# Pitea

> MIDI pipe organ sample player for iOS and macOS. (iPhone/iPad app by Markus Sigg.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pitea/id683230702 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Markus Sigg](https://appshunter.io/developer/458880634)
- Category: Music
- Price: $29.00 (on sale, was $35.00)
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 6 App Store ratings · 25 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.5.6 · 1.2 GB
- Languages: German (Germany), American English
- Released: 2013-09-20
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pitea/id683230702/reviews.md

## What is Pitea?

This app makes the Piteå School of Music pipe organ sample set available for playing with MIDI keyboards and a MIDI pedal connected to your iOS or macOS device. The sample set was released by Lars Palo under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license, see http://www.familjenpalo.se/vpo/download .

For more information about the app and the underlying Napo framework, please visit the support page http://polaron.de/Pitea/ , the Napo documentation at http://polaron.de/Napo/ and in particular the user manual at http://polaron.de/Napo/manual .

*** For your attention ***

This app is a huge download of about 1.5 GB. Make sure there is enough free SSD space on your device.

## Key features

- Pipe organ sample set
- MIDI keyboard support
- MIDI pedal support
- iOS and macOS compatible
- Large sample download

## Recent user reviews (10 of 25)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pitea/id683230702/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Superbe application

*2025-01-28*

Superbe application. Il a fallu plusieurs tentatives pour la télécharger.

### 5/5 — Incredible value!

*2024-06-21*

My Church was quoted $160,000 to repair their organ. I found the Markus Sigg apps and tried a couple of the free versions. I bought the Pitea package. For under $1,000 I got an iPad, camera connector, Nektar GX 61 controller, apps and Mackie Thump 112 XT. We supplemented the inoperable stops with this setup. The range of Pitea sounds far exceeds the capabilities of the real pipe organ, blends seamlessly with pipe organ, and provides power, tone and volume the old pipe organ never had. It sounds like a multi million dollar cathedral organ was installed in the church! Absolutely incredible detail and skill were involved in creating this app. It is absolutely stunning sounding in the church and the organist loves it. I have no doubt the parishioners will start asking why the church spent a fortune repairing the old organ! Little do they know…

### 5/5 — Great value. Great pipe organ sound.

*2024-05-24*

Enhancements that would be very helpful:  1.transpose +/- full octave
2.add pipe stop expression adjustments to the stop buttons to show after a long press
3.separate main screen expressions for great, swell, choir, and pedal. 
4.english labels for the organ manuals as a configuration option
5.more 4', 8' couplers

### 5/5 — THE BEST

*2024-02-27*

I've been using this app (and others from the same developer) for 3 and a half years. I absolutely love having a beautiful sounding organ in my backpack at all times, in my iPad. I use these apps every week. I use this app with 2 midi controllers. It’s just an incredible app. It’s worth every penny.

### 5/5 — Wonderful pipe organ that I use every day

*2022-10-25, version 4.3*

This is by far the best pipe organ app for iPad, iPadPro, iPhone, and Macs. 

The musical sound quality is superb.

### 5/5 — fantastic reliability and ease of setup

*2021-12-06*

we have a two-manual digital organ now finding second life as a VPO controller. I tried installing the GrandOrgue as well as Hauptwerk, but had various problems. I now have eight of these "little" VPO apps from Markus Sigg, and they are just fantastic. We run them on MacOS and iPad, with various midi-adapters from m-audio and PreSonus. The USB MIDI devices with analog audio-out work best with iPad so you don't have to fiddle with the headphone jack. Be aware that the larger bus-powered adapters will require the "USB 3" version of the iPad camera adapter to provide enough power. The same setup works with the iPhone, but  the small screen is better with the "Mini" or harpsichord apps with fewer stops (otherwise they're difficult to tap)

### 5/5 — Great pipe organ sound at an excellent price

*2021-10-21*

The Pitea pipe organ synth has been very helpful as a way to test MIDI music for real pipe organ, and add voicing to smaller real pipe organ. Pitea is the backup we use for a real church setting with real organ as well. 

