AppShopper

PipeKeys HD - Irish Uilleann Bagpipes Keyboard

       iOS iPad

PipeKeys HD is an authentic sounding concert D pitch 3/4 set of Irish Uilleann Bagpipes chanter, drones, and two regulators in the form of a standard two octave piano keyboard.

The Uilleann pipes are a complex, bellows blown bagpipe that is commonly used in traditional Irish music. It is heard quite often in movies with Irish themes because of its very unique sound.

Please visit the app website for a demonstration video!

The range of the chanter is from D4 to B5.

Touch the drone puck image to switch the drones on and off.

Touch the keys to play the chanter and regulators. Chanter keys light up green, regulator keys (the lowest two keys) light up red when touched.

Play the regulator chords on the top and bottom halves of the lowest two notes (C and C#) on the keyboard.

The regulator chords available are:

F#/D
G/D
A/F#
B/G

Finger vibrato for expression, as is done on the real instrument, can be added by sliding back and forth vertical along the length of the chanter keys. The note C has an extended pitch bend range as typically used when playing a real chanter. The low (bottom) D note is generally not played with vibrato on the real instrument, so vibrato is not available on that note in the app.

The volume balance between the drones, regulators, and chanter may be adjusted using the sliders. All settings are saved when the app exits.

You may enable an optional stereo flanging effect for the drones on the settings page. This is particularly effective in headphones.

You may play along with the music on your iPad by starting the track playing and then launching PipeKeys HD.

The sounds are recorded from my personal 3/4 set of Uilleann pipes and are of extremely high quality.

Please visit the app website for more information and demonstration videos.

Two-tone drone puck image courtesy of Mike DeSmidt.

Screenshots

	Screenshot 1 of 3

Share with Others

Last changed:

Nov 02, 2011

Category:

Music

Developer:

Michael Eskin

Version:

1.0

Average Rating:

2.50 (2)

Size:

14.0 MB

Other Apps By This Developer

• 3QSWiFi - Wireless Uilleann Pipes 3/4 Set MIDI Controller
• 3QuarterSet
• 3QuarterSetFree
• 4QSWiFi - Wireless Uilleann Pipes Full Set MIDI Controller
• 4QuarterSet
• AirPipes - Wireless Bagpipes MIDI Control Surface
• Bagpipes - Scottish Highland Bagpipes
• Bagpipes Royale
• BlowPipes - Scottish Highland Bagpipes
• BlowPipesSP - Scottish Smallpipes
• Border Pipes - Scottish Border Pipes
• BorderPipesKeys - Scottish Border Pipes Keyboard
• BoxKeys - Piano Accordion with Three Reed Banks
• ButtonBox - Button Accordion as an English Concertina
• Concertina - C/G Anglo Concertina
• ConcertinaXL - 30-Button C/G Anglo Concertina for the iPad
• Cyborg GCF - Wireless MIDI Button Accordion Control Surface
• Duettina - Two-sided Hayden-style Duet Concertina
• Englitina - English Concertina
• EnglitinaXL - 48-Button English Concertina
• Flautina - Flute Concertina
• HexJam - Hexagonal Jammer Concertina
• HexJam HD - Hexagonal Jammer Concertina
• Hohner D/G - Mini Melodeon
• Hohner-ADG SqueezeBox
• Hohner-B/C Double-Ray Black-Dot Button Accordion
• Hohner-B/C Mini Melodeon
• Hohner-BbEbAb SqueezeBox
• Hohner-C#/D Melodeon
• Hohner-C/F Melodeon
• Hohner-D/G Melodeon
• Hohner-EAD Mini SqueezeBox
• Hohner-EAD SqueezeBox
• Hohner-EAD Xtreme II SqueezeBox
• Hohner-FBbEb Mini SqueezeBox
• Hohner-FBbEb SqueezeBox
• Hohner-FBbEb Xtreme II SqueezeBox
• Hohner-G/C Melodeon
• Hohner-GCF Mini SqueezeBox
• Hohner-GCF SqueezeBox
• Hohner-GCF Xtreme II SqueezeBox
• Irish Flute
• JustDrones
• MIDI Melodeon - Button Accordion Wireless MIDI Control Surface
• MIDIKeys - Wireless MIDI Keyboard Controller
• MidiAnglo - Wireless WiFi Anglo Concertina MIDI Controller
• Miditina - Wireless WiFi English Concertina-style MIDI Controller
• MiditinaXL - English Concertina Wireless MIDI Control Surface
• PipeKeys - Uilleann Bagpipes Keyboard in D
• PipeKeys HD Ultimate - Uilleann Pipes Keyboard in D, C#, C, B, and Bb
• PipeKeysB - Uilleann Bagpipes Keyboard in B
• PipeKeysB HD - Irish Uilleann "Flat Set" Bagpipes Keyboard
• PipeKeysC - Uilleann Bagpipes Keyboard in C
• Small Pipes - Scottish Smallpipes
• SmallPipesKeys - Scottish Smallpipes Keyboard
• Säckpipa - Swedish Bagpipes
• SäckpipaKeys - Swedish Bagpipes Keyboard
• Uilleann - Irish Bagpipes Chanter and Drones
• Uilleann Classic - Irish Bagpipes Chanter and Drones
• Uilleann-B - Irish Bagpipes Flat Set Chanter and Drones in B
• Uilleann-B Classic - Irish Bagpipes Flat Set Chanter and Drones in B
• Uillitina
• UillitinaB
• UillitinaC
• Zydacco - Cajun/Zydeco One-Row Accordion
• Zydaccordion - Cajun/Zydeco One-Row Accordion
• ePipesDrones - Tunable Drones for Scottish Bagpipes Practice
• ePipesKeys - Scottish Highland Bagpipes Keyboard
• ePipesKeys HD Ultimate Bagpipes Keyboard
• iJammer - Wireless MIDI Jammer-Style Control Surface
• mJammer - Wireless MIDI Jammer-Style Control Surface