Uilleann - Irish Bagpipes Hack 8.7 + Redeem Codes
Chanter+Drones+Regulators+MIDI
Developer: Michael Eskin
Category: Music
Price: $4.99 (Download for free)
Version: 8.7
ID: com.tradlessons.uilleannclassic
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Description
Uilleann is an extremely authentic sounding Full Set of Traditional Irish Bagpipes that may be played like the real instrument on screen or with a hardware MIDI chanter.
The app emulates the chanter, three drones, and regulators of a full set of Uilleann pipes. It plays in all the traditional keys of D, C#, C, B, and Bb, and is fully tuneable as much as +/- 50 cents.
The Uilleann pipes are a bellows driven set of bagpipes with a two octave range.
The chanter fingerings are based on those used for the Uilleann pipes and will also be familiar and intuitive for players of the tin whistle and Irish flute.
The app supports traditional finger vibrato, and note bending effects.
MIDI Chanter Setup:
Connect your MIDI chanter first using a hardware MIDI interface, then launch the app.
Touch the MIDI icon on the lower left corner to set the MIDI channels and lowest note for your MIDI chanter (55 to 79).
MIDI default parameter values are based on the Fagerstrom Uilleann Technopipes:
Drone channel: 15
Chanter channel: 1
Lowest Note: 69
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bending control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
MIDI settings are saved on exit.
How to Play:
IMPORTANT: Since this app requires as many as 9 fingers on the screen at the same time, before playing, disable "Multitasking Gestures" on your iPad (in the Settings app, under the General section, turn the Multitasking Gestures switch to the off position).
Touch the 'i' icon at the upper right corner of the main screen to show/hide the controls.
Touch the '?' on the upper left corner to show/hide the on-screen help labels.
Select your instrument key from the key selector and adjust the fine tuning with the tuning slider.
The number to the left of the tuning shows shows the tuning offset in cents. To reset the tuning to zero, just touch the number.
Touch the drone puck to start/stop the drones.
To play the chanter, touch the three holes of the left side of the chanter starting with the tips of your left index, middle, and ring fingers.
Next, touch the four holes on the right side of the chanter with the tips of your right index, middle, ring, and little fingers.
Touch the green "Octave" bar on the left side with your left little finger to play the notes one octave higher.
The regulators are played with the right thumb on the circles between the right side of the chanter and the bottom control bars.
Use the TB/BB select to choose between Tenor+Baritone or Baritone+Bass regulator pair chords
The chords in TB mode are as they would be on the real instrument: D, G, D, G, and A
In BB mode they are None (to align with the TB chords), G, D, G, and A
Use the Regulator Volume slider to set the balance of the regulators against the chanter and drones.
The regulators use the same Reverb Send setting as the chanter.
Optional pitch bending of the chanter notes is done by first turning on "Note Bending" in the controls, then sliding the finger up or down very slightly on the root tone hole for the note.
Touch the blue "Back-D" bar at the bottom left center with your left thumb to play the second octave "Back-D" on either a press or release based on the setting of the "Back-D Mode" control.
Touch the red "Stop" bar at the bottom right center with your right thumb to stop the chanter sound while closing all the holes for traditional staccato closed piping techniques. It represents the bottom of the chanter that is closed with the leg.
Touch the purple "Bend" bar on the lower right with your right little finger to bend the pitch or play finger vibrato. You may also perform finger vibrato on the chanter for most notes with the right middle and/or ring fingers.
Chanter image based on my Kirk Lynch concert pitch chanter. Drone puck image courtesy of Mike DeSmidt. Crowley drone sample courtesy of Vinnie Kilduff.
The app emulates the chanter, three drones, and regulators of a full set of Uilleann pipes. It plays in all the traditional keys of D, C#, C, B, and Bb, and is fully tuneable as much as +/- 50 cents.
The Uilleann pipes are a bellows driven set of bagpipes with a two octave range.
The chanter fingerings are based on those used for the Uilleann pipes and will also be familiar and intuitive for players of the tin whistle and Irish flute.
The app supports traditional finger vibrato, and note bending effects.
