Colossus Piano 4+

Extremely Realistic Piano App

Christian Schoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte

    • 4.8 • 8 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Colossus Piano sets a new standard in terms of realism, detail and overall quality of piano sounds on your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. There are 8 acoustic piano models available as 8 individual in-app purchases, plus 5 E-Piano legends bundled as 1 sound set with this app, together those 13 piano models make up 30 Gigabyte of sound material. All keys of all piano models were recorded in full length with a recording quality of 24 bit and 96 kHz stereo.

Note: this app requires in-app purchases to provide its functionalities!
Minimum Requirement: at least iPad 3 / iPad Air 1 / iPad mini 2 / iPhone 5 / iPod touch 6th gen.
Recommended: iPad Air 2 / iPad mini 4 / iPad Pro / iPhone SE / iPhone 6s or higher.

The dark brown „Colossus Concert Grand” model:³
• 24 velocity layers per key.
• Dedicated sustain samples.
• Release hammer sound.
• Optional pad sound.
• 14 GB in size (SSD space).

The white „Baby Grand” model:
• 12 velocity layers per key.
• Dedicated sustain samples.
• Release hammer sound.
• Optional pad sound.
• 6 GB in size (SSD space).

The „Upright Piano” model:
• 8 velocity layers per key.
• Dedicated sustain samples.
• Release hammer sound.
• Optional pad sound.
• 3.4 GB in size (SSD space).

The „E-Piano” sound set:
• 5 legendary E-Piano models (plus different model generations or configurations).
• 17 E-Piano sounds in total.
• Optional pad sound.
• Optional tremolo effect.
• 1.6 GB in size (SSD space).

For information about the other piano models, please visit our product website!

This app supports Audio Unit v3, Inter-App Audio, Audiobus and Bluetooth LE MIDI !

Software features:
• Modulation wheel support for controlling the most relevant sound parameter of the currently selected sound.
• Warm pad sound of a well known analogue synthesizer (not available for all models) can be turned on/off as support for the piano sound; volume can be controlled by mod. wheel and expr. controller.
• Sustain pedal support for holding notes.
• Sostenuto pedal support for holding individual notes.
• Soft pedal support for a more gentle sound.
• Expression pedal support for controlling optional pad layer's volume.
• Hammer sound when releasing keys, uses round robin, can be turned on/off and volume controlled (some acoustic pianos only).
• Polyphony of up to several hundred stereo voices.²
• Low latency disk streaming.
• Configurable audio latency down to 1 ms.
• Integrated effects (18 presets).
• App States: Save app's entire state as user presets.
• MIDI velocity response curve editor.
• App can keep running in the background.
• Master Tune, Scale Tuning & Hermode Tuning.
• Provides Audio Unit v3 plugin version of this app, which allows it to be used as virtual instrument directly within 3rd party multi-track DAW apps.
• Supports Apple's "Inter-App Audio" system.
• Audiobus support.
• Virtual on-screen piano keyboard with velocity support, scalable & scrollable.

MIDI Player / Recorder:
• Record, save and load your songs in standard MIDI file format.
• Share your songs easily as audio file.
• Unlimited amount of tracks.
• Unlimited recording and playback length.
• Open MIDI (.mid) files directly from other apps (i.e. from Safari, Mail).
• Download or upload MIDI files with iTunes.
• Metronome.
• Use the "Tempo Zoom" dial knob to i.e. slow down playback at any time, learn your favorite songs more easily.

¹ For more information about supported adapters and MIDI keyboards, please visit our product website.

² Some sounds might use several voices per note. Polyphony depends on the exact device model being used. You find a polyphony table on our product website.

³ Important: the dark brown „Colossus Grand” piano model requires a large amount of main memory, so we only recommend this piano model for device models mentioned as „recommended” above.

What’s New

Version 2.3.3

This update fixes an UI issue with recent iPhone models.

Note: This version raises the minimum requirement to iOS 12 and 64-bit CPU. For older devices there are still older versions of this app with lower requirements available for download on the App Store.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

geraldfink ,

YES!

The quality of the Colossus Grand Piano with its 24 layers of sampled velocity is so finely detailed in the sound that I mistakenly thought it was a fault at first!

Just a two hours of trying different styles of piano music and I was pleasantly realizing the detail I heard enables me to identify notes by more than their pitch, as if I were sitting in front of a real piano I had played for a few years and was familiar with!

Fantastic realism in this Colossus Grand Piano!

steviekeez ,

Colossus piano app

Excellent sound and playability! Very realistic

Trevor Frankham ,

Currently Unusable with Auv3

I purchased this app about six months ago, at the time it worked great as an Auv3 plug-in. Currently the plug-in crashes any time I try to export the song or freeze the track. This happens in GarageBand, Cubasis 3, and Auria Pro, with even as few as 3 notes. I have tried it on both a 3rd Gen iPad Pro 12.9 and an iPhone 12 pro, same results. Their support team responds very quickly and tried to help me resolve the issue but gave up after I restored my iPad to factory settings, performed a fresh install of Cubasis 3 and Colossus Piano, and had the same results. I will note that I only purchased the EP sound pack and have not tried the app with any of the other sounds, they might work better than the EP’s. At this time I would recommend only purchasing this app if you want a standalone piano app.

Edit: The issue is somewhat resolved, in apps like Cubasis 3 where you can choose real time mixdown/freeze, the Auv3 works great. If real time mixdown/freeze is disabled or if you try to export or merge in other apps like GarageBand, this will still cause the Auv3 to crash! However the app can (partially) function the way it was Intended so I have updated my rating (partially)

App Privacy

The developer, Christian Schoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Purchases
  • Identifiers
  • Other Data

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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