Stereo Mic Position Calculator vs Creative Cards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stereo Mic Position Calculator
This tool helps audio engineers calculate precise microphone placement for stereo recordings. It uses your desired recording angle, ensemble width, and microphone distance to display an accurate, to-scale diagram of your setup. Avoid common recording pitfalls by ensuring your orchestra is neither too wide nor too narrow in the stereo panorama.
- Calculate recording angle
- Input ensemble width
- Set microphone distance
- Display true-to-scale setup diagram
- Adjust parameters with sliders
- Use text fields for precise input
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In stereo recording, to capture an orchestra’s full spatiality, the recording angle of your microphone system needs to match the conductor’s “viewing angle”. The setup needed to achieve a certain angle is hard to guess—it involves higher mathematics. If you go too big, the orchestra will concentrate in the middle of the stereo panorama. If you choose to small an angle, the orchestra will get pushed towards the speakers. Both you'll want to avoid. Dial in your parameters (ensemble width and microphone distance), and have your setup displayed in a nice Input your parameters (in meters) with the sliders, or use the text fields. If you swipe to the next page, you’ll see a figure depicting the dimensions of the microphone setup—true to scale.
Creative Cards
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Developed by the smem, the Swiss Museum and center for electronic music instruments, Creative Cards is a virtual card game inspired by the Oblique Strategies conceived by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt and first published in 1975. Both games consist of short ideas presented in the form of aphorisms. These ideas, browsed or picked at random can be used, alone or in combination, to inspire creative solutions, particularly in the musical domain. How to use it: - Tap or swipe to walk the deck - Shake the device or tap shuffle for a random card - Tap the info button on artist cards to read about the artist and visit their work - Star cards to save them - Add the Lock Screen or Home Screen widget for a fresh prompt every hour Have a prompt to add? Submit it from inside the app! Creative Cards is an SMEM initiative supported by the Canton of Fribourg. SMEM — the Swiss Museum and center for Electronic Music instruments — is based at blueFactory in Fribourg, Switzerland, and is home to one of the world's largest synthesizer collections.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Stereo Mic Position Calculator at every 9 days against Creative Cards's every 16 months. Stereo Mic Position Calculator also leads on iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Stereo Mic Position Calculator ships an update every 9 days, Creative Cards every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stereo Mic Position Calculator | Creative Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PianoJoe Software | Schweizer Museum und Zentrum fur elektronische Musikinstrumente |
In-app purchases
Stereo Mic Position Calculator
No in-app purchases
Creative Cards
No in-app purchases
Questions
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