MIDI Chanter Setup:
Connect your MIDI chanter first using a hardware MIDI interface, then launch the app.
Touch the MIDI icon on the lower left corner to set the MIDI channels and lowest note for your MIDI chanter (55 to 79).
MIDI default parameter values are based on the Fagerstrom Uilleann Technopipes:
Drone channel: 15
Chanter channel: 1
Lowest Note: 69
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bending control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
MIDI settings are saved on exit.
How to Play:
IMPORTANT: Since this app requires as many as 9 fingers on the screen at the same time, before playing, disable "Multitasking Gestures" on your iPad (in the Settings app, under the General section, turn the Multitasking Gestures switch to the off position).
Touch the 'i' icon at the upper right corner of the main screen to show/hide the controls.
Touch the '?' on the upper left corner to show/hide the on-screen help labels.
Select your instrument key from the key selector and adjust the fine tuning with the tuning slider.
The number to the left of the tuning shows shows the tuning offset in cents. To reset the tuning to zero, just touch the number.
Touch the drone puck to start/stop the drones.
To play the chanter, touch the three holes of the left side of the chanter starting with the tips of your left index, middle, and ring fingers.
Next, touch the four holes on the right side of the chanter with the tips of your right index, middle, ring, and little fingers.
Touch the green "Octave" bar on the left side with your left little finger to play the notes one octave higher.
The regulators are played with the right thumb on the circles between the right side of the chanter and the bottom control bars.
Use the TB/BB select to choose between Tenor+Baritone or Baritone+Bass regulator pair chords
The chords in TB mode are as they would be on the real instrument: D, G, D, G, and A
In BB mode they are None (to align with the TB chords), G, D, G, and A
Use the Regulator Volume slider to set the balance of the regulators against the chanter and drones.
The regulators use the same Reverb Send setting as the chanter.
Optional pitch bending of the chanter notes is done by first turning on "Note Bending" in the controls, then sliding the finger up or down very slightly on the root tone hole for the note.
Touch the blue "Back-D" bar at the bottom left center with your left thumb to play the second octave "Back-D" on either a press or release based on the setting of the "Back-D Mode" control.
Touch the red "Stop" bar at the bottom right center with your right thumb to stop the chanter sound while closing all the holes for traditional staccato closed piping techniques. It represents the bottom of the chanter that is closed with the leg.
Touch the purple "Bend" bar on the lower right with your right little finger to bend the pitch or play finger vibrato. You may also perform finger vibrato on the chanter for most notes with the right middle and/or ring fingers.
Chanter image based on my Kirk Lynch concert pitch chanter. Drone puck image courtesy of Mike DeSmidt. Crowley drone sample courtesy of Vinnie Kilduff.
Version history
8.7
2018-07-27
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Performance improvements.
The "Note Bending" On/Off control also now controls the enabling or disabling of reacting to MIDI Pitch Bend messages.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
More robust support for using the app as a sound module via CoreMIDI with other MIDI file player apps.
Performance improvements.
The "Note Bending" On/Off control also now controls the enabling or disabling of reacting to MIDI Pitch Bend messages.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
More robust support for using the app as a sound module via CoreMIDI with other MIDI file player apps.
8.6
2018-07-23
Faster response time and sound quality improvements.
The "Note Bending" control also now controls the enabling or disabling of reacting to MIDI Pitch Bend messages.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
More robust support for using the app as a sound module via CoreMIDI with other MIDI file player apps.
The "Note Bending" control also now controls the enabling or disabling of reacting to MIDI Pitch Bend messages.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
More robust support for using the app as a sound module via CoreMIDI with other MIDI file player apps.
8.5.1
2018-06-14
The "Note Bending" control also now controls the enabling or disabling of reacting to MIDI Pitch Bend messages.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
More robust support for using the app as a sound module via CoreMIDI with other MIDI file player apps.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
More robust support for using the app as a sound module via CoreMIDI with other MIDI file player apps.
