Uilleann - Pocket Irish Pipes 3.6
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Publisher Description
Uilleann is a pocket-sized, authentic sounding 3/4 set of Uilleann pipes in the form of a two octave piano keyboard and also supports hardware MIDI bagpipes chanters.
Uilleann is an authentic sounding 3/4 set of Uilleann pipes (Irish Bagpipes) chanter, drones, and two regulators in the form of a standard two octave piano keyboard and also supports hardware MIDI bagpipes chanters connect to a hardware MIDI interface.
The app can also be used as a CoreMIDI sound module for MIDI file player apps.
The app plays the four most common keys for the instrument of D, C#, C, and B.
Touch the drone puck image to switch the drones on and off.
Touch the keys to play the chanter notes.
Touching in the upper half of the key plays the note at standard pitch. Touching lower on the key plays with the pitch proportionally lower to allow for pitch bending and vibrato effects
Finger vibrato for expression, as is done on the real instrument, can be added by sliding back and forth along the length of the chanter keys. The note C has an extended pitch bend range as typically used when playing a real chanter.
Play the regulator chords by touching the four squares above the keyboard on the left.
The chords match the tenor/baritone regulator pairs and are:
F#/D
G/D
A/F#
B/G
Since the real Uilleann pipes chanter doesn't play below D, the two regulators for chords may also be played on the upper and lower halves of the C and C# at the bottom of the keyboard.
Touch the mixer icon at the upper right to bring up the settings page where you can select the key (D, C#, C, or B), set the volumes of the chanter, drones, and regulators, set the amount of drone chorus effect, overall reverb level, and MIDI chanter parameters.
MIDI Chanter Setup:
Connect your MIDI chanter first using a hardware MIDI interface, then launch the Uilleann for iPhone app.
Use the MIDI controls on the settings page to set the MIDI channel for the chanter and drone notes as well as the lowest MIDI note for your MIDI chanter.
Range of the lowest MIDI note is from 55 to 79.
MIDI default parameter values are based on the Fagerstrom Uilleann Technopipes:
Drone channel: 15
Chanter channel: 1
Lowest Note: 69
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages on the Chanter MIDI channel. Pitch bend response is based on a two semitone maximum bend range.
The four regulator pairs now may be played on the MIDI channel one higher than the chanter starting on MIDI note 64 (E3).
MIDI notes 64 - 67 on the regulators channel play the regulator pairs. These notes match the mapping for the same baritone/tenor regulators used in the iPad version of the app.
The app can also be used as a CoreMIDI sound module for MIDI file player apps. The chanter, regulator, and drones channels will be mapped as described above.
MIDI channel and lowest note values are saved on exit.
Jul 23, 2018
Version 3.6
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Faster response time and sound quality improvements.
The four regulator pairs now may be played on the MIDI channel one higher than the chanter starting on MIDI note 64 (E3).
MIDI notes 64 - 67 on the regulators channel play the regulator pairs. These notes match the mapping for the same baritone/tenor regulators used in the iPad version of the app.
More robust support for using the app as a sound module via CoreMIDI with other MIDI file player apps.
About Uilleann - Pocket Irish Pipes
Uilleann - Pocket Irish Pipes is a paid app for iOS published in the Audio File Players list of apps, part of Audio & Multimedia.
The company that develops Uilleann - Pocket Irish Pipes is Michael Eskin. The latest version released by its developer is 3.6.
To install Uilleann - Pocket Irish Pipes on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2018-07-23 and was downloaded 10 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Uilleann - Pocket Irish Pipes as malware if the download link is broken.
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