Tape Cassette 2 vs SAMPLER! (Early Access)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tape Cassette 2
This audio plugin emulates the warm, noisy, and characteristic sound of vintage tape cassettes. It offers enhanced saturation, a new impulse response, and real sampled tape noise for a more authentic vintage audio experience. It can be used on entire tracks or individual channels for added texture and movement.
- Tape cassette emulation
- Selectable Type 1 Cassette IR
- Improved saturation algorithm
- Real sampled tape noise
- Adjustable saturation, filters, and noise
- VU meters and oversampling
- Stand-alone and AUv3 plugin
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Tape Cassette 2 is an audio plugin that emulates the warmth, noise and character of old tape cassettes. Following up from our well received Tape Cassette 1, we’ve updated the plugin with a sleek interface and more changes under the hood too. Along with a brand new selectable Type 1 Cassette Impulse Response (IR), we’ve improved the saturation algorithm, wow & flutter engine and implemented real sampled tape noise, all which results in a wonderfully warm and more accurate vintage sound. In addition to this you now have two VU meters to monitor your audio and built in oversampling. You can easily add that classic sound to an entire track, or use directly on individual channels, for added movement, texture and warmth. Alternatively you can take it further than the material limitations of tape and push the parameters into a far more experimental soundscape, as a sound design tool. Parameters: ⁃ Saturation (+/-24dB) ⁃ Low Pass Filter (5 to 22KHz) ⁃ Noise (-80 to 0 dB) ⁃ Wow (0 to 100%) ⁃ Flutter (0 to 100%) - IR (On/Off) - Auto-Gain (On/Off) - Output (+/-24dB) Tape Cassette 2 is both a stand-alone application as well as an AUv3 plugin, meaning it works within iOS and iPadOS hosts such as GarageBand.
SAMPLER! (Early Access)
Record sounds from your environment or use a curated library to create music. This app allows you to experiment with recorded audio by pressing keys to manipulate the sounds.
- Record everyday sounds
- Use curated sound library
- Manipulate sounds with keys
- Create music from recordings
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Say hello to SAMPLER! Record sounds from everyday things or choose from a selection curated by record producer DLM! Press the keys to go crazy with it. Designed and developed by me, Dilim "DLM!" Ogakwu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tape Cassette 2 at 4.7 against SAMPLER! (Early Access)'s 3.0. Tape Cassette 2 also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tape Cassette 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tape Cassette 2 has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Tape Cassette 2 | SAMPLER! (Early Access) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Caelum Audio | Chukwudilim Ogakwu |
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Tape Cassette 2
SAMPLER! (Early Access)
In-app purchases
Tape Cassette 2
No in-app purchases
SAMPLER! (Early Access)
No in-app purchases
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