Qwertet - QWERTY to MIDI
Make MIDI with a keyboard
$4.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Chord Mode lets you play chord variations with one key. Choose a chord shape, an extension, and press a note to play chords, arpeggiators, or strums.
Connect a typing keyboard to your iPad or iPhone and it becomes a MIDI controller: USB or Bluetooth and works great with the iPad Magic Keyboard. Four layouts, from a plain piano to one-key chords. Run it on its own, or as an AUv3 inside AUM, Logic and the rest. No other hardware to buy.
FOUR WAYS TO PLAY
• Chromatic: laid out like a piano, with black key incidentals, pitch and modwheel shortcuts.
• In-Key: set a key and lock yourself to its scale. Wrong notes are hard to play.
• Fourths: a grid tuned in fourths, letting you transpose chord shapes across the scale.
• Chord: one key, one chord. Major, minor, dim, aug or sus, with 6, m7, M7 or 9 on top.
EXPRESSION, FROM THE KEYS
• Number-row shortcuts for pitch bend and modwheel.
• Hold the spacebar as a sustain pedal.
• Shift switches between two velocities for extra dynamics.
• Change the root, scale or octave and the whole board moves with it.
TOUCH OR TYPE
• Play the on-screen keys with your fingers, or connect a USB, Bluetooth or Magic Keyboard and type notes on real keys.
• Every layout works both ways — no hardware needed to get started.
WORKS EVERYWHERE
• Standalone app, or an AUv3 MIDI plug-in inside AUM, Logic, Cubasis, Drambo and other hosts.
• Sends to any CoreMIDI destination — hardware, other apps, or the host.
• Includes a suite of instrument samples to audition QWERTET's layouts.
• iPhone and iPad, iOS 16 and up.
Want to test your keyboard to see how many simultaneous keys it supports? check out https://charles.pizza/apps/qwertet/
ONE THING TO KNOW
Qwertet is designed to be used as a MIDI controller, not just a sound source — in CTRL mode, it doesn't make sound on its own. Pair it with a synth, sampler or your favourite AUv3 instrument to hear it.
Ratings & Reviews
FIX; velocity remains consistent across Arp performance modes, hold shift to inject the accent velocity while the arp plays.
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Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Charles Vestal
- Size
- 35.9 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Charles Vestal
