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.
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.
- 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
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.
- Sawtooth wave synthesis
- Expression engine for sound design
- Binary and bitwise operations
- Rhythm, harmony, and melody generation
- Standalone app
- AUv3 instrument plugin
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | BLEASS Spectral Resonator | Raw Byte Audio Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BLEASS | Callback Audio, LLC |
Customer experience
BLEASS Spectral Resonator
Raw Byte Audio Machine
In-app purchases
BLEASS Spectral Resonator
No in-app purchases
Raw Byte Audio Machine
No in-app purchases
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