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Anyone come across IOS Chinese Traditional Instrument Apps?
I know this might be rare to the user here since most of the user coming from Europe and USA, but I would like to ask is there anyone using chinese traditional instrument apps? It might not be Audiobus support, but at least there is build in recorder to record what I play.
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I have a bunch of them, but they don't get used much due to either usability issues, or hassle recording them.
@PaulB can you recommend 1 or 2 which is decent? maybe the zither.
Fun, yes. Decent, no. If they were decent, I'd be using them.
The Chinese zither is called a guzheng (古筝). There are plenty of them in the app store. GuZheng HD says it has recording capability, but I have never used it so I can't tell you if it is very good or not. There is also a smaller instrument called the Guqin (古琴) to check out. Most Chinese instrument apps lack recording capabilities.
@MrNezumi , Ya... Haha... Never think of you can write Chinese... I have asked dev from MEET Studio, they say they will put recording as next update...
You might try this combination:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bismark-bs-16i/id388149926?mt=8
https://www.digitalsoundfactory.com/products/e-mu-planet-earth
https://www.digitalsoundfactory.com/products/old-world-instruments
I've had great success with Bismark's BS-16i and also with Digital Sound Factory's products. Audiobus and Virtual Midi capable too. :-)
The guzheng app looks real expressive and promising
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iguzheng/id438675825?mt=8
See the YouTube videos ..it's pretty awesome but dorms that've recording and audiobus yet so not very useful directly.
The bs16i sound fonts do look tempting but I want a more expressive control on the ethnic sounds. Would the Animoog keyboard /MIDI control work with bs16?
I hope ThumbJam adds support for soundfonts , that would be really cool. ...or even Cantor
I think Thumbjam can act as a controller for BS-16i...
@thepinkelefant I have try iGuzheng, it is pretty good, and the recording file is .igz, which i not sure it can convert to other format...
the interface is good, string bending also nice, but there are 2 or 3 strings that sound like muting a little bit, this is the down side of the app....
Have you checked out bs-16i with a soundfont? Here's a link to a popular soundfont site..
http://www.hammersound.com/cgi-bin/soundlink.pl?action=view_category&category=Ethnic&ListStart=0&ListLength=15
Ya your best bet is soundfont which you can get some great sounds out of if you get the right SoundFonts. I know DigitalSoundFactory offers specifically World Soundfont packs and if you use "YEAR6" at checkout you get 40% off right now
@JMSexton I believe the DigitalSoundFactory deal is over now...
I just used it two days ago...but it sure when it expires
Interesting, the announcement that DSF sent me in the mail said it ends August 18th. I didn't get around to buying the soundfont I wanted, and assumed it was expired on the day the announcement said it would expire. However, after your post, I went and tried it, and was successful!!! Thanks!!! :-) So, as of right now, it appears to be working. :-)
P.S. The code is 6YEARS
Crap I did it again, I did the same thing at checkout, typed it in reverse then and to comeback and check the forum
i also have iguzheng. Also check out magic zether. And while it's not chinese, but japanese, ikoto deserves a mention
@gjcyrus - where you been at?!?!?! You've been missing!
Oh sorry, spelled it wrong. magic zither.
@JMSexton - thanks! Well, ya know theres been a lot of, ahem, great movies recently that have taken my time
In all seriousness, my serious adult job took a lot of my time and had to leave to Seoul and Tokyo for a few weeks. Completely OT, but in Seoul, they weren't dancing Gangnam style, they were doing the LMFAO shuffle moreso.
Might have known you'd have come across a few. Surprised your girlfriend didn't catch you in mid flow...
+1 on iGuzheng!
The expressiveness is awesome!
Hope it gets onboard someday