orphinio app good for
I love it and think its an awesome invention. You can spend hours with it just exploring the way it works, And then check out how real musicians include it in their repertoires (youtube or so). Clear recommendation.
One of the best music apps on appstore to be honest. It gives uncountable posibilities. Only what you need is creativity.
The app is great, expecialy with the MIDI feature.
But why we can not download more layout on the website like Orphion app? Please enable that on the next update!
Some bad moments
What the hell is this?!!!
Ive been a big fan, but you release a disabled half-baked iPhone version and charge $2 USD?!! I never as for my money back but I am now! ONE sound, horrible tinny sound, on my iPhone 5S, with STATIC! And I have EVERY MUSIC APP known on the App Store! One trick pony! I suggest you SHOOT IT!
I am really impressed! I love apps like this and they are few and far between. Using this as a midi controller just blows my mind away. The built in sound is cool also. The dev should add sound packs as an update or IAP. Awesome app Im loving it.
I wish there were more than just the 9 scales though.
Terrible default sound. Nowhere as good as Orphion, and I cannot get midi to work. I hit two strokes and then the sound completely drops out. Just got it and already sorry I spent money. I feel a little swindled.
Ive been using Orphion sense its early versions, and to me it is a totally unique kind of instrument and less like a MIDI controller compared to any other MIDI controllers for iPad. Orphiono is very much the same without a couple minor features, to me the absent features by no means takes away from the value the app. I would however suggest that the option to create your own layouts is perhaps more important on the iPhone than on the iPad, considering the lack of screen space on the iPhone. Midi works perfectly in my case, I had no problems getting orphiono to work with any other app that I have tried. Another suggestion, it might be possible to relay the softer sounds from stroking pads by, for example sending softer sounds to MIDI channel 1 and plucked sounds to MIDI channel 2 and have two different synthesizers play controlled via orphiono. Orphion as a complex sound with depth and dynamics that cant be relayed by playing one synthesizer. This is a really great app and I cant wait to see what comes next.
Would really like to have a blank slate whereupon I place the circles and assign the pitches. That would be cool! As it stands, the layouts are well done and the bend/velocity adds a wonderful dynamic to playing. As with all instruments, it takes practice. Suffice it to say that, for this experimentalist, it is well worth it.
...but if you are sporting an iPhone 5 or screen just as small as I am using and coming from an iPad, you will notice the room limitations. But like everything else, even the larger and more customisable Orphion, you learn that certain sides of your fingers, knuckles, palms etc, will still work to achieve desired sounds with adjustments. My interest is not so heavy on the rhythm/ guitar aspect as much as percussion but for some reason I do get better results with lets say (plucking) on the phone, Also (and this is a device thing) IMO without earphones the iPhone provides a better sound quality. I have major sound problems anyway with my iPad retina so this could just be my own device issue.
I really love both of these apps and you can create some great soundscapes with both without being a musician but by being exposed to the notes and experimenting, a beginner will pick up on notes and achieve at least a rudimentary understanding. Both apps from this developer are so unique plus he does answer emails.
Def well worth the price and much more.
