Pianoteq IOS released (Page 1 of 3)

Can someone explain exactly how the licensing/activation scheme works? I have a phone and a couple of iPads and a couple of laptops.  Trying to make sure I can install where I am going to use most often.

So I have it activated on one IOS device. This uses one of the 3 activation slots. So my guess is you can have 3 devices running pianoteq. Doesn't matter what the OS is, as long as it is 3 or less. maybe an iPad, iPhone and a PC for instance. Modartt would need to confirm

Thank you Julien! That is perfectly clear.

By the way, I think this is overall a great implementation of joint licensing for Mac and iOS. As good as I had hoped for. Industry leading, in many ways.

Sincere thanks and kudos to Modartt.

One last clarification- is Family Sharing allowed?

Awesome! Sounds great so far. Is there a way to hide the on-screen keyboard when selecting a custom pedal assignment from the drop-down selector? On my phone (iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 16.3.1), only the first 4 options are visible, and the keyboard covers the rest.

Really appreciate that our existing licenses transferred over. That is awesome. Thanks, Modartt!

Playing on iPhone 13 (A15 chip) 48k Hz sample rate, 128 sample buffer > MOTU Microbook IIc interface > headphones or amp. Sounds exactly same as running on my Mac laptop.  No glitches, no latency. Also tested running inside AUM, mixed with microphone from another source, other apps, etc.  Perfect!  This is a game-changer for me for gigs!

Many thanks Modartt folks!...Awesome that you're making this available as another activation on my existing license.  Just amazing....

Thank you! This is fantastic. Best software ever.
Using an iPhone 11 and it plays like a dream!
Now I'm gonna have to get a new iPad just for Pianoteq!!!

Hi, is there a way to turn the keyboard on the iOS app to fullscreen? If not I‘d say this is a feature request, Regards, Frank

Congrats Modart

My standard setup is 1 usbc cable to a hub, which has keyboard and audio interface. The keyboard has its own audio interface which I don’t use. On Mac I can choose which audio interface to send sound to. But on iPad it only shows they keyboard audio interface and does not show the other audio interface I need. Can iPad be made to choose the correct audio interface?

Thanks.

When I switch to ForScore (or any other app) I no longer hear my keyboard. Is there a workaround?

That worked, thank you!

Quick Hardware / Performance Comparison
I loaded Pianoteq onto some older hardware and ran the Blues demo (to see how low I could go):

iPad Air Original (A7 CPU)
- Had to half the Internal Sample Rate to 24000Hz to get decent performance, 128 samples (2.7ms), 128 polyphony
- Performance Index - a solid 33; similar to the Raspberry Pi / Odroid N2+.
Verdict: Not great but still usable.

iPhone 7 Plus (A10 CPU)
- Had to half the Internal Sample Rate to get decent performance, 128 samples (2.7ms), 128 polyphony
- Performance Index - a very un-stable 12 .. 70 with warnings of large fluctuations, it occasionally dropped to 12 .. 33.
Verdict: Very un- stable Performance Index, despite having a better CPU than the older iPad, it performed much worse, in many cases unusable.

iPhone 11 (A13 CPU)
- Full settings, 128 samples (2.7ms), 128 polyphony
- Performance Index - a very stable 63 .. 76
Verdict: Great, very usable.

NOTES
1. Looks like iPads might have better performance over iPhones, even when the iPad is much older. Perhaps iPads have better heat dissipation or more memory or bandwidth? Something to think about if you're shopping for an iOS device for Pianoteq.

2. The A13 CPU on the iPhone 11 is very usable, would be curious to see if an iPad with the same A13 CPU gets better performance.

3. I wonder if the iPad Pros perform better over regular iPads (with the same CPU). And there may be performance differences between the regular iPhone, iPhone Pro, iPad and iPad Pro lines.

4. Yes I know I really should trade-in those old device already :-)

I downloaded the Pianoteq Standard iOS app for my iPad pro 12,9 3rd gen.
Seem to work well, but performance index and cpu load are much better with my Macbook Air M1.
I copied my presets (fxp files) in the iPad Pianoteq preset directory, but I can't open them : is it a bug of the app, or a feature not available, or something I made wrong ?
any ideas ?

