GSDSP Quantum Granulator vs Wave Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GSDSP Quantum Granulator
This live granular processor allows you to break down audio into small pieces or create atmospheric soundscapes. It features dual live buffers, a musical grain engine with tempo sync, and expressive pitch control with MIDI support. Shape your sound with an intuitive XY pad and mix section for detailed sonic manipulation.
- Dual live recording buffers
- Tempo-synced grain triggering
- Expressive pitch control with scales
- 2D XY pad for grain shaping
- MIDI playable granular instrument
- AUv3 audio effect plugin
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This Live Granular Processor lets you decompose audio into bits and pieces or lovely clouds. Dual Live Buffers Quantum Granulator is a powerful live granular processor designed for deep, hands-on sonic manipulation in real-time. Two independent recording buffers capture your signal and let you freeze, loop, or continuously record audio for instant transformation. Whether you’re sampling from the Main Input, Sidechain A, or Sidechain B, you’re in full control of what goes in — and what comes out. Musical Grain Engine Trigger grains freely in Hz or lock them to tempo for tight rhythmic effects. Adjust grain length, offset and density — from crisp stutters to blurred, cinematic clouds. Randomization adapts to your mode: in Hz it behaves like a geiger counter, adding sharp, bursty unpredictability; in BPM sync it becomes more spray-like, scattering grains around the beat for rhythmically coherent textures. Expressive Pitch Control Our easy-to-use scale picker lets you quantize grains to 30+ built-in musical scales, create your own, or let randomness take over. Play grains via MIDI to turn Quantum Granulator into an expressive granular instrument. Pitch shifting covers a broad ±24 semitone range and a separate fine control allows subtle adjustments within ±1 semitone, perfect for microtonal tuning or adding vibrato-like motion. Versatile Grain Shaping An intuitive 2D Envelope XY pad lets you sharpen or soften vertically, adjust attack and release horizontally. Control level, panning, and filtering to craft subtle movement or fully chaotic sound clusters. Shape the balance using the mix section — from subtle texture to complete granular obliteration. Granular Synthesis, Made Playable Quantum Granulator isn’t just a tool — it’s an instrument. Built for performers, producers, and sound explorers alike, it offers a deep but immediate interface into the world of granular synthesis, with every detail tuned for musicality and expression. Quantum Granulator is an AUv3 audio effect plugin compatible with Logic Pro, AUM, Cubasis, GarageBand and many more. A Desktop version is also available for Windows and macOS (VST3 / AU / AAX). More information here: https://gs-dsp.com/products
Wave Box
This music plugin offers a dynamic dual waveshaper for creating symmetrical and asymmetrical distortion. Design unique sound curves by combining 12 pre-defined functions, ranging from subtle overdrive to extreme digital harshness.
- Dual waveshaper
- Symmetrical and asymmetrical distortion
- Customizable waveshaping curves
- 12 pre-defined shaping functions
- Modulation via LFOs and Envelope Follower
- Wide range of distortion effects
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Wave Box is a dynamic dual waveshaper plugin that can be used for both symmetrical and asymmetrical distortion. A waveshaper is a type of distortion in which the input signal is mapped to the output by applying a fixed or variable shaping function. Wave Box features two separate waveshapers that can be mixed together while being modulated by 2 LFOs and 1 Envelope Follower. You can design your own waveshaping curves by combining and adjusting 12 pre-defined functions (tanh, erf, sinh, sin, linear, abs, invert, floor, round, ceil, gauss 1, gauss 2). Wave Box can range from mild tube-flavoured overdrive to extreme digital harshness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Wave Box at #187 against GSDSP Quantum Granulator's unranked. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
GSDSP Quantum Granulator costs $14.99 and Wave Box $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GSDSP Quantum Granulator against 5.0 for Wave Box. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively.
| Parameter | GSDSP Quantum Granulator | Wave Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $14.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #187 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gustav Scholda | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
GSDSP Quantum Granulator
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In-app purchases
GSDSP Quantum Granulator
No in-app purchases
Wave Box
No in-app purchases
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