Hexiano was a music & audio app developed by James Haigh. It was removed from Google Play May 18, 2018 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Hexiano had been downloaded 22 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Hexiano was rated 4.03 out of 5 stars, based on 230 ratings.
App Information
Hexiano was free to download. The APK download size was 3.58 MB. The last available version was 0.82.1 ALPHA. The last update was on August 17, 2012.
Technical Requirements
Hexiano required Android 1.6+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Unrated Maturity. The app had been available on Google Play May 2012.
Description
Hexiano™ is a Free/Open-source isomorphic musical keyboard. Isomorphic keyboards are about 12 times easier to learn than the traditional keyboard layout.
This isn't just an app, it turns your Android device into a musical instrument like the Thummer (Thumtronics) or AXiS-64 (C-Thru Music). It works best on recent mid- to high-end devices with large accurate multitouch screens. Old or low-end devices tend to only support 2 simultaneous touches, and are very inaccurate.
On slow devices, especially with a single-core CPU, it's not responsive while it's loading and can take over 20 seconds to load all of the sound samples. Unfortunately, the Android sound system likes to hog the single processor core while it's doing this. I'm looking into what can best be done about this issue.
Thanks to David Randolph for releasing the source code for IsoKeys 0.76 and earlier under the GPLv3. It has been a great help for learning to develop for Android. This is the first app that I've released. (I'm now also learning the jammer!)
Note that ads and tracking have been removed in this release (too much of a learning curve). I intend to bring back the ads, but there will be a donation version without ads. F-Droid users will never see ads on this app (http://f-droid.org/ ).
Changelog: * 0.82.1 ALPHA: - Changed logo! - Added 5 new colour schemes and changed default. - Renamed colour scheme 'White' to 'Slate'. - Reduced filesize slightly. - Fixed media volume behaviour. - Fixed square orientation crop bug. - Minor cosmetic fixes. * 0.82.0 ALPHA: - Renamed from IsoKeys to Hexiano! * 0.81.0 ALPHA: - Load audio samples on-the-fly for a responsive startup with a nice splash-like visual! - No reload of audio on screen orientation switch. * 0.80.3 ALPHA: - Preferences: Added MIDI outline and donate link. - Single-touch Chording for Jammer! - A couple of bug fixes. * 0.80.2 ALPHA: - Fixed some preference bugs. * 0.80.1 ALPHA: - Renamed package from com.inept.isokeys to org.gitorious.jamesjrh.isokeys - Changed default layout to Jammer (my primary focus). - Cleaned up some more code. - Fixed multitouch. - Cleaned up code a bit. - Removed ads and tracking. * (Based on IsoKeys 0.76)
Recent changes: * 0.82.1 ALPHA: - Changed logo! - Added 5 new colour schemes and changed default. - Renamed colour scheme 'White' to 'Slate'. - Reduced filesize slightly. - Fixed media volume behaviour. - Fixed square orientation crop bug. - Minor cosmetic fixes. * 0.82.0 ALPHA: - Renamed from IsoKeys to Hexiano! * 0.81.0 ALPHA: - Load audio samples on-the-fly for a responsive startup with a nice splash-like visual! - No reload of audio on screen orientation switch.
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★★★★★
Change the way you think about the piano keyboard Fascinating to play. It's amazing how ingrained the image of the piano keyboard is in the mind of the player. It's like trying to learn a new language for someone used to the regular keyboard shape. Nice samples, great sound.
★★★★★
A functional instrument A full fledged instrument for Android that allows harmonic passages to be played Pros: * low latency, makes it possible to play smooth runs and trills * size of keys adjustable, makes it useful for phones and tablets (very useful on tablets) * pleasant sounding voice * potential future support for midi (at least they'd like to, but it depends on whether these are actually created) Con's: * no voice selection * no effects (but that would actually interfere with either the speed or GUI or both so its OK)
★★★★★
Harmonic table is great for touch If you want a piano instrument for touch, the harmonic table is the only way to utilize the space on the screen efficiently and intuitively. Aside from that, it could be improved upon by giving the sound a little release time and other effects (reverb, etc) that would make the sound more professional.
★★☆☆☆
Interesting Concept, but a Few Problems I had a problem where I would try to tap a button twice, but the second time it wouldn't play. Also, it would be nice if there were flat keys.
★★☆☆☆
Sound cuts out seemingly at random when holding notes, and refuses to play around 5 times in a row every few notes. Worked perfectly before updating to Lollipop. How this still has such a high rating is beyond me as it's more or less no longer functional.
★★☆☆☆
Sound cuts off. Not playable at all. Good concept and decent latency. Just need a cutoff and decay setting.
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