Great work Modartt! Indeed, really nice that we don't have to re-purchase stuff but can link to our account. I was still using Pianoteq 7, but this was the reason to finally update to 8.

It even works smoothly on my old iPhone SE (A9 although PT reports A7), although with reduced polyphony (48) and increased buffer (128).

Strange, it doesn't work... I am on an
Iphone 13 Pro

Well, perhaps here is not the best place to ask for some help...

May be better to contact support

You get the desktop version as well which you can download form the user area after creating your user account using your purchased serial.

As somebody who doesn't like Apple and doesn't use their products, I have to admit that you guys have been really great. We all knew already you are so great from a technical and customer-focus point of view, but boys! Kudos to you for being able to accomplish all of this and basically "giving it away for free" to your existing customers. WOW. What an incredible value! And with all the Apple tax on top of that. And without increasing your prices (hope that will be maintained moving forward, since I'm not interested in running Pianoteq on iOS )

I can't state in words how impressed I am.

Now, please go back to work for that Android version too, ROTFL

I get between 50 and 70 Performance index, 48KHz, 128 samples, 128 notes poly

You could slide the app up in the meantime, showing the keyboard at the bottom instead of the condition slider before closing.

I haven't experienced the slider issue, but, Modartt, I cannot swipe from the left to show the bigger keyboard on iPhone XR/iOS 16.4.1 - swipe works on other iDevices. It's not a huge deal as I'll rarely use that keyboard, but someone else might.

Yes, that's what I've been doing in the meantime as a workaround. I still thought it was valuable to highlight the issue so that it can be fixed, so that a workaround is not necessary.

I'm sure you will be able to see it for yourself if you try to go back to the home screen by swiping, without purposefully doing the workaround discussed above, especially since you do have a modern iPhone that does support that gesture.

Indeed, I can confirm this same issue. On my iPhone 12 Pro I cannot swipe from the left to show the bigger keyboard. But on my iPad and my other iPhone (an iPhone 6s), I can.

Separately from these discussed issues, I've also reported a separate bug to Modartt by email: On my iPhone 6s, when I go into the Options and choose to hide several of the instruments from the presets, those choices are not saved, and the next time I launch the app all instruments are visible again. This problem doesn't happen on my iPad or my iPhone 12 Pro.

Massive thanks to Modarrt. This runs really well on my 1st gen 12.9 iPad Pro, superb in fact considering this is a 2017 device!
Is there a way to sync presets from my desktop app to the IOS app - sorry if this has already been asked etc.

If you haven't already it would help  Modarrt if we created some reviews on the App Store, every little helps etc.

Thanks Modarrt.

Great work indeed, please praise the iOS application on the Modartt’s main page (because it is still there Soon on iOS, iOS application coming soon) ;-)

Fully agree with everything.  But correcting one bit of misinformation.  Logic Pro on iOS will require the A12 Bionic processor or better.   

I think this excludes both your 2019 iPad and your 2018 iPad Pro.

Good news, though, yes, I'm sure Pteq will load as AUv3 in Logic Pro for iOS.

"Starting Tuesday, May 23, Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad will each be available on the App Store for $4.99 (US) per month or $49 (US) per year with a one-month free trial.8  Final Cut Pro is compatible with M1 chip iPad models or later, and Logic Pro will be available on A12 Bionic chip iPad models or later. Final Cut Pro for iPad and Logic Pro for iPad require iPadOS 16.4. For more information, visit apple.com/final-cut-pro-for-ipad and apple.com/logic-pro-for-ipad. "
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/...o-to-ipad/

"The Apple A12 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc.[8] It first appeared in the iPhone XS and XS Max, iPhone XR, iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Mini (5th generation), 8th generation iPad and Apple TV 4K (2nd generation)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A12

I am coming to PianoTeq strictly from an IOS perspective. I went for Studio to just enjoy the world of pianos and more…

I have noticed the IOS version is missing a couple features that I can see in the product notes and on my 2 MacBooks:
1. “Load Impulse Wave file…” is not implemented. I’d love to play around with that but I have to admit the provided Impulse files are excellent.
2. 192KHz audio (this maybe an Apple limitation).

If I am in err please let me know.

I’ve been having a ball using the Note Editing, Morph and Layering to create very acoustic sounding instruments that do NOT exist.