Time Machine AUv3 Plugin vs Compact DeLuxe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Machine AUv3 Plugin
This audio plugin emulates the warm, crackly sound of vintage vinyl records and tube amplifiers. Add nostalgic character, warp, dust, and hiss to your music. It's designed to enhance recordings with authentic analog warmth and saturation.
- Vinyl emulation with warp, dust, and scratches
- Tube amplifier sound simulation
- Adjustable saturation for harmonic richness
- Smooth fade-in/out effect
- Compatible with major DAWs
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This is an AUv3 compatible plugin which can be used with your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Auria, Meteor or GarageBand. It does not function as a standalone program. Time Machine is a plugin that allows you to go back to the days of vinyl and tube amplification. If you still long for those nostalgic days of warped records, worn needles, static laden, crackle ridden vinyl then this plugin is what you've been waiting for. It simulates the sound of early gramophones, radiograms, record players, through to late 80's turntables. You can either select an 'Age' or tweak individual settings to add warp, dust, scratches and good old fashion hiss to your recordings. The tube emulation mimics the old valve driven amplification which can be overdriven to add a nice warm tonal quality to your sound. It even allows you to add additional harmonics using the saturation knob to mimic the effect of tube amplification. It's a subtle but effective way of adding character and punch to thin sounds without changing pushing them in to the realms of distortion. When you turn on the Vinyl emulation you can choose to emulate the needle hitting the record, while the power button smoothly fades the effect in and out. We've all heard those great intros that sound like a blast from the past before diving into an aural onslaught. Well this might just be the tool to help lull your audience into that false sense of security! This is one of those playful fun effects designed to add a bit of spice into your songs and inspire ideas.
Compact DeLuxe
This app emulates a classic Italian transistor organ, offering authentic sound generation through component modeling. It features a full polyphony, realistic key click, and adjustable vibrato, along with built-in stereo delay and reverb effects.
- Component modeling engine
- Full polyphony
- Authentic key click simulation
- Realistic register filters
- Adjustable vibrato
- Built-in stereo delay and reverb
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Please note: This App comes with an AUv3 plugin extension. GSi Compact DeLuxe is a component modeling emulation of a Farfisa Compact DeLuxe. INSTRUMENT BACKGROUND Among the many transistor organs of the past, also known as "Combo Organs" (mostly because some of them also had a rhythm section and built-in speakers), the Farfisa Compact DeLuxe, along with its big brother the Compact Duo, was one of the most used organs at least in the european beat scene of the early and mid seventies. The electronic circuit of this kind of organ is relatively simple, at least on paper: rather than using a mechanical tone generator like the tonewheel models (Hammond and Pari), the transistor organs used a circuit called "Top Octave Synthesizer", TOS for short, responsible of the generation of 12 waveforms, one for each note of the last octave of the organ keyboard. The basic waveform was usually something halfway between a ramp and a triangular. The lower octaves were produced by means of "divider" circuits that could halve the frequency of each waveform, going so forth for each lower octave down to the pedalboard tones. At each division, something was lost and something was gained in terms of harmonic content. The result was that the same notes of different octaves had oscillators perfectly in sync, so all C notes were in sync, all C#, all D and so on. This same technique was also used in so-called "string machines" or "stringer keyboards" that emulated orchestral sounds (violins, trumpets, etc.) - see GSi's Electrorchestra. The various registers in combo organs were produced by passing the raw waveforms through a filter bank, so some waveforms were low-pass filtered for bass-like sounds, some were high-pass filtered for violin-like sounds, etc. and some waveforms also went through more than one filter. This also adds some level of phase shifting between waveforms coming from different registers, the reason why the sum between, e.g. a Flute 8' and a Violin 8' isn't exactly the superimposition of the two waveforms, but something slightly different. And this is one of those underrated details that made the sound of some Combo Organs pretty unique. The sound engine of GSi Compact DeLuxe is also included in the GSi Gemini as well as in the Crumar Mojo 61. Of course this type of instrument gives its best if run through external effects and amps. Have a look at the GSi catalog and experiment with some of the effects offered by GSi. Main features: - Component Modeling engine (no samples, all real-time synthesis) - Full Polyphony (61 notes, 12 Top-Octave Oscillators + Frequency Dividers) - Key multi-contact simulation with authentic and adjustable key click - Authentic recreation of the Farfisa register filters - Recreation of the background noise and leakage - Adjustable vibrato (speed and depth) - Built-in Stereo Delay effect - Built-in Stereo Reverb effect - Built-in programmer with unlimited Programs - Embedded user's manual - Available as Stand-alone application and audio plugin - Very low CPU and RAM usage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Compact DeLuxe at 4.9 against Time Machine AUv3 Plugin's 4.2. Compact DeLuxe also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). Time Machine AUv3 Plugin's advantage is price ($9.99 vs $14.99). On ratings volume, 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
Time Machine AUv3 Plugin costs $9.99 and Compact DeLuxe $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Compact DeLuxe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Time Machine AUv3 Plugin's written reviews are positive against 100% of Compact DeLuxe's.
Time Machine AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 11 months, Compact DeLuxe every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Machine AUv3 Plugin | Compact DeLuxe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 4Pockets.com | Genuine Soundware |
Customer experience
Time Machine AUv3 Plugin
Compact DeLuxe
In-app purchases
Time Machine AUv3 Plugin
No in-app purchases
Compact DeLuxe
No in-app purchases
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