SolFa Mode-Go-Round Lite Hack 2.3 + Redeem Codes
Developer: Dr. Garbers Softwareentwicklung
Category: Music
Price: $0.99 (Download for free)
Version: 2.3
ID: de.webli.garbers.SolFa-Mode-Go-Round-Lite
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Description
A unique musical instrument. An interactive music theory medium. An amazing solmization machine. All in one. Choose tonic and mode. Watch the keyboard change. Play and listen to the "do re mi fa so" singing. Follow the tutorials. Play and grasp music!
The keyboards:
The app features a diatonically oriented round keyboard and a chromatic piano keyboard. Like the scale, the former is circular resp. spiraled.
* You can play it from all directions. With friends, too! You can play a canon together and go around the keyboard.
* There are only 7 keys per octave, similar to the white keys of the piano. This makes it easy to improvise nice melodies and chords.
* Choose a tonic and mode. There are 12 tonics and 7 modes (church modes resp. major/minor), thus 84 configurations.
* The keys have labels for scale degree, note name and solmization syllable. The labels and sounds depend on the current configuration. A beam angel displays the positions of the diatonic tones in the chromatic scale and their step pattern.
* Change the key. The ordering of the 84 configurations make related configurations easy to reach. Simply add a single alteration sign, shift the whole scale by a half tone step, switch to related church modes or jump directly to your destination.
The sounds/mixer:
The keys trigger pre-recorded solmization syllables (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti) and/or instrument sounds.
* Freely mix vibraphone and solmization sounds.
The music theoretical playground:
The app is based on Thomas Noll's Tonkreisel exhibit. Please, see also his mathematical-music-theoretical topics, examples and tutorials for this app!
* Get a fine feeling for the character differences between the diatonic scales Major (Ionian), natural Minor (Aeolian) and the church modes Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian and Locrian.
* Understand how they are interrelated.
* Hide visual guides to test your knowledge.
Solmization:
The syllables depend on the pitch, the chosen tonic/mode configuration and the solmization method.
* We visually and aurally support absolute solmization (Fixed-Do), relative solmization (Movable-Do) and scale degree solmization.
* Play notes, hear the solmization syllables and sing. Try it in different modes.
* Use the app as a Rosetta Stone of solmization.
Differences between the Lite and Free version:
* The Free version shows ads and hourly ask you to buy another version.
Extended features of the Full version (MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round):
* This app both produces and receives MIDI notes and control commands.
* Notes are displayed on the keyboards. You can visually distinguish notes from different channels.
* Selectively connect to other apps and devices, e.g. another SolFa Mode-Go-Round, a MIDI piano (via adapter), sequencers, keyboard apps and use Garageband sounds.
* Simply record tracks, export, import and play midi files.
* Use the channel-based filters and settings. tune into specific voices and hear MIDI recordings analytically.
* Improvise (with guidance) a four-part counterpoint canon note-by-note.
* Additional solmization voice Bruno.
* Install arbitrary instrument sounds.
Still not convinced?
Find documentation, background information and tutorials on the Tonkreisel and SolFa Mode-Go-Round website!
Have fun and let the mode go round!
The keyboards:
The app features a diatonically oriented round keyboard and a chromatic piano keyboard. Like the scale, the former is circular resp. spiraled.
* You can play it from all directions. With friends, too! You can play a canon together and go around the keyboard.
* There are only 7 keys per octave, similar to the white keys of the piano. This makes it easy to improvise nice melodies and chords.
* Choose a tonic and mode. There are 12 tonics and 7 modes (church modes resp. major/minor), thus 84 configurations.
* The keys have labels for scale degree, note name and solmization syllable. The labels and sounds depend on the current configuration. A beam angel displays the positions of the diatonic tones in the chromatic scale and their step pattern.
* Change the key. The ordering of the 84 configurations make related configurations easy to reach. Simply add a single alteration sign, shift the whole scale by a half tone step, switch to related church modes or jump directly to your destination.
The sounds/mixer:
The keys trigger pre-recorded solmization syllables (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti) and/or instrument sounds.
* Freely mix vibraphone and solmization sounds.
The music theoretical playground:
The app is based on Thomas Noll's Tonkreisel exhibit. Please, see also his mathematical-music-theoretical topics, examples and tutorials for this app!
* Get a fine feeling for the character differences between the diatonic scales Major (Ionian), natural Minor (Aeolian) and the church modes Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian and Locrian.
* Understand how they are interrelated.
* Hide visual guides to test your knowledge.
Solmization:
The syllables depend on the pitch, the chosen tonic/mode configuration and the solmization method.
* We visually and aurally support absolute solmization (Fixed-Do), relative solmization (Movable-Do) and scale degree solmization.
* Play notes, hear the solmization syllables and sing. Try it in different modes.
