2.9.3
2017-09-19
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
64 Bit Support
Fixes Crash when trying to open songs and palettes
2.9.2
2014-08-20
Audiobus 2 support!
Improved stability. Fixes multi-touch related crash.
2.9.1
2013-10-21
+ Updated for iOS 7 AudioBus compatibility
+ Fixed crash when opening songs panel
2.9
2013-04-11
Audiobus support and major optimizations.
Introducing Audiobus support: Now you can stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps! See http://audiob.us for more information.
We've also optimized every single aspect of the polychord's audio routines, freeing up more CPU cycles for your device.
2.8
2013-03-13
+ Major graphics Refresh for Retina, looks better than ever!
+ Fixed problem with strum pitch bend (now works with in-app synth)
+ Stability, optimization and performance updates
2.69
2011-12-05
Fixed hanging MIDI notes. Please update your ratings and reviews.
2.68
2011-10-28
(A fix for hung MIDI chords is on the way. The stop button will often work as a make-shift MIDI panic button. If you are having trouble loading palettes, we strongly recommend that you update to iOS 5)
+ Playing chords with other virtual MIDI apps is improved
+ Uses less CPU (more efficient, better performance)
+ Uses less battery
+ "Touch Pressure" now OFF by default (turn on in chord / strum settings)
+ True 'polychords' now possible through MIDI (play many chords on top of each other.)
2.67
2011-09-10
+ Volume Boost. Everything is louder now.
+ Sound Engine Off MIDI mode is 20% more efficient.
2.66
2011-08-26
MIDI update: Use polychord as a MIDI controller with even more apps and devices than before! Exciting new virtual MIDI lets you control compatible synthesizer apps that are multitasking in the background.
Polychord will now send MIDI out to all available ports (USB, WiFi, and virtual MIDI). MIDI Clock/Sync can now be sent from polychord -- this allows you to use polychord to control other beat-based hardware & compatible apps. There's also a 'Sound Engine' control, allowing you to optimize polychord for use as a MIDI controller by turning off polychord's sound synth.
2.65
2011-08-15
Dynamics! Press harder or softer on the keys and chords, and hear the difference. Works great over MIDI -- now you can control your soft-synths with really natural touches. Play a keyboard with true subtlety.
"Pressure Gain" control allows you to pump up polychord's sensitivity to touch, so you can adjust it to work the best whether polychord is on your lap, on a table, or whichever way you choose. And if you don't want any dynamics at all, just toggle off the 'Touch Pressure' switch.
2.05
2011-07-05
Version 2 introduced SoundCloud sharing and performance recording, with a wealth of other new features.
2.05 repairs some minor issues that we've noticed and that users have reported. For more details, see our website. Please update your reviews and ratings for the newest release.
2.0
2011-05-13
- record and share songs with SoundCloud
- sleek new UI made in collaboration with Jonas Eriksson
- palettes, so you can save your settings
- palette f-keys, for fast switching between palettes
- Sine, Sawtooth, Triangle and Square Waves for each instrument. (We used an 'analogue simulation' technique for generating the synthesizer waves, which warms them up a bit.)
- Bitshift features for drums: full control over the reduction of bits / bitrate, allowing you to completely decimate the sound or just add a touch of noise.
- Basic low-pass filtering, resonance for each instrument
- Tremolo Depth controls
- Scale mode for the strum keys: rather than the strum keys playing the notes of the current chord, you can set them to numerous other scales.
- Arpeggiator based on time-signatures. Full control over the speed and count of the arpeggiator -- allows you to mix a different time signature over the beat. Arpeggiator now has all of the same synth controls as the other instruments.
- The UI now highlights the last chord you pressed, rather than always highlighting the root-note.
- Octave control for every instrument
- Precise BPM control, with text input
- A global on/off switch for Auto Accompany
- File manager for renaming/deleting/loading palettes, songs, etc
- pitch bending on strum keys (sends out MIDI too)
- skins panel lets you switch back to the classic color scheme
1.5
2011-02-25
-Fixed yellow key 'sticking' problem
-Tested on newest iOS
-Added MIDI output for Arpeggiator, Drums, Bass (see website for details)
1.0.2
2010-12-17
Strum & Chord MIDI over WIFI (with iOS 4.2+)
1.0.1
2010-11-27
Tested on iOS 4.2
Fixed 'locking' issue