Comparison

F vs Multiband

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

F

This audio effect plugin offers sixteen versatile filter modes with precise controls for frequency, resonance, and analog-style saturation. Visualize your frequency response in real-time for intuitive adjustments. It integrates seamlessly with popular AUv3 compatible music production apps.

Highlights
  • Sixteen filter modes
  • Frequency and resonance controls
  • Analog-style saturation
  • Wet/dry mix
  • Frequency response display
  • Zero Delay Feedback algorithm
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F-16 Filter is a flexible multi-mode filter with frequency response display. It features sixteen modes, frequency and resonance controls, saturation for analog-style soft clipping, and wet/dry mix. The 4 pole lowpass mode provides the frequency response of classic the Moog ladder filter. The other modes provide all of the choices available in the famous Oberheim Matrix 12 and Xpander synthesizers. At the heart of F-16 is a Zero Delay Feedback algorithm, the latest in DSP filtering technology. F-16 Filter gives you a wide variety of filtering options with pristine fidelity. F-16 Filter is an AUv3 that works inside host apps. Just open up your favorite host that supports AUv3 and add it as an effect. Compatible with GarageBand, Cubasis, Auria, BeatMaker, AudioBus, AUM, Modstep, and more. Blamsoft brings their experience creating top notch plug-ins for the desktop to iOS. The same filter modes are found in the popular Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason. You get a desktop quality plug-in at an iOS friendly price. In addition to controlling the filter through the knobs and sliders, you can use the frequency response display to control cutoff frequency and resonance simultaneously. The sixteen filter modes available are: 1, 2, 3, and 4 Pole Lowpass 1, 2, 3, and 4, Pole Highpass 2 and 4 Pole Bandpass 2 Pole Notch 3 Pole Phase 2 Pole Highpass + 1 Pole Lowpass 3 Pole Highpass + 1 Pole Lowpass 2 Pole Notch + 1 Pole Lowpass 3 Pole Phase + 1 Pole Lowpass Tap Developer Website for sound examples.

About

Multiband

This audio plugin splits a single audio signal into up to four separate frequency bands. It allows for unique multiband processing using effects plugins not originally designed for this purpose, offering flexibility in audio manipulation for music production.

Highlights
  • Splits audio into up to four frequency bands
  • Enables multiband processing with standard effects
  • Multi-output mode for direct channel separation
  • Link Group mode for DAWs without multi-output support
  • Phase-preserving crossover filters
  • Uses Linkwitz-Riley IIR crossover filters
Features
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Multiband splits an audio signal into separate channels: one for each of up to four frequency bands. It is useful for doing multiband processing using effects plugins that were not designed for multiband processing. For example, you could do multiband compression using two different compressor plugins, one for bass and a different one for treble frequencies. Or you could process a chorus or flanger effect on the midrange frequencies only, leaving the bass and treble clean. This plugin has two modes of operation: Multi-output and Link Group In Multi-output mode, the app takes a single channel of input and splits it into multiple output channels. Link group mode is a fallback support mode for DAW apps that don't support multi-output audio units. In Link group mode you duplicate the input track several times, once for each frequency band. Then the plugin filters out all but the selected bands on each of your duplicate tracks so that each track contains just one frequency band. It's called "Link Group" because when you duplicate the plugin across two or more tracks you can link the instances together across tracks so that the controls that set the transition frequencies between bands automatically synchronise between all the tracks in the group. HOW IS LINK GROUP MODE DIFFERENT FROM USING HIGHPASS AND LOWPASS FILTERS IN AN ORDINARY EQ TO SEPARATE THE BANDS? Whenever you play two copies of the same track simultaneously you must pay attention to phase alignment. For example, if you copy a track and invert the phase on one copy then the two copies will cancel each other out and you'll get no sound at all. Similarly, if you duplicate a track and process filters separately on each copy, when you combine the two copies back together you will usually get phase interaction at certain frequencies, causing some frequency ranges to be boosted and others attenuated. To avoid this, you would need to use crossover filters that are designed to preserve the phase relationships between each of the bands. The UI of this plugin makes it look like each band is created with a single lowpass and highpass filter pair but that is not the case. In addition to the lowpass and highpass filters we also need several phase compensation filters. Although that could be done with an ordinary EQ plugin it would be quite complicated to configure and test to ensure that no unwanted phase cancellation occurs. WHAT FILTERS DOES THIS APP USE? They are second-order Linkwitz-Riley IIR crossover filters. We use IIR filters to so that when you use many of our plugins in series for real-time performance you don't add audible latency to the signal. ABOUT THE BEAT COMMUNITY We designed this app in collaboration with mr. Ali Ahmet who manages the Beat Community group on facebook. The beat community is a forum for discussion of topics related to mobile music production. It often features special promotions and app give-aways and it's curated so that the forum stays on topic and doesn't get spammed with advertisements. Beat community facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504577553125121/

Screenshots

F1 screens
Multiband4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Multiband at Free against F's $2.99. F's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Multiband is free to download; F costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

F holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of F's written reviews are positive against 73% of Multiband's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
F versus Multiband: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFMultiband
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (18 ratings) — better4.6 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1832 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlamsoft, Inc.Blue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited

Customer experience

F

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

Multiband

All ratings32 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

F

No in-app purchases

None

Multiband

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is F free?
F costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Multiband free?
Multiband is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, F or Multiband?
F is rated higher. F averages 5.0 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Multiband averages 4.6 from 32 ratings.
Do F or Multiband have ads?
Neither F nor Multiband shows ads.

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