Analog Rack Noise Gate vs Blindfold EQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Analog Rack Noise Gate
This powerful noise gate plugin is specifically designed for guitar and bass. It offers beautiful analog tube coloration and a custom tube preamp virtual circuit for unique signal coloring. It functions as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect.
- Noise gate for guitar and bass
- Analog tube coloration
- Custom tube preamp virtual circuit
- Standalone app functionality
- AudioUnit v3 effect
- Inter-App Audio effect
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The Analog Rack Noise Gate plugin is a very simple but powerful noise gate plugin especially tuned for guitar and bass. Nembrini Audio has taken the guitarists most preferred analog and digital effect pedals and has repacked it in new rack style plugins easy to use and extremely powerful at the same time, with the addition of a custom design tube preamp virtual circuit which gives color to the signal in a very special way. Just insert the Analog Rack Noise Gate plugin in your tracks to hear its beautiful analog tube coloration! Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect
Blindfold EQ
This music production tool offers a unique approach to audio equalization by removing all visual indicators. Users must rely solely on their hearing to adjust four distinct frequency bands, fostering a more intuitive and ear-focused mixing experience.
- Four-band EQ (LowShelf, LowMid, HighMid, HighShelf)
- Blind knobs with no visual indicators
- Ear-based frequency and gain adjustment
- Intuitive mixing workflow
- Freeware plugin
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Blindfold EQ is a freeware EQ plugin inspired by a quote by Matt Wallace from the book Recording Unhinged by Sylvia Massy. It has 4 bands (LowShelf, LowMid, HighMid, HighShelf), but each knob is blind. There are no indicators or numbers to show frequency values, gain values or Q values. You have to use your ears.
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Verdict
Analog Rack Noise Gate and Blindfold EQ both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Blindfold EQ's written reviews are positive against 25% of Analog Rack Noise Gate's. Blindfold EQ also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Analog Rack Noise Gate against 4.8 for Blindfold EQ. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 34 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Analog Rack Noise Gate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blindfold EQ's.
| Parameter | Analog Rack Noise Gate | Blindfold EQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (24 ratings) — better | 4.8 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nembrini Audio | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
Analog Rack Noise Gate
Blindfold EQ
In-app purchases
Analog Rack Noise Gate
No in-app purchases
Blindfold EQ
No in-app purchases
Questions
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