Hi,
Have you seen this Uilleann pipe app for the iPhone? Fantastic technology, talk about traditional arts making full use of modern technology! Watch the man play the phone with the pipes at the end of the youtube clip. I just need an iPhone now and maybe I can play it with my toes and the fiddle at same time.
The problem with the iPhone/iPod Touch is that they only allow up to 5 simultaneous touches, a whistle required 6 and a chanter requires 8, so any simulation would require some non-standard fingering system. The company that did "Ocarina" only uses 4 touch areas in a staggered formation.
There's probably some way to do it that would not be too awful to figure out...
Michael, it's not so bad for the 5 "touch" limitation.
On the whistle, you could make it so that the 5 last holes are always a D, even for first octave. I play the high D with only the 5 last fingers so not a big deal... The first 5 fingers would play an E like a normal whistle. It's very close to the real thing.
The problem is switching octave, that's problematic if you are limited to 5 touch... can't switch octave while playing a note that requires 5 fingers.
yeah, there is. 5 touches will cover whistle. In the leaf trombone app, the app figures out if you're blowing into the mic to function. If the app can figure out low and high velocity breathing, it can pop the octave.
However - damn. It's ridiculous. But I suppose that's the point.
iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
Hi,
Have you seen this Uilleann pipe app for the iPhone? Fantastic technology, talk about traditional arts making full use of modern technology! Watch the man play the phone with the pipes at the end of the youtube clip. I just need an iPhone now and maybe I can play it with my toes and the fiddle at same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRXyh6oY0Fs
http://www.appstorehq.com/3quarterset-iphone-101111/app
# Posted on December 8th 2009 by iwerzon
Re: iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/23290
# Posted on December 8th 2009 by fidkid
Re: iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
It looks really cool. Wish it had a chanter though. Is there a tinwhistle app? Michael?
# Posted on December 8th 2009 by fidkid
Re: iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
Here's the video showing using the app with my toe while playing the anglo concertina:
http://drop.io/3QuarterSetPreview6/asset/3quartersetconcertinademo-mpg
Whistle players can also use their elbow, it works quite well...
Should be interesting to see what sorts of interesting ways people use the app...
# Posted on December 8th 2009 by Michael Eskin
Re: iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
The problem with the iPhone/iPod Touch is that they only allow up to 5 simultaneous touches, a whistle required 6 and a chanter requires 8, so any simulation would require some non-standard fingering system. The company that did "Ocarina" only uses 4 touch areas in a staggered formation.
There's probably some way to do it that would not be too awful to figure out...
# Posted on December 8th 2009 by Michael Eskin
Re: iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
Michael, it's not so bad for the 5 "touch" limitation.
On the whistle, you could make it so that the 5 last holes are always a D, even for first octave. I play the high D with only the 5 last fingers so not a big deal... The first 5 fingers would play an E like a normal whistle. It's very close to the real thing.
The problem is switching octave, that's problematic if you are limited to 5 touch... can't switch octave while playing a note that requires 5 fingers.
# Posted on December 8th 2009 by Azalin
Re: iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
yeah, there is. 5 touches will cover whistle. In the leaf trombone app, the app figures out if you're blowing into the mic to function. If the app can figure out low and high velocity breathing, it can pop the octave.
However - damn. It's ridiculous. But I suppose that's the point.
# Posted on December 9th 2009 by reenactor
Re: iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
If you purchased 3QuarterSet, I would very much appreciate if you would post a rating and review on iTunes, it only takes a few moments.
# Posted on December 9th 2009 by Michael Eskin
Re: iPhone - Uilleann Pipes drone and reg App.
I think it's a really cute little app. It'd fit quite nicely with the vPipes, one would think... An electronic 7/8 set!
# Posted on December 12th 2009 by bdh