Glad it’s Only 99 cents
This is a great idea, and it could be very useful if it worked better and was recognized by more music apps, like AUM. My MIDI keyboard has a limited number of buttons and other controls on it, so this would be useful for sending program change and other MIDI messages.
The description says the last support for this thing was 4 years ago. Another reviewer said it looks like it was put up here and then forgotten; I agree. It’s too bad; this app is a good idea that didn’t pan out...
The description says the last support for this thing was 4 years ago. Another reviewer said it looks like it was put up here and then forgotten; I agree. It’s too bad; this app is a good idea that didn’t pan out...
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Not quite fun enough to be a toy
A buck isn't much money, but I don't think I got a dollar's worth of pleasure out of this. There's no way of knowing what note will get played when a key is depressed, and no way to specify or control that. Also, the app starts in a mode in which each key typed produces a note (again, you get no control of the note's duration), but if keyboard focus is ever once given to the text field, you're stuck in a "batch" mode from then on, and can't get back to the key-by-key mode.
It's sort of a pity, because — viewed as a proof of concept exercise — it's actually a potentially interesting idea, and might allow the use of an external bluetooth keyboard (for instance) to quickly audition the sounds of a MIDI synthesizer, without either setting up any external MIDI hardware, nor using the on-screen keyboard within the synthesizer app. As it is, it seems that the developer just got something more-or-less working, and then "threw it out there" to see if anybody would pay for it. Well, I did pay for it, but would encourage you not to.
To summarize, it's not all that much fun to play with after the first 20 seconds or so, when it's been established that typing a key can, in fact, cause a sound to be played. And although the fun value is limited, the app's use for more than that is non-existant.
It's sort of a pity, because — viewed as a proof of concept exercise — it's actually a potentially interesting idea, and might allow the use of an external bluetooth keyboard (for instance) to quickly audition the sounds of a MIDI synthesizer, without either setting up any external MIDI hardware, nor using the on-screen keyboard within the synthesizer app. As it is, it seems that the developer just got something more-or-less working, and then "threw it out there" to see if anybody would pay for it. Well, I did pay for it, but would encourage you not to.
To summarize, it's not all that much fun to play with after the first 20 seconds or so, when it's been established that typing a key can, in fact, cause a sound to be played. And although the fun value is limited, the app's use for more than that is non-existant.
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Umm...
Very little documentation, no way to adjust settings, holding a key sends a rapid signal instead of a sustain. I tried this with animoog, and the number keys gave me middle notes while EVERY OTHER KEY was at the high end of the scale — so there really isn't much range for this.
Fancy idea, but not really executed well. Hope they develop it more.
Fancy idea, but not really executed well. Hope they develop it more.
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