Topic: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

Hello everyone

I would like to buy a 12+ inch tablet for the piano for sheet music and video tutorials. But of course it would be great if Pianoteq could also run on it.

I know that this works with Apple iPads. But they are very expensive at 12+ inches and I'm 100% at home in the Google/Android world and want to stay there.

Now I'm finding lots of "tinkering threads" on the subject of Pianoteq on Android (via Linux detours). But I can't find any official information about a planned real Android version that can be downloaded via the Playstore.

Have I missed something? What is the consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

Thank you & best regards

Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

thowe wrote:

Hello everyone

I would like to buy a 12+ inch tablet for the piano for sheet music and video tutorials. But of course it would be great if Pianoteq could also run on it.

I know that this works with Apple iPads. But they are very expensive at 12+ inches and I'm 100% at home in the Google/Android world and want to stay there.

Now I'm finding lots of "tinkering threads" on the subject of Pianoteq on Android (via Linux detours). But I can't find any official information about a planned real Android version that can be downloaded via the Playstore.

Have I missed something? What is the consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

Thank you & best regards

There’s no official status on this.

Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

And there is a good reason behind this. Android devices are famously bad at audio, especially latency. And I presume the vast majority of users do not intend to use an external audio interface.

Having said that, I'm sure there is demand for an Android version, even if it works rather bad on most devices.

Casio GP-300

Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

Latency has always been a problem on android, indeed, so I wouldn't bet on an android version of Pianoteq any time soon in any case.

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What would be welcome on Android is a pianoteq remote control app. My pc isn't on my keyboard and I love to use my tablet to control pianoteq witch is launched on my pc. I use spacedesk to have a copy of my pc screen on my tablet, but the pc app isn't very well adapted to touch control.

Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

YvesTh wrote:

What would be welcome on Android is a pianoteq remote control app. My pc isn't on my keyboard and I love to use my tablet to control pianoteq witch is launched on my pc. I use spacedesk to have a copy of my pc screen on my tablet, but the pc app isn't very well adapted to touch control.

Maybe look into this: https://github.com/robert-rc2i/ptq-client-webapp

Casio GP-300

Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

hillcow wrote:
YvesTh wrote:

What would be welcome on Android is a pianoteq remote control app. My pc isn't on my keyboard and I love to use my tablet to control pianoteq witch is launched on my pc. I use spacedesk to have a copy of my pc screen on my tablet, but the pc app isn't very well adapted to touch control.

Maybe look into this: https://github.com/robert-rc2i/ptq-client-webapp

Thank you for the link... It seems to be for smartphone but it is interesting.

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Wow. Thanks for this clever tool. I would have preferred a solution for an Android tablet. But this is doubly interesting. Firstly, because you can control Pianoteq on an RPI remotely from the tablet browser. And secondly, I learned that you can control Pianoteq remotely via an API. I didn't know that.

Are there any other cool tools like this around Pianoteq?

Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

thowe wrote:

Hello everyone

I would like to buy a 12+ inch tablet for the piano for sheet music and video tutorials. But of course it would be great if Pianoteq could also run on it.

I know that this works with Apple iPads. But they are very expensive at 12+ inches and I'm 100% at home in the Google/Android world and want to stay there.

Now I'm finding lots of "tinkering threads" on the subject of Pianoteq on Android (via Linux detours). But I can't find any official information about a planned real Android version that can be downloaded via the Playstore.

Have I missed something? What is the consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

Thank you & best regards

There are many cheap iPad Pros all over the internet that cost half the price.

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Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

Of course I could buy an Apple iPad. But I'm in the other "church"...

If possible, I want to stay in my Android ecosystem.

Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

thowe wrote:

Of course I could buy an Apple iPad. But I'm in the other "church"...

If possible, I want to stay in my Android ecosystem.

I have had cheap Android phones ($100 to $200 range) since 2009 that I always replace every 3 to 4 years. I did have a brand new iPhone 2G (the first iPhone) and got tired of it. It was expensive ($600) and had a worse battery life because it needed to be charged twice or more a day. Since I got Android, I never go back. It's a phone anyway.

My first Apple product was in 2011 that I bought used for half price. Then I got my 2014 MacBook Pro 15-inch, and I still use it now for my music, work, and YouTube. I got it used too for $600 top of the line in 2018. All I need is to replace the internal SSD from 500GB to 2TB.

I got my iPad Pro brand new in 2020 with a teacher discount of $250. Still, I should get the used one for $450< cheaper.

I do have a 2008 Windows laptop i5 (Windows 98 installed required) that has still worked until now because it works with TECHNICS KN7000 recording directly using only a USB cable. It's on my YouTube channel. But for DAW, there is no chance.

For me, Android is best for phones, browsing, watching YouTube, listening to Amazon music, and WA. Android and Windows are not much different, in my opinion.

For music productions, Apple is the winner. The price is affordable as long as we're fine with a used one, which is way cheaper and more powerful than Windows.

There are many used iPhones that were sold because of water damage due to falling into a water sink and... But for used iPads and MacBooks, I never found one because it's a big piece of equipment that stays on the desk in a protected place. Unless it is already physically damaged,.

But, you never know, Modartt listens to customers and includes the Android system.

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Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

I believe that the problem with Android is that there are too many different devices, with different performances, chipsets, etc. Very low spec phones/tablets would become a big source of complains for Modartt

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Basically, you're right. But the same applies to Windows computers, for example. And as a software developer, I can tell you that it can be handled. With performance tests, with declarations of minimum specifications, etc.

From an application development perspective, these are clearly solvable problems.

Re: Consolidated status regarding Pianoteq on Android tablets?

In fact PT already runs on Android, the problem: no alsa, no x server, no access to full CPU priority.