Comparison

Sopranotron 2 vs DimChorus

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

Head to head
About

Sopranotron 2

This app provides high-quality virtual soprano voice and violin samples for music production. It features a new virtual tape replay engine with clean, vibrant sounds, perfect for adding vocal and string textures to any mix.

Highlights
  • Virtual tape replay engine
  • Soprano vocal samples
  • Violin samples
  • Multiple sample sets and mixes
  • High-quality audio
  • Clean, vibrant sounds
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Why a standalone app featuring just Soprano voices and violins? The most popular categories of mellotron voices are strings and choirs. So with that in mind we have turned our brand-new Mellotronics virtual tape replay engine into an instrument of pure voice plus pure violin. Caitlin Downie’s gorgeous soprano vocal samples, 11 individual sample sets and 4 mixes, are bundled with our popular "Clare Lindley Violin Collection" of 7 individual articulations and 3 mixes. 25 gorgeous samples to add quality and class to any mix. And the quality really is glorious - it’s like somebody took all your favourite mellotron voices and waved a magic wand to eliminate the tape hiss. Not as instantly 'vintage' and nostalgic as our Streetlytron family, these samples are nonetheless very special, and give musicians and producers an extra, vibrant palette of vocal and chamber string colours to deploy. These sounds are equally capable of standing proud and upfront in a mix, or sitting back to form a haunting, romantic string or vocal bed. Orirginally recorded and engineered by Glenn Tommey in Bath in 2013, these samples have been cleaned up and reworked for this new incarnation, and these are the highest quality versions of these libraries ever released.

About

DimChorus

This audio effect plugin creates a stereo chorus "dimension" effect, inspired by classic 80s hardware. It offers three modes for varying intensity and an EQ to shape the chorused sound, enhancing dry or one-dimensional audio.

Highlights
  • Stereo chorus "dimension" effect
  • Inspired by vintage circuits
  • Three intensity modes
  • Adjustable EQ for chorused sound
  • AUv3 compatible plugin
  • Standalone operation
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Dimensional Chorus Plugin (AUv3) DimChorus is an audio effect plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host application such as Logic or GarageBand. Overview DimChorus is a stereo chorus "dimension" effect inspired by the simple button operated circuits found in a famous guitar pedal and a legendary analog synth from the 80's. While not intended to be an exact replica or emulation of either of these, DimChorus uses similar processing under the hood and embraces the vibe and simplicity of a bygone era! The chorus effect is achieved by modulating the time of a delayed version of the dry signal, and then mixing the two. Typically, these delay times are very short, between 5 and 20ms. The "dimension" effect is slightly different, in that it uses two stereo chorus effects in parallel, with different modulation rates and depths, which makes the periodic nature of the effect less obvious, and is often referred to as being three-dimensional! Simply add DimChorus to any sound that you feel is a little dry or one-dimensional, then set the Mode and EQ to taste. Parameters Active - Toggles the effect On or Off. Mode - Select one of the three modes, from subtle (I) to pronounced (III), or somewhere in between (II). EQ - Applies a high or low pass filter to the chorussed sound only, making the overall effect darker or brighter. In the Normal position, the EQ is "flat". If you are interested in other flavours of the chorus effect, please check out the OkChorale, LcrChorus and Wobulator plugins. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson

Screenshots

Sopranotron 22 screens
DimChorus2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sopranotron 2 at 100% against DimChorus's 50%. Sopranotron 2 also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). DimChorus's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DimChorus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Sopranotron 2's written reviews are positive against 50% of DimChorus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sopranotron 2 versus DimChorus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSopranotron 2DimChorus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.3 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhil AtkinRob Jackson

Customer experience

Sopranotron 2

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DimChorus

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sopranotron 2

No in-app purchases

None

DimChorus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sopranotron 2 free?
Sopranotron 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DimChorus free?
DimChorus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sopranotron 2 or DimChorus?
DimChorus is rated higher. Sopranotron 2 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while DimChorus averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Sopranotron 2 or DimChorus have ads?
Neither Sopranotron 2 nor DimChorus shows ads.

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