United StatesIn the 1950's, Hohner invented the melodica, a unique instrument combining the sweet, reed-based tone of a harmonica with a piano accordion keyboard.
Over the years, the melodica became a featured instrument in so many genres including funk, dubstep, reggae, jazz, pop and folk that it demanded a new personality.
The AirBoard is designed for a new generation of musicians. Now, anyone can grab an AirBoard and jam with ukulele players, guitarists and other acoustic musicians in any location.
The AirBoard app enables musicians to add a unique sound to their compositions and performances. Need more volume? Plug the headphone output of your Android phone or tablet into a sound system and let the jams begin!
How to Play the Hohner AirBoard
The Hohner AirBoard app is a realistic simulation of the actual Hohner AirBoard, all the sounds in the app are high quality audio samples from the real instrument.
Like the real AirBoard, you can play the app by blowing into the microphone and pressing the keys, or you can turn off the blowing feature and play by just pressing the keys.
When the blowing feature is turned off, where you touch on the keys changes the volume of the notes. Closer to the end of the key is louder, higher up is softer. You can even slide your fingers up and down to get an expressive tremolo effect.
The instrument has over a three octave range. Select the octave while playing by touching the Red, Blue, or Green buttons above the keyboard. The matching small colored jewels on the keyboard show the current octaves.
Touch the 'i' icon on the lower right corner of the screen to show the instructions/settings page.
On the settings page you can turn on/off the blowing feature, and set the blowing sensitivity.
Touch the Hohner logo at the upper right corner of the screen to visit the Hohner AirBoard website.
All settings are saved when the app exits.
Come check out the real Hohner AirBoard at NAMM 2014, January 24-26 in Anaheim, CA!
Doesn't work with newer Samsung phones
Does not work on my new Samsung phone.
Does not work on my new Samsung phone.
Wouldn,t even run paid for nothing
I Like that I can now know what to expect as far as sound from this instrument, but I don't like that the mouth piece is on the wrong side of the screen so I cannot use the breath feature. The rotation does not work on my phone, and that is a bummer. This does not completely ruin the experience for me, but I hope it is fixed.
Poor effort. Too slow response for any sort of fun, cant flow with a lead line. Only good for learning order of keys. Most mics are at the bottom of the phone which means the blow function is pointless as the melodica is the wrong way up.
Seriously? You actually can control if the screen is able to rotate! Just like most apps! Funny enough the iOS version does rotates the screen as you hold the iPad in different positions! What a sad excuse mate! The airboard is upside down, making it impossible to blow and play at the same time! I know I can turn it off and turn into a keyboard but if I paid for all the features I want to be able to use all of them!
Support screen rotation for devices with microphone on alternate end.
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