8.4.3
2018-06-12
The "Note Bending" control also now controls the enabling or disabling of reacting to MIDI Pitch Bend messages.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
Bug fixes:
Fixed issue with MIDI Controllers that send Note-On events with velocity zero instead of sending Note-Off events.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
Bug fixes:
Fixed issue with MIDI Controllers that send Note-On events with velocity zero instead of sending Note-Off events.
8.4.2
2018-06-09
The "Note Bending" control also now controls the enabling or disabling of reacting to MIDI Pitch Bend messages.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
The app responds to MIDI Pitch Bend messages (two-semitone range) on the Chanter channel. The Note Bend control enables/disables the feature.
Regulator pairs respond on the next MIDI channel after the chanter starting on MIDI note 60.
8.4.1
2018-06-08
The regulator pairs now may be played on the MIDI channel one higher than the chanter starting on MIDI note 60 (C3).
Notes 60 - 63 play the Bass/Baritone pairs
Notes 64 - 68 play the Baritone/Tenor pairs
MIDI Pitch Bend is supported for the chanter, up to two semitones in range.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Notes 60 - 63 play the Bass/Baritone pairs
Notes 64 - 68 play the Baritone/Tenor pairs
MIDI Pitch Bend is supported for the chanter, up to two semitones in range.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.3
2018-06-07
The regulator pairs now may be played on the MIDI channel one higher than the chanter starting on MIDI note 60 (C3).
Notes 60 - 63 play the Bass/Baritone pairs
Notes 64 - 68 play the Baritone/Tenor pairs
MIDI Pitch Bend is supported for the chanter, up to two semitones in range.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Notes 60 - 63 play the Bass/Baritone pairs
Notes 64 - 68 play the Baritone/Tenor pairs
MIDI Pitch Bend is supported for the chanter, up to two semitones in range.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
8.2.2
2018-06-07
Added support for MIDI pitch bend messages. Pitch bend response is based on a two semitone maximum bend range.
Default for chanter bottom MIDI note is now 69 to match the Fagerstrom Uilleann Technopipes.
Default for chanter bottom MIDI note is now 69 to match the Fagerstrom Uilleann Technopipes.
8.1
2018-06-04
Added control for setting the MIDI drones channel.
8.0.4
2018-05-31
Changed MIDI Offset slider to Chanter Lowest MIDI Note for clarity.
New feature: MIDI Chanter control for the Fagerström Technopipes and other MIDI chanters.
Connect your MIDI chanter first using a hardware MIDI interface, then launch the Uilleann app.
Touch the MIDI icon on the lower left corner to set the MIDI channel and lowest note for your MIDI chanter.
Range of the lowest MIDI note is from 55 to 79.
Defaults are based on the Fagerstrom Technopipes:
MIDI Channel = 1
Lowest Note = 67
Drone MIDI channel is 15
MIDI channel and transpose settings are saved on exit.
New feature: MIDI Chanter control for the Fagerström Technopipes and other MIDI chanters.
Connect your MIDI chanter first using a hardware MIDI interface, then launch the Uilleann app.
Touch the MIDI icon on the lower left corner to set the MIDI channel and lowest note for your MIDI chanter.
Range of the lowest MIDI note is from 55 to 79.
Defaults are based on the Fagerstrom Technopipes:
MIDI Channel = 1
Lowest Note = 67
Drone MIDI channel is 15
MIDI channel and transpose settings are saved on exit.
8.0.3
2018-05-27
Performance improvements.
Major new feature! You may now play the app chanter sounds using a hardware MIDI chanter like the Fagerström Technopipes and other MIDI chanters.
Connect your MIDI chanter first using a hardware MIDI interface, then launch the Uilleann app.
Touch the MIDI icon on the lower left corner to set the MIDI channel and bottom-D transpose (relative to MIDI note 67 (G3)) for your MIDI chanter.
Default transpose is 0 for the Fagerstrom on which the bottom note is MIDI note G = 67. For a different hardware chanter, adjust the transpose as required.
MIDI channel and transpose settings are saved on exit.
For the drones, sending any Note On message (Note number < 80) on MIDI Channel 15 from your hardware MIDI chanter will start the drones, and the matching Note Off message for the start note will stop the drones.
