Stereo Designer Mini vs Ring Modulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stereo Designer Mini
This audio processing tool allows users to manipulate stereo width, apply mid/side processing, and use independent channel filters. It integrates with other music apps and supports MIDI controllers for real-time adjustments.
- Wide stereo image creation
- Mono sound source stereoization
- Mid/Side processing
- Independent channel filters
- MIDI controller support
- Audiobus and Inter-App Audio integration
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Stereo Designer Mini is an easy to use multi-purpose stereo shaping tool for Audiobus and Inter-app Audio. Create unique wide stereo image, "stereoize" a mono sound source, apply mid/side processing, independent high and low pass filters per channel, and more. Process synths, drum machines and hundreds of other apps by connecting through Audiobus. Use Stereo Designer Mini as an effect inside DAW apps such as Garageband, Multitrack DAW, and AudioShare using Audiobus or Inter-app audio. Stereo Designer Mini supports Core MIDI via the Camera Connection kit, USB MIDI interfaces, Virtual MIDI and WiFi connections. The MIDI Learn function lets you easily assign your MIDI controller's knobs and sliders to control Stereo Designer's effect parameters. Here's what users are saying: " With Stereo Designer, Christopher has created one of the most impressive/creative stereo enhancement processors I’ve ever had the pleasure to use. If there was a VST/AU version for the desktop then I’d buy it in a heartbeat…." - Music App Blog (www.musicappblog.com) "Add depth to your sounds - This can help add a missing dimension to your music. Try running a synth or drum app through it. Use an audio interface to process guitars, hardware synths, or even a signal from your desktop DAW. It works really well with the developer’s other apps too. Great with Audiobus." - dmonterroso (AppStore review) In addition to Audiobus and Inter-app Audio support, Stereo Designer Mini can also process external instruments such as guitar, voice and synths by connecting a microphone or professional audio interface such as the Apogee Jam, ONE, or any iOS compatible USB audio interface. Guitarists can use our effects live by connecting the output of their audio interface to an amp. For more info and video demos visit: https://holdernessmedia.com Check out our entire FX series including Caramel, Crystalline, Echo Pad and Swoopster! COMPATIBILITY: • requires iOS 12.4 or later • iPhone 5 or newer • Audiobus 3 compatible (Effect, state saving) • Inter-App audio compatible (effect node) • Compatible with DAW apps such as Garageband and Multi-track DAW • compatible with USB audio interfaces • Core MIDI compatible FEATURES: • Control individual Left/Right channel volume, panning, filter and more. • Mid/Side (M/S) processing mode lets you adjust the volume, high and low pass filters for Mid and Side independently. • Widen or reduce the stereo width of an input signal. • Independent panning position of each channel, allowing for interesting stereo placement. • Individual High and Low Pass filter per channel for additional stereo shaping. • Phase (polarity) invert Left/Right channels. • Isolate the Left or Right channel and manipulate the resulting mono signal. • "Stereoize" mono inputs using individual channel delay + High and Low Pass filters. • Sum Left and Right channels to mono. • Audiobus 3 compatible with state saving • Inter-app Audio compatible • Core MIDI compatible, works with any MIDI controller via MIDI Learn • Select presets via MIDI program change Stereo Designer Mini works with just about any professional iOS compatible USB audio interfaces. Here is a list of interfaces that have been tested and verified to be compatible: • Apogee Jam and Jam 96k • Apogee Mic • Apogee ONE for iPad/Mac • Apogee DUET for iPad/Mac • Apogee QUARTET for iPad/Mac • iRig • iRig HD • iRig iMic • Focusrite Scarlett series (*requires USB hub) • Alesis io2 • Alesis IO Dock • Behringer UCA202 • many more
Ring Modulator
This app creates unique metallic and bell-like timbres by multiplying two audio signals. It offers three modes for versatile sound design, from internal oscillators to sidechaining external audio.
- Ring modulation effect
- Dual input capability
- Three distinct modes (OSC+OSC, INPUT+OSC, INPUT+SIDECHAIN)
- Mono and stereo input support
- Adjustable carrier and modulator frequencies
- Mix and output gain controls
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Ring modulation multiplies two signals together sample by sample. The result contains the sum and difference of their frequencies, the sidebands, while the original carrier and modulator tones are suppressed. This produces the metallic, bell-like, and clangorous inharmonic timbres associated with classic ring modulators, from robot voices to detuned percussion. Signal path: the carrier is multiplied by the modulator to form the wet signal, Mix blends that against the dry carrier, and Output applies a final makeup gain. Ring Modulator is usable in three modes and can take either mono or stereo inputs. The host app must support mixing to bus inputs or sidechaining in order to use Ring Modulator with dual input. Outputs mono signal. OSC + OSC Both carrier and modulator are internal sine oscillators, set by Car Freq and Mod Freq. Produces classic two-tone ring modulation with no input required, good for bell tones and metallic drones. INPUT + OSC The carrier is your track's audio and the modulator is the internal sine at Mod Freq. This is the standard ring-mod effect: it turns voices and instruments metallic or robotic and adds inharmonic sidebands. This is the default mode. INPUT + SIDECHAIN The carrier is the main input and the modulator is a second, independent input routed into the plugin's sidechain bus. Use it to ring-modulate one track by another, for example a vocal shaped by a drum loop or synth pad. This requires a host that supports sidechain routing; if nothing is routed to the sidechain, the input passes through dry. Car Freq and Mod Freq do not apply in this mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ring Modulator at $1.99 against Stereo Designer Mini's $2.99. Stereo Designer Mini's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and 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
Stereo Designer Mini costs $2.99 and Ring Modulator $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Stereo Designer Mini against 5.0 for Ring Modulator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Stereo Designer Mini | Ring Modulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Holderness Media | Callback Audio, LLC |
Customer experience
Stereo Designer Mini
Ring Modulator
In-app purchases
Stereo Designer Mini
No in-app purchases
Ring Modulator
No in-app purchases
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