Comparison

Ascent Reverb vs MIDI CC Controller

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Dual reverb engine
  • Granular pitch-shifting particle reverb
  • Spacious hall reverb
  • Pitch transposition up to one octave
  • Dynamic ducking compressor
  • Cross-platform preset manager
Features
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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.

About

MIDI CC Controller

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Ascent Reverb3 screens
MIDI CC Controller4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ascent Reverb versus MIDI CC Controller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAscent ReverbMIDI CC Controller
Price$4.99 — better$8.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAudio Damage, Inc.Vishwa Eldeniya

In-app purchases

None

Ascent Reverb

No in-app purchases

None

MIDI CC Controller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ascent Reverb free?
Ascent Reverb costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MIDI CC Controller free?
MIDI CC Controller costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ascent Reverb or MIDI CC Controller have ads?
Neither Ascent Reverb nor MIDI CC Controller shows ads.

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