Hohner Melodeon Pro

Name: Hohner Melodeon Pro
Price: 4.99 USD
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: Michael Eskin

Two-Row Diatonic Accordion

$4.99

2 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Michael Eskin
Language

EN
English
Size

37.1
MB

iPad

This intuitive virtual instrument features a super responsive fingerboard that plays and sounds like the traditional Hohner instrument. Matching the layout of Hohner's iconic Double-Ray Black-Dot diatonic accordion, this intuitive virtual instrument features a super responsive fingerboard that plays and sounds like the traditional instrument in the most common two-row tunings of B/C, C#/D, and D/G, as well as an extended B/C+ layout with four chromatic buttons on a partial third row. Simply touch in the bellows area to toggle between bellows push and pull, then play on the buttons. Since you may want to play chords with more than 3 or 4 fingers, you'll need to turn off "Multitasking Gestures" in your iPad's Settings, under General/Multitasking Gestures. Touch the sliders icon at the upper right side of the screen to bring up the controls where you can select the tuning (B/C, B/C+, C#/D, or D/G), and control the volume and reverb settings. MIDI Control: The instrument may be played via MIDI from a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI file player or controller apps. First launch the Hohner Melodeon Pro app, then choose "HohnerMelodeon" as the destination sound module in the CoreMIDI settings of other apps. Set the MIDI channel using the "MIDI Channel" slider on the controls page. Lowest note is G3 (MIDI Note 55) Range is G3 through E6. The app responds to MIDI Note-on Velocity messages Touch the "?" to toggle the note names On/Off. Touch the "i" button to bring up the help screen. All settings are saved when you exit the app and restored the next time it is run.

Ratings & Reviews

3.0

out of 5

2 Ratings

Brilliant app!
May 1

Jlfinkels30022
As a B/C two-row player I like to learn tunes as best I can. Having a simple app on my iPad that maps my box setup means I do not always have to take out the box, I can start HMP and with a headset diddle away at tunes without disturbing anyone. No doubt compromises needed to be made whilst the developer was creating it. Personally I think the right choices were made as it not only works well, it is also a lot of fun. There is a slight learning curve when transferring the runes to the box, but I found mimicking the left hand bellow movement helps a lot. All in all a very useful and fun app for a box player.
Brilliant app!
May 1

Jlfinkels30022

As a B/C two-row player I like to learn tunes as best I can. Having a simple app on my iPad that maps my box setup means I do not always have to take out the box, I can start HMP and with a headset diddle away at tunes without disturbing anyone. No doubt compromises needed to be made whilst the developer was creating it. Personally I think the right choices were made as it not only works well, it is also a lot of fun. There is a slight learning curve when transferring the runes to the box, but I found mimicking the left hand bellow movement helps a lot. All in all a very useful and fun app for a box player.
No gc
08/10/2021

skyelab99
I got this because I thought it would had a gc mode like an Erica but it does not. Please add a gc to match up with other Hohners.

Developer Response
Hi Skyelab99. The app screenshots show all the tunings, not sure why you bought an app that clearly didn't have what you were looking for. If you want a GC, you might want to consider the Hohner GCF app instead.
No gc
08/10/2021

skyelab99

I got this because I thought it would had a gc mode like an Erica but it does not. Please add a gc to match up with other Hohners.
Developer Response 09/10/2022
Hi Skyelab99. The app screenshots show all the tunings, not sure why you bought an app that clearly didn't have what you were looking for. If you want a GC, you might want to consider the Hohner GCF app instead.