MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin vs BLEASS Megalit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin
This app generates MIDI note data to simulate guitar strumming and picking. It includes a soundfont player, definable chord pads, and a pattern editor for creating custom strumming and picking sequences. You can also chain patterns into songs and apply various audio effects.
- Simulate guitar strumming and picking
- Generate MIDI note data
- Import and use soundfonts (.SF2, .DLS)
- 16 definable chord pads
- Pattern editor for creating sequences
- Song mode to chain patterns
- 6 and 12 string emulation
- Built-in audio effects
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MIDI Strummer is an AUv3 plugin designed to simulate guitar strumming and picking techniques. It can used to generate MIDI note data which can be sent to either an external synth of choice or the internal soundfont engine. The inbuilt soundfont player allows you to import all your favourite .SF2 and .DLS soundfonts and use them as a sound source. MIDI strummer has a set of 16 definable chord pads that can hold a series of chords, which in turn can be triggered remotely via MIDI messages or by tapping the pads. Use the pattern editor to create a series of picking or strumming patterns that can be tranposed to the selected chord pad. Song mode allows you to chain these chord patterns together to form songs combining both picking and strumming patterns within the same song. Enable 6/12 string on a particular part to emphesize a pert by adding depth. Strummer also features a number of audio effects that can be used to enhance the audio from the soundfont player. These include overdrive, distortion, tremolo, chorus, phaser, graphic EQ, digital delay and reverb. Key Features: • 6 and 12 string emulations. • Simulate strum up/down with variable speeds. • Create patterns up to 64 steps in length. • Load up to 6 pattern variations. • Ramdomize and rotate options. • Songs can be up to 255 steps in length. • Built in ARP function. • Import your own soundfonts. • 8 different effect types (reverb, delay, phaser, chorus, overdrive, distortion, tremelo and EQ). • Paramter Automation from your DAW using MIDI. • Built in Sampler. • Comprehensive Help pages included. Please Note: This version is now compatible with GarageBand running on iOS14.
BLEASS Megalit
This powerful music synthesizer offers a vast sonic palette with advanced wavetable and subtractive oscillators, flexible filtering, and extensive modulation sources. Its intuitive interface makes complex sound design accessible to all musicians.
- Advanced wavetable oscillators
- Per-oscillator unison mode
- Noise generator with filtering
- Resonant filters and waveshaper
- Multiple LFOs for complex modulation
- Motion Sequencer for repeating patterns
- Built-in multi-band compressor
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With its blend of wavetable and classic subtractive oscillators, flexible filtering and post-processing, and an extensive set of advanced modulation sources, BLEASS Megalit provides sound designers with a vast palette of timbral tints, shades, and colours to explore. Thanks to BLEASS' super-intuitive interface design, that entire sonic palette is within easy reach of even the most non-technical musicians. Megalit includes many innovations that will empower your sound designs: * Advanced wavetable oscillators with independent wavetable position and Fold controls across more than 130 wavetables. * Per-oscillator Unison mode for creating rich, layered sounds without loading additional synth instances. * Dedicated noise generator with high-pass and low-pass filters for flexible non-tonal sounds and sound components. * Resonant high-pass and low-pass filters, plus built-in Waveshaper and Bit Crusher processors for powerful sound shaping. * Four LFOs with independent timing curves and output smoothing for highly detailed modulation. * Advanced Motion Sequencer for creating complex repeating modulation patterns. * Per-patch performance controller response curves for expressive and predictable playability. * Built-in preset randomizer that generates inspiring, usable sounds at the touch of a button. * Built-in multiband upward/downward compressor for precise control over dynamics, punch, and presence. All of Megalit's parameters, settings, and controls are presented with intuitive visual feedback, so you always know exactly what the synth is doing. Despite its immense sonic capabilities, Megalit remains exceptionally CPU-efficient, leaving plenty of headroom for additional instruments, effects, or simply more instances of Megalit. BLEASS Megalit is available as an AUv3 plug-in or standalone app. Also available for Windows and Mac. More information: https://www.bleass.com/megalit
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin at none against BLEASS Megalit's 13. MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin also leads on price ($12.99 vs $19.99) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). BLEASS Megalit's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and chart position (#181 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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
MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin costs $12.99 and BLEASS Megalit $19.99 up front. BLEASS Megalit sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin asks for nothing beyond the download.
BLEASS Megalit holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin's written reviews are positive against 72% of BLEASS Megalit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 6 weeks, BLEASS Megalit every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin | BLEASS Megalit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (50 ratings) | 4.6 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.4% of reviews — better | 72.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #181 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 386 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 4Pockets.com | BLEASS |
Customer experience
MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin
BLEASS Megalit
Bugs and requests
MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin
Reported bugs
15 issues- App support is not opening
- App support website is gone/suspicious
- App keeps crashing when hosted in AUM
- Plugin corrupts entire track and makes project impossible to open
- Crashes constantly when used in AUM
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- Latest update causes failed to load in IMPC pro 2 and standalone
- App crashes and help function doesn't work
- Audio unit extension quit messages
- Crashes when selecting a preset
- Soundfonts not working when loaded as an instrument in AUM
- Sometimes stops all internal sounds
- Pop up menus not accessible for VoiceOver
- MIDI channel out returns to default on every startup
- Chords bug out and change half the chord in latch mode
- Preset/chords would not save in AUM
Requested features
34 requests- Include pattern lengths of 3, 5, 7
- Piano to guitar chords and manual strumming
- Offset notes in pattern editor for swing/triplet tempos
- Add swing/humanize to patterns
- Functionality for capo or real-time key change with MIDI
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- Pattern latch function in real-time with MIDI
- More guitar sounds and strum patterns
- Optimize for M1 Macs
- Save and export patterns to MIDI
- Tap or strum patterns manually and record
- Interface similar to Helium for saving/exporting MIDI
- Interface reminiscent of Guitarism
- Stronger colors for chosen/played chords
- Modulation in song creation (change key)
- Access MIDI parameters in Piano to Guitar mode
- More detailed documentation on chord formation
- Ability to reorder saved settings
- MIDI learn for CC messages
- Add more layers of pads for chords (7ths, sus, etc.)
- Double size pad page for more chords
- MIDI in functionality
- Ability to touch fretboard for custom chords/voicings
- Construct chords from scratch
- Control over pedal damping
- Add open tunings
- Change chords on every half and quarter beat
- Display current preset name at the top
- Add bend of notes and note sustain
- Improve interface for ARP/strum grid to match guitar tabs
- Save chord chains, chord pads, and custom strumming patterns separately
- Include custom chords in future versions
- More Soundfont files
- More presets
- Faster BPM adjustment
BLEASS Megalit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MIDI Strummer AUv3 Plugin
No in-app purchases
BLEASS Megalit
- Electronisounds Presets PackFree
- Conrad Keely Preset PackFree
- FXs & Risers Preset PackFree
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Questions
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