Starting off July 2010 with the release of 7 new Scottish bagpipes-related apps for the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch:
New iPad apps:
Bagpipes, Border Pipes, and Small Pipes
http://www.tradlessons.com/Bagpipes.html
Coverage of “Bagpipes” on Scottish STV:
http://scotland.stv.tv/highland-games/pipes-drums/183843-ipipes-take-scottish-bagpipes-into-digital-age/
Gizmodo:
http://gizmodo.com/5568530/play-the-most-irritating-instrument-on-your-ipad-the-bagpipes
Pipes|Drums Magazine:
http://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18221
AirPipes - Wireless MIDI Bagpipes Control Surface for the iPad updated to version 1.3
With this update, the app now supports selecting between Uilleann and Highland chanter fingerings:
http://www.tradlessons.com/AirPipes.html
New iPhone/iPod Touch apps (also work very well on the iPad):
ePipesKeys - Scottish Highland Bagpipes keyboard for the iPhone/iPod Touch:
http://www.tradlessons.com/ePipesKeys.html
SmallPipesKeys - Scottish Smallpipes keyboard for the iPhone/iPod Touch:
http://www.tradlessons.com/SmallPipesKeys.html
BorderPipesKeys - Scottish Border Pipes keyboard for the iPhone/iPod Touch:
http://www.tradlessons.com/BorderPipesKeys.html
The first 6 are currently available on the iTunes App Store. BorderPipesKeys will be available by July 8th.
Also coming in July:
ePipesDrones -Scottish Bagpipes Tunable Drones for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
http://www.tradlessons.com/ePipesDrones.html
All of these apps were done in partnership with Keir Murdo at ePipes.co.uk in Glasgow, Scotland:
Keir has an incredible collection of bagpipe samples from the instruments and playing of master Scottish piper, Fred Morrison, these are the samples used in all the new apps.
Cheers and thanks,
Michael