* Use the app as a Rosetta Stone of solmization.
Differences between the Lite and Free version:
* The Free version shows ads and hourly ask you to buy another version.
Extended features of the Full version (MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round):
* This app both produces and receives MIDI notes and control commands.
* Notes are displayed on the keyboards. You can visually distinguish notes from different channels.
* Selectively connect to other apps and devices, e.g. another SolFa Mode-Go-Round, a MIDI piano (via adapter), sequencers, keyboard apps and use Garageband sounds.
* Simply record tracks, export, import and play midi files.
* Use the channel-based filters and settings. tune into specific voices and hear MIDI recordings analytically.
* Improvise (with guidance) a four-part counterpoint canon note-by-note.
* Additional solmization voice Bruno.
* Install arbitrary instrument sounds.
Still not convinced?
Find documentation, background information and tutorials on the Tonkreisel and SolFa Mode-Go-Round website!
Have fun and let the mode go round!
Version history
2.3
2020-01-10
iOS 13 support and bug fixes.
Dark mode.
Dark mode.
2.2
2017-11-02
Updates for iOS 11 and new devices.
2.1
2013-07-23
New interface features:
* A touch-sensitive piano keyboard that displays MIDI notes like the round keyboard.
* You can relate the piano keys (chromatic scale) with the diatonic disk keys.
Version 2.0:
New features:
* The mode-picker additionally supports major/minor terms.
* A vibraphone sound can be used instead of solmization.
* Hold/Stop: When you tap the "hold" button, the currently played notes are kept until you tap their note-heads or until you press the "stop" button.
Bug fixes:
* We have corrected Fixed-Do solmization.
Documentation:
* Updated documentation.
* All main views now have an info-button showing you the help screen for the current context.
Demos:
Some features of the Full version (see below) are demoed in this version.
* If you notice disabled controls, they are only available in the Full version.
* Recording is disabled.
* File exchange is disabled, including MIDI files and sound fonts.
* MIDI connections are not possible.
Have fun!
If you do, please tell others, rate this version on the App Store and like it!
The Full version has been updated and contains many new features:
The SolFa Mode-Go-Round is now multifunctional and can be used without recourse to church modes and solmization. New features: chord and cannon-generator, hold-button, solmization and/or instrument sounds, channel-based settings, loading of sound-fonts and MIDI files, multitrack recorder and player, note visualization on the keyboard. A second solmization voice. We have corrected Fixed-Do solmization.
New MIDI features:
* A simple built-in MIDI recorder and MIDI player: You can record your own performance, download MIDI files, play them and add new tracks.
* Support for sound fonts: You can install arbitrary sound fonts and assign particular sounds to each of the 16 MIDI channels.
* Two sounds at the same time: Each MIDI note generates both an instrument and a solmization sound. You can set their absolute volume or use MIDI panning commands to set their relative volume.
* Note visualization: Note-heads in different colors and sizes with a 16-bit mask show you all current MIDI notes on the playground.
* For each of the 16 MIDI channels you can specify processing properties which are combined with global settings:
Sounds:
* Two solmization voices are available: "Erlebnisland" is the sound that was recorded for the original Tonkreisel exhibit. "Bruno" is a synthesized single voice. It is more regular and has better timing.
* When playing on the playground, you can choose to have the notes additionally interpreted by the MIDI processing pipeline. This way you can play arbitrary sounds.
Chord / Canon Generator:
The chord / canon generator allows you to trigger chords with up to 4 extra notes, based on the input notes. For this, you set arbitrary diatonic intervals and delays.
* With positive delays, you generate note-against-note imitations of your improvised melody.
* Before you play the next note of the leading voice, see preview and suggestion notes to avoid irregularities.
* Previews notes are known to be automatically played together with the next note.
* Suggestions are all notes which may be played without violating the rules of first species counterpoint.
* A touch-sensitive piano keyboard that displays MIDI notes like the round keyboard.
* You can relate the piano keys (chromatic scale) with the diatonic disk keys.
Version 2.0:
New features:
* The mode-picker additionally supports major/minor terms.
* A vibraphone sound can be used instead of solmization.
* Hold/Stop: When you tap the "hold" button, the currently played notes are kept until you tap their note-heads or until you press the "stop" button.
Bug fixes:
* We have corrected Fixed-Do solmization.
Documentation:
* Updated documentation.
* All main views now have an info-button showing you the help screen for the current context.
Demos:
Some features of the Full version (see below) are demoed in this version.
* If you notice disabled controls, they are only available in the Full version.
* Recording is disabled.
* File exchange is disabled, including MIDI files and sound fonts.
* MIDI connections are not possible.
Have fun!
If you do, please tell others, rate this version on the App Store and like it!
