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Colossus Piano

3.05 • 42 Ratings

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Colossus Piano sets a new standard in terms of realism, detail and overall quality of piano sounds on your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. There are 8 acoustic piano models available as 8 individual in-app purchases, plus 5 E-Piano legends bundled as 1 sound set with this app, together those 13 piano models make up 30 Gigabyte of sound material. All keys of all piano models were recorded in full length with a recording quality of 24 bit and 96 kHz stereo. Note: this app requires in-app purchases to provide its functionalities! Minimum Requirement: at least iPad 3 / iPad Air 1 / iPad mini 2 / iPhone 5 / iPod touch 6th gen. Recommended: iPad Air 2 / iPad mini 4 / iPad Pro / iPhone SE / iPhone 6s or higher. The dark brown „Colossus Concert Grand” model:³ • 24 velocity layers per key. • Dedicated sustain samples. • Release hammer sound. • Optional pad sound. • 14 GB in size (SSD space). The white „Baby Grand” model: • 12 velocity layers per key. • Dedicated sustain samples. • Release hammer sound. • Optional pad sound. • 6 GB in size (SSD space). The „Upright Piano” model: • 8 velocity layers per key. • Dedicated sustain samples. • Release hammer sound. • Optional pad sound. • 3.4 GB in size (SSD space). The „E-Piano” sound set: • 5 legendary E-Piano models (plus different model generations or configurations). • 17 E-Piano sounds in total. • Optional pad sound. • Optional tremolo effect. • 1.6 GB in size (SSD space). For information about the other piano models, please visit our product website! This app supports Audio Unit v3, Inter-App Audio, Audiobus and Bluetooth LE MIDI ! Software features: • Modulation wheel support for controlling the most relevant sound parameter of the currently selected sound. • Warm pad sound of a well known analogue synthesizer (not available for all models) can be turned on/off as support for the piano sound; volume can be controlled by mod. wheel and expr. controller. • Sustain pedal support for holding notes. • Sostenuto pedal support for holding individual notes. • Soft pedal support for a more gentle sound. • Expression pedal support for controlling optional pad layer's volume. • Hammer sound when releasing keys, uses round robin, can be turned on/off and volume controlled (some acoustic pianos only). • Polyphony of up to several hundred stereo voices.² • Low latency disk streaming. • Configurable audio latency down to 1 ms. • Integrated effects (18 presets). • App States: Save app's entire state as user presets. • MIDI velocity response curve editor. • App can keep running in the background. • Master Tune, Scale Tuning & Hermode Tuning. • Provides Audio Unit v3 plugin version of this app, which allows it to be used as virtual instrument directly within 3rd party multi-track DAW apps. • Supports Apple's "Inter-App Audio" system. • Audiobus support. • Virtual on-screen piano keyboard with velocity support, scalable & scrollable. MIDI Player / Recorder: • Record, save and load your songs in standard MIDI file format. • Share your songs easily as audio file. • Unlimited amount of tracks. • Unlimited recording and playback length. • Open MIDI (.mid) files directly from other apps (i.e. from Safari, Mail). • Download or upload MIDI files with iTunes. • Metronome. • Use the "Tempo Zoom" dial knob to i.e. slow down playback at any time, learn your favorite songs more easily. ¹ For more information about supported adapters and MIDI keyboards, please visit our product website. ² Some sounds might use several voices per note. Polyphony depends on the exact device model being used. You find a polyphony table on our product website. ³ Important: the dark brown „Colossus Grand” piano model requires a large amount of main memory, so we only recommend this piano model for device models mentioned as „recommended” above.
What’s New
This update provides a workaround for a misconfiguration on Apple iTunes servers that made all In-App Purchases of this app inaccessible with an error message "Cannot connect to App Store" (FB11711942).
Version 2.3.2
Version History

