HOUSE: Mark I

The app contains beautifully sampled Rhodes Mark 1 electric piano sounds. The variety of presets are wonderful. There almost isn’t a bad cord you can play because the tones are so beautiful and warm. It sounds very real, warm and authentic. You can also adjust the setting to create your own presets. I use the app by hooking my iPad up with a mid keyboard and cranking up the volume. If you select “play in background” in the app then I can even open other apps like Music notes to read the music that I’m playing. This app sounds 1000% better than the Rhodes electric piano presets in my expensive name brand electric piano. I haven’t tried it with a DAW yet, but in response to other reviews which discuss problems using the app with a DAW, I have had problems with iOS apps from various developers not working as expected with DAWs (Logic Pro X & Garage Band). It’s a trial and error process, but you can probably find a You Tube video to help walk you through your setup. The developer has a You Tube channel. In addition to the great authentic sounds this app produces, it is RIDICULOUSLY AFFORDABLE!!! $3.99 is an absolute steal. Plus, it benefits charity and helps to educate young musicians. I love this app! LOVE IT!

As many others have already attested to, this app is a beautifully well done Rhodes recreation. Sadly, when I use it with Cubasis as an AU3, it suffers from 2 major issues. The first is that when recording on a midi track, the built in keyboard does not send midi data to the DAW. This can be overcome by using the Cubasis keyboard or an external midi controller. It’s not a dealbreaker since there is a solution, but it is annoying as I prefer the velocity response on the app’s keyboard and it’s not always convenient to hook up a controller. The second problem basically renders the app useless. Once you go to the trouble to get your midi data recorded and your song sounding nice, you want to be able to export everything and share your music of course. So, you hit the mix down button but when you listen back, the Housemark track is completely missing! There’s no way to render your finished song, so why bother using the app at all? I don’t know if this is an issue with just Cubasis, or with other DAWs that load Housemark as an AU3, but I’ve never experienced these issues with their other apps, so it seems like it should hopefully be an easy fix. Please do so soon so I can update my review to a 5 star and get to share my songs that I put so much work into!

I have a lot of piano apps and some are bland and very unrealistic sounding, then I have others that have such an enormous amount of info and presets that you can’t store it on your iPad then you have this one . Super great sounding like the real deal and not too many presets and just the right amount of options for sound adjustment. Just wish I knew this was coming like 9 months ago .....I would have not bought like 4 other apps I don’t even use. Thanks guys . Keep em coming!! - k.Lloyd/ Reverend Dirtkicker DOC Music & Mayhem