Busker Live FX vs SimpleSampler

Busker Live FX is a live guitar and vocal multi-effects app for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Connect instruments and microphones through an external audio interface, then control effects, your mix, backing tracks, loops and performance recording in one app. A console for each device • Mac and landscape iPad: channel details, channel strips and MR/Looper/Record in three columns • Portrait iPad: transport panels arranged side by side below the console • iPhone: bottom tabs for channel details, channel strips and playback/recording • Mac: select an external interface independently of the system default Independent channels and effects • Up to four inputs, depending on your interface, with Guitar or Vocal on each channel • Guitar: Tuner, Gate, Compressor, EQ, Boost, NAM AMP, IR, Doubler, Chorus, Delay and Reverb • Vocal: Gate, Preamp, Compressor, EQ, De-esser, Pitch Correction, two-voice Harmony and Reverb • Input gain, Pan, output faders, Mute/Solo and stereo Main output Perform and record • One stereo loop up to 60 seconds, with overdubbing, Undo and Clear • Import backing audio, see position and total time, and shift KEY by −3…+3 semitones • Record enabled inputs, loaded MR, active loop and final MIX as stereo 24-bit WAV files • Pause/resume within a Take; browse, preview and share individual files or a whole Take • MIDI mapping by input channel and Guitar/Vocal type, All MIDI channels and MIDI Learn • Save presets, edit names together and delete from the library All app features are free. No login or subscription is required. Presets and recordings are stored per device and do not automatically sync between devices. Requirements Requires iOS/iPadOS 17 or later, or macOS 14 or later, a compatible external audio interface and microphone permission. Built-in audio and AirPods are not treated as external interfaces for live input. Adapters, power and drivers depend on your interface. Latency and available processing capacity depend on your device, interface and buffer settings. User manual: https://buskerlivefx.pickandtune.com/manual Support: support@pickandtune.com

SimpleSampler turns any sound into an instrument. Record a piano note, a clap, your voice or a glass you tap with a spoon. The app detects the pitch and puts the sound on a keyboard, so you can play it across several octaves right away. RECORDING Press record and the app shows you what it hears before the take starts. The recording begins with your first sound, not with the button press, so there is no silence or click at the start. If you don't like the take, cancel it and nothing is saved. KEYBOARD AND DRUM PADS The keyboard shows two octaves at a time and scrolls. It is fully multitouch, so chords and glissandos work. Eight drum pads hold eight different samples for beats. Pitch and length are independent: higher notes last as long as lower ones. If you prefer the classic tape sound, where higher also means faster, switch it on with one tap. LOOP STATION Tap a loop slot, play something and tap again to close the loop. Every new layer stays in time with the first one. You can also record a loop straight from the microphone. Your loops are still there the next time you open the app. RECORD YOUR SONG One button records everything you play: keyboard, pads and loops. It records what the app outputs, not what the microphone picks up, so the result is clean. Share it via AirDrop, Messages or any other app. PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE On iPhone, hold it upright to record and edit samples and turn it sideways to play. On iPad you get pads and keyboard on one screen. No account, no subscription, no tracking. Your recordings stay on your device unless you share them.