur), mais la qualité est bien là et vaut peut-être de faire quelques concessions 🙂
ShimmerFX est (de mon point de vue) la meilleure de sa catégorie.

### 5/5 — Grande shimmer effect

*2021-10-25, version 1.03*

Un Valhalla shimmer su iPad. Grandissimo Paul.

### 1/5 — Ne fonctionne pas!

*2021-07-21*

Impossible de charger un son avec cette application... Les écrans s’affichent mais ne servent à rien!
Je souhaiterai obtenir un remboursement !!!

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore with GarageBand

*2021-05-27*

It won’t recognize anymore by GarageBand. I used to love this AU for my acoustic guitar effect through irig hd2.

### 1/5 — Muito ruim

*2021-05-23*

Comprei o App mais não funciona quero meu dinheiro de volta urgente ! Que decepção

### 3/5 — Not working correctly

*2020-12-06*

I Love the sounds of this plugin but the pitch-shift/shimmer option is grayed out when I want to use external audio source like my guitar. It says its only available at 44.1-48KHs sample rate but works fine when using the internal sounds like they keyboards and ect. I hope there is a way to fix this so I can use the most important  effect with my guitar. I’m also using GarageBand on my iPad.

### 5/5 — What’s not to like?

*2020-09-20*

This is an amazing sounding and highly configurable app. 

I’m using an iPhone 7+ with iOs 14, and Shimmer works seamlessly for me, in AUM. (I definitely recommend upgrading to iOS 14; you’ll find that things speed up and memory issues and audio dropouts are not prevalent like in iOS 13, which for me was a flop.)

There’s a healthy amount of presets. 
Sound is very smooth. 
Great editing power. 
Has XY controls, too!

One problem, and perhaps the only one for me in this app, is that when you click on an edit for a parameter, you get to a screen that doesn’t give you a button to return to the main interface.This is easily solved by swiping on the side rails, which gives you all the successive parameter editing areas and back to the main. 

Otherwise, I don’t know how anybody could possibly give this a bad rap, when they’re probably lazy and have zero understanding of how to explore any new interface. 

Kudos to the developer for creating this and charging a reasonable price!

**Developer response:** Thanks for the nice review. As for the Edit button, it just scrolls to the relivent page in the vertical scroller (a shortcut if you like). Generally you use the vertical strolling to move between the interface elelments.If you click on the scroll to top option in the right margin you can quickly page to the top of the interface.

### 4/5 — Great multi fx plugin

*2020-07-27*

This thing is powerful and allow to modify a lot of parameters but there seem to be no option to save user presets. Please add this functionality. Thanks.

### 1/5 — Fine reverb, but...

*2020-07-14*

This effect works well with the touch instruments in GarageBand but I purchased it for use with my guitar and that’s where it comes up short. There’s seemingly no way to make it work the way I’d prefer and there doesn’t seem to be any sort of documentation/support.  It’s unfortunate because playing around with the piano demonstrates a really flexible, interesting effect that I would really like to use.

**Developer response:** In what way does it not work on your guitar? Even if its not suitable it does work. I find it rediclulous that just because this type of effect doesn't work as you wanted with your guitar that would justify a 1 star review? A shimmer reverb is designed for creating soundscapes, and not really a guitar effect, but nevertheless it does work well, especially with accoustic.

## Frequently asked questions about Shimmer AUv3 Audio Plugin

### What is this app?

This app is an AUv3 compatible audio effect plugin designed to create ethereal and spacious soundscapes. It combines multiple effects like digital delay, pitch shifting, reverb, and modulation to add unique atmospheric qualities to your audio.

### How do I use this app?

This effect must be used as a plugin within a compatible Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) such as Cubasis, Meteor, Auria, or GarageBand. It allows for parameter automation and auto-synced modulation to your master tempo.

### What are the key features?

Key features include a combination of delay and pitch shifting for harmonies, a rich reverb with controllable filtering, beat-synced modulation options, a harmonic exciter, and a sustain section. It offers a single-screen interface with presets and touch pads for controller data recording.

### Is this app free?

Based on the provided information, this app is a paid plugin. It does not appear to have in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What kind of sounds can I create?

You can create an ethereal wall of sound, adding a spacious atmospheric quality to lead instruments or vocals. The effect is designed to produce a 'shimmer' by emphasizing harmonics and creating vast, evolving textures.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.06 — 2025-08-29

Version 1.06 - B11
Updated for compatability with future iOS Versions.

### 1.05 — 2025-02-06

Version 1.05 - B10

This version has a fix for some uninitialised variables that could potentially cause a crash at launch time on the latest iOS versions.

### 1.04 — 2025-01-10

This version now saves and restores the Pitch Glide properly.

Also fixed the issue where using the XY Pad to change modulation was not updating the Modulation knob.

### 1.03 — 2020-10-24

Fixed an iOS14 issue which prevented the touch pads from functioning correctly.

### 1.02 — 2019-10-23

General speed up optimisations.

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