Alternately, touch the drone graphic on the iPad to start/stop the drones.
Major new feature! You may now play the app chanter sounds using a hardware MIDI chanter like the Fagerström Technopipes and other MIDI chanters.
Connect your MIDI chanter first using a hardware MIDI interface, then launch the Uilleann app.
Touch the MIDI icon on the lower left corner to set the MIDI channel and bottom-D transpose (relative to MIDI note 67 (G3)) for your MIDI chanter.
Default transpose is 0 for the Fagerstrom on which the bottom note is MIDI note G = 67. For a different hardware chanter, adjust the transpose as required.
MIDI channel and transpose settings are saved on exit.
For the drones, sending any Note On message (Note number < 80) on MIDI Channel 15 from your hardware MIDI chanter will start the drones, and the matching Note Off message for the start note will stop the drones.
Alternately, touch the drone graphic on the iPad to start/stop the drones.
8.0.2
2018-05-21
Major new feature! You may now play the app chanter sounds using a hardware MIDI chanter like the Fagerstrom Technopipes and other MIDI chanters.
Connect your MIDI chanter first using a hardware MIDI interface, then launch the Uilleann app.
Touch the MIDI icon on the lower left corner to set the MIDI channel and bottom-D transpose (relative to MIDI note D = 62) for your MIDI chanter.
Default transpose is -7 for the Fagerstrom on which the bottom note is MIDI note A = 69. For a different hardware chanter, adjust the transpose as required.
MIDI channel and transpose settings are saved on exit.
For the drones, sending any Note On message (Note number < 80) on MIDI Channel 15 from your hardware MIDI chanter will start the drones, and the matching Note Off message for the start note will stop the drones.
Alternately, touch the drone graphic on the iPad to start/stop the drones.
Connect your MIDI chanter first using a hardware MIDI interface, then launch the Uilleann app.
Touch the MIDI icon on the lower left corner to set the MIDI channel and bottom-D transpose (relative to MIDI note D = 62) for your MIDI chanter.
Default transpose is -7 for the Fagerstrom on which the bottom note is MIDI note A = 69. For a different hardware chanter, adjust the transpose as required.
MIDI channel and transpose settings are saved on exit.
For the drones, sending any Note On message (Note number < 80) on MIDI Channel 15 from your hardware MIDI chanter will start the drones, and the matching Note Off message for the start note will stop the drones.
Alternately, touch the drone graphic on the iPad to start/stop the drones.
7.4
2018-05-18
Fixed incorrect fingering for C# - 0xx xxxx now produces a C#, previously was a C natural.
7.3
2017-11-14
At the 2017 Southern California Uilleann Pipers Club tionol, I realized that the closed mode operation of the app was broken! Fixed now.
The "Stop" button represents closing the bottom of the chanter. When all fingers are down and the bottom of the chanter is closed, the chanter will make no sound, allowing for staccato traditional closed piping techniques.
The "Stop" button represents closing the bottom of the chanter. When all fingers are down and the bottom of the chanter is closed, the chanter will make no sound, allowing for staccato traditional closed piping techniques.
7.2
2017-10-22
iOS 11 bug fixes.
Removed AudioBus and Garageband support.
Removed AudioBus and Garageband support.
7.1
2016-03-04
Added Audiobus and Inter-App Audio support.
This means that Uilleann can now be used as an Inter-App Instrument for multi-track recording of your playing using Apple's GarageBand for iOS.
This means that Uilleann can now be used as an Inter-App Instrument for multi-track recording of your playing using Apple's GarageBand for iOS.
6.1
2016-02-23
Version 5.0 added the ability to play in all the popular keys: D, C#, C, B, and Bb as well as tuning up to +/- 50 cents.
Now, five years in the making, Version 6.0 added a full set of Tenor, Baritone, and Bass regulators!
Touch the circles on the right side below the chanter with your right thumb to play the regulators to add chords.
While playing, you may choose between Tenor+Baritone or Baritone+Bass regulators using the the TB/BB selector above the Back-D bar at bottom of the screen.
