Finger drumming on iOS

Hi,

this is not really a question but more of a short guide. I hope this hasn’t been covered by Andreas or someone else already – anyways, haven’t found it. I tried quite a few iOS apps which would allow me to practice just with a controller and my phone while on the run. One app which seems to work really well is DrumsLive by Luigi Ferone. I created a MIDI mapping for my MPD 2018 based on the following notes the software expects:

Kick: C2
Snare Rim: C#2
Snare: D2
Snare long: E2
Tom Low: F2
Tom Med: A2
Tom High: D3
Clsd HH: F#2
Cld HH2: G#2
Open HH: A#2
Crash: C#3
Ride: D#3

The sounds are ok for practice while traveling and all you need is your phone and the pad-controller.

A second app which also seems to work quite well is http://drumkickapp.com/drumkick/
With this you can either configure your pads or use the software’s mapping editor to configure the software for an existing mapping.

I have added my MPD mappings as attachment.

Hope this helps,

Richard