The Full version has been updated and contains many new features:
The SolFa Mode-Go-Round is now multifunctional and can be used without recourse to church modes and solmization. New features: chord and cannon-generator, hold-button, solmization and/or instrument sounds, channel-based settings, loading of sound-fonts and MIDI files, multitrack recorder and player, note visualization on the keyboard. A second solmization voice. We have corrected Fixed-Do solmization.
New MIDI features:
* A simple built-in MIDI recorder and MIDI player: You can record your own performance, download MIDI files, play them and add new tracks.
* Support for sound fonts: You can install arbitrary sound fonts and assign particular sounds to each of the 16 MIDI channels.
* Two sounds at the same time: Each MIDI note generates both an instrument and a solmization sound. You can set their absolute volume or use MIDI panning commands to set their relative volume.
* Note visualization: Note-heads in different colors and sizes with a 16-bit mask show you all current MIDI notes on the playground.
* For each of the 16 MIDI channels you can specify processing properties which are combined with global settings:
Sounds:
* Two solmization voices are available: "Erlebnisland" is the sound that was recorded for the original Tonkreisel exhibit. "Bruno" is a synthesized single voice. It is more regular and has better timing.
* When playing on the playground, you can choose to have the notes additionally interpreted by the MIDI processing pipeline. This way you can play arbitrary sounds.
Chord / Canon Generator:
The chord / canon generator allows you to trigger chords with up to 4 extra notes, based on the input notes. For this, you set arbitrary diatonic intervals and delays.
* With positive delays, you generate note-against-note imitations of your improvised melody.
* Before you play the next note of the leading voice, see preview and suggestion notes to avoid irregularities.
* Previews notes are known to be automatically played together with the next note.
* Suggestions are all notes which may be played without violating the rules of first species counterpoint.
2.0
2013-06-29
New features:
* The mode-picker additionally supports major/minor terms.
* A vibraphone sound can be used instead of solmization.
* Hold/Stop: When you tap the "hold" button, the currently played notes are kept until you tap their note-heads or until you press the "stop" button.
Bug fixes:
* We have corrected Fixed-Do solmization.
Documentation:
* Updated documentation.
* All main views now have an info-button showing you the help screen for the current context.
Demos:
Some features of the Full version (see below) are demoed in this version.
* If you notice disabled controls, they are only available in the Full version.
* Recording is disabled.
* File exchange is disabled, including MIDI files and sound fonts.
* MIDI connections are not possible.
Have fun!
If you do, please tell others, rate this version on the App Store and like it!
The Full version has been updated and contains many new features:
The SolFa Mode-Go-Round is now multifunctional and can be used without recourse to church modes and solmization. New features: chord and cannon-generator, hold-button, solmization and/or instrument sounds, channel-based settings, loading of sound-fonts and MIDI files, multitrack recorder and player, note visualization on the keyboard. A second solmization voice. We have corrected Fixed-Do solmization.
New MIDI features:
* A simple built-in MIDI recorder and MIDI player: You can record your own performance, download MIDI files, play them and add new tracks.
* Support for sound fonts: You can install arbitrary sound fonts and assign particular sounds to each of the 16 MIDI channels.
* Two sounds at the same time: Each MIDI note generates both an instrument and a solmization sound. You can set their absolute volume or use MIDI panning commands to set their relative volume.
* Note visualization: Note-heads in different colors and sizes with a 16-bit mask show you all current MIDI notes on the playground.
Fine grained MIDI mixing:
For each of the 16 MIDI channels you can specify processing properties which are combined with global settings:
* Are notes processed or filtered out? You can disable distracting voices while you learn your own voice.
* Are notes displayed on the playground? You can selectively display your voice or others.
* Instrument vs. Solmization volume: Listen to the solmization of your voice by setting the solmization volume of all other voices to zero.
* Instrument sound: You can distinguish different voices aurally by assigning them different sounds.
* Should program, volume and panning MIDI commands be processed? MIDI files contain such commands to adjust the sound. Choose no to keep your own sound settings for analyzing instead of enjoying the score.
* Should the app interpret some MIDI events as mode changes? Choose no to modulate yourself at the right time. With the built-in MIDI recorder, a music notation software or a MIDI sequencer you can add special mode-changing events.
Sounds:
* Two solmization voices are available: "Erlebnisland" is the sound that was recorded for the original Tonkreisel exhibit. "Bruno" is a synthesized single voice. It is more regular and has better timing.
* When playing on the playground, you can choose to have the notes additionally interpreted by the MIDI processing pipeline. This way you can play arbitrary sounds.
Chord / Canon Generator:
The chord / canon generator allows you to trigger chords with up to 4 extra notes, based on the input notes. For this, you set arbitrary diatonic intervals and delays.
* With positive delays, you generate note-against-note imitations of your improvised melody.
* Before you play the next note of the leading voice, see preview and suggestion notes to avoid irregularities.
