Hexatone is an isomorphic hexagonal keyboard and microtonal instrument for iPad. Every interval
keeps the same shape anywhere on the grid, so scales and chords are easy to learn and transpose,
in any tuning. It makes its own sound, in tune, with built-in voices and a sampler, and no extra
apps required.
PLAY ANY TUNING
- Any equal temperament (N-EDO): 12, 19, 22, 24, 31, 53 and beyond
- Import your own scales as Scala (.scl) files, and keys show their ratios
- Manage your imported scales, and adjust octave, concert pitch (A4), and key density
A SOUND OF ITS OWN
- Two built-in voices that play in tune out of the box: a struck bell and a sustaining glass tone
- Load a single audio file and play it across the whole board, perfectly in tune
- Or import full multisample instruments (SFZ), as a folder or a .zip: pianos, kalimbas, pads, anything
- Name, rename, and manage your instrument library, and reclaim space, right in the app
- Choose how many voices play at once
- No external synth needed, though you can still send MIDI at the same time
PLAY HANDS-FREE
- Hold mode sustains a chord after you lift your fingers, so you can layer and let it ring
- Tap a held key to drop it; turn Hold off to release everything
ISOMORPHIC LAYOUTS
- Bosanquet, Wicki-Hayden, Harmonic Table, Fourths, Accordion, or a Custom layout
BEAUTIFUL, READABLE KEYS
- Glassy, glowing keys that light up as you play
- Four colour palettes (Pastel, Inferno, Turquoise, Campfire). Hue shows pitch class and
brightness shows octave, so you can read the keyboard at a glance
WORKS EVERYWHERE
- Standalone, or as an AUv3 plugin in AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis, Loopy Pro, Drambo
- MPE pitch: each note plays on its own channel with its own pitch bend, so MPE-capable synths
sound every microtonal interval in tune
- Note velocity, a velocity curve, and an adjustable pitch-bend range
A note on MPE: Hexatone uses MPE for per-note microtonal pitch (the X axis). It does not
send the continuous Y (CC74 timbre) or Z (pressure) expression of touch controllers like the
Seaboard, because a flat screen has no native way to sense those. It is a microtonal playing and
routing instrument first.
評価とレビュー
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What is new in 1.3
- Build instruments from a folder of samples. Hexatone detects each sample’s pitch, splits the
keyboard between them, and shows you the detected map to confirm or adjust before importing. No
.sfz file and no web tool needed, and because the app builds the instrument itself it can never
mismatch its samples.
- Bigger, more reliable instruments. Sample libraries now load up to what your device can
actually handle instead of a single fixed limit, so larger packs work on capable iPads. When
something cannot load you get a clear reason, and a pack that is missing or cannot read some of
its samples warns you instead of quietly playing the wrong sound. Single-file imports that cannot
be decoded now fail clearly instead of creating a silent instrument.
Record Hexatone in your DAW. The Audio Unit now responds to incoming MIDI, so you can record
what you play in a host (Logic Pro, AUM, Cubasis) and play it back or bounce it to audio, and you
can drive Hexatone from an external MIDI keyboard or sequencer. Your microtonal tuning is
preserved on playback (it reads back the per-note pitch bend Hexatone records).
- Built-in user guide. The full manual is now inside the app, under Settings, so help is one tap
away with no internet needed.
- Various bug fixes.
