Comparison

Oriental Strings vs Gospel Organ®

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

Gospel Organ®

This app emulates a classic Hammond organ with sampled and physically modeled sounds. It offers extensive customization for drawbars, percussion, and effects, along with a realistic rotary speaker simulation. Designed for musicians seeking authentic gospel organ tones.

Highlights
  • Hybrid sampled and physical modeled emulation
  • Authentic gospel organ tone
  • Extensive drawbar, percussion, and noise controls
  • Physical modeled Leslie rotary emulation
  • Multiple insert and global effects
  • MIDI learn functionality
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Gospel Organ® is a hybrid sampled based and physical modeled Hammond organ virtual instrument emulation. The instrument represents the most accurate emulation of the gospel sound with a ton of tweaks, and customizations that you are accustomed to with Gospel Musicians' products. General Specs • Standalone and AUv3 • Requires only 1GB of Storage Space • A100 Model • 25 High Quality Presets ------------- Gospel Organ Features: Gospel Organ® is a Hammond organ emulation designed to represent the gospel organ tone that can be heard in thousands of churches across the world. The tone was sampled from an authentic A100. The hybrid samples use synthesis in order to emulate harmonic foldback and dynamic start positions to make sure none of the tones are phasing. All of the important organ features are present, such as percussion, noise, and vibrato, all of which are emulated from hardware sources. Each tone (Drawbars, bass, percussion, etc..) have dedicated synthesis (AMP, Filter, LFO, etc...). The effects section also allows for 5-insert effects for each tone, two global effects rack, and a master effects section. Each section has up to 5-insert effects, which makes for an incredible amount of control. Finally, we added a very easy way to MIDI learn each parameter, which will translate to your DAW as well. • A100 Advanced Sampled Model • Authentic Vibrato Options • Authentic Percussion with volume controls • Dedicated Key Click Controls • Dedicated Noise controls • Dedicates synthesis and effects for individual tones and effects • Easy Drawbar MIDI Learn/Save • Harmonic Foldback and De-Phasing • Resizable Interface • Chord and note display • Separate Drawbar Mixer • C2D and Crumar Templates ------------- Gospel Rotary Features: Gospel Rotary is a physical modeled Leslie rotary emulation which exactly mimics the doppler and cabinet tone of a real 145 cabinet speaker. We captured the impulse response from 12-different positions of the horn and drum and re-assembled them in code, in order to produce an exact acoustic modeled Leslie tone. Furthermore we used different mic types and mic positions, along with the ability to dynamically dial in mic angles. We also isolated the noise portion of a real Leslie and offered separate drum and horn noise algorithms that react to the organ sound input. Finally, we added 11-band EQs and Filters for the horn and drum independently, which allows you to specifically dial-in any tone you wish. • Physical Modeled Rotary • Authentic cabinet tone • Independent drum and horn speeds • Different drum algorithms • Dynamic mic positions • Multiple Mic Positions • Different mic types • Dedicated Horn and Drum EQ • Physical modeled Horn and Drum Noise • Horn and Drum Pitch Mod amount • Rotary spinning noise synced with rotor ------------- Device Requirements: ---------------- ▪ 2GHz ARM Processor Recommended - iPad Pro 12.9 and 9.7 in, iPad 5th Gen, iPad Pro 12.9 in. (Gen 2), iPad Pro 10.5 in., iPad 6th Gen, iPad Pro 11 in., iPad Pro 12.9 in. (Gen 3) ▪ Fast SSD Drives for External sample streaming or use iPad Storage ---------------- IMPORTANT NOTE: Purchasing the iOS Version does not grant you FREE access to our desktop version. Each platform/version must be purchased separately.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gospel Organ® at 4.8 against Oriental Strings's 4.2. Gospel Organ® also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%). Oriental Strings's advantage is price ($7.99 vs $14.99) and device support. On ratings volume, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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 Gospel Organ® $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gospel Organ® holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Oriental Strings's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gospel Organ®'s.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Oriental Strings versus Gospel Organ®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOriental StringsGospel Organ®
Price$7.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.2 (11 ratings)4.8 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1111
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.9 GB378 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian Schoenebeck d/b/a CrudebyteMIDIculous LLC

Customer experience

Oriental Strings

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative27.6%

Gospel Organ®

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Oriental Strings

No in-app purchases

None

Gospel Organ®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Oriental Strings free?
Oriental Strings costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gospel Organ® free?
Gospel Organ® costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Oriental Strings or Gospel Organ®?
Gospel Organ® is rated higher. Oriental Strings averages 4.2 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Gospel Organ® averages 4.8 from 11 ratings.

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