* Previews notes are known to be automatically played together with the next note.
* Suggestions are all notes which may be played without violating the rules of first species counterpoint.
* The mode-picker additionally supports major/minor terms.
* A vibraphone sound can be used instead of solmization.
* Hold/Stop: When you tap the "hold" button, the currently played notes are kept until you tap their note-heads or until you press the "stop" button.
Bug fixes:
* We have corrected Fixed-Do solmization.
Documentation:
* Updated documentation.
* All main views now have an info-button showing you the help screen for the current context.
Demos:
Some features of the Full version (see below) are demoed in this version.
* If you notice disabled controls, they are only available in the Full version.
* Recording is disabled.
* File exchange is disabled, including MIDI files and sound fonts.
* MIDI connections are not possible.
Have fun!
If you do, please tell others, rate this version on the App Store and like it!
The Full version has been updated and contains many new features:
The SolFa Mode-Go-Round is now multifunctional and can be used without recourse to church modes and solmization. New features: chord and cannon-generator, hold-button, solmization and/or instrument sounds, channel-based settings, loading of sound-fonts and MIDI files, multitrack recorder and player, note visualization on the keyboard. A second solmization voice. We have corrected Fixed-Do solmization.
New MIDI features:
* A simple built-in MIDI recorder and MIDI player: You can record your own performance, download MIDI files, play them and add new tracks.
* Support for sound fonts: You can install arbitrary sound fonts and assign particular sounds to each of the 16 MIDI channels.
* Two sounds at the same time: Each MIDI note generates both an instrument and a solmization sound. You can set their absolute volume or use MIDI panning commands to set their relative volume.
* Note visualization: Note-heads in different colors and sizes with a 16-bit mask show you all current MIDI notes on the playground.
Fine grained MIDI mixing:
For each of the 16 MIDI channels you can specify processing properties which are combined with global settings:
* Are notes processed or filtered out? You can disable distracting voices while you learn your own voice.
* Are notes displayed on the playground? You can selectively display your voice or others.
* Instrument vs. Solmization volume: Listen to the solmization of your voice by setting the solmization volume of all other voices to zero.
* Instrument sound: You can distinguish different voices aurally by assigning them different sounds.
* Should program, volume and panning MIDI commands be processed? MIDI files contain such commands to adjust the sound. Choose no to keep your own sound settings for analyzing instead of enjoying the score.
* Should the app interpret some MIDI events as mode changes? Choose no to modulate yourself at the right time. With the built-in MIDI recorder, a music notation software or a MIDI sequencer you can add special mode-changing events.
Sounds:
* Two solmization voices are available: "Erlebnisland" is the sound that was recorded for the original Tonkreisel exhibit. "Bruno" is a synthesized single voice. It is more regular and has better timing.
* When playing on the playground, you can choose to have the notes additionally interpreted by the MIDI processing pipeline. This way you can play arbitrary sounds.
Chord / Canon Generator:
The chord / canon generator allows you to trigger chords with up to 4 extra notes, based on the input notes. For this, you set arbitrary diatonic intervals and delays.
* With positive delays, you generate note-against-note imitations of your improvised melody.
* Before you play the next note of the leading voice, see preview and suggestion notes to avoid irregularities.
* Previews notes are known to be automatically played together with the next note.
* Suggestions are all notes which may be played without violating the rules of first species counterpoint.
1.1
2012-11-06
User Interface:
This version features a nicer and structurally reworked user interface.
- The tab-based navigation allows to reach settings and documentation more quickly.
- On the iPad you can tweak settings while you play in landscape mode.
- You can show and hide controls on the main tab which is particularly useful on the iPhone 5 with its larger display.
Music:
- You can now hear the consonants much better.
- When you slide your finger to another field (legato), you hear a new sound. This way you can play much smoother.
- The mode-tab shows the parallel major mode to facilitate the understanding of church modes.
Documentation:
Added links to the SolFa Mode-Go-Round web site to this app.
- The web site contains documentation, tutorials, videos and a support forum.
- See http://sites.google.com/site/solfamodegoround/
This version features a nicer and structurally reworked user interface.
- The tab-based navigation allows to reach settings and documentation more quickly.
- On the iPad you can tweak settings while you play in landscape mode.
- You can show and hide controls on the main tab which is particularly useful on the iPhone 5 with its larger display.
Music:
- You can now hear the consonants much better.
- When you slide your finger to another field (legato), you hear a new sound. This way you can play much smoother.
- The mode-tab shows the parallel major mode to facilitate the understanding of church modes.
Documentation:
Added links to the SolFa Mode-Go-Round web site to this app.
- The web site contains documentation, tutorials, videos and a support forum.
- See http://sites.google.com/site/solfamodegoround/
1.0
2012-08-09
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