Horn Section HD vs mobileinearMix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Horn Section HD
Add professional horn section sounds to your music productions. This app offers a library of live-recorded licks, stabs, and swells performed by a professional horn section. Easily integrate these sounds into your tracks on iOS devices, with full support for DAWs and GarageBand.
- Live horn section recordings
- Apple Loops for GarageBand
- Copyable to any DAW
- Audiobus and Inter App Audio support
- Over 300 licks, stabs, and swells
- Multiple keys and tempos
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Real live horns for your songs, played by the first call horn section in The Netherlands, the Jayhorns! Right in your back pocket and recorded for IOS only! An app for iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch with dedicated design for all devices and full Audiobus and Inter App Audio support. Enhance your tracks with these licks, stabs and swells and enjoy the live feel of a real horn section! And in GarageBand the licks follow tempo and key, the perfect 'brass' add-on! Perfect for producers and songwriters….. licks, stabs, swells and more in 7 chapters performed in 3 bpms and 4 essential keys, over 300 in total. Perfect for Garageband users on IOS, all licks were performed with minor third intervals and are presented as Apple Loops so copied to GB the licks follow the key set in GB with ease, as well as tempo! (these features are 'Garageband only') Copy any lick to any other paste equipped DAW (and use built in time stretching and transposing functions if you like) and enhance your tracks with a live horn section at your finger tips as if you had them in your own studio. The lines were composed based on often requested parts as experienced by the incredible Jayhorns (see bio for tours/albums and credits). MAIN FEATURES: * All licks can be copied as Apple Loops to GB, following tempo and key changes * All licks can be copied to any other paste equipped daw * Full horn section library for anyone making music on an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch * Audiobus compatible * Inter App Audio compatible * Easy auditioning of licks as they all loop within the app * Performed, recorded and built only for IOS * Many styles in relevant bpms (check content list) * Lines, swells, stabs and other content were produced with your compositions in mind * Uncut, not time stretched, actual high end recordings * Audio quality: 44.1 kHz, 16 bit (cd) * All licks, stabs and swell actually played separately in all bpms and keys, by the first call horn section in The Benelux * All licks can be cut, altered and moved for more complex arranging * Any lick can be used creatively outside the mentioned style with ease The licks were edited and mastered to a logical length, depending on style/meaning and use for you to place them quickly and get them automatically in the 'right spot" but they can be moved for different effects and placed freely within your sequencer of choice. And of course, licks can be stacked as well. Line up: Trumpet-Trumpet-Trombone-Saxophone (with Flugelhorn and Baritone Sax variations within the chapters). Content: * Funk, Disco 'n Dance: 9 section licks performed at 90, 110 and 130 bpm, all in the keys of A, C, Eb and Gb * Pop: 9 section licks performed at 90, 110 and 130 bpm, all in the keys of A, C, Eb and Gb * Soul: 9 section licks performed at 90, 110 and 130 bpm, all in the keys of A, C, Eb and Gb (4 licks in 130 bpm soul) * Jazz: 9 section licks performed at 90, 110 and 130 bpm, all in the keys of A, C, Eb and Gb * Stabs: 5 section licks performed at 90, 110 and 130 bpm, all in the keys of A, C, Eb and Gb * Swells: one horn swell performed at 90, 110 and 130 bpm, all in the keys of A, C, Eb and Gb and major and minor swells in the keys of Bb, Db, E and G * Fx 'n Moods: 4 fast and 4 slow shakes in the keys of A, C, Eb and Gb 'Down Boy' lick at 90, 110 and 130 bpm in A, C, Eb and Gb 'James' lick at 90 bpm Forte Piano and 130 bpm Sforzando in A, C, Eb and Gb 'What Goes Up' lick at 90 and 110 bpm in A, C, Eb and Gb 'Hornlike' lick at 90 bpm in A, C, Eb and Gb * Instructions/credits and Jayhorns info Don't settle for synth imitations or 'sounds like brass' solutions, go for the real thing and enjoy the experience, energy and full sound of the Jayhorns in your own song production, this is a living and breathing section and a purpose built release for IOS only. www.hornsectionhd.com (support site with soon to be released trailers) Also you will find DAW specific instructions on this page.
mobileinearMix
This app allows musicians to create their own individual sound mixes on stage using their mobile devices. It eliminates the need for traditional monitor boxes and complex routing by transferring front mixer sound over Wi-Fi for personalized adjustments via earbuds.
- Wireless sound transfer over Wi-Fi
- Individual sound mix customization
- Earbud monitoring
- Rename audio channels
- Create channel groups
- Eliminates monitor boxes and cables
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The multichannel mixer sound from front mixer is transferred over Wifi/Ethernet to the musicians on stage and they customize their individuell sound mix by themselves and hear it over mobile devices earbuds. Connect your front mixer with mobile device via Connector/Adapter and send signal over Router Wifi5+ to stage. You need a wifi5+ Router connected with ethernet to mobile device and a multichannel audio usb-compliant interface on your stage mixer. The musicians need the mobileinearStage App to receive the sound from mobileinearMix. You can download mobileinearStage from Appstore. Do following steps on your device: -Connect your USB-Audio Interface with your mobile device/tablet with an usb cable -Connect your Wifi5 or Wifi6 Router with your device/tablet with an ethernet cable -Start mobileinearMix on your device/tablet -Rename the audio channels to real stage instrument titles or build channelgroups with one group name for several channels or use predefined Icons Thats all !!! -The musicians mobile devices can receive and mix individually their sound on stage with mobileinearStage-App. -No time consuming and boring stagemonitor soundcheck -No tons of stage monitor boxes -No tons of audio routing and sending equipment and cables -individual mixed digital sound quality for every musician easy to make by a fingertip on his mobile device -Use SOLO-Button for channel audio control -Use MUTE-Button for muting not used audio channels -Set Mastervolume for channel audiocontroll with earbuds
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mobileinearMix at 100% against Horn Section HD's 17%. mobileinearMix also leads on price (Free vs $8.99) and update cadence (every 16 months vs every 51 months). Horn Section HD's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
mobileinearMix is free to download; Horn Section HD costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Horn Section HD ships an update every 51 months, mobileinearMix every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Horn Section HD | mobileinearMix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 51 months | Every 16 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 409 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Go Independent Records | Mario Maucher |
Customer experience
Horn Section HD
mobileinearMix
In-app purchases
Horn Section HD
No in-app purchases
mobileinearMix
No in-app purchases
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