Ascent Reverb vs MIDI CC Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ascent Reverb
This audio plugin offers a dual-reverb engine, blending a spacious hall with a granular pitch-shifting particle effect. Create subtle ambient spaces or dramatic otherworldly atmospheres with intuitive controls and built-in ducking for mix clarity.
- Dual reverb engine
- Granular pitch-shifting particle reverb
- Spacious hall reverb
- Pitch transposition up to one octave
- Dynamic ducking compressor
- Cross-platform preset manager
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Ascent is a dual reverb for iPhone and iPad. It pairs a deep, natural hall reverb with a granular pitch-shifting particle engine: two reverbs, one interface, built to work together. The result is a sound that moves, from grounded, room-filling depth to shimmering, pitch-shifted atmospheres that evolve over time. The hall is the foundation; it always runs. The particle engine sits on top, and BLOOM sets how much of it you hear. Pull Bloom to zero for a pure hall, push it up for shimmer over the space, and dial in the built-in ducking compressor to keep your dry signal present. Subtle space to full cinematic wash, without ever touching a second effect. FEATURES • Dual reverb engine: hall reverb and particle reverb run simultaneously, with Bloom controlling the amount of shimmer. • Granular particle engine: pitch transposition from -12 to +12 semitones. Dual overlapping grains eliminate the metallic artifacts common in lesser shimmer reverbs, and an octave down gives darker, sub-octave shimmer just as easily as pitching up. • Expanse control: three tuned room modes (Small, Medium, Large) shape the delay network and spatial character of the hall, not just the decay time. • Particulate: adds a touch of randomness to grain pitches for thicker, more organic texture. • Built-in dynamic ducking: reverb tails pull back on transients automatically, keeping your dry signal present without constant fader riding. • Full preset manager with factory presets and favorites. • Runs as an AUv3 plugin in your favorite host, plus a standalone app. Ascent is part of Audio Damage's Motion Effects family, alongside Descent and Traverse. No accounts, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases. Buy it once and it is yours.
MIDI CC Controller
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Three vertical touch faders. Any MIDI CC. Any Logic Pro parameter. LogicFlow Touch gives you three precision touch bars on your iPhone, each sending MIDI CC to Logic Pro in real time via the free LogicFlow DAW Bridge on your Mac. Play expression, velocity, and dynamics with your fingers while your hands stay on your instrument. TOUCH FADERS Three full-height vertical touch bars — drag up for more, down for less. Smooth, precise, 0 to 127 range. Each bar sends MIDI CC independently. ASSIGN ANY MIDI CC Long press any bar to reassign it instantly. 14 built-in presets: Expression (CC11), Modulation (CC1), Volume (CC7), Dynamics, Pan, Sustain, Reverb, Chorus, and more. Or enter any CC number 0 to 127 manually. MIDI LEARN Press Command-L in Logic Pro, click any parameter, move a touch bar. Logic learns it in one second. Assign to any plugin knob, fader, or instrument parameter without any setup. SWAP AND RELABEL Swap bar positions with one tap. Rename each bar to match your workflow. MIDI channel selector for channels 1 to 16. PART OF THE LOGICFLOW ECOSYSTEM Works alongside LogicFlow Pro (Apple Watch DAW controller) and LogicFlow DAW Bridge (free Mac companion app). All three apps connect to the same bridge — your Watch controls transport while your iPhone controls expression. REQUIREMENTS iPhone running iOS 16 or later. LogicFlow DAW Bridge (free, Mac App Store). Logic Pro on Mac. Bluetooth enabled. LogicFlo — Built for producers who move.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ascent Reverb at $4.99 against MIDI CC Controller's $8.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Ascent Reverb costs $4.99 and MIDI CC Controller $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Ascent Reverb | MIDI CC Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Audio Damage, Inc. | Vishwa Eldeniya |
In-app purchases
Ascent Reverb
No in-app purchases
MIDI CC Controller
No in-app purchases
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