1. Sound panel

Select button: display all Universal Piper presets and folders loaded on your device.

Locked A: locks the tuning for all preset. Thus you don't have to tune each preset for the desired tuning.

Tempered: replaces the original instrument scale by a tempered scale.

Tune: defines the A3 frequency. Hint: double click on tune to get a 440 Hz.

Tone: modifies the tone +/- 12 semi tones around the original tone of the instrument.

Reload: returns to the original tone and tune of the preset if modified

Volume: general volume of Universal Piper

Presence: balance between the drones and the chanter

Preset selection bar: if program changes are defined, displays only the presets ordered according to their program change. Otherwise displays all loaded presets.

2. Keyboard panel

This panel automatically adjusts to the available notes of the selected instrument.

Note that the extreme notes might not be active for example G3 for a GHB. Those notes are only displayed for comfort purpose.

3. Player Panel

BWW and MIDI files can be loaded either through iTunes or from another application as BWW and MIDI file extensions are associated to Universal Piper – Pocket Bagpipe.

Only the first track of a MIDI file is loaded and should correspond to the chanter track.

Loading BWW or MIDI files through iTunes is performed as follows:

- plug your device to your computer,

- select your device in iTunes

- select Apps and scroll down to the Documents area

- select Upiper

- click on the Add... button to add your files.

Note: there is no need to restart the Universal Piper – Pocket Bagpipe to access those news files.

Detune: allows you to detune the key of the file to match the one of the instruments. Usually BWW are recorded one semi-tone off the Bb3 for GHB and MIDI files sometimes one octave off.

Articulation (only BWW): defines how tight the grace notes are to be played.

4. Metronome

Well it's a metronome...

5. Preference panel

Sound output configuration

Default output is set to iOS Audio. Your device will automatically switch from internal speaker, headphones or bluetooth device.

You'll be able to select Airplay if an Airplay server is available.

Latency is the delay between a note reception (internal piano keyboard or external MIDI device) and the sound generation: the lower the better for playing comfort. However, the lower the value is, the more processing power it requires. It's a balance depending on your device and presets.

MIDI input configuration

Universal Piper – Pocket Bagpipe is compatible with CoreMIDI device such as iRig, USB/MIDI converter or device plugged to Camera Kit.

Once you plugged your device, click on the update button next to MIDI inputs and activate/deactivate the desired MIDI inputs.

If you use a MIDI chanter, activate the MIDI Chanter button and select the desired MIDI chanter and according fingering. If your chanter is not in the list, please contact us.

A generic MIDI chanter is available that is configured with a Bb3 as a root note.

Mode management automatically transposes the chanter scale into the instrument original scale (mixolydian for GHB, specific for Gaita and Uillean Pipe). Thus the chanter scale is usually shortened to the instrument original notes. For MIDI chanter with almost chromatic scale, this option can be deactivated.

When MIDI chanter is activated, MIDI channel 15 is reserved for keyboard or other device input. If MIDI chanter is deactivated, all MIDI channels are allocated to keyboard or other device.

6. Uploading Universal Piper V3 presets

Universal Piper – Pocket Bagpipe is based on Universal Piper version 3 sound engine.

Registered PC/MAC users can upload their sounds, presets and MIDI configuration.

Uploading is also performed through iTunes like the BWW and MIDI files: your device > App > Documents

To access file to transfer, in the PREF panel of Universal Piper version 3 click on the “Open folder” button.

Add to Upiper application on your device all UPL files as well as the upipe_preset.PST file, that contains your presets, and upipe_config.xml, that contains your MIDI configuration.

Once uploaded, restart the App so that the modification is taken into account.

A message in the information panel indicates that the modification is taken into account.

Note: you'll need to restart the App each time one of the file is modified.