New: IPhone iAno -> PPCiano

[Goto10]

I am not sure whether this is the right place to post my first attempt on Pocket PC or not in view of all the important and usefull applications.

But maybe you also have seen people playing Impossible Mission on IPhone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOlWR-lgk30&eurl=http://video.aol.com/video-detail/mission-impossible-try-ipod-touch-iano/2132553818) and maybe you also wanted something like that for your XDA.

If you are interested, please check what I have created so far.

Very first Beta, only tested on XDA Prophet.

*Update*

Thank you all for your feedback
It boosts my notion to build some updates soon:

fight latency/delay
costum sounds
scrollable more keys/sounds

[new2city]

simple but good... thanks..

[abdelamine]

thank you i love it

[Gogeta07]

good..but i have 0.5 sec of latency
:p

[l3v5y]

I have one minor complaint... Some of the notes aren't quite in tune :P

And one feature request: Having the sounds stored as files so that a "voice" can be selected/changed.

[arty]

lol thats cool!

better sounds and less delay would be aweseome :)

[azzambm]

Thanks...
It's working great on my X-tel WM5...

+1 for the:

better sounds and less delay

[abdelamine]

i have 0.1 s latency on my HIMALAYA
work mostly perfect

[ruebyi]

Hi I'm a musician, so forgive me please :p

feature Request:
better sounds
faster latency
Some notes are really not in tune!
not only one octave, would be nice to make it changeable

But thank you very much!!! really good for a first attempt!!!

ruebyi

[l3v5y]

It's running very smoothly on my Prophet, but I want more octaves! :P

Keep up the great work!

[Knether]

slight delay on HTC TOUCH

but i like it!

[art12345]

So it is very first beta yeah?. Now it is good but in future it can be awsome! More octaves please :-)

[ruebyi]

Sorry, forgot to mention, it works with some delay on my XDA Terra

[APBilbo]

Works perfectly on Herald and Prophet :) (WM6 Both).

Thank you very much! Keep up good work.

[dole_95]

Thanks! This is really cool. Works well on my Wizard. There is only one thing Im missing, a scroll or something to "move" the PPCiano. Keep up good work!

[l3v5y]

I've noticed a little quirk (at least on my Prophet) with the sounds. The first time each key is pressed, it has a small amount of lag between the keypress and the sound. After the initial press, the sound is almost instantaneous...

[!Kernel Panic!]

I've noticed a little quirk (at least on my Prophet) with the sounds. The first time each key is pressed, it has a small amount of lag between the keypress and the sound. After the initial press, the sound is almost instantaneous...

noticed the exact same thing after starting the program..pressing each key did initially have a small lag. But then they responded instantly afterwards.

[Goto10]

Thank you all for your feedback
It boosts my notion to build some updates soon:

fight latency/delay
costum sounds
scrollable more keys/sounds

[l3v5y]

I think a great way of adding more keys/octaves would be the ability to "grab" the keys and drag them across the screen to reveal further octaves...

[Goto10]

Yes i also was thinking of something like that in these times of touch flow fever ;)

[l3v5y]

Out of interest, what programming language is this written in?

[DrogenDiego]

It works great on my XDA terra but I think it's going to be hard to do something like the touch thing with the octaves because while playing you could easily miss tunes... I would rather suggest that you make it customizable how many octaves are displayed and since its in landscape I think it's smart to put two octaves over each other then it's easier to hit the buttons since they are bigger.
But very good first try I will look into this thread more often onw ;)

[l3v5y]

If you have any more notes on the screen at a time, they keys will be too small...

[black_shadow69]

thanks sir....workin on prophet.....:)

[PaNa-S]

working on Elf but we want more features! more octaves and reduce the delay!!

But this have a problem we dont have multitouch screens :(

[l3v5y]

I have two short vids if anyones wondering how much it can do...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLaK22F1U84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9EJMZfCIcE

[IkE Blaster]

Don't running on WVGA or VGA :( Or can someone try it on VGA display? Can you add support for VGA displays (upscaling is possible)?

