PiteaMini is a downsized version of the Pitea organ app, needing less memory and less screen estate. It uses the Great Manual and the Pedal of Lars Palo's Piteå School of Music sample set to build a well sounding and versatile little virtual pipe organ.
You don't need any more explanations if you know our other organ apps. Else, have a look at the free StrandOrgan and Jeux d'orgues Mini apps.
more Upgraded to Napo 5.17.2. Fixes dysfunctional windchest volume controls and tremulants as well as breakdowns of the app when the user tries to configure the behaviour of MIDI controllers 64 and 66.
10.3 26/06/2023
Bugfix: Sounds of the Mixtur IV were faulty when the temperaments mode "pipe-wise" was used in version 10.1.
10.2 10/05/2023
Upgraded from Napo 5.13 to Napo 5.17, which brings temperaments functionality and other changes as detailed in https://polaron.de/Napo/history/index.html#5.17 .
10.1 07/05/2023
Upgraded to Napo 5.13.
- The sustain function of the screen keyboards can be turned off.
- Now supporting all currently known Launchpad models.
- Dry/wet control for the convolution reverb.
- Redesigned reverb control: AU Reverb, Convolution Reverb and the rendering of sample releases can now be controlled independently. You can play the sample releases and still add artificial reverb.
- Included metronome (long-tap the Console view icon).
- Optional coloured borders around the stop buttons. This makes the assignment of the stops to the manuals more apparent (long-tap the Console view icon).
- Fixes problems with iOS 15 prewarming.
10.0 05/02/2022
Upgraded to Napo 5.4. Main changes:
- Support for recording in 32 bit float WAV format.
- New recorder configuration editor (long-tap the Start Rec. button).
- Auto-sustain for screen keyboards: When you tap a key only shortly, it will be sustained. When you tap for longer than 0.1 seconds, it will be released when the tap ends.
- Screen keyboards can send MIDI messages.
- Shared impulse responses. The IRs are shared by all updated Napo apps. Use StrandOrgan to install the factory IRs. You can use the Thafknar app to manage the IRs.
- Improved Launchpad handling.
- Support for Launchpad X.
- Audiobus updated to v3.0.15.
9.2 25/08/2021
This is a maintenance update to Napo 5.2 which cares for the following issues that could arise under some circumstance when the app was run in iOS 14 / iPadOS 14:
- The stop button labels were truncated.
- Certain SysEx MIDI messages lead to warnings.
9.1 15/10/2020
Upgraded to Napo 5.1.
There is now also a macOS version of this app, available by Universal Purchase.
9.0 05/05/2020
Napo 4.21:
- Automatic notes off at the transition from suspended to foreground.
Napo 4.22:
- Status bar always hidden on iPhone / iPod touch in landscape mode.
- Bluetooth MIDI: Scanning for peripheral devices.
Napo 4.23:
- Virtual MIDI: Optional autoconnection to Virtual MIDI senders.
- Fixed a bug in the handling of MIDI controller messages that could lead to lost or misinterpreted messages.
8.8 01/03/2019
Upgraded to Napo 4.20:
- Improved Launchpad support.
- Support for button lamps in Hoffrichter and Pausch-e consoles.
- Adaptions for iPhone X.
- Support for Slide Over and Split View (on suitable devices).
- Adapted the layout of the stop buttons in the portrait mode of the virtual keyboard view to the layout in the landscape mode.
- Option to disable sustain pedals.
- Option to disable warnings about unexpected note-on/off messages.
- Bugfixes regarding stuck notes during the use of a sustain pedal or when changing the transposition.
- Corrected the ordering of the buttons Prev Bank/Next Bank and Prev Comb/Next Comb in the Launchpad default setting.
8.7 20/02/2018
Upgraded to Napo 4.17.
- Bugfix: The Bank button of the Console view works fine again in all iOS versions and without the need to have iCloud Drive enabled.
- Bugfix: Sampe rate changing is repaired.
- Bugfix: The Show Load button displays the correct state.
- Bugfix: The ordering of the labels of the PP,...,FF combination buttons in landscape mode is corrected. Button M is renamed to MF.
- Changed Launchpad handling.
- New: Support for the Launchpad Mini.
- New: Status bar visibility can be configured.
- Performance optimisations for the virtual keyboard.
- Improved connection handling of MIDI source devices.
- In the Console view, bank and combination indexes are shown starting with 0 instead of 1.
- Increased width and hittable area of black keys and reduced hittable area of white keys of the virtual keyboard, to make it easier to use.
- Increased size of the "+" add bank button in the combinations editor.
8.6 10/10/2017
Upgraded to Napo 4.14:
- The behaviour when starting and ending an audio recording can be configured (ask for file name or save automatically, with standard file name).
- 24 bit support for the audio recorder.
- Volumes of ranks can be configured ('intonation').
- Suspend/resume for demo pieces.
- When doing "Learn" for a MIDI button, the default mode is now "Toggle On", as this is the most common case.
- Support for sustain pedals. (For those who like it.)
- As this seems to be more common, we now use the range 1,...,16 instead of 0,...,15 when presenting MIDI channel numbers to the user.
- Recording can be started and stopped via MIDI.
- Support for Novation Launchpad MK2. The Launchpad could be used in previous versions also, but now Napo can control is button lights.
- Support for the Files app of iOS 11.
- Improvements in the memory management of the tone generator.
- Audiobus updated to v2.3.3.
