Description
Grand Piano is a 88 key keyboard with 7 high quality instruments:✓ WST Grand (a grand piano based on Warren Trachtman's piano samples)
✓ Bright Grand
✓ Legend EPiano
✓ Rhodes EPiano
✓ Rock Organ
✓ Honky Tonk Piano
✓ Harpsichord
NEW:
✓ low latency audio on Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Beans!
✓ 6 new instruments + improved Grand Piano sampleset
You can download demo recordings and a trial version from http://www.refined-apps.com/grand-piano
If you have questions, remarks or suggestions, mail us at support@refined-apps.com.
We also offer a pipe organ (Opus #1) and a synthesizer keyboard app (Keyboard Sounds). For details, see refined-apps.com.
-- Differences to other instrument apps ----------
✓ Low latency audio
Low latency audio is a weak spot of Android (see http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3434). On the Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1/Jelly Bean, low latency audio is finally possible. Grand Piano is one of the very few apps already supporting this!
✓ High quality samples
Grand Piano #1 comes with high quality samples for all contained instruments.
✓ Support for external keyboards and expanders
On devices with Android >= 3.1 and USB host support (e.g. Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, Acer A500, Asus TF101, ...) you can connect an external keyboard or midi expander. You can play Grand Piano from your external keyboard or play an external sound generator from Grand Piano.
✓ Midi file player included
The included midi player works with any standard midi file stored on your android device. You can output the midi events via Midi/USB (if your device supports it; see above)
-- Features --------
✓ Support for low latency audio on Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Beans (automatically enabled if OpenSL is activated in the apps settings)
✓ 7 instruments with high quality samples
✓ Midi In&Out via USB on devices that support USB-Host (e.g. Asus TF101, Acer A500, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, ...) for Standard Midi/USB devices (i.e. devices that do not need a driver on Windows/Mac)
✓ Includes a midi file player
✓ 53 classical midi files included
✓ Up to 512 notes simultaneously
✓ 88 key scrollable keyboard
✓ Settings for the number of displayed keys, optional vibrate on touch, ...
✓ Multitouch only limited by your device
✓ Note Velocity
✓ Sustain, pitch bend etc. via midi
✓ Runs on android >= 2.2, phones and tablets
✓ No ads
-- Usage Tips / Hardware requirements --------
✓ Needs ca. 41 MB on your sdcard for the samples
✓ Use headphones / external speakers for better sound
✓ For the best sound, the device should have at least a 1GHz single core processor
---- Pro-Features ------------
Grand Piano Pro provides all the features of the Free version plus:
✓ 7 instruments instead of 2
✓ Midi via USB
✓ Midi player
✓ 53 classical midi files
✓ No ads
-- Permissions --------
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to extract the samples onto the sdcard
android.permission.VIBRATE for vibrate on touch support
android.permission.INTERNET to be able to download midi files if selected e.g. in a browser
android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS for better audio support (OpenSL)
com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE to check the license
A Google User
Jan 19, 2013 1:47:51 AM
Great app!! Plugged it into my M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 with OTG cable on my Asus Eee pad and it worked perfectly
A Google User
Jan 13, 2013 11:41:13 AM
Excellent App Operate well on Samsung Galaxy Tab2 with cheap Chinese USB MIDI interface.
A Google User
Jan 7, 2013 2:22:35 AM
7 Stars - very happy MIDI user here on Nexus 7 I connected my old M-Audio KeyRig via USB OTG to my Nexus 7 and now I can play the excellent samples in this app in realtime with no noticeable latency. I can use the keyboard's transpose controls to shift up/down an octave at a time and use the onscreen keys for more range, too! Very cool! I could not get MIDI control to work on my Nexus 4 though,, which is probably the phone's fault and not the app. I am now VERY portable though! The KeyRig volume slider works too. Finally, wired MIDI support on Android, A++!
blu
Oct 26, 2012 4:25:18 PM
Works great! Novice here but it's cool to be able to practice without being shackled to my computer. If you have issues (had a transpose issue) the developer is very responsive to questions. The only thing left to desire is an instructional mode like some of the other apps with guitar hero type instruction.
Ezekiel
Sep 29, 2012 12:57:38 AM
Good Good
edward
Aug 19, 2012 10:52:45 PM
Awesome Works well on my Toshiba thrive tablet with midi keyboard
Bill
Aug 14, 2012 12:17:56 AM
Five States Works perfectly on Samsung Galaxy S III with M Audio Key station Mini 32.
rob68000
Aug 10, 2012 2:39:58 PM
Excellent Works perfectly with the nexus 7
Jon
Aug 2, 2012 12:29:35 PM
latency makes it unplayable
bchau
Jul 15, 2012 5:44:51 AM
Works well with Thinkpad tablet and midi keyboard Works very well with Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet (ICS). I plugged in the Evolution Midi 49 keyboard with the USB cable onto the tablet and the software automatically recognised the Midi keyboard. No fuss. I hope the developer will add in a record and save feature to let user save a recording session as midi file.