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C. BECHSTEIN
VARIO · MANUAL
Apps are an essential part of the VARIO digital system
and its entire concept.
Apps are part of the user interface, i.e. (virtual) buttons or
control elements.
However, apps do not only provide purely technical
communication with the hardware: they also allow
musicians to discover their instrument far beyond
the musical experience - with tens of thousands of
applications for practicing, learning, sharing and much
more.
The VARIO App - Bechstein‘s own core application - was
designed and developed to be an organic part of our
acoustic instruments. With Apple‘s mobile operating
systems, the 3D user interface unfolds different function
blocks as needed, and the app blends seamlessly into the
overall impression of your piano, for example with a tablet
placed on the piano‘s music desk.
An outstanding musical ecosystem has grown up among
Apple‘s mobile operating systems iOS (for iPhone or iPod
touch) and iPadOS in recent years: professional users
appreciate the numerous software tools for notation,
training, recording or sound design. And beginners
can expect a creative world of apps for learning and
playfully exploring the broad subject of music (and
piano in particular). In addition, there are the many
„everyday applications“ such as e-mail and messenger, or
streaming platforms such as YouTube, with their almost
inexhaustible potential of explanatory films (tutorials) and
other musical inspiration.
We have developed the VARIO Digital System and the
VARIO App to interact with as many of these applications
as possible: to exchange data (music), to further process,
or to share between apps.
This part of the manual explains the basic steps and setup
options. We assume that you are already familiar with the
fundamentals of using your mobile device.
Good to know: the VARIO App communicates via MIDI
with the hardware of the VARIO digital system. MIDI
(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a standard used
for decades for communication between electronic music
instruments, components and software applications.
(aka: „Apps“).
3. THE VARIO APP FOR IOS AND IPADOS
3.1 Introduction