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kart672

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Hello,

I've been using iReal for quite some time now on both iPhone Mac and I do like it a lot. I play Jazz with it. Anyway, what often keeps me from practicing or switching over to Band in a box with Realtracks is the poor sound experience of iReal.

Can you please integrate some way to make the instruments sound better? I mean both the sample quality and the velocity of each note or chord that is played back by iReal.
It sounds like it is always 100% hardness (or velocity of 127 in midi language), with no dynamics in the playing. The jazz styles you offer should have velocity functions in it.
Thats what I love about Band in a box with real tracks. They just sound like a real band.
It would be also ok if iReal, at least in the Mac version, would offer an interface to connect to other programs, that can generate the sound (like Garage Band, Logic, Reason etc.)

That would be awesome.

Thanks a lot.
 
Regarding velocity change during a song. Here is my suggestion on how to support it (when it is implemented):
1) add a "rehearse check box", if checked, will show the 4 instrument check box to select the one(s) the velocity will be rehearsed, a volume slider be shown on the screen
2) while the song is playing, the user moves the volume slider up / down to achieve the desired velocity and iRealPro "remembers" the velocity changes along the way (velocity per beat would be fine) for the selected instrument(s)
 
kart672 said:
Hello,

I've been using iReal for quite some time now on both iPhone Mac and I do like it a lot. I play Jazz with it. Anyway, what often keeps me from practicing or switching over to Band in a box with Realtracks is the poor sound experience of iReal.

Can you please integrate some way to make the instruments sound better? I mean both the sample quality and the velocity of each note or chord that is played back by iReal.
It sounds like it is always 100% hardness (or velocity of 127 in midi language), with no dynamics in the playing. The jazz styles you offer should have velocity functions in it.
Thats what I love about Band in a box with real tracks. They just sound like a real band.
It would be also ok if iReal, at least in the Mac version, would offer an interface to connect to other programs, that can generate the sound (like Garage Band, Logic, Reason etc.)

That would be awesome.

Thanks a lot.
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Doesn't the sound you get out of iReal depend on your sound card? Ray
 
I just submitted a thread regarding MIDI implementation. All things considered, the sounds in this app are fine. What would be really cool in my opinion would be to control EVERY parameter of the sounds in real time. For example, you could use a foot pedal to control the volume of one or all of the backing tracks. And imagine controlling lights and start/stop.
 
Seems something? All the reviews of this talk about or are the awesome sounds. I am only able to find awful 30-year-old midi tones. Also, the rhythms and cords are way off. I am missing something I am missing something?

Reviews for this app mention awesome realistic sound. I don't know if I am using it wrong but all I can find is horrible 1980s MIDI tones with inaccurate chords & rhythms.
 
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bodisattva said:
Seems something? All the reviews of this talk about or are the awesome sounds. I am only able to find awful 30-year-old midi tones. Also, the rhythms and cords are way off. I am missing something I am missing something?

Reviews for this app mention awesome realistic sound. I don't know if I am using it wrong but all I can find is horrible 1980s MIDI tones with inaccurate chords & rhythms.
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Sorry it doesn't seem to meet your expectations for an inexpensive phone app.
Perhaps you won't be happy unless you use a different much more expensive system.
Welcome to the forums.
:))BOB
 
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Although I sometimes complain about iRP's shortcomings, I feel a need to support the developers of this wonderful app. iReal Pro was developed as a practice aid and has evolved into a full-scale practice and performing band for a soloist. Yes, the sounds are sometimes cheezy. However, the rhythm is excellent. As for the chords, the app and its GUI make it easy for any user to create and edit chord charts to suit him. iRP has energized my playing and, I suspect from the user base and participants in the forum, is enjoyed by thousands of musicians of every genre. I use it every day for practice and when I play solo piano gigs. At $13 for an iPad, it is a great bargain. In addition, it continues to be actively developed and improved. What else can I say?
 
I use iReal for bass and drums only to back up my piano on solo gigs. Very good for that, considering that when I bought iReal it was about $10.00. Wonderful app for that price. Band in a Box can be up to almost $600.00. BIAB does 1000 more things than iReal, that's why the complicated gui. A steep learning curve.
 
Better Sounds

As a professional jazz musician, I use ireal extensively to practice and find it to be a really valuable tool. Thanks to the developers for their work. I do have to say that I would also much prefer better quality sounds, similar to what BIAB does. Personally, I would be willing to put down quite a bit more $$ for this than the current app price.
 
raymb1 said:
I use iReal for bass and drums only to back up my piano on solo gigs. Very good for that, considering that when I bought iReal it was about $10.00. Wonderful app for that price. Band in a Box can be up to almost $600.00. BIAB does 1000 more things than iReal, that's why the complicated gui. A steep learning curve.
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Yes less than the price of a metronome.
Now I have a probleme aboult the level of the sound, why can't I have it higher ? thanks.
 
I've noticed that some devices/phones/tablets are much louder than others.
Easy solution for practice is an earbud(s), headphones or a bluetooth speaker.
:))BOB
 
For what it's worth...I use irp for my solo gigs and it's great. Amazing in fact. Thanks to the developers for creating an affordable and overall excellent app. It's helped my playing quite a bit.
 
Bluetooth is a good way to go. I use a Bose Soundlink III along side my piano every day for iRP; plenty of volume in a large room. For gigs, I use a Logitech Bluetooth receiver and a pair of Roland CM-30 monitors, one close to the piano (so I can hear my accompaniment) and one further away, closer to the audience.

As for BIAB: I've looked at this package from afar for years. It's not for me, despite it's many capabilities. I need a bass player and a drummer to play along with in jazz or jazz-pop-latin styles. I don't need a whole band, or synthesized solos by various instruments, or rock, country, folk, world, etc styles. I would love some of BIAB's capabilities to be incorporated into iRP (including things like ritardando, tacets and cuts, more combination styles, more control over the bass player's rhythm, more choices on percussion sounds) but would rather spend time on my piano playing than on creating sophisticated arrangements. I also don't want to pay for features I don't need. Finally, I need something that runs on my iPad (although now that there are Windows tablets, this is less important) which sits on my piano's music stand. For now, iRP does fine for me.
 
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