Pemade 4+

Name: Pemade
Price: 5.99 USD
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: emacsian Company Limited

emacsian Company Limited

- 3.0 • 2 Ratings

- $5.99

Description

World's first iPhone/iPad implementation of the main instruments of a Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar!

Pemade, similar to kantil, is a 10-key metallophone in the gangsa of the Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar. It supports the main melody and plays interlocking parts called kotekan.

* Sound bank sampled from real instruments
* User interaction is specially designed to mimic real playing experience
* Playing sound can be stopped --- essential for Gamelan!
* Photos from real instruments
* Optimized for low-latency sound reproduction
* Zoom view available
* Configurable display of cipher notations
* No advertisement

Jul 4, 2023

Version 3.2

Updated for iOS12+

3.0 out of 5

2 Ratings

Great app for gamelan nerds

This is an excellent app for people who play in kebyar ensembles. The previous review mentions that they can only play in Selisir- makes no sense as this tuning is in Pelog. The app is very responsive and I enjoy using it to help me make transcriptions when I don’t have the real instruments nearby.

A few problems

This is not very responsive. I'm a gamelan player looking for something to practice on and this just doesn't work well enough. It's more a toy.

The Gangsa app has better sound and response qualities but unfortunately it's just a Calung.

Also I thought this was going to be a Semaradana instrument. It's not! You'll only be able to play in selisir.

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