Visual Mixer vs Trinity | Audio Mastering
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Mixer
This audio unit plugin consolidates volume and pan controls for all tracks into a single, intuitive interface. It simplifies balancing levels and panning, offering a clear visual representation of your stereo field for easier and potentially better-sounding mixes.
- Consolidated volume and pan controls
- Single interface for all tracks
- Visual stereo field representation
- Replaces submix groups
- Cross-instance communication
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Visual Mixer is an audio unit plugin that puts the volume and pan controls for all your tracks together into one simple interface. It can also be used as a replacement for submix groups in DAW host apps that don't support submix. In any mixing session, the most basic and often the most time consuming work is balancing the levels and setting the pan. Visual Mixer does the same thing that the volume and pan controls in your DAW application, but it puts all the controls in one place so you can see at a glance which tracks are panned left, centre, and right, and what their relative volume settings are. The ability to clearly see where your tracks sit in the stereo field makes mixing music easier, and can even lead to better sounding mixes. The most unique feature of Visual Mixer is that every instance of the plugin communicates automatically with every other instance, so that when you open any one of them, you can view and edit volume and pan, mute and solo for every track at the same time. Once you have used this simple tool, you won't want to do a mixing session without it.
Trinity | Audio Mastering
This app offers an integrated audio mastering solution for music producers. It features reference-based mastering, advanced spectrum analysis, equalization, and multiband dynamics processing to achieve desired sound and loudness. Supports various audio formats and sample rates.
- Reference-based mastering workflow
- Flexible spectrum analyzer
- 3-band multiband dynamics
- Transparent equalization tools
- Realtime normalizers with analog saturation
- Three-band stereo width control
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Trinity is an effective integrated mastering solution for digital music production enthusiasts & professionals, containing a set of precisely matched and fine-tuned creative tools for achieving the desired sound and loudness. Focused on a reference-based mastering workflow, Trinity lets you work with an optional reference track whose sound you want to achieve, using a flexible spectrum analyzer to aid in comparing and matching. All controls and sliders are fine-tuned for ease of use, appropriate sensitivity and defaults, making adjustments easy and efficient. Everything is available on a single screen without any distracting menu-diving. 44.1, 48 and 96 kHz sample rates are supported, as well as the following audio file types for import: WAV, MP3, AIFF, MP4, AAC, ALAC (Apple Lossless). Note that very long audio files (> 20 minutes) are not supported. For a detailed guide on how to use Trinity, please visit our website! REFERENCE-BASED MASTERING: - In addition to the raw input audio file, another (professionally produced) track can be loaded as a reference - Easy and immediate switching between both tracks for comparison and adjusting the app's controls to attain the desired sound - Seek bars with waveform previews and one-click seeking - One-click section looping for focusing on a certain part of the track SPECTRUM ANALYSIS: - High-resolution and responsive FFT averaging frequency analyzer - Differential Spectrum feature can show the spectral differences between input and reference track for visual matching - Adjustable response time (averaging) - Precise Full-resolution or Smooth Half Octave Averaged display EQUALIZATION: - Transparent Low-Cut Filter with adjustable cutoff frequency and 12 or 24 dB/octave slope - High-Shelving EQ with either a gentle characteristic or a steeper 12 dB/octave slope and variable gain and frequency for fine-tuning brilliance - Up to three freely adjustable general-purpose peaking EQs - Visualization of overall response curve MULTIBAND DYNAMICS: - Three frequency bands with adjustable crossover frequencies - Two selectable crossover types (custom-designed, smooth Trinity crossover or more surgical phase-corrected 24 dB/oct Linkwitz-Riley (LR4) crossover) - Ratio, Attack, Knee, Release and Gain controls per band - Global "Compress" control and per-band Density control with intelligent make-up gain replace the traditional "Threshold" controls for easier operation - Precise gain reduction meters - The compressor section's response can optionally be included in the spectrum response curve display - Solo toggles to isolate bands for precise tuning NORMALIZATION: - Automatic base normalization of input file - Two realtime normalizers (pre- and post multiband section) with optional analog saturation for transient cleanup, additional loudness maximization or sound shaping MULTIBAND STEREO PROCESSING: - Simple but effective Three-Band Stereo Width (M/S) controls from Mono to Extra-Wide - Fine-tuned with love, individually per band, for keeping perceived loudness and giving useful results - Basic Goniometer (Phase Scope) WAVESHAPER: - Optional Wave Shaping with five selectable algorithms - HQ toggle for High-Quality Oversampling LIMITER / CLIPPER: - Either a look-ahead brickwall limiter or a hard clipper can be used in the final stage depending on taste - Adjustable Attack and Release - Adjustable output ceiling from -2 to 0 dBFS METERING: - Responsive and accurate stereo output meters - RMS or LUFS (Momentary, Short Term, Integrated) metering - PEAK metering always shown simultaneously - Normalizers with accurate saturation / clip indication EXPORT: - Export as 16/24-bit standard or 32-bit float WAV file - Optional rectangular dithering NOTE: Trinity currently does not support running in the background, so your audio will stop as soon as you leave the app or lock the device. This might change in a future update.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Visual Mixer at $4.99 against Trinity | Audio Mastering's $19.99. Visual Mixer also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.2). Trinity | Audio Mastering's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and review sentiment (73% vs 60%). 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
Visual Mixer costs $4.99 and Trinity | Audio Mastering $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visual Mixer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Visual Mixer's written reviews are positive against 73% of Trinity | Audio Mastering's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Visual Mixer ships an update monthly, Trinity | Audio Mastering weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Mixer | Trinity | Audio Mastering |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (13 ratings) — better | 4.3 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited | Alexander Ewering |
Customer experience
Visual Mixer
Trinity | Audio Mastering
In-app purchases
Visual Mixer
No in-app purchases
Trinity | Audio Mastering
No in-app purchases






