AccordionPlus

AccordionPlus



$2.99

4.4.5for iPhone, iPad
9.9
1 Ratings
Walter Schurter
Developer
Apr 5, 2020
Update Date
Music
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About AccordionPlus

Please look if the App "AAccompanist" will not match better for you. "AAccompanist" fully includes this "AccordionPlus".

Please contact me by mail. I can't help and reply, when you write only an App store comment!

You can map General MIDI instruments to sounds of the "Sound Canvas" App or the "Gwerder X4" sound module.

To improve sound quality, use an external Sound Module or for example the App Roland "Sound Canvas". All instruments of the "Sound Canvas" (SC-8820) are selectable. You can map all 128 GM instruments to other SC-8820 instruments.

Chromatic Accordion (buttons and 88 piano keys!) "C-System", "B-System", "Free bass mode", "Quint converter" (only iPad's), "Drum mode", MIDI file player/recorder. Bayan not included. Replaces fully the popular "Accordion full".
I you have purchased "Accordion full", you can get a free upgrade, when you send me a mail with the date of purchasing and country (limited offer!).

Fully customizable "Button and Piano Accordion" with internal sounds or/and MIDI support.

This App makes more sense for iPads (specially iPad Air and iPad Pro), but can be used also on other devices. If you have two iPhones, you can play the melody on the first iPhone and the bass/chord/free bass on the second one.

Features:
- MIDI Bluetooth LE supported (e.g. Yamaha MD-BT01).
- Fully customizable "Chromatic Accordion" (Melody, Bass, Chord, free Bass).
- Button and piano key sizes can be adapted separately for the melody and bass side
- Customizable "Drum Pad" (GM drum set)
- Can be used as General MIDI sound module (virtual instrument, 16 channels, 128 instruments, drum set)
- Supports rotation 180° to reduce cable problems
- Full MIDI support with an external MIDI device like the "iRig MIDI"
- Change instrument, velocity, volume, reverb, chorus, octave and panorama for each channel
- Local sound ON/OFF
- MIDI Thru ON/OFF
- Integrated Help
- Simple tutorial, how to play Accordion for beginners
- Get best results with MIDI adapter and a "General MIDI" sound module (set "Local sound" to OFF)
- Use "Accordion" as master keyboard for your MIDI sound module or
- "Open with AccordionPlus" is possible, when clicking on MIDI file (e.g. in Safari)
- MIDI file record and play
- MIDI files stored in the shared iTunes folder
- MIDI file search, rename and delete
- Can record what you play while MIDI file is playing
- You can mute MIDI file channels that you will play yourself or that are not wonted
- Song position can be set
- Master volume of the played MIDI file can be set
- Tempo can be changed (max. two times faster)
- For all 16 MIDI file channels the instruments, volumes and reverb (MIDI) can be changed
- Mail export possibility in file dialogue
- MIDI file can be transposed (-5 to +6 notes)
- Played notes from MIDI file can be marked as red buttons or grey piano keys (select desired channel). Use the "Freeze" button to stop and see the played notes.
- 32 chord types are detected and displayed !
- The chords can be detected an all channels or only on a specific one.
- Background playing is supported

- A customer "SoundFont" can be placed in the shared iTunes folder, named "GM_instruments.sf2" and it must support the General MIDI sound set including drums. Large "SoundFont" files may not work.

Some user comments:
Even better! * * * * *
von n9yty - Version - 1.1.3 - Nov 21, 2014
So, this update took a great app and added the B-griff or B-system layout for no extra charge. And while not new, it is very easy to customize the sound by adding a soundfont of your choice and adding extra styles of accompaniments via midi files. Great fun!

AAccompanist * * * * *
von Rgk45 - Version - 1.0.3 - Nov 10, 2014
What a marvelous app!! Wow!!! I am absolutely pleased.

Known problems:
- In iOS 7 there is a function called "Multitasking ...". Please set the switch to OFF (in iPad, Settings, General).
- No sound: Is the silent switch set to OFF or volume too low?
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.4.5

