Needs recording capability (and metronome)
It sounds good but I bought this app hoping I could paste files from it to GarageBand. Waste of money for me without that capability. Please add that on next update if there is one.
MIDI IN PLEASE?
If this app could allow you to bow a sequence of notes coming in via MIDI it would be incredible. Imagine being able to articulate a MIDI recording with the bow while not having to try to play the notes at the same time which is extremely difficult. At least for me anyway. As it is at the moment, I can only really use the app to add some details to recordings using other apps to make their sampled or synthesised strings sound more realistic.
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Gorgeous Tone and Bow Expression
The violin tone is UNREAL and bow expression is excellent. I’m impressed you can do detailed expressions like marcato, spicatto, and a crisp staccato. After several hours of practice, it genuinely sounds GOOD. Which is more than I can say for any other virtual strings library, which always leaves me cringing a little bit at the fake sound. Hard to put down, just want to keep playing!
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Not so great
Used it but the 3d bow and vibrato not working. Purchased now but no option to cancel the subscription. Waste of the purchase.
Good start, could be better
In terms of raw expressive power, FingerFiddle is quite powerful, certainly on par with SWAM instruments. For the price, it can’t be beaten. So it is a shame that, for all its good qualities, FingerFiddle is not on par with baseline standards for instrument apps. One thing that would drastically improve the quality of FingerFiddle is oversampling. Performing slow glissandi or sul ponticello on the high strings reveals the telltale “AM radio tuning” of aliasing distortion. This alone makes the app unsuitable for solo performances or any situation (effects, reverb) where the aliasing would increase. There is also the matter of control. Ideally, there would be some support for MIDI and MPE input AND output, possibly with each string allocated to its own channel. I also noticed that, though five-string basses are common for cinematic music and pops repertoire, no such option is available for the bass models. This is disappointing, though not as mission-critical as MIDI or sound engine improvements. Until these changes are implemented, this is a novelty, not a performance tool.
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Awesome!
Amazing instruments and sounds with so much expressiveness and great value for money. Thankyou.
Any chance of midi in/out as an In App Purchase?
Any chance of midi in/out as an In App Purchase?
Realistic!!
I have iSymphonic and Garageband, but they don’t exactly give me much control, this app gave me so much more than any app could possibly give me! i wish the lower strings had a slightly higher quality though.
What a great app!
Is almost like playing a real violin.
I'm having so much fun messing with this ingenious app.
I'm having so much fun messing with this ingenious app.
Simply Smashing!!!
If the virtual stringed instrument industry is a competitive market, then developers beware! ‘Finger Fiddle’ has cornered the market FOR SURE! With a dynamic range of harmonic overtones FF is the closest thing to that beautiful cello or mournful viola solo this side of hiring YoYo Ma that you could ever hope to get. I’ve attempted to recreate these sounds in my studio via soundfonts, samples, and various VSTs for years. None of them comes even close to FF. Not in tonal quality. Not in depth of realism, and especially, and most refreshingly, not in price. If you’re a serious producer, musician, or even just someone curious to learn or play. I can’t thank the developers enough for this. And, my only feedback for the future would be to diversify into more instruments. Guitars, lap steels, mandolin, resonators, ukulele... even woodwinds, brass and percussion. I’d buy every app on its public release date! Thank you again for the remarkablly realistic and sonically stunning sound. I love it!!! And I love you!!! Cheers mates!
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Pleasantly Suprised
I love this app. I’ve been on a quest for the perfect cello app. I bought iSymphonic which sounds phenomenal but doesn’t give you much control. Garageband has great string sounds and lots of options but again, you’re not actually playing cello. I almost bought one to learn on!
I gotta say tho, this cheap little app has some promise. Once you get the hang of it, it starts feeling like a real cello.
If anyone has any other cool cello/orchestral apps, let me know.
I gotta say tho, this cheap little app has some promise. Once you get the hang of it, it starts feeling like a real cello.
If anyone has any other cool cello/orchestral apps, let me know.
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Sound of Music
This is brilliant app. Realistic sounds and get you started even if you know little and build your skills over a period of time and there are no limits.
Wish they could add fretless option and a few instruments like Indian Sarangi.
Wish they could add fretless option and a few instruments like Indian Sarangi.
Awesumm app. Sounds so realistic.!!
