mfxMonitor vs MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mfxMonitor
This utility displays incoming MIDI events in both text and hex format with timestamps. It offers a clear button to reset the event log and is part of a series of powerful MIDI plugins for music production.
- MIDI event display
- Textual and hex format
- Timestamped events
- Clear event log
- AUv3 compatible
- CoreMIDI compatible
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* MIDI MONITOR * (AUv3 or CoreMIDI Effect) Does the World need another MIDI Monitor? We thought so, and it's free, so you have nothing to lose to add this handy little utility to your app collection. Any MIDI events received by the plugin are displayed in a scrolling window in both textual form and also the lower level hex bytes with timestamps. Once you get sick of the events you can press the 'clear' button to wipe them out of your life forever. * ABOUT mfxSeries * mfxSeries is a set of compact but powerful plugins for CoreMIDI or AUv3 hosts. Covering a range of use cases from common everyday MIDI manipulation tasks to creatively ambitious effects. Each plugin in the mfxSeries can be controlled and automated from the host as all controls are exposed as AUv3 parameters. mfxSeries plugins are built using the MidiBus library - http://midib.us
MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope
This app combines a multi-touch performance keyboard, a 16-channel step sequencer, and a real-time oscilloscope. It allows seamless integration with hardware synthesizers and audio gear via USB, enabling music creation and analysis.
- Multi-touch velocity-sensitive keyboard
- 16-channel step sequencer with piano roll
- Real-time 8-channel oscilloscope
- USB MIDI and audio interface support
- Network and Bluetooth MIDI compatibility
- Live recording and transposition
- Sub-millisecond sequencer timing
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A powerful all-in-one studio companion for hardware synthesizers, drum machines, and audio gear. Connect your USB MIDI devices and audio interfaces and start playing, sequencing, and analyzing instantly. KEYS — Multi-Touch Performance Keyboard • 3-octave velocity-sensitive piano with multi-finger support • Velocity from touch position — soft on top, loud at the bottom • Spring-loaded pitch bend wheel (14-bit precision) • Mod wheel (CC#1) for expressive control • Program change selector with quick recall • Octave shifting from -2 to +5 • Per-channel routing to different synths • Transpose mode — keyboard transposes the live sequence SEQ — 16-Channel Step Sequencer • 16 independent MIDI channels, up to 32 steps each • Mono mode for melody and bass lines • Poly mode with full piano roll editor • Swing control for groove (0-50%) • Live recording from your external keyboard • MIDI clock sync — auto-detects tempo from incoming clock • Per-channel destination routing — each track plays a different synth • Live transpose during playback • Adjustable note range and pattern length SCOPE — Real-Time Multi-Channel Oscilloscope • Up to 8 channels simultaneously from USB audio interfaces • 1-2-5 standard time/division (10 microseconds to 500 ms) • Configurable voltage/division with auto-scale • Rising and falling edge trigger with adjustable level • Auto and Normal trigger modes • Per-channel color, vertical offset, and on/off • Phosphor persistence with adjustable decay • Glow effect with intensity control • Three background themes — Classic, Space, Shockwave • Metal-accelerated rendering CONNECTIVITY • USB MIDI — plug in your hardware controllers and synths • USB audio interfaces — multi-channel input for the oscilloscope • Network MIDI / Bluetooth MIDI compatible • Companion iPhone app — record video while iPad captures audio over Wi-Fi (Bonjour) DESIGNED FOR PERFORMANCE • Sub-millisecond sequencer timing • Lock-free audio buffers for glitch-free capture • Optimized for iPad landscape — full immersive UI • Per-app settings for every channel, every parameter, persistent across sessions Whether you're sketching ideas in the studio, performing live, debugging a Eurorack patch, or learning synthesis, this app brings keyboard, sequencer, and oscilloscope into a single, fast, focused interface. No ads. No subscriptions. No accounts. Just plug in and play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope at 5.0 against mfxMonitor's 4.0. mfxMonitor's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). 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.
MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | mfxMonitor | MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Audeonic Apps | Collective Vision, LLC. |
Customer experience
mfxMonitor
MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope
In-app purchases
mfxMonitor
No in-app purchases
MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope
No in-app purchases
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