Last updated on Apr 5, 2020
Old Versions
Fixed: Red buttons to learn playing accordion were not shown on iPhones with newer iOS versions.
Info: You must press the yellow "test" buttons more than one second to see the buttons red highlighted on some newer iPhones, because the buttons are near on the left/right borders.
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Version History
4.4.5
Apr 5, 2020
Fixed: Red buttons to learn playing accordion were not shown on iPhones with newer iOS versions.
Info: You must press the yellow "test" buttons more than one second to see the buttons red highlighted on some newer iPhones, because the buttons are near on the left/right borders.
4.4.4
Jan 28, 2020
Bug fix
- After instrument changes the volume was sometimes set to the maximum (only for internal sounds). This is probably an iOS problem.
4.4.1
Nov 10, 2019
- New easy file search mode for MIDI files
- Minor bug fixes
4.4.0
Nov 2, 2019
- Bug fixes
- Adapted for new security rules in iOS 13.2, when using "Share" in the Apples file manager to import ".mid", ".kar" and ".sty" files
- Button "iCloud" is now named "iCloud + Files"
- Files folder is named "App document folder" (no more "shared iTunes folder")
- Sorry iTunes was changed by Apple, so you can access files only in the "Finder" on MAC or in "Files" from your iPhone/iPad
4.3.1
Oct 5, 2019
- Adapted for missing function "send to" in iOS 13
- *.kar files can be played (if you need to see the Karaoke text, then please use the App "MIDIplayerS")
- iCloud and file manager supported
- Multiple file selection for import supported with iOS 13. iOS doesn't indicate when the copy process is still running (specially bad, when copying a large amount of files)
- General bug fixes
4.2.6
Dec 6, 2018
- Reverb is now also available for internal sounds, not only for external MIDI devices
- Touch on tempo value resets the tempo to "1" (normal tempo)
- Minor bug fixes
4.2.5
Nov 7, 2018
Bug fix for new iOS
4.2.4
Sep 3, 2018
Bug fix:
There was a mal function after something was changed in newer iOS or API versions.
After sending "instrument change", the volume and panorama were overwritten.
4.2.2
May 8, 2018
Bug fix.
- Button "B-System" (iPhone version) is now visible, sorry.
4.0.7
Dec 22, 2017
Bug fix, sorry.
4.0.4
Dec 20, 2017
Bug fixes.
4.0.0
Dec 11, 2017
I'll make you a little present: After a long search I finally found a better accordion sound. Please give me a feedback, how you rate the new sound, thanks.
1.3.8
Nov 13, 2017
This update:
- Minor bug fixes for iPhone X and piano layout.
Previous update:
- Instrument change, while playing, is now possible when iOS version is minimum 11.0.
- Ready for iPhone X, iOS 11 and multitasking.
1.3.6
Nov 8, 2017
- Instrument change, while playing, is now possible when iOS version is minimum 11.0.
- Ready for iPhone X, iOS 11 and multitasking.
1.3.3
Mar 28, 2017
- Import from iCloud is now supported ("open with" AccordionPlus).
Please contact me by mail. I can't help and reply, when you write only an App store comment!

Finally Apple says:
With the the new API, developers can publicly respond to reviews on both the iOS and Mac App Stores.
1.3.2
Feb 12, 2017
- MIDI Bluetooth LE is now fully supported (e.g. Yamaha MD-BT01)
- Now you can select, if local played notes (touch screen) are sent to "MIDI Out" (depends no more on the "MIDI Thru" switch)
1.1.1
Oct 27, 2016
Thanks for all user feedback (please do always use "Mail", not only "Ratings and Reviews").
- Divers bug fixes (chord detection adapted, when "Notes OFF" are received with velocity not zero).
- Instrument setting is now locked, while MIDI file is playing (only when the switch "Local Sound" is set to "ON"). I couldn't solve this problem with Apple (bug was reported).
- Mapped instruments names are displayed.
- Instrument mappings can be saved to and loaded from the shared iTunes folder.
- Other bug fixes.
1.1.0
Oct 12, 2016
- If you have the Roland virtual "Sound Canvas" App (available in the App store for about 20 $), then you can map now the General MIDI instruments to all of 1136 possible SC-8820 instruments of the "Sound Canvas". Go to "Settings", "MIDI Options" and press the "Sound Canvas" button. Select the General MIDI instrument that you will map to an other instrument and choose one of the list below.
Attention: You should always map a percussive instrument like "(0) Piano" to a percussive instrument like " (0;1) Upright Piano" and a non percussive instrument like "(21) Accordion" to a non percussive instrument like "(21;24) Hard Accordion".
You can also map the General MIDI drum set to one of 37 other drum sets of the "Sound Canvas".
Switch "Local Sound" to OFF and select for "MIDI Out device "Sound Canvas (MIDI In)". Always start first "Sound Canvas" and then "AAccompanist" or "AccordionPlus"!
- The "Free Bass" mode has now 5 rows (mirror of melody buttons side).
- Bug fixes
1.0.3
Mar 9, 2016
- Minor bug fixes.
- Adapted for iPad Pro.
- Master volume slider for external sound modules added.
- The drum set can be changed now (only for external sound modules).
- Next/previous MIDI file buttons for MIDI file player (buttons only for iPad's, the same SYSEX commands as for "Next/previous style".
- New options for owners of a "Gwerder X4" sound module. Get the free code to activate this mode by sending me a mail (wale.schurter@bluewin.ch).
1.0.2
Sep 15, 2015
- Bug fixed concerning "SYSEX" (System Exclusive messages) recording.
- New bass button orientation added (only for iPad's)
- Lock Accordion Autorotation switch added (only for iPad's)
- Quint converter mode added (e.g. "E, C, e, c, e1, c1" instead of "E, C, Cmaj, Cmin, C7th, C7thd")
- Change octave in channel settings for MIDI player added (not savable and only for iPad's)
- Adapted for iOS 9
Please send questions, error reports and requested new features directly to my mail address (wale.schurter@bluewin.ch).
Comments in the App store are welcome, but I can't reply to them.
1.0.1
Jan 26, 2015
Fixed bugs:
- Some MIDI player buttons set to the right layer
- Some text corrected

Do you know my other Apps called "AAccompanist" (Auto Accompaniment), "MIDI file player" and "MIDItoolsPlus"?
1.0.0
Jan 15, 2015

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