Orion Studio Remote vs SonoBus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orion Studio Remote
Control your Antelope Audio Orion Studio interface directly from your iOS device. Manage preamp gain, monitor selection, and clock settings for professional audio production.
- Preamps Gain Control
- A/B Monitor Selection and Volume Control
- Device Selection
- Stereo Link Selection
- Clock Source and Sample Rate Selection
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Orion Studio Mobile App is specifically designed to work with Antelope Audio's Orion Studio 12-Mic Pres Audio Interface. The app will turn your iOS device into a professional audio interface remote control, allowing you to manage Orion Studio’s functionality. Both the producer and the recording artist will be provided with fast and easy access to the features of the device. Orion Studio Mobile App offers: • Preamps Gain Control • A/B Monitor Selection and Volume Control • Device Selection (for Multiple Devices) • Stereo Link Selection • Clock Source and Sample Rate Selection
SonoBus
Stream high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio with multiple users over the internet or a local network. Connect for music creation, remote sessions, or podcasts, with options for recording and playback. Supports standalone use or as a plugin with compatible hosts.
- Low-latency peer-to-peer audio streaming
- Connect multiple users
- Record and playback audio
- Standalone app and plugin support
- Adjustable audio quality
- Public and private groups
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SonoBus is an easy to use application for streaming high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio between devices over the internet or a local network. Simply choose a unique group name (with optional password), and instantly connect multiple people together to make music, remote sessions, podcasts, etc. Easily record the audio from everyone, as well as playback any audio content to the whole group. Public groups are also available, for those interested in connecting to new people. Connects multiple users together across the internet to send and receive audio among all in a group, with fine-grained control over latency, quality and overall mix. Use it on your desktop or in your DAW, or on your mobile device. You can also use it locally on your own LAN to send audio among your devices with low latency. Works as a standalone application. as an AudioUnit v3 plugin with a compatible host app, or via Interapp-Audio. You can connect to others using SonoBus on any of the other platforms it runs on. Easy to setup and use, yet still providing all the details that audio nerds want to see. Audio quality can be instantly adjusted from full uncompressed PCM down through various compressed bitrates using the low-latency Opus codec. SonoBus does NOT use any echo cancellation, or automatic noise reduction in order to maintain the highest audio quality. As a result, if you have a live microphone signal you will need to also use headphones to prevent echos and/or feedback. SonoBus does NOT currently use any encryption for the data communication, so while it is very unlikely that it will be intercepted, please keep that in mind. All audio is sent directly between users peer-to-peer, the connection server is only used so that the users in a group can find each other. For best results, and to achieve the lowest latencies, connect your device with wired ethernet to your router. Little known fact, you can use USB ethernet interfaces with your iOS device using the proper adapter (USB camera connection kit, or natively with USB-C apple devices). It *will* work using WiFi, but the added network jitter and packet loss will require you to use a bigger safety buffer to maintain a quality audio signal, which results in higher latencies, which may or may not be acceptable for your use case.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SonoBus at 68% against Orion Studio Remote's 17%. SonoBus also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (41 vs 5). Orion Studio Remote's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SonoBus holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SonoBus has 41 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Orion Studio Remote's written reviews are positive against 68% of SonoBus's.
| Parameter | Orion Studio Remote | SonoBus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Antelope Audio | Sonosaurus LLC |
Customer experience
Orion Studio Remote
SonoBus
In-app purchases
Orion Studio Remote
No in-app purchases
SonoBus
No in-app purchases
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