Comparison

7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker vs Neon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker

This app offers a 7-channel sample sequencer with advanced synth and modulation features for intricate sound manipulation. Create beats, glitch effects, and complex loops with extensive editing and real-time parameter control. Export your creations or sync with other music applications.

Highlights
  • 7-channel sample sequencer
  • Animatable modulation
  • Sample mangling and glitch effects
  • Real-time parameter recording
  • Independent sequence lengths
  • Built-in effects (distortion, reverb, delay)
  • MIDI and Ableton Link sync
Features
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7XWAVE - a 7 channel sample sequencer with synth features & animatable modulation features for sample mangling. So many sound manipulation possibilities can be had with this whether it's a funky electro backing track or crazy granular glitch effects. Choose a sample, tweak the sound using envelopes & filters then create your beats and bleeps. Add effects to each sound, pan, level, sample start, length pitch & filter. Mash up loops and sequences with trimming and shuffling. Each step can have a start stop or end stop , shuffle up your samples or turn them into wave cycles like a synth, then animate the start position. Lots of glitch or time stretch effects! Lock parameter dials to a step or record dial movements in real time. All sequences can be set up to 1-64 steps. Export recorded loops or route audio into Audiobus or AUM etc keeping in sync with other apps using MIDI or Ableton Link. Sequencer Specifications & synth features: Animate or manually set levels for every track dial. Each program has swing/groove, independent sequence lengths from 1-64 plus offsets, Randomiser with 0-100% chance of a step in realtime, Accent levels on tracks for how much the accent affects pitch, frequency & volume dynamics. Notes are easily created on current bar. Double tap = accented dynamics. Hold down for copy, paste & clear. Fill 64 steps expands current sequence to 64 steps repeating to fill. Random generations of notes.. Hi, low or band pass filters, resonance, filter env & decay like in most synthesisers. Also Hi split adds parallel hi pass. Sample start, length & loop point, loop on/off, ping ping & reverse. Edit samples small enough to waves to use as a synth "oscillator". Loop level allows you to play loop back to point in Sample or at the very end for for tight looping and glitch repeat effects, granular fx and sample mangling. Slice/divide the sample start point to the track sequence length. You can then re-shuffle steps for glitch effect,Adjust pitch, volume attack & release or gated volume. Adjust pitch or set it automatically to fit the sequence and BPM (good for importing loops to match). Distortion, Delay (snaps to nearest time sync), reverb and compression effects. Each sequence has one LFO with adjustable speed and can modulate sample start/length , filter and pitch. LFO can also gate triggered for an Envelope effect. Built in keyboard for playing your samples using keys or selecting the random notes for random generation in step edit. Mixer console view so you can adjust pan, bass and levels. Import samples from other apps documents folders, Audioshare or copy/paste. Export you trimmed sample to this app document folder and export your recorder loops. Record what you are playing to export to another app or computer for composing yous loops. Play in sync your sampled loop with your current program. Route the audio output into other apps like Garage band, Audiobus or AUM with other apps. Ableton Link / MIDI syncs to sequencer. This is not an external audio input sampler but it can resample and those samples can be used as sound sources for synthesising. Manual: http://beatsnbobs.com/manuals/7xwave-manual.html Included is a help function. Any problems or ideas please let me know. Cheers Rob

About

Neon

Features
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Pocket Beat Studio - Make beats and songs offline. Create tracks anywhere with a drum grid, piano roll, custom sound recording, and export to WAV, M4A, and MIDI. Pocket Beat Studio is a fast offline mobile DAW for songwriting, beatmaking, and music sketching: build rhythms with Kick, Snare, and Hat, write melodies and chords with draw/move/resize note tools, shape sound with per-instrument controls (volume, brightness, attack, release, transpose, detune), record your microphone and turn your own audio into a playable instrument, import custom audio files, arrange multiple patterns into full songs, mix with mute/solo and master volume, use quantize and undo/redo, save and load projects, and export your work for further production.

Screenshots

7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker4 screens
Neon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Neon at Free against 7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker's $2.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Neon is free to download; 7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker versus Neon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop MakerNeon
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRob WilmotDelilah Whitmore

In-app purchases

None

7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker

No in-app purchases

None

Neon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker free?
7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Neon free?
Neon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker or Neon have ads?
Neither 7XWAVE Sample Synth Loop Maker nor Neon shows ads.

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