Comparison

MIDIHuman Drums vs The Orb

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

Head to head
About

MIDIHuman Drums

This plugin humanizes drum MIDI performances, adding natural timing and feel to quantized drum programming for live looping and production. It offers independent control over timing and velocity for different drum voices, along with advanced quantization and swing features.

Highlights
  • Quantize with Pullback Capping
  • Swing for groove
  • Per-voice timing and velocity control
  • Channel filtering
  • Play-to-Switch auto-toggle
  • Factory presets
Features
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MIDIHuman Drums is an Audio Unit MIDI plugin that humanizes drum performances. Built for live looping and production workflows, it adds natural timing and feel to quantized drum programming. FEATURES: Quantize with Pullback Capping — Snap notes to grid (8th, 8th triplet, 16th, 16th triplet, 32nd) with intelligent pullback that never drags live looping behind the beat. Swing — Offset off-beat notes by a percentage for pocket and groove. Per-Voice Humanization — Independent timing and velocity control for kick, snare/stick, and hi-hat/ride: • Late % — Probability a note plays slightly behind the beat • Miss % — Probability a note is dropped entirely • Velocity Nudge — Add or subtract velocity per voice • Velocity Variation — Random symmetric velocity variation across all notes Channel Filtering — Process only specified MIDI channels, leaving others untouched. Play-to-Switch — Auto-toggle between snare/stick or hat/ride based on incoming note. Factory Presets — Clean, Tight Human, Loose Pocket, and Deep Swing starting points. Requires a compatible Audio Unit host (Loopy Pro, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, GarageBand, etc.).

About

The Orb

Features
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The Orb is a formant filter plugin that simulates the characteristics of the human voice. Featuring a set of three band pass filters, The Orb can transform any sound into a vowel-like formant-filtered sound. With the three LFOs you can modulate the Vowel, the Emphasis/Resonance of the formants, and the Drift, which can shift up or down the frequencies of each formant. You can also create your own set of vowels by changing the name and frequency for each vowel/formant.

Screenshots

MIDIHuman Drums1 screens
The Orb1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MIDIHuman Drums at $3.99 against The Orb's $14.99. The Orb's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). 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

MIDIHuman Drums costs $3.99 and The Orb $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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MIDIHuman Drums versus The Orb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMIDIHuman DrumsThe Orb
Price$3.99 — better$14.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBRADLEY WAYNE MYERSAudioThing Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

MIDIHuman Drums

No in-app purchases

None

The Orb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MIDIHuman Drums free?
MIDIHuman Drums costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Orb free?
The Orb costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MIDIHuman Drums or The Orb have ads?
Neither MIDIHuman Drums nor The Orb shows ads.

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