Extremely impressive app; it certainly expands my imagination about what can be done with a small touch screen.
I find it to be *almost* as playable as a regular instrument. Two things that would help it get even closer:
- A sustain pedal that could optionally occupy the bottom 1/8th of the screen (in portrait mode, so the very bottom of the scale). This would make simple two or three note piano chord progressions playable.
- A little 1 or 2 pixel translucent or dotted horizontal line showing me exactly where my finger is touching, so I know exactly when I'm going to cross into the next pitch. I find it hard to play sliding run on a non-gliding instrument because the exact moment of the pitch transition is somewhat of a mystery. This could be greatly aided by a little bit of visual feedback. I understand that this could be processor intensive, especially with multitouch...But if it's possible I think it would really help performance.
Thanks for creating this! It's a huge leap forward in affordable music software, on any platform.
David
Optional Larger Sustain "Pedal" and also Visual Feedback Regarding Current Finger Positions
I like your visual feedback
I like your visual feedback idea. I have the exact same problem when I'm trying to play with accurate timing. Which is always.
Glad to see that there's at
Glad to see that there's at least another person with a similar struggle. I notice that the gliding mode shows the exact touch location with a line (and quite responsively even with three or four moving touches) so it doesn't look as though it's a computationally prohibitive proposition.
In addition to a large sustain pedal, I think assignable ribbon overlays could be feasible, right? Like a 300x30px box that transmits modulation or volume data based on the x coordinate? Dreaming even further, a ribbon overlay could have set snapping positions that might correlate to chord changes -- move left index finger from the "I" to "vi" position on the ribbon, and the scale changes so the right index finger can play a lead line that adapts to the changes. I'm getting out of hand here...sorry for pun.
In addition to a large sustain pedal, I think assignable ribbon overlays could be feasible, right? Like a 300x30px box that transmits modulation or volume data based on the x coordinate? Dreaming even further, a ribbon overlay could have set snapping positions that might correlate to chord changes -- move left index finger from the "I" to "vi" position on the ribbon, and the scale changes so the right index finger can play a lead line that adapts to the changes. I'm getting out of hand here...sorry for pun.
I really like all your
I really like all your suggestions, I will definitely try to fold those ideas in!