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Polyplayground

Name: Polyplayground
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.17 (1 reviews)

Unlock the mathematical beauty of music. Simplify complex harmony with consistent chord shapes across all keys, and transform your iPad into an expressive, MPE-ready MIDI controller for your professional studio.

Key Figures

Downloads

11K+

User Rating

4.2/5

Total Ratings

Publisher

Mike Gao

Master Complex Harmony with Geometric Precision

Break free from the constraints of the traditional keyboard. Polyplayground uses isomorphic logic to make music theory visual, consistent, and instantly accessible for composers and producers.

Isomorphic Consistency

Learn a chord shape once and play it in all 12 keys. The Balzano grid ensures that harmonic relationships remain identical across the interface, allowing for effortless transposition.

Pro MIDI & MPE Control

Transform your iPad into a powerful MPE-ready controller. Experience separate pitch bend for each finger to bring a new level of expressive nuance to your software instruments and synthesizers.

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Screenshots

Polyplayground - Polyplayground app interface displaying a colorful isomorphic note grid for music theory and MIDI control — Polyplayground app interface displaying a colorful isomorphic note grid for music theory and MIDI control

Polyplayground - Polyplayground app interface showing a colorful isomorphic grid of musical notes — Polyplayground app interface showing a colorful isomorphic grid of musical notes

Polyplayground - A colorful isomorphic grid of musical notes and chords within the Polyplayground app interface. — A colorful isomorphic grid of musical notes and chords within the Polyplayground app interface.

Polyplayground - Polyplayground app interface with a colorful isomorphic grid of notes and music theory settings — Polyplayground app interface with a colorful isomorphic grid of notes and music theory settings

Description

Polyplayground by MIGAMO (Mike Gao Mobile) This app is great for the producer, composer, music theorist, and student. It makes understanding music theory easier, because the spaces are isomorphic, meaning that chords are the same in all keys. One only needs to learn a chord shape once to use it in any key. The default 3:4 Balzano space has unique symmetrical properties that make it the ideal way to visualize and play harmony. The only drawback is step-wise motion, which has been addressed in the newest version of Polyplayground with Swipe Mode 3/4 (scalar swipe), as well as graphical cues for adjacent scalar notes. This app has a sampler and synthesizer engine with separate pitch bend for each finger, but is designed to be used as a MIDI controller. For live performance, the app takes MIDI input, allowing you to visualize what a jam partner is playing. You can also stream chords you have already played into the device so that you are never lost if you want to improvise. You can press the Horizontal/Vertical buttons to change your pitch space. Guitar/bass players can use guitar mode, which changes the pitch space to a 5:1 (fourths by chromatic) for their familiar layout, while cello players can use 7:1 (fifths by chromatic).