Comparison

BLEASS Spectral Resonator vs Raw Byte Audio Machine

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

Head to head
About

BLEASS Spectral Resonator

Transform audio by manipulating its frequency content to create unique spectral textures and resonances. Generate complex harmonic sounds from internal tone generators or MIDI input, with deep control over pitch, timbre, and spectral filtering.

Highlights
  • Spectral domain audio conversion
  • Frequency shifting, blurring, and filtering
  • Internal tone generator and MIDI input
  • Up to eight voices of polyphony
  • Detailed control over resonance parameters
  • Interactive 3D spectrogram visualization
  • Freeze and Kill controls
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By converting audio into the spectral domain, BLEASS Spectral Resonator can shift, blur, filter, and restructure the frequency content of any sound before generating resonances. When blended with the source signal, this adds a controllable layer of pitch and timbre. Used fully wet, it produces rich and complex spectral textures. Resonances can be generated from an internal four-voice tone generator or directly from incoming MIDI notes. With up to eight voices of polyphony, glide, pitch bend, and up to 256 harmonics per voice, BLEASS Spectral Resonator can be played from MIDI to create tuned harmonic resonances and evolving spectral textures. Intuitive controls provide detailed manipulation of the resonator behaviour, including unison, detuning, harmonic stretching, density, damping, decay, and harmonic filtering. Harmonics can be restricted to even or odd series, while spectral shifting and blurring further reshape the resulting resonances. A spectral-domain filter lets you select the frequency range used to excite the resonators. The interactive 3D spectrogram visualises resonator activity over time while also providing direct control over the spectral filter. BLEASS Spectral Resonator also includes Freeze and Kill controls for holding or clearing active resonances. Designed to combine deep spectral processing with an accessible interface, it opens new possibilities for harmonic, rhythmic, and dynamic sound design, including inharmonic or atonal material such as drums. BLEASS Spectral Resonator is also available for Desktop. Find more information here: http://www.bleass.com/spectral-resonator

About

Raw Byte Audio Machine

This app generates complex musical patterns using a single sawtooth wave and a powerful expression engine. It supports binary and bitwise operations to create rhythms, harmonies, and melodies. Operates as a standalone app or an AUv3 instrument plugin.

Highlights
  • Sawtooth wave synthesis
  • Expression engine for sound design
  • Binary and bitwise operations
  • Rhythm, harmony, and melody generation
  • Standalone app
  • AUv3 instrument plugin
Features
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The Raw Byte Audio Machine allows the user to operate on a constant sawtooth wave that is calculated against the assigned sample rate and bit-depth. With each sample, the counter "t" increments by 1. Your expression is evaluated and the lowest bits become a PCM audio sample. Expressions allow for binary arithmetic like addition, subtraction, division, and modulo; and bitwise operations like AND/OR/NOT and bit shifting. With these combinations of tools, a single expression can yield tremendous musical results in complex rhythms, harmonies, and melodies, all while operating on a single sawtooth wave. Operates as a standalone app or AUv3 instrument plugin.

Screenshots

BLEASS Spectral Resonator3 screens
Raw Byte Audio Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Raw Byte Audio Machine at $0.99 against BLEASS Spectral Resonator's $19.99. BLEASS Spectral Resonator's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

BLEASS Spectral Resonator costs $19.99 and Raw Byte Audio Machine $0.99 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 BLEASS Spectral Resonator against 5.0 for Raw Byte Audio Machine. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BLEASS Spectral Resonator versus Raw Byte Audio Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLEASS Spectral ResonatorRaw Byte Audio Machine
Price$19.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLEASSCallback Audio, LLC

Customer experience

BLEASS Spectral Resonator

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Raw Byte Audio Machine

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BLEASS Spectral Resonator

No in-app purchases

None

Raw Byte Audio Machine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLEASS Spectral Resonator free?
BLEASS Spectral Resonator costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Raw Byte Audio Machine free?
Raw Byte Audio Machine costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BLEASS Spectral Resonator or Raw Byte Audio Machine?
BLEASS Spectral Resonator and Raw Byte Audio Machine are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do BLEASS Spectral Resonator or Raw Byte Audio Machine have ads?
Neither BLEASS Spectral Resonator nor Raw Byte Audio Machine shows ads.

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