KVR Audio

SparkySpark · Post by **SparkySpark** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:07 pm

Hi,

Sorry if this should have been in the Getting started forum (mod: please feel free to move).

I'm on foot, and have never used an app for drumming before. I am thinking of using a my Android phone for laying down some drum/percussion tracks. I've browsed Google Play and there are many apps for that out there, but they can't respond to velocity, can they?

I'm thinking a solution may be two work in X-Y axes, so X would be the sound in question and Y the velocity (ie hold the phone in landscape position; left low corner would be conga 1 very quiet, left high corner would be conga 1 very loud etc).

So: payware or freeware, is there a way to get an Android phone to actually record MIDI data with some nuances? Any recommendations? Or do we simply set up a drum pad with some high and low velocities of the same sound?

Thanks!

Petesasqwax · Post by **Petesasqwax** » Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:55 pm

Unfortunately your options on Android are very limited I'm afraid. iOS offers more plentiful solutions, as with anything music related, but I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're looking to achieve so couldn't really offer a concrete suggestion even on iOS (which, because it isn't Android, probably wouldn't be of any use to you anyway...)

SparkySpark · Post by **SparkySpark** » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:37 pm

Petesasqwax wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:55 pm Unfortunately your options on Android are very limited I'm afraid. iOS offers more plentiful solutions, as with anything music related, but I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're looking to achieve so couldn't really offer a concrete suggestion even on iOS (which, because it isn't Android, probably wouldn't be of any use to you anyway...)

Thanks for your reply! Well: there are quite many finger drumming apps. But is there an app that responds to velocity? I don't think a smartphone responds to velocity, but I may be wrong here.

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:20 am

Nope, touch screens don't do velocity afaik. Technically it's not impossible, but apps don't have access to the required low-level data. Hidden behind abstraction layers.

SparkySpark wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:07 pm Or do we simply set up a drum pad with some high and low velocities of the same sound?

That's actually not a bad idea!

SparkySpark · Post by **SparkySpark** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:29 pm

BertKoor wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:20 am Nope, touch screens don't do velocity afaik. Technically it's not impossible, but apps don't have access to the required low-level data. Hidden behind abstraction layers.

SparkySpark wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:07 pm Or do we simply set up a drum pad with some high and low velocities of the same sound?
That's actually not a bad idea!

Thanks for clearing this up!

Hope some app dev takes up the X/Y suggestion above.

Newbie question re finger drumming on Android phone