Apple Apps for the Day: VoiceKeyboard HD

Price: $2.99, Version: 3.1 -> 3.2 (iTunes)
Description:
Create your own Grand Piano, Cat Piano, Dog Piano, Bird Piano or any Piano from sounds you record. Create an unlimited number of Piano’s on the spot anywhere.
Just record your own sounds, and play them on the keyboard as an instrument! You are not stuck with the “stock” set of sounds that come with it. Just record the sound you want into it and play away! Record anything you think sounds good then turn it into something musical and creative.
NEW FEATURES
• Waveform Selection
Quickly drag your finger over the waveform to select the exact part of the recording to use on the keyboard.
• Reverse Sample Mode
Play samples in reverse, and use the waveform to customize the sample further.
• Web Sharing
Upload and download recorded samples to and from VoiceKeyboard with your home computer
• 30-Note Polyphony
Play with all 10 fingers, make your own custom high-quality uncompressed (48.0k 16 bit) samples.
• Sound Modes:
The Timeshifting (or Timestretching) option allows simultaneously played notes to be in sync and the same duration, making the samples sound harmonious and musical when played together.
• Automatic Sample Trimming
This version automatically recognizes and removes the silence or “dead air” at the beginning and end of the recorded sample, making the keyboard very responsive.
• Audio Normalization
Normalization increases the loudness of your recordings to a maximum level without introducing any new distortion.
• Sustain and Looping.
Control how the recorded samples are looped and sustained, when played on the keyboard.
• Fully Animated Keyboard with multitouch glissando (finger sliding).
• Save, Load, Preview, and Delete Samples.
• Save and load Song Performances with Tempo adjustment.
What’s New
Edit Waveform Selection.
Multitouch Glissando (sliding your fingers along the piano).
Record and Save song performances.
Reverse Sample Mode.
Live Tempo adjustment for playback.