[Catodo]

great job, we'll make a videoreview soon :P

[the0ne]

Remined me of http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2008/03/07/pocketpiano.html

Its shame it dint get developed further...

hope the new one will b better.. :)

[erick10]

It works great on my Sprint Touch but a slow delay of maybe .3 sec.

Cant you just put more octaves like on the iphone?, u know, u just press a button on the top and it bring more octaves. I hope you work a little on the delay and better sound. Very nice app man. keep it up.

[kidnamedAlbert]

I am not sure whether this is the right place to post my first attempt on Pocket PC or not in view of all the important and usefull applications.

But maybe you also have seen people playing Impossible Mission on IPhone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOlWR-lgk30&eurl=http://video.aol.com/video-detail/mission-impossible-try-ipod-touch-iano/2132553818) and maybe you also wanted something like that for your XDA.

If you are interested, please check what I have created so far.

Very first Beta, only tested on XDA Prophet.

*Update*

Thank you all for your feedback
It boosts my notion to build some updates soon:

fight latency/delay
costum sounds
scrollable more keys/sounds

finally!
thanks so much!
ive been wanting this for a while : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=376442

[DrogenDiego]

Hey what's up is this dead or what?

[flaviopac]

Works correctly on my Touch!!!
Fantastic!

Waiting for next release! :D

[Goto10]

Stay tuned!
Already work on next release but have to pass an exam at monday first.

[l3v5y]

Stay tuned!
Already work on next release but have to pass an exam at monday first.
Good luck in the exam, and good luck with the development!

[roos_t]

way to go man! i like the app

but how about the other apps like the Drummer or the Guitarist. would really great if someone could develop those

[cesc]

well looks great, but i cant test it now, because i have a 320x320 ppc.. maybe 320x320 resolution support ?

[churka]

Simply awesome

[flaviopac]

way to go man! i like the app

but how about the other apps like the Drummer or the Guitarist. would really great if someone could develop those

IGuitar is impossible to play on ppc...
Iphone has a MULTI-Touch screen... Ourr ppc don't support this kind of touchscreen...;)

[jab1a]

great app, thank you, im looking forward to the update.

Good luck on your Exam on Monday

[Mautana]

IGuitar is impossible to play on ppc...
Iphone has a MULTI-Touch screen... Ourr ppc don't support this kind of touchscreen...;)

Not realy...

http://www.flicksoftware.com/research/index_files/Page375.htm

[l3v5y]

Not realy...

http://www.flicksoftware.com/research/index_files/Page375.htm
That is not true multitouch. It's basically guessing where the fingers are put down.

Because of the way the touch screens and WM interact, the device shell only gets given the coordinates of a single point of contact on the screen... WM7 will support multitouch (if M$ get around to it)...

[ghostofapril]

well done! , working flawlessly with almost no delay (0.01 sec.!) on my device.

suggestion :

1) more tune the sounds(!)
2) at least 2-3 octave (you have wider-range of sound plus still it's big enough that you can play with your finger)
3)different sounds (strings and digital pads would be great)

[bokeler]

Latency is too slow. Delaying much. And only one octave. Can be extandable. But really good. Thanks a lot for your good work an kind efforts.

[HelderJr]

Congratulations! This program has much potential. Don´t stop developing and improving it. ;-)

[tmz]

This is so cool , loving it . Thanks so much.... T M Z

[radeonrv]

works fine in my htc touch XL ;)

[azzambm]

Stay tuned!
Already work on next release but have to pass an exam at monday first.

How was ur exam???
Did u pass it...!!! I hope so...
What's going on with the update progress...!!

