Säckpipa - Swedish Bagpipes for Android

11 things about Säckpipa - Swedish Bagpipes

1. For use with a MIDI keyboard, to have the instrument match the note names (with transpose set to zero), set the lowest note value to 60 (C3) and the Chromatic note map option to “Off”.

2. Use the MIDI Chanter Parameters controls to set the MIDI channel of your chanter, as well as the lowest note on the chanter.

3. MIDI pitch bend is supported (two semitone range) on the chanter channel.

4. The app is an authentic sounding Säckpipa that may be played on-screen or with a hardware MIDI chanter or keyboard.

5. The drones are started/stopped by sending any MIDI Note-on event (less than note 80) on the drones MIDI channel.

6. You may transpose the instrument up or down one octave in semitone increments and fine tune the instrument +/- 50 cents in one cent increments using the semitone and cents sliders.

7. "GHB-G" is for chromatic chanters where the bottom note is assumed to be the leading G tone.

8. When the Chromatic Map is set to "GHB-G" or "GHB-A", the app will remap the incoming chromatic scale notes to the GHB scale so that GHB fingerings can be used on a Chromatic chanter.

9. Both GHB and Chromatic style hardware MIDI chanters are supported.

10. "GHB-A" is for chromatic chanters where there is no leading tone and the bottom note is the A tone.

11. The MIDI Note-off event with the same note number will stop the drones.