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Black Notes in iOS Swam instruments

alanphalanph
in Support and Feedback

Hello all, I’ve just acquired a Roli Seaboard Block and have purchased the Swam Trumpets and others for my iPad. I’m being really stupid but I can’t find a way to set or change the key, and it’s stuck in C. When I try an play black notes, they are getting mapped to the white ones in C Major. In the Roli Noise app, all notes play, including the black ones, so I know it isn’t the Seaboard. In the Swam app, I can play the black notes using the on screen keyboard, so I don’t think it is the app - or rather, it is probably an obvious setting I can’t see. The only change I’m making is setting the MIDI Preset to the Seaboard default.
What am I missing? I bet it is staring me in the face, but I can’t see it! Thank you!

Comments

  • LinearLinemanLinearLineman

    Don’t have a real answer... but you may need to adjust setting in a laptop or desktop.

  • duncankduncank

    My Seaboard plays the black notes in the trumpet app ok, using the Seaboard Midi setting and also the default setting. I can’t think what it might be but it may be worth having a look at ROLI Dashboard on a desktop?
    You’d think if it was triggering ok in Noise it would behave the same for any app though.

  • GavinskiGavinski

    Don't forget there is a 3rd party app called Block Dashboard you can use on your ipad too: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/block-dashboard/id1469611330

  • espiegel123espiegel123

    @alanph said:
    Hello all, I’ve just acquired a Roli Seaboard Block and have purchased the Swam Trumpets and others for my iPad. I’m being really stupid but I can’t find a way to set or change the key, and it’s stuck in C. When I try an play black notes, they are getting mapped to the white ones in C Major. In the Roli Noise app, all notes play, including the black ones, so I know it isn’t the Seaboard. In the Swam app, I can play the black notes using the on screen keyboard, so I don’t think it is the app - or rather, it is probably an obvious setting I can’t see. The only change I’m making is setting the MIDI Preset to the Seaboard default.
    What am I missing? I bet it is staring me in the face, but I can’t see it! Thank you!

    Look at the MIDI being sent with a MIDI monitor to see what your device is sending out.

  • alanphalanph

    Hi, thank you all for your suggestions,especially @espiegel123. It is now fixed. Using MIDIWrench, I could see two notes being sent, one (black) note and an octave higher, the in-the-key-of-C corresponding note. I’m not sure what I had to do, but I installed the Roli software on my Mac, changed the mode from MPE to Multi to see the different settings,and now back again, and it is working perfectly. Ta again and happy playing.

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