Comparison

Bass 3500 Amplifier vs Tonic FX

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

Head to head
About

Bass 3500 Amplifier

Features
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"The unmistakable punch, definition, and flexibility of a legendary hybrid bass amplifier" Modeled after the legendary Hartke HA3500* bass amplifier Nembrini Audio Bass 3500 captures the powerful low end, fast transient response, and distinctive hybrid preamplifier design of the original amplifier. Key Features - Hybrid Preamp: Independently blend Tube and Solid State stages to combine harmonic warmth, clarity, definition, and punch. - Built-In Compressor: Controls peaks, evens out dynamics, and adds weight and consistency to the bass signal. The activity LED provides visual feedback for compression and limiting. - Ten-Band Graphic Equalizer: Provides ±15 dB adjustment at 30 Hz, 64 Hz, 125 Hz, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz, 3 kHz, 5 kHz, and 8 kHz. - Contour Controls: Broad Low Pass and High Pass controls shape the low-frequency region around 100 Hz and the upper-frequency region around 10 kHz. - Pre-Amplifier Stomp Effects: Noise Gate, Envelope Filter, Octaver, and Modern Tubes Drive. Every pedal is draggable and reorderable for complete signal-chain customization. - Cabinet and Recording Chain: Four bass cabinet emulations, four microphone models, adjustable microphone positioning, tweeter controls, parallel D.I. processing, and three ambience environments. - Dual Impulse Loader: Load and blend up to two third-party impulse responses with level, pan, phase, Solo, and Mute controls. - Six-Band Parametric Equalizer: Detailed post-amplifier tone shaping with multiple filter types, adjustable frequency, gain, and Q. - Post-Amplifier Effects: Studio Compressor, bass-optimized Modulation, and Analog Delay. Every effect is draggable for flexible routing. - Cabinet Bypass: Bypasses the complete cabinet, recording chain, and impulse-loader section for use with external cabinet processors, IR loaders, or a real power amplifier and bass speaker system. PEDALS Four bass-focused stomp effects: Noise Gate, Envelope Filter, Octaver, and Modern Tubes Drive everything from clean control to synth-style lows and warm saturation. Each effect can be dragged to customize the signal order. CABINETS Choose from four bass cabinets and four microphone models, with adjustable mic placement and tweeter controls. Blend the cabinet signal with a processed D.I. channel and three ambience environments. IR LOADER Load and blend up to two third-party impulse responses. Each slot includes level, pan, phase, Solo, and Mute controls. EQUALIZER A six-band parametric equalizer provides precise post-amplifier tone shaping, with multiple filter types and adjustable Frequency, Gain, and Q. POST EFFECT Studio Compressor, bass-optimized Modulation, and Analog Delay complete the signal chain. Each effect is draggable for flexible routing Legal Disclaimer: Hartke HA3500 is a registered trademark of Samson Technologies Corp. NA Bass 3500 was developed by Nembrini Audio SRL based on its modeling techniques. Samson Technologies Corp. has not endorsed nor sponsored the NA Bass 3500 in any manner, nor licensed any intellectual property for use in this product.

About

Tonic FX

Create custom audio effect chains for your music. This app allows you to build and reorder a variety of effects, from distortion and modulation to time-based and dynamic processors, for use in standalone mode or with compatible music production hosts.

Highlights
  • Customizable effect rack
  • Reorderable effect chain
  • 24 built-in effects
  • Standalone app and AUv3 plugin
  • MIDI Learn for hardware control
  • Tempo sync for time-based effects
  • Preset library
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Thirty-four effects. One tap to add each one — and the order of the chain is yours. Tonic FX is the Tonic effects rack in an app of its own, focused and affordable — an Audio Unit (AU and AUv3) effect in GarageBand, Logic, AUM, Cubasis, Drambo and any host, and a standalone app that processes your microphone or line input. A RACK YOU BUILD — AND REORDER Every effect has its own on/off, grouped by category: add one with a tap, then drag the cards to rearrange the chain. The order is saved with the preset. THIRTY-FOUR EFFECTS • Drive — Overdrive, Distortion (hard, asymmetric and fuzz), Amp Sim with 6 models and cabinet, Wavefolder/Fuzz, Bitcrush, Ring Modulator and Lo-Fi/Vinyl. • Modulation — an 8-mode Chorus (vintage through string ensemble), a Phaser with four voicings, from the gentle 4-stage pedal to a slow 10-stage pad sweep, Flanger, Vibrato, Detune, Pitch Shifter/Harmonizer, Throb (the pulsing vibrato of the sixties) and Frequency Shifter. • Motion — a two-rotor Rotary cabinet, Auto-Pan, Tremolo, a Stereo Widener with a mono maker that keeps the bass centred, a Pedal Wah you can put under an expression pedal, and the Trance Gate, with a draw-your-own-rhythm mode. • Time — a tempo-syncable ping-pong Delay, with Wow and Sat for tape character; a Reverb with nine spaces: room, hall, cathedral, plate, spring, shimmer, cloud, gated and swell — plus Freeze, to hold a chord and play over it; Reverse, which plays back what you just played backwards; and Call & Response, which listens to your phrase and answers in the gap. • Dynamics & EQ — Compressor, Limiter, Noise Gate, De-esser, a musical 5-band EQ and a 12-band graphic EQ, each with eight one-tap starting points you can overwrite with your own. Compressor, gate, de-esser and limiter show how much they are holding, in dB. • Vocal — Voice, a whole vocal channel behind one knob: low cut, gate, de-esser, compressor and sheen, all in the right measure; and the Doubler, which simulates two or four voices singing along. • Filter — an Auto-Wah that breathes with your playing, always first in the chain. BUILT FOR PLAYING Full MIDI Learn maps any hardware knob to any control, including the from–to range for an expression pedal. Tempo sync from your host keeps delay and modulation in time. Colour-coded scenes A–F, a preset library with favourites, and factory presets to get started fast. A tactile "pro hardware" interface, native on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Thanks for playing with RSJB — made by musicians, for musicians! Follow what's new at www.rsjb.com.br

Screenshots

Bass 3500 Amplifier4 screens
Tonic FX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tonic FX at $9.99 against Bass 3500 Amplifier's $19.99. Bass 3500 Amplifier's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Bass 3500 Amplifier costs $19.99 and Tonic FX $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bass 3500 Amplifier versus Tonic FX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBass 3500 AmplifierTonic FX
Price$19.99$9.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNembrini AudioRubens Felicio

In-app purchases

None

Bass 3500 Amplifier

No in-app purchases

None

Tonic FX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bass 3500 Amplifier free?
Bass 3500 Amplifier costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tonic FX free?
Tonic FX costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bass 3500 Amplifier or Tonic FX have ads?
Neither Bass 3500 Amplifier nor Tonic FX shows ads.

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