Ensemble Jammer vs MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ensemble Jammer
Collaborate with musicians in real-time, regardless of location. This app ensures everyone plays in harmonic sync, allowing for creative freedom without hitting wrong notes. Explore various instruments and jam sessions, performances, or open-ended musical exploration.
- Real-time sync with Scale Navigator Dashboard
- Instruments adapt to scale or chord automatically
- Smooth transitions when harmony changes
- BPM sync for sequencers
- Works on iPhone and iPad
- Free to use
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Ensemble Jammer is a multiplayer music app where everyone plays in harmonic sync. Scale Navigator Dashboard sets the scale and chord. Ensemble Jammer follows it in real time. When the harmony changes, every instrument updates instantly. You don’t have to think about technique or theory, you can just play and never hit a wrong note! HOW IT WORKS • One person creates an ensemble in Scale Navigator Dashboard where they control harmonic state (ie current scale and chord) • Others join the ensemble from their phone or tablet via Ensemble Jammer and stay in sync with the harmonic state in real time • Changes are shared instantly • Every instrument updates in real time PLAY TOGETHER Each player can use the harmony in their own way. Some follow the chord. Some follow the scale. Some play melodies, others textures or rhythms. Everything stays aligned, even as each part moves differently. INSTRUMENTS A set of touch-based instruments designed to respond to the current harmony: • Touch Harp — swipe melodies and arpeggios • X/Y Lead — expressive synth control • Melody Maker — step sequencer that stays in key • Tanpura Drone — evolving harmonic texture • Venn Instrument — play chords through overlapping regions • Sample Sequencer — samples retune automatically • Sample Looper — loops shift with the harmony WHERE IT WORKS Play with people anywhere, or use it on your own. Coordinate multiple instruments from a single harmonic source, or share a link and play together in real time. It works for jam sessions, performances, teaching, or open-ended exploration. FEATURES • Real-time sync with Scale Navigator Dashboard • Instruments adapt to scale or chord automatically • Smooth transitions when harmony changes • BPM sync for sequencers • Works on iPhone and iPad • Free to use Part of the Scale Navigator system.
MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope
This app combines a multi-touch performance keyboard, a 16-channel step sequencer, and a real-time oscilloscope. It allows seamless integration with hardware synthesizers and audio gear via USB, enabling music creation and analysis.
- Multi-touch velocity-sensitive keyboard
- 16-channel step sequencer with piano roll
- Real-time 8-channel oscilloscope
- USB MIDI and audio interface support
- Network and Bluetooth MIDI compatibility
- Live recording and transposition
- Sub-millisecond sequencer timing
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A powerful all-in-one studio companion for hardware synthesizers, drum machines, and audio gear. Connect your USB MIDI devices and audio interfaces and start playing, sequencing, and analyzing instantly. KEYS — Multi-Touch Performance Keyboard • 3-octave velocity-sensitive piano with multi-finger support • Velocity from touch position — soft on top, loud at the bottom • Spring-loaded pitch bend wheel (14-bit precision) • Mod wheel (CC#1) for expressive control • Program change selector with quick recall • Octave shifting from -2 to +5 • Per-channel routing to different synths • Transpose mode — keyboard transposes the live sequence SEQ — 16-Channel Step Sequencer • 16 independent MIDI channels, up to 32 steps each • Mono mode for melody and bass lines • Poly mode with full piano roll editor • Swing control for groove (0-50%) • Live recording from your external keyboard • MIDI clock sync — auto-detects tempo from incoming clock • Per-channel destination routing — each track plays a different synth • Live transpose during playback • Adjustable note range and pattern length SCOPE — Real-Time Multi-Channel Oscilloscope • Up to 8 channels simultaneously from USB audio interfaces • 1-2-5 standard time/division (10 microseconds to 500 ms) • Configurable voltage/division with auto-scale • Rising and falling edge trigger with adjustable level • Auto and Normal trigger modes • Per-channel color, vertical offset, and on/off • Phosphor persistence with adjustable decay • Glow effect with intensity control • Three background themes — Classic, Space, Shockwave • Metal-accelerated rendering CONNECTIVITY • USB MIDI — plug in your hardware controllers and synths • USB audio interfaces — multi-channel input for the oscilloscope • Network MIDI / Bluetooth MIDI compatible • Companion iPhone app — record video while iPad captures audio over Wi-Fi (Bonjour) DESIGNED FOR PERFORMANCE • Sub-millisecond sequencer timing • Lock-free audio buffers for glitch-free capture • Optimized for iPad landscape — full immersive UI • Per-app settings for every channel, every parameter, persistent across sessions Whether you're sketching ideas in the studio, performing live, debugging a Eurorack patch, or learning synthesis, this app brings keyboard, sequencer, and oscilloscope into a single, fast, focused interface. No ads. No subscriptions. No accounts. Just plug in and play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ensemble Jammer at 15.0 against MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope's 17.0. 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
Both are free to download. 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 Ensemble Jammer against 5.0 for MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Ensemble Jammer | MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Turczan | Collective Vision, LLC. |
Customer experience
Ensemble Jammer
MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope
In-app purchases
Ensemble Jammer
No in-app purchases
MIDI Controller/Oscilloscope
No in-app purchases
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