VAPolyQuad vs JAX Squasher Usage & Stats
VAPolyQuad is a virtual analog polyphonic synthesizer for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It features 8 voice synthesizer, effects, sequencer and audio visualization tools. It operates as a stand alone or as an AudioUnit Extension (AUv3). Stand Alone supports Ableton Link, MIDI and audio file export.
Single voice of the synthesizer features four oscillators, two mixers, two resonant high pass filters, two resonant low pass filters, two amplifiers, four ADSR envelopes and four LFOs. The oscillators features continuously variable wave shape and wide variety of modulation. The filters are modeled on the Sallen-Key filter circuit and cascaded OTA filter circuit for classic analog sound. The Effects include delay, chorus, flanger, reverb, eq and compressor. The sequencer features piano roll and parameter automation editor to program 16 bar pattern per clip. Project files can be saved in iCloud Drive, so that the project can be accessed from iPhone, iPad or Mac.
- Main Features -
Virtual analog 8 voice polyphonic synthesizer.
Four oscillators per voice.
Flexible audio signal and control signal routing.
Keyboard Control Routing
Two type of Lowpass filter, cascaded OTA model and Sallen-key model.
Support MIDI 2.0
New User Interface built by SwiftUI for improved performance.
Built-in Sequencer. 16 bar patterns per clip. Total 8 clips. Piano Roll and Parameter automation.
Support Audio Unit Extension (AUv3)
Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Support iCloud Drive to share project files between the platforms.
Audio Export. Linear PCM format (AIFF, WAV and CAF) and compressed format (AAC)
Support Ableton Link, Bluetooth MIDI, MIDI In / Out.
370 Factory Presets
- System Requirements -
A13 Fusion or above is recommended.
AudioUnit Extension (AUv3) requires host application which support AudioUnit Extension.
AudioUnit Extension is supported by Apple Logic and Apple Garage Band on iOS and macOS. For any other DAW, it depends on the application and some of them don’t support AudioUnit Extension.
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- Music
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The JAX Squasher is a self adjusting loudness maximizing limiter with super easy adjustment. Just increase the input gain or tweak the threshold parameter up to the desired level. Very short attack and release times can produce harmonic distortion but the effect is intended to be used for transparent limiting / loudness compression results.
Online manual: https://audio.digitster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JAX-Essential-Series-Squasher.pdf
Demonstration video: https://youtu.be/snVg-0QrZJc
Use the same AudioUnits (AUv3) across all Apple Silicon devices, including the iPhone, the Apple Vision Pro and the Mac (M1/2/3/4).
Native MacOS apps like GarageBand, MainStage 3 and Logic Pro are supported. Any 3rd-party AUv3 supporting host should be able to host the plugin too. The hosts must support Apples standards for MIDI enabled effect processors.
MIDI automation is inbuilt. Just select the MIDI Controller for the desired automation parameter. Multiple assignments are possible.
All audio unit parameters are exposed for direct AU automation.
JAX Essential Series have the following key features :
- ultra efficient with low memory footprint, made for stacking up
- fully scalable to any screen size, based on vector drawing
- freely MIDI assignable parameters and control
- all effects can be mixed to the audio with any amount
- inbuilt preset management and factory sets
- upwards compatible with older devices and iOS versions
- available on all Apple Silicon platforms, iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS with one release and price
More infos can be found on our support website https://audio.digitster.net
For advanced usage (i.e. mastering and exciting), we recommend to select the chorus from our SELECTIVE RANGE SERIES, which allows to limit the frequency range for audio processing.
This build is truly 'universal', meaning, the audio unit is available for:
- MacOS (Apple Silicon)
- iOS (all actual iPhones)
- iPadOS (all actual iPads)
- visionOS (Apple Vision Pro)
( AudioUnits (AUv3) are app extensions, requiring an audio host application to perform. )
OS requirements:
MacOS 10.15++
iOS 14.0++
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VAPolyQuad VS. 
JAX SquasherDecember 14, 2024