Hohner MIDI Piano Accordion for Android

11 things about Hohner MIDI Piano Accordion

1. It is a MIDI control surface designed for playing hardware and software VST-style MIDI synthesizers via a CoreMIDI compatible interface connected to the dock connector or virtual MIDI instruments like Roland Sound Canvas for iOS, IK Multimedia SampleTank®, or Sonosaurus ThumbJam running on your iPad.

2. Use the "Transmit MIDI Port" switch to choose between "Omni" sending MIDI data to all CoreMIDI apps (matches previous versions of the app) or "Virtual Port" sending to a named CoreMIDI virtual output port.

3. The Hohner MIDI Piano Accordion is a piano accordion-style CoreMIDI control surface for the iPad.

4. The app accurately maps the chord inversion on a real piano accordion to their equivalent MIDI note numbers.

5. Touch the MIDI connector button to show the MIDI parameter controls.

6. Using the controls, you can set the MIDI channel (1-16), MIDI velocity, and MIDI volume independently for the treble, bass, and chords.

7. On the MIDI control screen you may setup four presets.

8. These can be used to quickly switch between instrument sounds while playing without having to bring up the MIDI settings page.

9. Please visit the app support website to see some live demo videos and for the settings you will need to enable in the synth app you are using to have it work with the control surface.

10. Touch the Hohner logo for the help screen with a link to the Hohner accordion website or touch the Accordion Life logo to start learning with online accordion lessons.

11. When the "Virtual Port option is selected, the app will show up as an input option in apps that support virtual ports like Sonosaurus ThumbJam and MidiBridge.