BLEASS SampleWiz 2 vs FabFilter Twin 3 Usage & Stats
Born of the imagination of legendary keyboardist Jordan Rudess and the software engineering excellence of French audio developer BLEASS, SampleWiz 2 is a unique and powerful S&S (sample & synthesis) instrument. BLEASS SampleWiz 2 combines modern features such as granular and cloud sample engines, MPE, and iOS/desktop interoperability, with the satisfying, rapid workflow of classic hardware samplers.
Over a career spanning more than 40 years (and counting), Jordan Rudess has built a formidable reputation. His exquisite skills as a keyboardist have graced the recordings and tours of Dream Theater, David Bowie, Liquid Tension Experiment and Rod Morgenstein to name but a few. Jordan is also recognised as something of a savant in the world of sound design, and has collaborated over many years with synth manufacturers such as Korg, Moog and IK Multimedia. And as if that weren’t enough feathers for one cap, Jordan is a pioneer in the use of iOS in music creation and performance, and has worked on numerous groundbreaking music apps over the last decade, for example Geoshred and Morphwiz.
With SampleWiz 2, BLEASS has distilled the phenomenal breadth and depth of Jordan’s expertise and experience into an intuitive synthesizer that will unleash your sonic imagination, inspiring both your musical and sound design creativity.
With just a few swipes of your finger, or a couple of clicks of your mouse, you can easily capture any sound or import any sample – a few more swipes/clicks will transform your sound into a playable, characterful synth voice. And with full support for MPE Slide and Pressure, SampleWiz 2 allows you to create nuanced and deeply expressive performances.
With its unique iOS / desktop interoperability, BLEASS SampleWiz 2 fits in with your way of creating and performing too. You can capture and work on sounds whilst out-and-about using the iOS App or AUv3 plugin, then transfer your creation to your computer via AirPlay or iCloud where you can incorporate it into a bigger project. Conversely, you can take a favourite sound from your Windows or Mac computer and transfer it to your iPad or iPhone ready for use in a live performance, where you to take full advantage of the iOS version’s intuitive touch screen performance controls.
Creating original sounds with BLEASS SampleWiz 2 is as easy and fun as it is to load and play presets. The UI has been carefully designed to give a natural, intuitive workflow, with delightfully simple sampling or import of sounds, and a comprehensive suite of tools for chopping, granularizing, modulating, and adding effects to your sound designs.
BLEASS SampleWiz 2 is available for iOS & Desktop. For more information, visit https://www.bleass.com/samplewiz2/
- Apple App Store
- Paid
- Music
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Since its first release in 2005, FabFilter Twin has been famous for its filter quality and oscillator sound. FabFilter Twin 3 expands and improves on its predecessors in every area, including a complete redesign of the GUI and workflow, more and better oscillators and filters, a radically powered-up modulation system, an all-new FX section, and much more. Sonically versatile, supremely intuitive, and spectacularly ‘analog’, Twin 3 is a dream instrument for creating synth sounds of all kinds, from basses, leads, and pads to plucks, drums, effects, and beyond.
The Twin 3 app lets you play via the on-screen keyboard or a MIDI keyboard connected to your iPad. To use Twin 3 as a plug-in, you need an AUv3-compatible host app like Auria, AUM or Cubasis. Twin 3 will appear in the list of Audio Unit extensions for instrument plug-ins in the host app.
Key features:
- Virtual analog synth featuring four flexible oscillators, four filters, six FX modules, and a vast modulation system with a wealth of flexible source signal generators, drag and drop source/target routing, and no limit to the number of modulation assignments that can be made
- Fully redesigned, greatly simplified interface with easier workflow
- Completely overhauled modulation system with redesigned modulation sources, and floating slot and
FX panels
- All-new FX section, housing Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Drive, and Compressor modules
- Arpeggiator with Groove/Legato controls, note order, latch options, and more
- Full-featured preset browser, with tags, favorites, and search and filter functions, and new factory preset
library
- Per Oscillator polyphony mode: each incoming note triggers a different oscillator
- Bell, Shelf, and Notch vintage-style EQ filter shapes
- 6dB/octave filter slope option
- Modulatable filter Cutoff/Peak Offset knobs knobs, for adjusting all filters at once
- High Quality mode — 4x oversampling
- Transient mode turns Envelope Followers into transient detectors
- Curve adjustment handles for EG Attack, Decay, and Release stages
- Slider mode (vertical-only operation) and Range setting (toggles between bipolar and unipolar behavior)
for XY controllers
- Hide all modulation sources except for XY controllers and Sliders at a click
- Native sustain pedal support
- Even better oscillator and filter sound quality, with analog-modelled drift
- Maximum number of voices doubled from 32 to 64
- Lower minimum Envelope Generator Attack, Decay, and Release times
- Maximum number of XY controllers/Sliders increased to six
- Envelope Generator Threshold, XLFO Balance, and Frequency Offset made available as
modulation targets
- Modulation sources can be renamed
- Maximum number of modulation slots increased to 100
- Legato mode for MIDI-triggered XLFO
- Range options added to MIDI Sources: Negative (-1 to 0), Centered (-1 to 1), and Positive (0 to 1)
- Carefully designed and curated factory presets, plus the ability to save your own presets
- Undo/redo and A/B comparison
"FabFilter Twin is one of the best virtual analogues we've heard so far, and at this price point it's well worth the investment!"
— Computer Music
"Once I found FabFilter Twin, I immediately noticed how great it works and how amazing it sounds!"
— George Morel
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- Music
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BLEASS SampleWiz 2 VS. 
FabFilter Twin 3January 18, 2026