Legend '70s Editor vs VB3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Legend '70s Editor
This application provides real-time control over sound and effects for a specific instrument series. It allows users to adjust parameters, save and load custom programs, and create song lists for live performances. The interface is designed to be simple and adaptable.
- Real-time sound parameter adjustment
- Real-time effects parameter adjustment
- Save and load custom instrument programs
- Create and rearrange song lists
- Dedicated live performance settings
- Adaptable user interface
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Legend '70s Editor allows real-time adjustment and storage of all the sound generation parameters and effects of the Legend '70s series instruments. In addition to this, it allows you to modify parameters that are not present in the instrument, to save the modified programs in your device and to reload them quickly. Moreover, it provides dedicated settings for live performance. Legend '70s Editor comes with a clear and simple user interface, adaptable to any screen resolution. Specifically, Legend '70s Editor allows you to: - Adjust all sound parameters; - Adjust all effect parameters; - Adjust the physical model parameters of the E.Piano module; - Adjust the physical model parameters of the Clavi module; - Adjust the additional parameters of the A.Piano module; - Adjust all system settings; - Save and load programs; - Create and rearrange song lists; - Recall any program or song during the performance quickly and easily. - Create 2 live sets with a selection of 24 programs. How it works: - Connect your device to the Legend '70s by a USB cable and the Camera Connection Kit. - Press the [CONNECT] button in the app to connect to the instrument. - Select the desired environment from the top bar by pressing the menu buttons. For more information about Legend '70s Editor, please download the guide from the site: www.viscountinstruments.com/instrument/legend-70s-editor
VB3
This app emulates a classic tonewheel organ, offering advanced sound modeling and effects. It includes a session recorder, audio player for backing tracks, and extensive MIDI control for live performance and production.
- Tonewheel engine and rotary simulator
- Ring Modulator and Delay effects
- Session Recorder (MIDI & WAV)
- Built-in Audio Player
- Extensive MIDI control and mapping
- Touch-friendly interface with drawbar views
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Released in 2023, this is the second version of GSi's most famous product: VB3-II Tonewheel Organ emulator. This marks 20 years of research and development of this instrument. New VB3-II 2023 edition features: - Added both the tonewheel engine and the rotary simulator from VB3 v.1.4 - The V1 rotary simulator features 3 variations, for a total of 4 different amplifiers - Added 1 new tonewheel generator - Added Ring Modulator and Delay effects (pre) - Added FET Limiter (post) - Sub-Presets for Rotary effect and Digital reverb sections - Session Recorder: silently records everything is played and imports/exports standard Midi Files and renders to WAV files - Built-in Audio Player plays the most common audio formats to add a backing track to your music - Octave transposers for upper and lower separately - New Program browser shows full list with move, swap, delete functions along with import/export of banks and single Programs - Built-in function to import/export from/to VB3-II 2018 (and Crumar Mojo Desktop) Program and Bank formats - New Midi Map with reverse, latch and lock functions for each parameter - Quick Midi Learn for main screen/performance controls, normal Midi Learn for all other parameters - New advanced Midi Javascript processor for custom event transformations (supports SysEx and RPN/NRPN) - Multiple outputs (Main + Organ Only) - Separate plugin for remote Audio and Midi input - includes the exclusive VoMidiCoder - New bigger touch-friendly interface - Four different drawbar view styles - On-screen keyboards with two different viewing styles - Random program generator - Added rotary effect speed control from Channel Aftertouch - Supports Midi Output, can send whole "snapshots" when loading and when changing Programs - Supports different curves for the Swell Pedal - Built-in Midi Monitor for monitoring incoming Midi messages - Free Cloud service for sharing Programs, Midi Maps and Midi Processor Scripts with other users Features already present in the 2018 edition: - Full polyphony (61 upper + 61 lower + 25 pedals = 147 notes) - 91 modeled tonewheels with accurate phase synchronization - Adjustable leakage noise and cross modulation between tonewheels - A total of 22 different tonewheel generators to choose from - Generator shaping for a total of 154 generator combinations - Adjustable global tuning from 430 to 450 Hz - Foldback on 16" deactivatable - Complex wheels - Resistor wiring with multiple options - Realistic "run" motor wow and flutter - Busbars and 9 key contact simulation - Two separate sets of drawbars per manual - Full "inverted octave" presets - String Bass with adjustable release time - Loudness "robbing" effect - Single triggered percussion with natural capacitor discharge/recharge - Adjustable Percussion Level and Decay - Vibrato/Chorus virtual scanner - Adjustable Vibrato Scanner depth and mix - Separated Upper and Lower V/C tablets with smooth switching - Dynamic tube overdrive simulation - Spring Reverb (pre) and Digital stereo reverb (post) - Rotary speaker simulation with virtual microphone positioning, tube overdrive, tube feedback - Rotors "Front Stop" brake position with adjustable preferred position - Very low CPU consumption - Advanced MIDI Learn function with import/export of custom mappings - Upper and Lower manuals SPLIT with adjustable split point - Supports pedal sustain - Custom programmer with import/export of Programs and Banks Available for iPad as standalone App with IAA support or AUv3 plugin, compatible with all plugin hosts.
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Legend '70s Editor at 100% against VB3's 50%. Legend '70s Editor also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). VB3's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 2). On price 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. VB3 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Legend '70s Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Legend '70s Editor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VB3 has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Legend '70s Editor's written reviews are positive against 50% of VB3's.
| Parameter | Legend '70s Editor | VB3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.7 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Viscount Int. | Genuine Soundware |
Customer experience
Legend '70s Editor
VB3
In-app purchases
Legend '70s Editor
No in-app purchases
VB3
- Log-in to your GSi account$0.99
- Unlock All Pro Features$99.99









