NEW FEATURES
• Improved tuning curve algorithm v3, now enhanced with artificial intelligence. For many instruments, it achieves better stretch in the bass and, when required by the tuning style, purer twelfths in the treble.
• Enhanced partials display, now showing up to 50 partials to support voicing of high frequencies. You can disable the normalization of partial levels and specify the displayed partial amplitude range in decibels.
• New Passthrough mode for the tone generator. When using a headset, this mode lets pianoscope capture the sound you play via the microphone and play it back live through your headphones. If you select a partial bar in the partials view, the app applies a bandpass filter to isolate that specific frequency range—an excellent tool for aural training. Keep in mind that Bluetooth headphones often introduce latency, so Passthrough works best with wired headphones.
• Introducing Time Charts — visualize various parameters of a piano sound and track their evolution over time. To access them, tap the new Time Charts item in the main menu. This feature requires iOS 17 / iPadOS 17 or later.
• Multi-channel audio processing. Pianoscope 3 can now process signals from multiple audio channels and seamlessly combine the results into its pitch display. These signals may come from external audio interfaces or built-in microphones.
• Newer iPhones feature up to four built-in microphones, while newer iPad Pro models even five. By enabling the new Use Multiple Mics switch, pianoscope analyzes each microphone’s signal independently and merges the results, improving tuning consistency—particularly in cases of false beats in the high treble.
• New Prefer No Interruptions option. When activated in the audio settings, iOS will only visually display interruptions such as incoming calls, without disrupting the audio recording.
• Save and recall settings with ease. The new Save function in the settings panel allows you to save all current settings under a custom name and restore them later. If you add the gear symbol to the toolbar in the tuning view, you can quickly access saved settings by long pressing. This is ideal for setting up different configurations for tuning, concert preparation, pitch-raising, voicing, etc., and switching between them effortlessly. You can also use this function to transfer settings to another device.
• Export and import custom tuning styles. You can now export a custom tuning style to a file and import it onto another device.
• Improved search for tuning documents. You can now find tuning documents based on instrument details such as Manufacturer, Model, Serial Number, or Notes. Searching for documents works both in the iOS Files app and within pianoscope's document management.
• Quick document preview in the iOS Files app. The Files app offers an alternative way to locate specific tuning documents in a list. Simply tap and hold on a tuning document, then select Quick Look from the context menu. This opens a QuickLook Preview that displays key document information without needing to open it in pianoscope.
• In the Tuning Curve panel, you can now pinch horizontally with two fingers to smoothly adjust the curve’s width or pinch vertically to change its height. The latter gesture is new and makes it easier to differentiate closely spaced deviation curves.
• Extended freeze indicator duration. You can now increase the freeze duration to up to 5000 ms. Longer durations help resolve frequencies affected by false beats in strings but may also slow down the tuning process. To simplify switching between freeze durations, pianoscope 3 introduces three different sets of durations. You can switch between them in the settings or directly from the tuning view by long-pressing the snowflake symbol in the main toolbar.
• New Delay column. This feature allows you to shift the start of the freeze measurement by a selected duration after the attack.
Full release notes: https://tinyurl.com/2jbawvd6