Comparison

Mak Audio Calculator vs Drum Rack

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

Head to head
About

Mak Audio Calculator

Features
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In this calculation-app you can make all your basic audio-calculations. How long is a 80 Hertz wave? How long time does it take for sound to travel 87 meters/285.4 feet in 10 degrees celcius/50 degrees fahrenheit? This calculator can show and calculate in both Celcius, Meter, Fahrenheit and Feet. You can also calculate Room Mode to get a quick estimate of which frequencies might be a problem in your room/arena. After you've done your calculations, use the build in Notepad to summaries your calculations and do the necessary adjustments. Are you backstage? Turn on Dark Mode to be less visible. This app is created out of the love of good sound quality.

About

Drum Rack

Create unique drum sounds from scratch using synthesis. Design pitch envelopes, sequence beats with advanced timing options, and export your creations as WAV or MIDI files. Explore genre presets and patterns to kickstart your music production.

Highlights
  • Synthesized drum voices
  • Customizable pitch envelopes
  • 32-step sequencer
  • Advanced timing and ratchets
  • Genre presets and patterns
  • WAV and MIDI export
Features
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Drum Rack builds every sound from scratch. There are no samples in this app — the kick, snare, hats, clap and toms are synthesised as you play them, which is why a kick can drop from 200 Hz to 49 Hz along a curve you draw with your finger. WHAT IT DOES Seven synthesised voices — kick, snare, closed hat, open hat, clap, low tom and high tom — each with its own controls. Draw the pitch envelope of the kick and the snare by hand: drag a point, add a point, bend the curve between two points. Watch the rendered waveform change as you go. A 32-step sequencer with per-step velocity, timing nudge and ratchets, so a single step can hold a roll of up to eight hits. Time signatures from 3/4 to 7/4, grids from 1/8 to 1/32 including triplets. Swing that knows it does not belong on a triplet grid. Eighteen genre presets, from house and techno to jungle, boom bap and reggaeton. Each one loads a full kit and a pattern to start from. Export a loop of 1, 2, 4 or 8 bars as a WAV file, cut sample-exact on the bar so it loops seamlessly in any DAW or looper, or export the pattern as MIDI. The MIDI carries velocity, nudge, ratchets and time signature, and lands on the General MIDI drum map — drop it on a drum rack in your own DAW and it plays on your own kit. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No account. No sign-in. No advertising. No analytics. No tracking. Your patterns stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded. FROM THE LAB Drum Rack is part of Lumlux Art Lab, a set of free browser tools for people who make music. The same drum machine runs on the website, so you can try it before installing anything. Made in Antwerp by FDR-Sound.

Screenshots

Mak Audio Calculator4 screens
Drum Rack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Drum Rack at none against Mak Audio Calculator's shown. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Mak Audio Calculator versus Drum Rack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMak Audio CalculatorDrum Rack
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMÄK ABFrank De Rop

In-app purchases

None

Mak Audio Calculator

No in-app purchases

None

Drum Rack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mak Audio Calculator free?
Mak Audio Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drum Rack free?
Drum Rack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mak Audio Calculator or Drum Rack have ads?
Mak Audio Calculator shows ads; Drum Rack does not.

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