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So what's everyone's piano and/or rhodes app?
I know garage band has some options, but I'd like something a little less clunky and with more options. I am going to try a few free ones out tonight, but I'd like to find something with a good sound and MIDI. Anyone find something neat?
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NeoSoul Keys for some good sounding electric pianos. I believe there is a free version you can check out.
Is it on the bus? I just downloaded Pro Keys by the Sunrizer team. It sounds pretty good , considering the limitations of RAM and the sample sizes. Has good MIDI implementation, but no audiobus support
I'll check out neosoul! Thanks
Neosoul is a massive bite (like 800mb for 5 piano sounds) and also will crash an iPhone 4s nonstop. I have IGrand piano by IK multimedia and like it, no iPad yet so not sure about ielectric (also by IK)
IGrand and NeoSoul Keys. I could jam on NeoSoul Keys all night long.
+1 for neo soul. It does have fat ass so may impact on performance.
In light of recent events....
Maybe this thread is in need of....
'Time for a Doug'
That was great!
From experience neo soul keys sounds great on its own. If you want a piano that sounds good in the mix with other instruments it may not be the best choice. Actual electric pianos were heavy and also quite rich in mechanical noise (especially when not serviced for a while) so often the sound you hear on the records is the sound that comes from the speaker which used to be miked up. Neo soul keys sounds well close to what it feels like playing the actual instrument (I only used to own Wurlitzer e200) with all the noise associated with keys hitting the bottom edge and when they're released they hit the top edge of the case. There's also added sound of the noise the pick up makes when hit. There's several other 'realistic' noises that have been multisampled across the keyboard AFAICT. Also the actual sound has been multisampled so your middle C will decay differently then the successive A (I think the most a sampled has been pitch shifted is max 4 notes but don't quote me on that). So basically if you strike a 4 note chord in neo soul keys you will actually get a lot of rich resonance coming from clashing of different notes decaying at different time and also pitch variations as the note decays.
So to sum it up. If you want it standalone or used with minimal amount of other instruments go for neo soul keys. If however it is for a bigger mix look elsewhere.
I always felt like there were a million piano/organ "toy" apps in the early days of iOS, so I was kind of surprised how few serious AudioBus-compatible ones there are relative to the number of synths out there. This excludes the IK Multimedia ones, which are apparently cool, but big files and a little expensive.
Of course, many synths and other music apps have piano sounds, and even some DAW's.
I think that a SoundFont player, like Bismark bs-16i, is my preferred way to get straight piano sounds in AudioBus. You can pick from Steinways to dry/wet concert pianos, or whatever free files you can come across on the web. Also, the touch sensitivity to the keys in bs-16i is probably as good as in any keyboard app I own.
NeoSoul is AB compatible with no problems whatsoever on my iPad. 906 MB Usage,( followed closely by Session Band Rock and Jazz. ) Read supadom's post, his experience is similar to mine. Hey Wojtek.
+1 on NeoSoul Keys. I am a piano/Rhodes player of many years... working professional; tons of session work. iLectric by IK would be a second choice, but NeoSoul allows me to add key "dirt" and mechanical noises to closely emulate the sounds of my actual Mark I stage and Mark II suitcase model Rhodes Pianos. The Wurli is also good, though it doesn't allow me to add in the maddening BUZZ that my 200a generates 24/7...
For pianos, IMO, if you want the closest thing to the real deal - CMP Grand Piano is the only choice. iGrand and GarageBand are decent, for scratch tracks or demos, but CMP is an actual 1GB samples app. I actually prefer the upright piano in CMP Grand to the Steinway D (it sounds warmer and more "woody"), but the concert grands are superior to all other apps to date. Just my hundred cents...
As annoying and arrogant as IK Multimedia are as a company.... I do think iLECTRIC is delicious.
So, what's the deal with the Neo-Soul keys?
I downloaded them this morning and really like them, but although there are IAP's for each of the models, the ones I downloaded seem to be working just fine. There's a banner over each one when you launch saying "Ad Supported", but there doesn't seem to be any ad banners so far. No mention of an expiration date, limited key range or anything else.
What does downloading the IAP bring to the table?
@Audiohub said:
As far as I remember there is a timer that will stop the sound after several notes played. Try to play a bit more and see what happens. It is a fair way, I think, to let people try before they buy.
What @supadom said.
Hi @Ben