Piconica: An 8-bit Sound App for Android
Piconica is a free multimedia app developed by Klikki Lab for Android users. This app is designed for music and radio enthusiasts who enjoy creating 8-bit sounds. Piconica offers a wide range of features including tone, keyboard, recording, MIDI, and knob controls.
The tone feature includes square wave, triangle wave, white noise, and eight editable wave instruments with pitch shift and volume envelope controls. Users can adjust the octave between 1 to 8 and choose between 1 or 2-row keyboard with a width of 1 to 8 octaves. Piconica allows users to record their creations in WAVE file format.
Moreover, Piconica supports MIDI keyboards through USB and Bluetooth LE. However, Bluetooth connection requires an Android device with Bluetooth LE support. It is important to note that storage write and read permissions are necessary for recording, file operations, and reading for Android 9 and lower, while location permission is required for searching Bluetooth devices for Android 11 and lower.
The knob control provides a tap or touch and move option for adjusting settings. Piconica is a user-friendly app that allows users to create and edit their own 8-bit sounds easily.
