Jambé vs ShowMIDI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jambé
This app translates touch and nuance from a connected electronic percussion instrument into sound using a sample-based synthesizer and effects. It allows users to edit and create custom sound kits, and can also function independently to explore its sound engine.
- Sample-based synthesizer
- Multiple effects processors
- Customizable sound kit editor (iPad)
- Share and download kits
- Accelerometer/gyroscope modulation
- Live audio input combination
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The Jambé app is the companion to the Jambé electronic percussion instrument. Every nuance and touch on the Jambé is communicated to the app where it is translated into sound. The Jambé app features a sound engine comprised of a unique sample-based synthesizer and multiple effects processors, all designed around the continuous data from the Jambé percussion instrument. The iPad version adds a complete editor allowing you to customize and create your own kits. The iPhone version only contains the sound engine. The Jambé app can function without the Jambé electronic percussion instrument attached. This allows you to edit kits from the couch or explore the capabilities of Jambé’s sound engine before purchasing hardware. Additional features: • Easily share kits and download new ones. • Support for landscape and portrait modes. • Over 45 modulation sources including your iOS device’s accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, magnetometer, and altimeter. • Over 175 modulation destinations. • Number of voices limited only by the processing power of your iOS device. • Supports professional USB audio interfaces. • Can combine samples with live audio input.
ShowMIDI
This application provides a real-time, glanceable view of all MIDI activity on your computer. It visualizes various MIDI messages and allows you to pause the flow for a data snapshot. It can be used as a standalone tool or an AUv3 plugin within your DAW.
- Real-time MIDI visualization
- Auto-hides irrelevant messages
- Pause and snapshot data
- Standalone application
- AUv3 plugin support
- Supports MPE configuration
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ShowMIDI is an open-source multi-platform GUI application to effortlessly visualize MIDI activity. Instead of wading through logs of MIDI messages to correlate relevant ones and identify what is happening, ShowMIDI visualizes the current activity and auto-hides what you don't care about anymore. It provides you with a real-time glanceable view of all MIDI activity on your computer. ShowMIDI is designed to be always on, using the spacebar or play/pause button you can pause the flow and focus on a data snapshot with the latest state of any MIDI entity. ShowMIDI can be ran as a standalone application that automatically detects all your MIDI devices, or as an AUv3 plugin in your DAW or host to visualize MIDI data in your sessions. ShowMIDI visualizes: * MIDI ports * channels * program change * note on/off * channel pressure * polyphonic pressure * continuous control change * pitchbend * RPN and NRPN * MPE configuration and channel modes ShowMIDI supports: * themes * standalone operation * AUv3 operation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Jambé at 5.0 against ShowMIDI's 4.8. ShowMIDI's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 3). 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.
Jambé holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowMIDI has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Jambé | ShowMIDI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SensorPoint, Inc. | Uwyn, LLC |
Customer experience
Jambé
ShowMIDI
In-app purchases
Jambé
No in-app purchases
ShowMIDI
No in-app purchases