[simonmcgraw]

I have a touch 256 and this works really well thank you

[Win_XP]

Great, works fine @ Universal :) thanks man, waiting for the new version :P

[jazenf]

vey nice program, I was looking for something like this, keep up the awsome work. Looking forward to the next updates an hopefully more instruments :-)

[sm7x7]

Hello!!! Are you still well and alive? We ALL are waiting for the new and improved version of PPCiano! Please tell us of your progress! Thank you! :):):)

[jazenf]

I was wondering the samething, programs like these are in high demand. Icrap has got a big collection of instruments. An I'm not giving up my Touch for nothing :-)

[ghostofapril]

Hello!!! Are you still well and alive? We ALL are waiting for the new and improved version of PPCiano! Please tell us of your progress! Thank you! :):):)


It's a long time! ... we're waiting for an upgrade.


cheers

[mbarvian]

great app!

except, because of our touchscreens, there's no chords :D

[l3v5y]

great app!

except, because of our touchscreens, there's no chords :D
WM7 is possibly going to have multitouch support!

Given the inherent limitations of WM, this does a great job!

[iDoktor]

You're the best :D

[srbwap]

this like on PianoNM v.2 by nmilosev
read more on this serbian forum: http://www.elitesecurity.org/t324800-0#1961623

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/875/capturenw0.jpg

//edit: xda thread link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396493&highlight=PianoNM

[jazenf]

:confused:Update ?:confused:

[Jin187]

Tried it, enjoyed it! Really nice apps, runs great on my diamond with ZERO delays

[ssvdude]

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where is he

[iDoktor]

We're waiting for an upgrade :P

[HelloMotoQ9h]

Is it will work om smartphone with NON Touch screen?
Moto Q9h
i want to try it!!

[kweng_ca]

Is it will work om smartphone with NON Touch screen?
Moto Q9h
i want to try it!!

i'm pretty sure you need the touch screen lol.

Tested on t-mobile wing, no problems whatso ever. Good job. Maybe consider adding another row in the next update?:D

[jazenf]

Still no update. Why ?

[l3v5y]

Still no update. Why ?

Maybe the developer doesn't have any time?

I think it's a bit harsh to demand things when they are being developed for free!

[jazenf]

Hmmn, you do have a point.

Thanks for helping me see the other side of things :-)

[iRiKi]

how many ppl have donated anyway ^^

[stutzedward]

a brilliant pgm..

[bbju]

An excellent program but.... sounds like ppciano is quite out of tune. I am not a musician but I do have a piano at home and I believe it's tuned correctly. And ppciano is so out of tune (from my piano, as a reference point) that it sounds funny.... my 6-year-old son has perfect pitch and he laughed at the sounds made by the ppciano and said, "the notes are all wrong!"

But update would be bravo.

[Enzo2387]

Awesome, it definitely has potential.

[yamaha11reed]

love the app A++++
works flawlessly on my samsung i760
is there anyway to be albe to drag finger across and play like a string of notes??

[laocheebye]

i hope this gets developed, there's really nothing quite like it out there at the moment.

[varaff]

Sweeeet!!!
thanks

[christine600]

Had to soft reset my Touch HD. ;)

[osmano]

Couldn't open the file....gor an error-message: PPCiano.exe isn't a valid Win.32-app.....

Anyone have a pointer?

:)

[l3v5y]

Couldn't open the file....gor an error-message: PPCiano.exe isn't a valid Win.32-app.....

Anyone have a pointer?

:)

Are you trying to run it on your PC? If so, copy the exe across to your device and run it there.

[nick007]

Had to soft reset my Touch HD. ;)
Had the same prob :mad:

Can you made this soft running at the Touch HD:rolleyes:

[rstoyguy]

Nice little piano! More octaves/voices would make it great!

[body85]

Please make it Working on my HD!!!

[hipey]

I want it to work on htc touch hd

[godlovesugly]

it works fine on my HTC Touch Pro.. but as everybody said; fix the latency, more sounds etc and its awesome :)

[z3ntn3l]

Tested on Omnia but it doesnt work.

240*400 WQVGA is not supported :(

[lastnikita]

Tested on Omnia but it doesnt work.

240*400 WQVGA is not supported :(

use wvgafix3