Please Make AUv3 Option!
Please make the KB an AUv3
How is this NOT an AUv3? I don’t want a sound engine they is AUv3 and completely irrelevant - when I buy a keyboard that says it’s AUv3 I expect THEY KEYBOARD to be an AUv3… not the sound engine that is at best “illustrative”. quite frustrated right now. Sorry but this needs to be addressed.
UPDATED REVIEW:
Thanks a lot for the response - and also sorry for the previous frustration leaked into my comment - I am glad to hear you’re working on a solution ( the AUv3 keyboard ) as this is a fantastic controller and I certainly want to keep it around, just not as an additional app I have to switch back and forth into. If anything, after trying it out I became a bit more frustrated out of the fact that I was able to experience greatness out of it - I don’t mind if it takes a while, I would like it to see it become what it is (IMO) meant to be, a point in speculative time where it would certainly become one of my main tools for mobile production. The “synth” isn’t bad btw, it’s just not what I wanted to get out of the description / name of the app. It certainly is appreciated but the KB itself is what NEEDS to be an AU.
That being said, please consider adding MPE capabilities to it (for example independent midi channel, glide and pressure per “contact” / “ touch” / “press”) as an option; this would be a fantastic MPE controller.
PS: regarding the “velocity” and “pressure” side of your controller… is this app capable of reacting to 3D Touch? I’m asking because of the exposed settings to control the velocity of the midi notes (based on accelerometer and apparently maybe something else (3D touch maybe?)). I might just update my iPhone XS Max in order to use the app with it (if that is the case...). 3D Touch is a blessing - Apple should have never removed it from their brand - my new “pro” phone feels substantially sub-par to the XS Max precisely because it lacks IT (and some “AI” algorithms to make my pics crispier certainly don’t make up for it).
In essence: 3D Touch was a blessing for musicians, painters and 3D sculptors (I happen to do all of these things), and keyboards that support 3D Touch are GEMs in the App Store which could (hopefully) potentially incline Apple towards bringing such wonderful technology back.
Response from developer
Hi! Thanks for the feedback, and I am sorry for the confusion. Since there were some similar requests regarding AU keyboard feature, I am currently working on it. That being said, it could take some time until it is updated. I would be grateful if you are willing to wait for the update, but if not, you can request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com - note that I do not have any say over the refund process, but in my experience they usually do accept app refund requests. Update: Thanks for your kind feedback! I was looking into MPE capabilities few month ago, but it was tricky to implement as of then. I myself am a musician, and I made the app to use myself so I certainly want to enable MPE in the future. Regarding velocity readings, currently the app uses combination of touch area and accelerometer, so if you touch the key with just the tip of your finger it registers as lighter velocity than when you use full area of your finger. I agree that 3D touch was great and it would have been perfect to use it here, but unfortunately it's not feasible to implement it (even just for older devices with 3D touch) since I currently don't have any 3D Touch-capable device to test it on.
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Well realized and perfect for my needs
Response from developer
Thanks for the very kind review! I have not really considered microtonal music while making the app so if you have any suggestion for the app please feel free to contact me via the website linked in the app info page! Hope you have a great time making music with the app!
First look - good stuff!
Response from developer
Thanks for the kind words! I will definitely keep working on it since I use it myself as well! Hope you have a great time making music with Isotope!
