MIDI Bagpipes Control Surface

150 installs
3.00 ratings
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Tracking 106 keywords for MIDI Bagpipes Control Surface in Apple App Store

Developer: Michael Eskin Category: music_and_audio Rating: 1.67

MIDI Bagpipes Control Surface tracks 106 keywords (no keywords rank yet; 106 need traction). Key metrics: opportunity 70.2, difficulty 41.5.

Tracked keywords

106

0  ranked •  106  not ranking yet

Top 10 coverage

Best rank — • Latest leader —

Avg opportunity

70.2

Top keyword: independent

Avg difficulty

41.5

Lower scores indicate easier wins

Opportunity leaders

  • independent

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 40.6 • Rank —

    Competitors: 91

    64.8
  • higher

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 42.0 • Rank —

    Competitors: 208

    67.4
  • done

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 44.5 • Rank —

    Competitors: 194

    67.9
  • finger

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 41.7 • Rank —

    Competitors: 182

    67.6
  • green

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 40.7 • Rank —

    Competitors: 114

    64.0

Unranked opportunities

  • independent

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 40.6 • Competitors: 91

  • higher

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 42.0 • Competitors: 208

  • done

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 44.5 • Competitors: 194

  • finger

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 41.7 • Competitors: 182

  • green

    Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 40.7 • Competitors: 114

High competition keywords

  • help

    Total apps: 150,250 • Major competitors: 2,453

    Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 55.1

  • like

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    Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 55.6

  • using

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    Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 53.5

  • designed

    Total apps: 114,471 • Major competitors: 1,080

    Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 51.8

  • play

    Total apps: 92,195 • Major competitors: 2,449

    Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 52.7

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App Description

This app is a Irish/Scottish Bagpipes fingering based MIDI control surface for the iPad that can be used to play your hardware MIDI synthesizer/sampler modules or other MIDI apps.

The chanter fingerings are based on either those used for the Irish Uilleann or Scottish Highland bagpipes.

The app doesn't produce any sound on its own, it is designed for playing hardware and software VST-style MIDI synthesizers via a CoreMIDI compatible interface connected to the dock connector or virtual MIDI instruments like Roland Sound Canvas for iOS, Universal Piper, or Sonosaurus ThumbJam running on your iPad.

The app supports sending data on two independent MIDI channels, one for the chanter and the other for the drones.

IMPORTANT: Since this app requires as many as 9 fingers on the screen at the same time, before playing, disable "Multitasking Gestures" on your iPad (in the iPad Settings app, under the General section, turn the Multitasking Gestures switch to the off position).

Choose between Uilleann and Highland chanter fingerings using the selector below the drone puck.

Touch the '?' on the upper left corner for the on-screen help labels.

For Uilleann fingerings, you can choose whether the back-D note plays when the Back-D switch is touched (Open mode) or released (Closed mode). Closed mode matches the real Uilleann chanter.

Touch the drone puck to start/stop the drones. For the Highland pipes, you'll want to set the drone transposition two semitones higher than the chanter

Using Uilleann Chanter Fingering

To play the chanter, touch the three holes of the left side of the chanter starting with the tips of your left index, middle, and ring fingers.

Next, touch the four holes on the right side of the chanter with the tips of your right index, middle, ring, and little fingers.

Touch the green "Octave" bar on the left side with your left little finger to play the notes one octave higher.

Optional finger vibrato may be done by touching holes below the main closed holes used for a note.

Using Highland Chanter Fingering

Touch the bar at the bottom of the screen with your left thumb. It represents the hole on the back of the chanter for the highest note and must be covered for other lower notes to play.

The app uses chanter fingerings based on those for the Highland pipes.

Next, touch the left half of the chanter starting with the tips of your left index, mid