This version adds on-screen help by touching the '?' on the upper left corner.
Now, five years in the making, Version 6.0 added a full set of Tenor, Baritone, and Bass regulators!
Touch the circles on the right side below the chanter with your right thumb to play the regulators to add chords.
While playing, you may choose between Tenor+Baritone or Baritone+Bass regulators using the the TB/BB selector above the Back-D bar at bottom of the screen.
This version adds on-screen help by touching the '?' on the upper left corner.
6.0.2
2016-02-12
Version 5.0 added the ability to play in all the popular keys: D, C#, C, B, and Bb as well as tuning up to +/- 50 cents.
Now, five years in the making, Version 6.0 adds a full set of Tenor, Baritone, and Bass regulators!
Touch the circles on the right side below the chanter with your right thumb to play the regulators to add chords.
While playing, you may choose between Tenor+Baritone or Baritone+Bass regulators using the the TB/BB selector above the Back-D bar at bottom of the screen.
Revised the finger vibrato mapping table, particularly for the note B, C, and C-sharp. Finger vibrato on B can now be done with the left hand ring finger.
Performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
Now, five years in the making, Version 6.0 adds a full set of Tenor, Baritone, and Bass regulators!
Touch the circles on the right side below the chanter with your right thumb to play the regulators to add chords.
While playing, you may choose between Tenor+Baritone or Baritone+Bass regulators using the the TB/BB selector above the Back-D bar at bottom of the screen.
Revised the finger vibrato mapping table, particularly for the note B, C, and C-sharp. Finger vibrato on B can now be done with the left hand ring finger.
Performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
5.0.3
2016-02-03
Starting with version 5.0, the app now plays in all the common keys of D, C#, C, B, and B-flat, and is now fully tuneable up to +/- 50 cents.
Widened the octave bar detection area a bit at the request of Dian Lion. Thanks Dian for the great suggestion!
Widened the octave bar detection area a bit at the request of Dian Lion. Thanks Dian for the great suggestion!
5.0.2
2016-01-29
This is a major feature update.
Starting with version 5.0, the app now plays in all the common keys of D, C#, C, B, and B-flat, and is now fully tuneable up to +/- 50 cents.
Starting with version 5.0, the app now plays in all the common keys of D, C#, C, B, and B-flat, and is now fully tuneable up to +/- 50 cents.
5.0.1
2016-01-27
This is a major feature update.
The app now plays in all the common keys of D, C#, C, B, and B-flat, and is now fully tuneable up to +/- 50 cents.
The app now plays in all the common keys of D, C#, C, B, and B-flat, and is now fully tuneable up to +/- 50 cents.
4.3
2016-01-21
Major pitch bending and reverb audio quality improvements since the last update.
A huge thank you to Jesse Chappell at ThumbJam for helping me diagnose and ultimately fix the pitch bend/reverb issue introduced in the last update.
A huge thank you to Jesse Chappell at ThumbJam for helping me diagnose and ultimately fix the pitch bend/reverb issue introduced in the last update.
4.2
2015-12-19
Complete re-write for iOS 8 and 9 for future feature enhancements.
Bug fixes and sound quality improvements.
Bug fixes and sound quality improvements.
3.1.1
2015-07-18
Restored the Back-D mode selector feature.
3.0
2015-07-08
Fixes for iOS 8.3
Simplfied operation, removed uncommonly used features.
Simplfied operation, removed uncommonly used features.
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Ratings
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Reviews
musiquenthusiast,
Thank you
Both layouts have their own advantages. I'm glad I can keep this layout without having to purchase it again.
hell mutt,
Only two notes?
I just purchased this for my iPad. It plays only on two holes, two notes. All the other holes are the same note. No explanation, no manual, nothing!
duffyb,
Good app
Turn the screen horizontally to play the pipes!
Julias7,
Nice sound but it keeps crashing
The app will kick you out while playing either to the first page opening the app or completely. I'm running the latest OS on a ipad 3.
BMonaghan,
Nicely done
Great sound, great fun... The versatility of the adjustable tones is really impressive
