Hexatone
Hexatone is an isomorphic hexagonal keyboard and microtonal instrument for iPad. Every
interval keeps the same shape anywhere on the grid, so scales and chords are easy to learn
and transpose, in any tuning. And with the built-in sampler, it makes its own sound, in
tune, with no extra apps required.
PLAY ANY TUNING
- Any equal temperament (N-EDO): 12, 19, 22, 24, 31, 53 and beyond
- Import your own scales as Scala (.scl) files — keys show their ratios
- Adjustable octave, concert pitch (A4), and key density
BUILT-IN SAMPLER — SOUND OF ITS OWN
- Load a single audio file and play it across the whole board, perfectly in tune
- Or import full multisample instruments (SFZ) — pianos, kalimbas, pads, anything
- Manage your instrument library and reclaim space, right in the app
- No external synth needed — though you can still send MIDI at the same time
ISOMORPHIC LAYOUTS
- Bosanquet, Wicki-Hayden, Harmonic Table, Fourths, Accordion — or a Custom layout
BEAUTIFUL, READABLE KEYS
- Glassy, glowing keys that light up as you play
- Four colour palettes (Pastel, Inferno, Turquoise, Campfire) — hue shows pitch class,
brightness shows octave, so you can read the keyboard at a glance
WORKS EVERYWHERE
- Standalone, or as an AUv3 plugin in AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis, Loopy Pro, Drambo
- MPE pitch: each note plays on its own channel with its own pitch bend, so MPE-capable
synths sound every microtonal interval in tune
- Note velocity, a velocity curve, and an adjustable pitch-bend range
A note on MPE: Hexatone uses MPE for per-note microtonal pitch (the X axis). It does not
yet send the continuous Y (CC74 timbre) or Z (pressure) expression of touch controllers
like the Seaboard — a flat screen has no native way to sense those. It’s a microtonal
playing and routing instrument first; richer touch expression is on the roadmap.
