Musk MIDI Keyboard

Musk MIDI Keyboard: Your expandable MIDI keyboard!

• Use the included General MIDI sound font or import your own sound libraries
• Play on the multi-touch keyboard (8 octaves)
• Send notes to other MIDI apps or keyboards
• Receive notes from external MIDI sources
• Use installed Sounds in other apps using the built-in Audio Unit Extension.
• Track MIDI notes and channels on the keyboard
• Load sound libraries and change MIDI channels to different sounds
• Highlight individual channels visually and acoustically
• Let the app speak the pitch class (pitch class ) of the notes (C = 0 , C # = 1, ..., H = 11) in your own language. (Requires the iOS 7 voices)

The following MIDI sources and targets are supported and can be individually turned on and off:

• Network-MIDI (WiFi) : So you can connect the app to other devices (eg. Mac, iPhone, iPad)
• MIDI devices: you can connect your devices via Camera Connection Kit and USB-MIDI (e.g. a MIDI keyboard)
• Core MIDI-enabled apps : You can, for example, display the notes of a MIDI player and use the sounds of other apps.
• MIDI via Bluetooth (iOS8)
• Experimental MIDI via Gamekit support.

Full Core-MIDI support:

• Other apps publish their MIDI input and output ports: you activate the connection in this app. Active connections are reestablished, if possible, at app restart.
• This app publishes a MIDI input and output: you activate the link in another app or the other app automatically activates the connection.

Setting and filter adjustment options (per channel):

• Show notes
• Hear notes
• Instrument sound
• Instrument and voice volume
• Accepting program and volume change commands (via MIDI input)

Import of sound libraries via:

• ITunes: transmission via Mac or PC
• ICloud: synchronizes the data on all your Apple devices. (Network connection required)
• Other Apps from the manufacturer this app: All of his apps access to the same iCloud directory. (No network connection required)
• Safari: search for a website that offers SoundFonts. Click on the file. Wait until it is downloaded. Then select this app in the "Open In" dialog.
• Mail: Select the attachment and select this app in the "Open In" dialog.
• Other apps: use the "Open In" dialog. (Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive)

Supported file formats and extensions:

• Sound fonts (sf2)
• Downloadable Sounds (dls)
• Logic Pro EXS-24 instrument Files (exs)
• Audio Unit Presets (aupreset)
• Zip files (zip)

Inter-App-Audio, AudioBus 3 and Audio Unit support: You can use the audio output of the app in other apps:

• Record a MIDI performance in Garageband, AudioShare or other apps.
• Add sound effects in GarageBand, VoiceSynth or other apps.
• Use a sound font as an Audio Unit in a host app. (Experimental)

Limitations:

• Speech output can not be sent to other apps.
• Playing many notes per second can push older devices to their limits. When you hear a scraping noise, try terminating other apps.

Have fun!