bismark swipestrings

Play expressive, fretless melodies on your iPhone or iPad - no pick, no frets, just your fingertips.

bismark swipestrings turns the multi-touch screen into a virtual fretless fingerboard. Slide your fingers to bend pitches, create smooth glissandos, and shape every note with nuance - just like a real fretless guitar or bass.

Whether you're a guitarist looking for a mobile practice tool, a composer sketching melodic ideas, or a performer seeking expressive live control, swipestrings delivers a uniquely organic playing experience.

--- EXPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE ---

• Continuous pitch control via finger slides
• Up to 6 simultaneous strings, each on its own MIDI channel
• Real-time vibrato, glissando, and pitch expression
• Built-in synthesizer sound included

--- POWERFUL MIDI INTEGRATION ---

• CoreMIDI support — connect to any MIDI-compatible app or hardware
• Audiobus compatible
• Send MIDI to apps like bismark bs-16i to access thousands of sounds
• Each string operates independently in Mono mode
• Pitch Bend Sense: 12 semitones per channel

--- MIDI SPECIFICATIONS ---

• MIDI Channels: 1–6 (mapped to strings 1–6)
• Mono mode per channel
• Pitch Bend Range: ±12 semitones

--- SETTINGS & CUSTOMIZATION ---

• Per-string volume, pan, reverb, chorus, delay
• Attack, decay, release, cutoff, resonance (Q)
• Vibrato rate, depth, and delay
• Master Tune with extended range
• All Fourths tuning support
• Background audio & Virtual MIDI

bismark swipestrings is designed for musicians who want more than buttons and keys — it's an instrument that rewards practice and expressiveness.