Hey developer, this is an awesumm innovation. Please work on another instruments using the concept. The same technique can be used in Indian flute(Bansuri) & Harmonium. 😊🙂 Eagerly waiting for the release.
Genius
Amazingly thought out extremely expressive and innovative!! A rare thing to find in a myriad of imitators. Bravo !!!!
Easily the best strings app
This is by far the most realistic, expressive and enjoyable violin/cello app I’ve used so far, and I’ve tried pretty much every other app that tries to do this.
The expressiveness is far, far beyond what any other controller gives you, especially with 3D Touch, the bends are some of the most natural I’ve experienced, and feel exactly how I’d want them to feel on a physical instrument, and the sounds are amazing (especially the warm, smooth Viola). I am truly blown away.
My only request is please, PLEASE add Apple Pencil 2 pressure support for the bow force to mimic 3D Touch on the iPad, it would be amazing to have this same expressiveness on the larger device.
The expressiveness is far, far beyond what any other controller gives you, especially with 3D Touch, the bends are some of the most natural I’ve experienced, and feel exactly how I’d want them to feel on a physical instrument, and the sounds are amazing (especially the warm, smooth Viola). I am truly blown away.
My only request is please, PLEASE add Apple Pencil 2 pressure support for the bow force to mimic 3D Touch on the iPad, it would be amazing to have this same expressiveness on the larger device.
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Great app
If you are looking to simulate an isolated violin performance, this can’t be beat. Playing it to sound like a fiddle (playing adjacent open strings) is challenging, but nothing is perfect. The developer is very responsive and enthusiastic about his creation. Well worth the money.
Crashes just in 2 days
Just bought it 2days b4,it is crashing
Guide me how to fix it very disappointed after spending money on 2nd app of Musicians in App Store
Guide me how to fix it very disappointed after spending money on 2nd app of Musicians in App Store
Response from developer
Please send me a message to describe what happens (Menu/Contact/Report a bug). Letting reviews on the AppStore won't fix any crash.
Enthralling...♥️🎶🎻🎸🎶
Been testing the audio in my jamup app channels with my new guitar interface and recorded the cello and my virtual Stratocaster playing solo guitar. The two sit so well together in harmonics that I’m thinking of using the cello too in my songwriting of something I’m making. I have a real live Stratocaster too but haven’t recorded it yet with the new interface but sure will and I think it’ll also sound good with the cello. It’s always lovely to keep getting more positive musical inspirations. ♥️🎶 God bless you.
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Best of its class, BUT SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO KEEP BEING SUPPORTED
These are the best sounding strings you'll find on iOS. None even come close, this IS the STRINGS KING. I use this for music production, and it's brilliant. The last update was two years ago, so I'm thinking this app will become obsolete eventually if the dev doesn't continually update it to support iOS changes and/or new features and sounds for the app. PLEASE KEEP UPDATING, I'LL KEEP BUYING, YOU DESERVE IT!
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A violin app that is not a violin
Considering the name of the application says “play music like a real violin”. I assumed that that’s what I was paying for. It’s actually a cello. Why isn’t that in the title? I downloaded it and noticed that there was an additional cost for the violin. I went back to the app description to see, and the fact that the violin isn’t included in this already paid application is nicely hidden in the long description. Very clever!
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Response from developer
I am sorry for your disappointment, but this is written twice in the app description, in particular in the features, which would not be a very clever way of intentionally hiding some misleading information... It is also written in the first line: "an instrument of the violin family". And "fiddle" can stand for any bowed string instrument... The reason why the cello is included by default is that, from my personal point of view, the cello sounds slightly better than the violin in the app (and I also prefer the sound of the cello, which is kind of frustrating considering that I am a violin player...). Anyway, if you are that disappointed, and would rather have a violin instead of a cello, you could send me a personal message stating this misunderstanding/disappointment. The links to contact me are clearly visible, not hidden, and if you were sending a message instead of posting some anonymous comments on the AppStore, you would have a good-willing human reading your message, replying and trying to find some ways to help you.
Close as you can get
As I cellist I have to say this is not quite the same thing - but it’s as close as you can possibly get with a touch interface, and the range of expression is superb. This is not quite a stringed instrument - but it’s close enough to do almost everything.
It’s also good software: small memory footprint, good performance, *exceptionally* responsive even on old hardware, and a simple and clean interface.
It’s also good software: small memory footprint, good performance, *exceptionally* responsive even on old hardware, and a simple and clean interface.
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