Comparison

Oriental Strings vs Music Sheet®

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

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About

Oriental Strings

This professional sound module app provides authentic oriental and Arabian string instrument sounds for musicians. It offers high-quality stereo samples, master tune, scale tuning, and integrated effects. Connect via Bluetooth MIDI or use it as a virtual instrument within your favorite DAW.

Highlights
  • Authentic oriental and Arabian string sounds
  • High-quality stereo samples
  • Master Tune & Scale Tuning
  • Integrated effects with 18 presets
  • MIDI velocity response curve editor
  • Audio Unit, Audiobus, and Inter-App Audio support
  • MIDI Player/Recorder
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Oriental Strings is a professional sound module app for oriental keyboard players and for musicians who simply want to resemble the typical sound of the Orient and Middle East in their songs. Connect an external MIDI keyboard to your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch by using Bluetooth MIDI or by using the Apple USB camera adapter or another adapter supported by Apple, or launch Oriental Strings as virtual instrument directly within your favourite DAW app on your iOS device!¹ Watch and listen to the demo video on our product website! This app supports "Audio Unit", "Audiobus" and Apple's "Inter-App Audio" System for audio & MIDI connections from/to other audio apps, as well as Bluetooth LE MIDI ! The sounds of Oriental Strings were exclusively recorded with players who are professionally dedicated to oriental style of music. Typical string instrument sounds for the Arabian genre are covered by this app. Besides rather exotic instruments like the Chinese erhu, typical western string instruments were used as well, but since the players of the recording sessions are focused on oriental music, those western instruments sound completely different than you might be used to from western orchestra players. The sounds of this app were once again created by Kurt Ader, winner of the NAMM 2015 "Best Sound Designer of the Year" award. 32 Sounds are included with this App: • Chinese Erhu 1 - 3 • Chinese Erhu Trill • Turkish Strings 1 - 4 • Arabian Strings 1 - 3 • Tremolo Strings 1 - 5 • Spiccato Strings • Oriental Spiccato Strings • Oriental String Quartet 1 - 3 • Oriental Staccato Strings • Arabian Solo Strings 1 - 3 • String Quartet • Oriental String Ensemble 1 - 5 • Slow Oriental Strings There is no in-app purchase in this app. So all sounds and all app features are immediately available to you as one buy. General Features: • Sounds based on high quality stereo sample set. • Master Tune & Scale Tuning (including factory presets for common Arabian & Turkish scales). • Low latency disk streaming. • Configurable audio latency down to 1 ms. • Polyphony up to several hundred stereo voices.² • Integrated effects with 18 presets. • 16 parts. • App States: Save app's entire state as user presets. • MIDI velocity response curve editor to fine tune the feeling of your MIDI keyboard. • App can keep running in the background, so you can play on your keyboard while e.g. using Safari or another app to display scores or surfing the Internet. • Audio Unit plugin version of this app, to be used as virtual instrument directly within third-party multi-track DAW apps. • Audiobus support. • Supports Apple's "IAA" system for audio & MIDI streaming between other apps. • Virtual on-screen piano keyboard with velocity support, scalable & scrollable. MIDI Player / Recorder: • Record, save and load your songs in standard MIDI file format. • Share your songs easily as audio file. • Unlimited amount of tracks. • Configurable target MIDI channel per track. • Unlimited recording and playback length. • Open MIDI (.mid) files directly from other apps (i.e. from Safari, Mail). • Download or upload MIDI files with iTunes. • Load your favorite songs as MIDI files from the Internet, and watch at the virtual keyboard how to play it. • Metronome. • Use the "Tempo Zoom" dial knob to i.e. slow down playback at any time and learn your favorite songs more easily. ¹ For more information about adapters and connecting external MIDI keyboards: https://doc.crudebyte.com/iOS/External_MIDI_devices/ ² Some sounds are using several voices per note. Polyphony depends on the exact device model being used. You find a polyphony table on our product website.

About

Music Sheet®

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Music Sheet® let you create music sheets as PDF file or print it immediately, or share the PDF file with AirDrop, Mail, Messages, Notes, etc. with toolbar buttons. You can also click … to customize the toolbar items. Music Sheet® also save your created sheet as .msheet document with undo/redo support. You can share the documents with friends who also installed Music Sheet® or open them later. Music Sheet Types ================= Music Sheet® now supports the following most popular sheets: Standard sheets - Standard No Clef - Standard GClef - Standard FClef - Standard CClef Alto - Standard CClef Tenor - Standard Neutral Clef - Standard Neutral Clef (one line) TAB sheets - TAB - Four String - TAB - Five String - TAB - Six String - TAB - Seven String - TAB - Four String + Treble - TAB - Six String + Treble - TAB - Four String + Bass - TAB - Five String + Bass - TAB - Six String + Bass Grand sheets - Grand - Piano Staff - Grand - Organ Staff - Grand - Piano + Blank - Grand - Piano + Treble - Grand - Piano + Blank + Lyric Line 1 - Grand - Piano + Blank + Lyric Line 2 Ensemble sheets - Ensemble - STAB(soprano, alto, tenor, bass) - Ensemble - STAB(soprano, alto, tenor, bass) + Piano - Ensemble - SAB(soprano, alto, bass) - Ensemble - SAB(soprano, alto, bass) + Piano - Ensemble - SSA(soprano, soprano, alto) - Ensemble - SSA(soprano, soprano, alto) + Piano - Ensemble - SSATB(soprano, soprano, alto, tenor, base) - Ensemble - SSATB(soprano, soprano, alto, tenor, base) + Piano Brass sheets - Brass - Trumpet, Tenor/Alto Sax, Trombone - Brass - Trumpet, Tenor/Alto Sax, Trombone, Baritone Sax - Brass - Trumpet, Trumpet, Tenor/Alto Sax, Trombone - Brass - Trumpet, Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Baritone Sax - Jazz Ensemble - Trumpets x4, Tenor Trombones x3, Bass Trombone Paper Size ========== Music Sheet® support the following standard paper size used in USA and other countries: - US Letter - US Legal - US Ledger - US Tabloid - US Business Card - US Executive - US Jr Legal - ANSI A - ANSI B - ANSI C - ANSI D - ANSI E - Arch A - Arch B - Arch C - Arch D - Arch E - Arch E1 - Arch E2 - Arch E3 - ISO A0 - ISO A1 - ISO A2 - ISO A3 - ISO A4 - ISO A5 - ISO A6 - ISO A7 - ISO B0 - ISO B1 - ISO B2 - ISO B3 - ISO B4 - ISO B5 - ISO B6 Staff Line Weight ================= Music Sheet® support the following line weight for staff. The “Default” is most popular line weight for scale 1.0. You can choose to use thicker line weight for scaled sheet. - Ultralight - Thin - Default - Light - Regular - Medium - Semibold - Bold - Heavy - Black

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Oriental Strings at $7.99 against Music Sheet®'s $19.99. Oriental Strings also leads on device support and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On 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

Oriental Strings costs $7.99 and Music Sheet® $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Oriental Strings versus Music Sheet®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOriental StringsMusic Sheet®
Price$7.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.2 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.9 GB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian Schoenebeck d/b/a CrudebyteRuizheng Liu

In-app purchases

None

Oriental Strings

No in-app purchases

None

Music Sheet®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Oriental Strings free?
Oriental Strings costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Music Sheet® free?
Music Sheet® costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.

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