Hexpress musical instrument
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v0.42.0 by CastleWrath
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Hexpress (Package Name: com.castlewrath.hexpress) is developed by CastleWrath and the latest version of Hexpress musical instrument 0.42.0 was updated on October 24, 2024. Hexpress musical instrument is in the category of Music & Audio. You can check all apps from the developer of Hexpress musical instrument and find 200 alternative apps to Hexpress musical instrument on Android. Currently this app is for free. This app can be downloaded on Android 6.0+ on APKFab or Google Play. All APK/XAPK files on APKFab.com are original and 100% safe with fast download.
Hexpress is a collection of musical instruments for your phone. You can use it for learning, playing and composing music whenever you have the time - on train, while waiting in line and during boring meetings. Using headphones (non-bluetooth) is strongly recommended for louder and better sound quality, and to not disturb others around you. The application has simple, colorful and clean interface designed to be accessible to young children.
While each instrument behaves differently in some way, in general notes are played by touching shapes on the screen, and sound is shaped by tilting the phone left-right and up-down. Different instruments have different effect controls - fade in, reverb, tremolo...
Most of Hexpress instruments have unusual honeycomb note arrangement that's sometimes called "harmonic table note layout". It is identical Tonnetz layout, only rotated. It has many interesting properties compared to standard piano layout:
• effective utilization of device screen (3+ octaves range)
• note relations (intervals) are uniform across whole range; to transpose song to different key just play same patterns on different part of instrument
• most chord shapes are grouped tightly and they can be executed with single finger swipe
• in typical scale and melody runs, notes are alternated between fingers of two hands, so they can be played with speed and precision
• large intervals are as accessible as smaller intervals
Besides honeycomb layout there are also instruments with conventional fretboard, and a drum set for finger-drumming.
The app features a looper used to record repeating section. The looper is enabled from main screen and can be used in almost all instruments. Saving or exporting loops is not supported in app.
Instruments are not meant to be reconfigured within the app. One reason for this is that it gives you a chance to actually learn the instrument (you couldn't learn a guitar if the tuning was different each time). The other reason is that constraints and limitations actually encourage creativity and make it more accessible to younger users. I'd like to improve existing instruments' sounds and visuals based on your feedback, but there will most likely never be any settings/options to fiddle with.
The app is work in progress - interface, sounds and features are all subject to change. The app doesn't collect ANY information about user and cannot access internet. Microphone permission is optional and is used in single instrument for recording it's samples.
Hexpress is without ads, free and open-source. Your feedback is much appreciated.
While each instrument behaves differently in some way, in general notes are played by touching shapes on the screen, and sound is shaped by tilting the phone left-right and up-down. Different instruments have different effect controls - fade in, reverb, tremolo...
Most of Hexpress instruments have unusual honeycomb note arrangement that's sometimes called "harmonic table note layout". It is identical Tonnetz layout, only rotated. It has many interesting properties compared to standard piano layout:
• effective utilization of device screen (3+ octaves range)
• note relations (intervals) are uniform across whole range; to transpose song to different key just play same patterns on different part of instrument
• most chord shapes are grouped tightly and they can be executed with single finger swipe
• in typical scale and melody runs, notes are alternated between fingers of two hands, so they can be played with speed and precision
• large intervals are as accessible as smaller intervals
Besides honeycomb layout there are also instruments with conventional fretboard, and a drum set for finger-drumming.
The app features a looper used to record repeating section. The looper is enabled from main screen and can be used in almost all instruments. Saving or exporting loops is not supported in app.
Instruments are not meant to be reconfigured within the app. One reason for this is that it gives you a chance to actually learn the instrument (you couldn't learn a guitar if the tuning was different each time). The other reason is that constraints and limitations actually encourage creativity and make it more accessible to younger users. I'd like to improve existing instruments' sounds and visuals based on your feedback, but there will most likely never be any settings/options to fiddle with.
The app is work in progress - interface, sounds and features are all subject to change. The app doesn't collect ANY information about user and cannot access internet. Microphone permission is optional and is used in single instrument for recording it's samples.
Hexpress is without ads, free and open-source. Your feedback is much appreciated.
Hexpress 0.42.0 Update
BACK button no longer exits the app, now there's exit icon in bottom-left of selection screen to be more child-friendly.Fixed popping noise in bass instruments.
Fixed guitar tuning, bridge was off by 1 note.
Improved fretboard appearance for guitar and bass.
Reduced app size a bit.
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Hexpress Features
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Hexpress musical instrument
0.42.0
XAPK
APKs
November 7, 2024
27.87 MB
Requires Android: Android 6.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160dpi
SHA1: d954b51130c60ab5050321be3eb27a67bd9f2866
Size: 27.87 MB
What's New:
BACK button no longer exits the app, now there's exit icon in bottom-left of selection screen to be more child-friendly.
Fixed popping noise in bass instruments.
Fixed guitar tuning, bridge was off by 1 note.
Improved fretboard appearance for guitar and bass.
Reduced app size a bit.
Fixed popping noise in bass instruments.
Fixed guitar tuning, bridge was off by 1 note.
Improved fretboard appearance for guitar and bass.
Reduced app size a bit.
Hexpress musical instrument
0.41.0
XAPK
APKs
August 8, 2024
35.35 MB
Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
Hexpress musical instrument
0.39.0
APK
October 16, 2023
15.95 MB
Requires Android: Android 4.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a
Screen DPI: 160-640dpi
SHA1: d6dcb2a531aaf171bb08bf0f08e66f5874cbc590
Size: 15.95 MB
What's New:
A new piano instrument
All instruments adapted to various displays aspect ratios
Sound sample fixed to reduce cracking
Small visual updates adaptations
All instruments adapted to various displays aspect ratios
Sound sample fixed to reduce cracking
Small visual updates adaptations
Hexpress musical instrument
0.37.0
APK
March 23, 2021
10.84 MB
Requires Android: Android 4.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: 160-480dpi
SHA1: 14154ec2cbd73c942d9e604f9d701ec3b548e130
Size: 10.84 MB
What's New:
Fix for sound issues and improved performance across devices
Fix for glitch in choir instrument
Fix for glitch in choir instrument
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Update Date:
2024-10-24
Latest Version:
0.42.0
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Android 6.0+
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