🎤 Microphone Assessment (iPhone & iPad Guide)

✅ What this is

• Lets Piano Marvel detect notes using your device’s microphone
• No keyboard or MIDI connection required

👉 Available on iPhone & iPad only

⚠️ Important Limitations

Microphone Assessment is:

• Less accurate than MIDI
• Affected by background noise
• Dependent on device microphone quality

👉 For best results:

• Use a MIDI keyboard instead

🚨 Start Here (Quick Check)

Play a few notes.

👉 What happens?

• Notes are detected correctly → You’re good
• Some notes are detected, but inaccurate → Continue
• No notes detected at all → Continue

🔍 Step 1 — Check Microphone Permission

Piano Marvel must have access to your microphone.

On iPhone/iPad:

• Go to Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone
• Make sure Piano Marvel is enabled

👉 Test again.

• Working? → Done
• Still not working? → Continue

🔊 Step 2 — Check Your Environment

Microphone input is highly sensitive to surroundings.

Make sure:

• Room is quiet
• No background music or noise
• No talking nearby
  
• Mixer is set to Metronome Only (default for Microphone Assessment)

⚠️ Common issue:

• Background noise interferes with detection

👉 Test again

📱 Step 3 — Position Your Device Correctly

• Place your iPhone/iPad close to the piano/keyboard
• Aim the microphone toward the sound source
  
• Remove any cover or case on your iPhone/iPad

⚠️ Too far away = weak detection

👉 Test again

🎹 Step 4 — Check Your Instrument

Microphone Assessment works best with:

• Acoustic pianos
• Clear, clean tones

⚠️ Common issues:

• Very quiet playing
• Heavy sustain pedal use
• Poor tone clarity

👉 Try:

• Playing slightly louder
• Using clean, distinct notes

👉 Test again

🔄 Step 5 — Restart the App

• Close Piano Marvel
• Reopen it

👉 Test again

🔄 Step 6 — Restart Your Device

• Power off your iPhone/iPad
• Turn it back on

👉 Test again

🧠 What Microphone Assessment Can and Cannot Do

✅ Works best for:

• Basic note detection
• Casual practice
• Situations without a keyboard connection

❌ Struggles with:

• Fast passages
• Complex chords
• Precise timing/scoring
• Noisy environments

👉 This is expected behavior—not necessarily a bug

⚠️ Common Misunderstanding

❌ “It’s not scoring correctly”

👉 Likely cause:

• Microphone limitations, not user error

✅ Recommendation:

• Use MIDI keyboard for accurate scoring

🎯 If You’re Still Having Issues

Include:

• iPhone/iPad model
• Environment (quiet room, etc.)
• Acoustic or digital piano
• Description of the issue

👉 Contact support