Gamelan Gender2.3.0 - App Store

iOS implementation of Balinese Gamelan Gender Wayang, tunable and now with Inter-App Audio and Audiobus support!

Gender Wayang is a 10-key metallophone, coming in pairs, most be doubled from an other pair one octave higher, tuned in Slendro scale. As Gender Wayang is played with two panggul (mallets) - other than the Gangsa in Gong Kebyar - two player together play the melody (left hand) and the interlocking parts kotekan (right hand) as a complete „mini“ Gamelan.

.Inter-App Audio/Audiobus support
.Remote trigger for Audiobus Remote
.MIDI file player
.Animated keys for „traditional" learning
.Sound bank sampled from real instruments
.Keys assignable to midi notes (adjust to your MIDI file)
.Tune it to your real instruments
.Mathematical tuning system, only 5 keys have to be defined
.Calculated tuning can be overwritten, and each of the 40 keys frequency can be defined
.Loop parts for practicing, increase/decrease tempo on every reloop
.Set tempo changes, to for example accelerate each repetition...
.Change tuning to pelog scale and use it for Gong Kebyar practicing as well, create your own 10 key tunings....
.MIDI input (Core MIDI, physical and virtual, Audiobus 3)
.Two touch play modes: gamelan style (strike and damp) and piano style (touch and release)

Version History • Updated to iOS SDK 27
• Support for new devices
• Additional song Pakang Raras 2.3.0 4d ago • UI scaling fixes. 2.2.10 Sep 20 • support for latest devices/screen sizes 2.2.9 06/01/2025 • adjustments for iPhone 15 screens 2.2.8 11/06/2023 • some layout corrections. 2.2.7 11/17/2022 • fixed dark mode info text
• added layouts for iPhone 12, 12 pro max
• adjustments to audiobus and iOS 14 2.2.6 10/26/2020 • Fixed iPhone 6/7/8 plus layouts
• Added variants for key naming: 
setting Keys --> "naming", 
- 0 for l1...l5 h1...h5, 
- 1 for 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 Ī, 
- 2 for O E U A I o e u a i 2.2.5 09/21/2020 • fixed 'Info'-text scrolling on iPad 2.2.4 04/16/2020 • optimised for iOS 13 and the latest devices. 2.2.3 04/07/2020 • fixed scrambled Mixer view on iPhone introduced with version 2.2.1 2.2.2 09/21/2018 • optimised for iOS 12 and the new iPhones.
• additional new song "Sekar Sungsang Sukawati".
• refined song "Sekar Sungsang" (Kayumas). 2.2.1 09/20/2018 • fixed player randomly stops. 2.2.0 08/15/2018 • optimised for iOS 11 and iPhone X
• new additional song Sekar Sungsang. 2.1.8 08/13/2018 • reworked file import, it won't overwrite existing files but add a counter suffix
• additional song Rebong
• minor adjustments 2.1.7 12/29/2017 • code optimizations. 2.1.6 11/27/2017 • improved timing
• Audiobus SDK 3.0.3 2.1.5 11/20/2017 • minor adjustments for iOS 11 2.1.4 10/05/2017 • Audiobus 3 SDK with MIDI in port.
• additional song "Seketi". 2.1.3 05/29/2017 • fixed an error in tuning system, where the upper octave of the kantilan ngisep got detuned to the ngumbang in the wrong direction.
• fixed scrambled landscape view on iPhone, on device recording state change.
• additional song Tulang Lindung. 2.1.2 01/08/2016 • Inter App Audio transport view added.
• improvements in audio system.
• better timing handling (player in its own thread).
• latest Audiobus and The Amazing Audio Engine frameworks.
• new App Store name: Gamelan Gender. 2.1.1 11/23/2015 •Added remote triggers for Audiobus/Audiobus Remote. Toggle Play/Pause, Stop, Loop, Click from the AB-pannel/AB Remote, play the keys from AB Remote.
•New field for tempo increase/decrease on loop in BPM
•New switch in Keys: "count in", have one bar count in before song or left locator start (to start from left locator drag song position after right locator, set loop on).
•Refined songs: removed count in bars, part loop information (click on song title)

Attention! if you intend to stay on iOS 8.x and correct tuning is important for you don't update, as the openAL sound system is removed in this Version and the tuning bug in AUSampler will only be fixed in iOS 9. You're safe if you're still on iOS 7.x 2.1.0 08/18/2015 • improvements in manual change of song position, tempo and time signature changes get now applied.
• when looping a part and there are tempo changes in the loop segment, the next loop start has it's original tempo back, no need to put a tempo decreasing mark before loop end. 2.0.2 06/26/2015 • fixed OpenAL sound system (background audio off) won't play notes over MIDI in.
• improved audio session handling in IAA/Audiobus 2.0.1 05/15/2015 • initial support for Audiobus and Inter-App Audio!*
• additional gending "Sekar Taman"
• system volume slider for iPhone 5 up

* due to a bug in Audio Unit Sampler of iOS 8.x, the tuning of the notes start to change slightly after 1-2 seconds. So the "old" sound system is still available, when Keys--> background audio is set to off. It works fine in iOS 7.1 and hopefully gets fixed for iOS8.x soon. 2.0.0 05/04/2015 • manually change of song position through slider and "+" / "-" buttons reads tempo and time signature events. Changing while playing resumes at new song position on release. 1.4.0 11/02/2014