The app works just as well on MacOS, iPadOS, and IOS. It's a wonderful gift to the musical world that's far, far easier to implement and maintain compared to other pipe organ synths, including the most expensive ones.

### 5/5 — Fantastic app

*2021-08-27, version 4.1*

Really enjoyed using this , I have all the VPO apps, created by Herr Sigg,  but for study use the Esmuc VPO And used this one the other day and really enjoyed the sound of a largish instrument . It will be well suited when I start studying French Romantic Repertoire .I use headphones as I wish to continue a good neighbour relationship I can strongly reccommend all of these apps which are much more reasonable to buy than Hauptwerk .

### 5/5 — A great iOS instrument!

*2020-12-16, version 4.1*

I’ve used this app with a 35+ year old Allen organ to play live at Sunday Mass. Routing my iPad audio through the Allen amplification and tone cabinets was a huge upgrade in sound to the very dated Allen samples. These samples are not by any means the most advanced but as an out of the box solution for a venue with no organ or a dating instrument with a midi in, it provides a balanced instrument with a good selection of stops without too much setting up. The midi detect feature made it very easy to get this working with a midi keyboard and then with the 2 manuals and pedalboard of the organ mentioned. Great investment! It’s not Hauptwerk, but as a portable iOS instrument, it covers a niche where a portable hauptwerk setup would be overkill.

### 5/5 — Best Pipe Organ App

*2020-10-17*

The sound quality and playabiity of this app are undeniable.  This will blow your mind and well worth the cost of admission.  If It ever becomes an AU plugin, I'd think every studio/music producer on the planet would want a copy.  All of Mr. Sigg's organ apps are impressive, but this one takes the cake IMO.

## Frequently asked questions about Pitea

### What is Pitea?

Pitea is a music application that makes the Piteå School of Music pipe organ sample set available for playing with MIDI keyboards and pedals on iOS and macOS devices.

### How much does Pitea cost?

Pitea is a paid application, priced at $29.00.

### What devices does Pitea support?

Pitea is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

### Is Pitea suitable for children?

Pitea has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for younger users and adults alike.

### How large is the Pitea download?

Pitea is a large download, approximately 1.5 GB, so ensure you have sufficient free SSD space on your device.

### When was Pitea last updated?

The latest version of Pitea was released on June 19, 2023.

### Does Pitea have ads?

No, Pitea does not contain advertisements.

### What is the user rating for Pitea?

Pitea has an excellent user rating of 5.0 stars based on 7 ratings.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.7 — 2026-08-15

Upgraded from Napo 5.17.2 to Napo 5.18.1.

- Bugfix in convolution reverb (delayed late reflections).
- Pitch shifting range increased to ±200ç.
- Loading saved settings is now be done by a short-tap.
- Audiobus updated to version 3.0.15.1.

Plus the changes of Napo 5.18 that you can read about in the Napo version history.

### 4.6 — 2023-06-19

Upgraded to Napo 5.17.2. Fixes breakdowns of the app when the user tries to configure the behaviour of MIDI controllers 64 and 66.

### 4.5 — 2023-05-25

Upgraded to Napo 5.17.1, which fixes the dysfunctional windchest volume controls and tremulants. You can skip this version if you do not use these features.

### 4.4 — 2023-05-16

Upgraded from Napo 5.13 to Napo 5.17, which brings temperaments functionality and other changes as detailed in https://polaron.de/Napo/history/index.html#5.17 .

### 4.3 — 2022-02-02

Upgraded to Napo 5.13.

- The sustain function of the screen keyboards can be turned off.
- Now supporting all currently known Launchpad models.
- Dry/wet control for the convolution reverb.
- Redesigned reverb control: AU Reverb, Convolution Reverb and the rendering of sample releases can now be controlled independently. You can play the sample releases and still add artificial reverb.
- Included metronome (long-tap the Console view icon).
- Optional coloured borders around the stop buttons. This makes the assignment of the stops to the manuals more apparent (long-tap the Console view icon).
- Fixes problems with iOS 15 prewarming.

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