- The Napo online user manual can be opened from within the action menu of the Settings view.
8.5 12/08/2017
This is a maintenance release which updates the app to Napo 4.10. The changes are:
- Audiobus updated to v2.3.1.
- Bugfix: MIDI switch definitions are now cleared when you load or reset settings.
- Bugfix: There was an issue that led to annoying error messages when a combination bank was deleted that was currently selected in the Console view.
- Performance optimisations for the screen keyboard.
- A new, less intrusive log mechanism for MIDI connection / disconnection messages and the like.
- The badge number of the app icon now displays a countdown when the app is running in the background, to indicate that the app can receive MIDI messages and create sound.
- MIDI velocity can now be used to control the volume of the pipe sound.
8.4 09/07/2016
This release re-establishes the ability to run on iPad 1.
8.3 12/09/2015
This is a bugfix release. The update to Napo 4.8 cares for following issues:
- Direct combination renaming works again.
- Volume changes are done smoother to reduce crackling.
- Ordering of ABCDE combination button is corrected.
- Audiobus is updated to version 2.2.1 (for iOS 9).
8.2 28/08/2015
Updated to Napo 4.6, which fixes bugs in the handling of saved settings and improves the overdrive protection for iOS reverb.
8.1 18/07/2015
Updated to Napo 4.5.
*** First of all ***: Because of significant changes in Napo's MIDI functionality, you need to redo the MIDI configuration of PiteaMini after installing this update.
Now the fine print:
- Audio: Improved overdrive protection for iOS reverb.
- Audio Recorder: Can be started immediately or with first sound.
- Audio Recorder: User can specify the file name when finishing the recording.
- Audiobus: Updated to v2.1.6.1.
- Demo player: Can now operate several manuals and pedal.
- GUI: Fullscreen mode for virtual keyboards.
- GUI: Menu entries for saving / loading ABCDE combinations to / from combination banks.
- GUI: Background operation is displayed by green color of organ switching tab bar icon and can be toggled by long-pressing this icon.
- GUI: Updated Glyphicons to v1.9.
- iCloud: Support for saving combination banks, recordings and saved settings to iCloud (iOS 7+).
- MIDI: Multiple channels for each keyboard / pedal with configurable note ranges (e.g. for splitting or combining MIDI keyboards).
- MIDI: Stops etc. can be controlled by program change messages.
- MIDI: Support for MIDI over Bluetooth (iOS 8+ on devices that support Bluetooth LE).
- Monophonic Bass: Changed behaviour. Releasing the lowest key doesn't anymore trigger the bass for the second lowest key.
- Monophonic Bass: Is now independent from MIDI settings.
- Settings: Saved settings can be displayed and loaded directly by long-pressing the settings tab bar icon.
8.0 30/06/2015
New: Audiobus 2 support on iOS 7+, including state saving (stop settings). *** To make this possible but still release the app for iOS 5/6, we had to drop Audiobus support on iOS 5/6. ***
New: Factory impulse responses can be deleted (and reinstalled at any time).
New: To prevent accidental view switching, view switching is disabled while keys are pressed in a virtual keyboard.
New: Hold function for virtual keyboards.
New: Options for overdrive control: Volume reduction (like before), clipping, sigmoid transform.
New: Stops settings are saved when the app is terminated, and re-established at the next start.
Changed: Simplified design of virtual keyboards on iPad 1 (to reduce CPU stress).
7.0 15/09/2014
- Compiled for iOS 7 and 64 bit, but maintaining support for iOS 5 and iOS 6.
- Reduced RAM requirements.
- New design of Abstract Console view.
- Simplified editing of combination banks and combinations.
- Improved convolution reverb. User can upload impulse responses.
- Screen keyboard.
- Fixes the monophonic bass bug.
6.0 23/05/2014
- 4' coupler for Great Manual.
- Setting for monophonic bass (for playing pedal stops via the lowest pressed key of the manual).
5.0 27/11/2013
Upgraded to Napo 3.6, which means:
- Audiobus library upgraded to version 1.0.2.
- Higher volume for iOS reverb.
- GLYPHICONS in the tab bar.
- Configurable artificial latency.
- Bugfix (using the combination system crashed the app when running on iOS 7).
4.0 17/09/2013
Updated to Napo 3.5, which means:
- Audio level display.
- User-defined stop combinations.
- Redesigned audio recorder.
- Redesigned Settings view.
- Settings can be saved.
- Recordings can be done with and without iOS reverb.
- Stops, couplers, tremulants, combinations and other functions can be controlled via MIDI note-on/off messages.
- Fast organ switching.
- Audiobus support.
- Display of hardware samplerate and actual buffer duration in the Settings view.
Furthermore, there are now five demo pieces.
3.0 01/08/2013
- Transposing.
- Improved pitch shifting.
- Volume control via MIDI.
- All notes off via MIDI.
- Improved iOS reverb.
- Convolution reverb, using impulse responses of Fokke van Saane. iPad 4 is needed for neat reverb lengths.
- Various bugfixes.
2.0 02/12/2012
Bugfix: Using the "Stops Off" button could lead to internal data corruption and immediate or later breakdown of the tone generation.
1.1 10/09/2012
Upgraded to Napo 5.17.2. Fixes dysfunctional windchest volume controls and tremulants as well as breakdowns of the app when the user tries to configure the behaviour of MIDI controllers 64 and 66.
more Version 10.3 26/06/2023
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