Microphone Assessment (iPhone & iPad Guide)

Microphone Assessment (iPhone & iPad Guide)

🎤 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

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