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Ratings and Reviews

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3.05
out of 5
42 Ratings
  • btklop, 13.02.2022
    Great concept, great sound, UI needs a little work in AUV3
    Ok, so, first and foremost the acoustic pianos are really some of the best on iOS. If you’re looking for a useable upright in particular, this is the place to get it. There are not really deep uprights on IOS. The stand-alone app is great, though minimalistic. The focus is definitely on the samples. What will get me to 5 stars? The AU is … well it’s glitchy. I have issues occasionally with it not loading properly in my hosts (KeyStage and AUM). Once the AU glitches out, you have to close the whole host program and reload it all again, not just reload Colossus. Has to be something with the stream from disk if I’m to take a guess. Also, the AUv3 interface is WAY scaled back from the standalone. That’s a huge miss for using it. There aren’t a lot of options to begin with, but some of the more interesting functionality is built around them — trance slicer, the modulation, pad level, etc. Bring the functionality to AUv3 and track down your glitches, I’ll pop to 5 stars. Show more
  • Nitpick Pete, 04.09.2021
    Different than all the rest
    Lots of character and long evolving sounds throughout the decay. Still my favorite piano app.
  • ikhaled2000, 09.11.2020
    Worst app ever
    I bought the Baby piano for 26$ and When I opened the app i can’t use it and the keep asking me to buy it again, They will stole ur money like what they did to me Show more
  • Topher Cronin, 16.10.2020
    Great Sounds. OK Interface. No Integration with GarageBand iOS
    I really love the sounds - I’ve downloaded 2 pianos so far and I’m really enjoying the nuances in the samples. It’s a bit annoying that once I purchase a piano, there’s no way to find the name of that particular instrument (I have the black grand and the red grand, which I think are German/American and Japanese?). The layout of the app is... OK. They could use some UX designers to make the layout cleaner. The biggest disappointment is that it doesn’t show up as an option in iOS GarageBand to use as an external instrument. I’ve been looking for a great piano sound to bring into some of my iOS produced music, but I guess I’ll have to keep looking. Show more
  • Mchhorner, 21.09.2020
    Won’t work
    When you download an app that doesn’t charge but then you need to do an additional download for $50 for it to work , I’m out. I don’t mind paying for a good app but you better tell me how front. If the ap is that good it doesn’t need to be deceptive. Show more
  • needHymn, 26.07.2020
    Crashes in any DAW
    I'm in iphone 6, and it crashes with just a single track in any DAW when used as an audio unit. It will record and often play back at normal speed, without crashing. But as soon as you try to freeze / merge / export the track, it gives you studdering audio or simply silence. Which means you will work hard to make a perfect song, only to be unable to render it in the end. Show more
  • Chrisbowmusic, 31.12.2019
    Most Realistic Representation of Pianos
    Colossus Piano is THE most realistic sounding piano (and EP) app currently available. If you want a piano that has been compressed and sits well in a mix right out-the-box, try Korg Module or Neo-Soul keys; I have those as well. However, for uncompressed ultra-realism, with a very wide dynamic range, the Colossus is best. The main piano is 14gb in size, a hint to how articulately sampled it is. This is especially great if you’re playing live jazz or classical gigs with no accompaniment. Again, this is probably overkill if you just need a pop piano that sits in a mix alongside vocals, guitars, drums, synths, bass, etc. Show more
  • No real Functionalty, 22.12.2019
    Buggy and hardly ever updated
    I used to love this app. It sounds great and is an excellent piano - When it works. The problem is there have been major stability issues for ever a year and even after contacting the developer to report crashes and bugs, there hasn't been an update in 8 months to fix anything. The lack up updates means simple things like proper support for integration with new iOS 13 functionality is also not available. I was forced to start using another piano since it's so unstable. I can't get a refund so I'm out almost $100. The best one I've found so far is the Ravenscroft 275 app. It lacks a couple minor features, but you probably won't miss them and the sound is superb. Show more
  • Fadi.93, 06.12.2019
    Important Message for The Developers (as well as the consumers)
    Dear developers of Colossus Piano First of all, congratulations for making the most realistic piano sounds on IOS; they are simply the best I've heard (especially, Colossus Concert Grand, 14 GB). Having said that, please note that there is a Major Issue with the app interface; the app crashes whenever i swipe left and right to change piano models, especially, when i swipe between the Vintage Upright and the white upright "pianino" medels. The app keeps crashing unless i choose the first piano (Colossus Concert Grand). This is not an isolated issue as i found out there are other people complaining about it, and it is a deal breaker, especially, in a live situation. The device I am using is an Ipad Air 3rd generation (2019) model. Please fix the issue and i will be more than happy to give 5 stars Rating.. Thank you in advance. Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    Free
  • Size
    420.13 MB
  • Provider
    Christian Schoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte
Languages
English
Copyright
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