Comparison

PanDualay vs ab Compressor | Limiter X

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PanDualay

This audio effect plugin offers a stereo delay with a variable left/right delay time ratio. It features independent auto-panning on delayed repeats for enhanced stereo movement and an analog-flavored sound.

Highlights
  • Stereo delay with variable left/right time ratio
  • Independent auto-pan on delayed repeats
  • Analog-flavored sound
  • Low-pass filter on delay repeats
  • Stereo modulation
  • Adjustable regeneration (feedback)
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PanDualay Stereo Panning Delay (AUv3) PanDualay is an audio effect plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host application such as Logic or GarageBand. Overview PanDualay is an analog-flavoured stereo delay wih a variable left / right delay time ratio. In addition to stereo modulation and a LPF, PanDualay has an independent auto-pan that's applied to the delayed repeats only, giving an additional sense of stereo movement. PanDualy works especially well on lead / mono synth type sounds and can get pretty spacey! Parameters Active - Toggles the effect On or Off. Note that when you set the effect to Off, you will still hear the delay repeats, but your input signal is no longer fed into the delay processing. This is a similar idea to the "trails" feature in many delay effects units and pedals. Delay - Sets the base delay time between 50ms and 2 seconds. Regen - Sets the regeneration or feedback of the delay repeats up to 100% "endless" repeats. Note that at high Regen levels, the sound will appear to degrade in quality and become "washed-out" or "murky". This is intentional, and an attempt to capture the sound of analog delays with limited fidelity. Compression and limiting are also applied internally to prevent excessive build-up, which can also result in a "crunchy" sound at extreme settings as the repeats are squashed each time they're layered on top of each other. Again, this tends to be a sonic characteristic of analog and tape-based delays. Ratio - Sets a delay time multiplier for the left / right channels between 1 and 2. For example, a base Delay time of 500ms and a ratio of 1.5 : 1, will result in the left channel being delayed by 750ms and the right channel by 500ms. Interesting effects can be achieved by using non-standard ratios. For example, 1.62 is approximately the Golden Ratio, and at high Regen values can produce an almost reverb-like sonic wash! Pan - Sets the frequency of the auto-pan LFO. Note for the effect to be more obvious, the Ratio should be set to something other than 1 : 1. Mod - Applies a variable amount of stereo modulation to the delayed sound. LPF - Sets the cutoff frequency of a lowpass filter applied to the delay repeats. Reduce the LPF control for a darker echo sound. Mix - Sets the level of the delayed signal. Please note the dry / input signal is always present. If the name sounds familiar, PanDualay is an improved version of the PANDUALAY module developed for Voltage Modular by Waverley Instruments. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson

About

ab Compressor | Limiter X

This audio effect app offers advanced compression and limiting capabilities for music production. It allows independent control over three dimensional poles (Left, Right, Front) for unique sound shaping and includes features like dry/wet control for parallel processing.

Highlights
  • Per-dimensional pole compressor
  • Per-dimensional pole limiter
  • Per-dimensional pole saturator
  • Dry/wet control for parallel processing
  • Peak/RMS compression
  • Lookahead function
  • Knee control
Features
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A Compressor and Limiter that works in Ambisonics under the hood. Three different dimensional poles can be compressed, limited or saturated independently (LEFT, RIGHT, FRONT) with unique results! - Per-Dimensional Pole Compressor - Per Dimensional Pole Limiter - Per Dimensional Pole Saturator - Dry/Wet control for Parallel processing - Compress from 1:1 to 99:1 or to Infinite:1 (Limit) - Peak / RMS Compression - Lookahead function - Knee control

Screenshots

PanDualay2 screens
ab Compressor | Limiter X3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PanDualay at $1.99 against ab Compressor | Limiter X's $5.99. PanDualay also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PanDualay costs $1.99 and ab Compressor | Limiter X $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PanDualay against 5.0 for ab Compressor | Limiter X. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PanDualay has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PanDualay versus ab Compressor | Limiter X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanDualayab Compressor | Limiter X
Price$1.99 — better$5.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRob JacksonAlejandro Cabrera Zuniga

Customer experience

PanDualay

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ab Compressor | Limiter X

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PanDualay

No in-app purchases

None

ab Compressor | Limiter X

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PanDualay free?
PanDualay costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ab Compressor | Limiter X free?
ab Compressor | Limiter X costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PanDualay or ab Compressor | Limiter X?
PanDualay and ab Compressor | Limiter X are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PanDualay or ab Compressor | Limiter X have ads?
Neither PanDualay nor ab Compressor | Limiter X shows ads.

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