Tour and About
The guided tour shows you each button on the screen, one by one. The About screen tells you what the app is, what's new in this version and who made it, and lets you see the tour again.
The guided tour
When it appears
The tour starts by itself the first time you open the app, shortly after the drum screen appears.
- If you finish it or close it, it doesn't appear again on its own.
- If the app closes in the middle of the tour, it appears again the next time you open it.
How it works
The screen darkens and only the button the tour is talking about stays lit, with a golden border. A bubble next to it explains what that button does.
- Next goes to the next step.
- Back goes to the previous step. It doesn't appear on the first step.
- Finish, on the last step, ends the tour.
- The X at the top left of the bubble closes the tour at any step.
While the tour explains the track bar, the app opens the bar so you can see it. It closes again when the tour moves on or ends.
The 16 steps
| # | What it shows |
|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome, with the app version |
| 2 | About button |
| 3 | Settings button (MIDI Settings) |
| 4 | Mixer button |
| 5 | Play-along track button |
| 6 | Playback controls in the track bar: previous, play/pause, stop, next |
| 7 | The waveform: tap or drag to move through the song; red dots mark your recorded hits |
| 8 | The song info: tap it to change songs; the badge shows the take version |
| 9 | The button that closes the track bar |
| 10 | Playback switch (recording mode) |
| 11 | Record button |
| 12 | Recordings list button |
| 13 | Export button |
| 14 | Layout selector |
| 15 | Flam button |
| 16 | Goodbye, and a reminder that the tour is in About |
Seeing the tour again
- Tap About, the first button in the left column.
- Scroll down and tap Replay Tour.
The About screen closes and the tour starts from step 1.
The About screen
Tap About, the button with three dots at the top of the left column. A panel opens over the drums and both button columns are hidden. If the track bar, the Mixer or MIDI Settings were open, they close.
Close it with the X at its top right corner. The button columns come back.
The panel scrolls, and from top to bottom it shows:
- What is Taiko Drums: what the app is for.
- What's new in this version: the 11 changes in version 1.3, such as the new layout for iPhone and iPad, the play-along songs, multi-take recording, export and MIDI output.
- Replay Tour: starts the guided tour again.
- Credits: programming and sound design by Cristián R. Villagra; graphic design and illustrations by Sebastián I. Sánchez.
- The app version, at the bottom: Taiko Drums v1.3 (build 6).
Languages
The app is in 7 languages:
- English
- Español (Spanish)
- Français (French)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- Português (Brazil)
- 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
There's no language setting inside the app: it uses the language of your iPhone or iPad. If your device is in a language the app doesn't have, it appears in English.
To use a different language just for Taiko Drums, open the iOS Settings app, find Taiko Drums and change its language there.
The names of the songs aren't translated.