Delay3000 Vintage Modern vs Crystals Harmonizer®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Delay3000 Vintage Modern
This audio processor plugin offers versatile delay effects for digital audio workstations. It emulates a classic rack unit with modern enhancements, providing multiple delay types, saturation circuits, and modulation options for creative sound design.
- Vintage and modern delay modes
- Stereo multitap patterns
- Ducking and filter sections
- Nembrini Audio distortion modeling
- Custom saturation circuits (Grit, Smear)
- Chorus and Tremolo FX
- Standalone, AUv3, and IAA support
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The DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater is a chameleon processor that brings the delay FX for your DAW to the next level. Modeled on the Roland SDE-3000 rack delay unit, the new DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin adds new features and an easy to use user interface that gives you a complete arsenal of delay effects at your disposal! 16 stereo multitap patterns, repetitions Hold switch, Sync to DAW function, modulation circuit, ducking and filter sections are only a part of the features of this incredible processor. The delay circuit of the DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin has two separate voices for modern digital delay type FX or analog vintage sound. The famous and unique Nembrini Audio’s distortion modeling is also included in the new DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin The DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin has two separate custom tuned saturation circuits: - GRIT add body and tube saruration - SMEAR softens the attack of the repeats while maintaining full frequency response The Ducking circuit is a very useful and practical mode to decrease the delay FX volume when the dry signal is playing. For example you can hear the delay tail only when the singer stop singing by simply turn two knobs. You can also add Chorus or Tremolo FX to the DELAY3000 tail and filter the effect output with a modulated resonant Low Pass Filter in Sync with your DAW. The DELAY3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plugin is must have tool for every modern producer, musician and mixing engineer! Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect
Crystals Harmonizer®
This app offers advanced pitch shifting, delay, and reverb effects inspired by a classic hardware unit. Create expansive, modulated soundscapes for instruments and vocals, with real-time control over parameters.
- Twin reverse pitch shifters
- Reverse granular delays
- Real-time RIBBON control
- Octave up FLEX button
- Long decay reverb
- Musical micro-pitching
- Standalone and AUv3 plugin
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Eventide Crystals Harmonizer® combines twin reverse pitch shifters with reverse delays and reverb. This iconic H3000 effect can be used to create out-of-this-world climbing and cascading pitched delays or to create unique sounding reverbs. It features two reverse granular delays that can be manipulated by length and pitch. Crystals excels at adding life to boring synths, guitar, and vocals making them sound huge and majestic. From sound design to other-worldly solos, Crystals will spark inspiration. The innovative RIBBON control allows you to modulate many parameters at once. Manipulate the pitches to play it like an instrument or slowly increase feedback to make your signal explode into infinity. Need some extra gusto? Hold down the FLEX button to shift one octave up from the current pitch. Features: - Two pitch-shifters, each with a four-octave range from two octaves down to two octaves up. - Two independently adjustable delays, up to 4 seconds each, with their own individual feedback. - Reverb with 100 seconds of decay. - Make it musical by micro-pitching each voice around the 4th (500 cents), 5th (700 cents), or octave (1200 cents). - Smooth out delay grains by applying up to 4 seconds of delay for each voice. - RIBBON lets you ‘play’ the effect in real-time and provides dynamic and fluid control to morph back and forth between the settings of your choice. - FLEX shifts both voices up one octave at the push of a button. - MIXLOCK keeps MIX control constant as you audition presets. - Available as an Audio Units AUv3 plug-in and Standalone App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Delay3000 Vintage Modern at 5.0 against Crystals Harmonizer®'s 4.6. Delay3000 Vintage Modern also leads on price ($9.99 vs $14.99). Crystals Harmonizer®'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Delay3000 Vintage Modern costs $9.99 and Crystals Harmonizer® $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Delay3000 Vintage Modern holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Delay3000 Vintage Modern's written reviews are positive against 92% of Crystals Harmonizer®'s.
Delay3000 Vintage Modern ships an update every 18 months, Crystals Harmonizer® every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Delay3000 Vintage Modern | Crystals Harmonizer® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better | 4.6 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 92.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nembrini Audio | Eventide |
Customer experience
Delay3000 Vintage Modern
Crystals Harmonizer®
In-app purchases
Delay3000 Vintage Modern
No in-app purchases
Crystals Harmonizer®
No in-app purchases
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