iGrand Piano FREE
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Free | IK Multimedia US, LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The ultimate piano instrument provides you with an extraordinary collection of ultra-realistic acoustic pianos along with built-in recording! Use the iRig KEYS and KEYS PRO portable keyboards (www.irigkeys.com) or the iRig MIDI 2 interface (www.irigmidi.com) to connect your external keyboard, and you're ready to compose, rehearse, perform and record with the very best instruments for your mobile world. You can now edit your sound even further with the new 3-band EQ and save up to 4 user variations per instrument.
iGrand Piano puts the world's finest pianos right at your fingertips with studio-grade quality that stands up to the most powerful virtual instruments available on a computer.
With high-definition stereo samples across multiple velocities, iGrand Piano brings you the most playable, expressive and beautiful sounding piano instruments available on a mobile device that you can play anytime and everywhere.
iGrand Piano FREE gives you 2 world-class pianos (including one by registering) along with a capable recorder and metronome. The instruments in the FREE version are limited to the 4 octaves centered on middle C (C1 to C5). Purchase the “Upgrade to Full Version” option to get the full 88-note range and give your FREE app the same additional 6 instruments as the paid version.
Add the Piano Expansion 1 via in-app purchase to extend your piano library with 9 additional high-quality instruments or the Piano Expansion 2 with 22 all-new instruments including the Hollywood Piano, piano + strings layers and harpsichords.
Record your rehearsals or performances as MIDI with both overdubbing and punch-in capability, then export your track as audio via E-mail or File Sharing or Audio Copy to other iOS apps. With the built-in MIDI Recorder, you can change the tempo of your piece or even choose to use a different piano AFTER you've completed your performance! For composers of any level, the MIDI Recorder lets you capture and develop ideas anywhere your mobile life takes you. iGrand Piano also includes some professional MIDI performances to help you audition the various piano instruments or just inspire your own creative muse!
The easy-to-use instrument editor puts real-time controls on the panel just above the keys to let you adjust the amount of ambience, the position of the lid (open, closed or anything in between), brightness, envelope release, key transposition and tuning. All edit knobs can be assigned to your choice of MIDI controllers for external fine-crafting of your instrument's sonic details. Virtual MIDI and MIDI Program Change are also supported along with Audiobus and Inter-App Audio for iOS 8.
iGrand Piano features:
- World-class, multi-velocity stereo grand and upright piano instruments (upright available by registering)
- “Upgrade to Full Version” with 6 more pianos and full 88-note range instantly available via in-app purchase
- Expandable libraries offer 31 additional instruments instantly available via in-app purchase
- Intuitive instrument edit controls including ambience, lid, brightness, release, tuning and transpose
- Included MIDI Recorder with overdub and punch-in capability
- Export performances via E-mail, File Sharing and Audio Copy
- Large visual metronome with variable click volume and adjustable tempo
- Easy-to-use instrument editor with transpose to adjust ambience, tonality and tuning with 4 user variations per instrument
- Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support for iOS 8
- Virtual MIDI and MIDI Program Change support
- Low-latency for real-time playing
- More than 64-voice polyphony on the latest devices
- Designed in concert with iRig KEYS and iRig KEYS PRO portable MIDI keyboards and iRig MIDI 2 interface
- Full version also available
For more information:
www.ikmultimedia.com/igrand
www.irigkeys.com
www.irigmidi.com
Reviews
Sounds good, really needs keyboard
fivearrows
I downloaded the iPhone version. The sound is good, pretty convincing to my ears. The sample songs demonstrated a lot of nuance -- both delicacy and power, depending on how the notes were played. If I had an external keyboard I would probably like it a lot. The on-screen keyboard, though, isn't really practical. 2/3 of the screen is taken up by pretty pictures of instruments or control knobs, leaving 1/3 of it for keys. For some reason, hitting the top half of the key doesn't work -- a shaded overlay displays and no note sounds. Key volume is controlled by where you touch -- further "down" on the screen is louder. That's a nice idea as a way to give some expression. The problem is that the black keys are shorter! This means that you can't play them as loud as the white keys. Try to move upwards to balance them out and you rapidly run into the shaded bar that prevents the top half of the keys from playing. I don't play enough piano to justify buying the keyboard. If I did, I'd probably like this app. With the onscreen keyboard, though, I will probably not use it a lot. If you like the sound of a good piano, it's worth downloading to make your own decision.
History
Pa coordinator
From someone who knows deeply what a piano sounds like, this is awesome. A sound like this that fits into your pocket is gonna cost you, well, 20 bucks. Nothing quite like this exists. Some of the pedaling action doesn't handle like a real piano would. But with this iGrand, I can play for hours because the sounds are so musical. Best out there!
Licensing iPad/iPhone?!?
Gryph8s
I was excited to download this app for the iPad weeks ago being a keyboard player and big fan of SampleTank. This app has truly awesome samples and an interface that I have shown off to many impressed friends. I downloaded (on the iPad) the full version and purchased all keyboards (forty dollar investment) BUT UNFORTUNATELY can not share this licensing with the new iPhone version. I spoke with customer service and they promptly explained that this was due to differing software architecture required for the two devices. I do find this curious as SampleTank plays so nicely on all iOS devices under 1 license. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this app. Lack of 5 stars is solely due to this licensing issue.
Weak Black keys
Xerelda
The free version plays the black keys very quiet compared to the white one, The scale is off by half a step. If you play a C, it's really C#.
Pretty good
Playel
The pianos are good, but would be much better if they didn't sound as compressed (or have a compression setting that allows the piano to be heard naturally without the thuddy sound). Would be nice to have the screen be velocity sensitive by how hard you play, rather than where you hit the key (see WI Orchestra app).
The best
Mountain stair
This app is by far the highest quality piano app I have come across. Bravo to its developers!
