#Basic drum beats app for android Bluetooth
Using any sort of wired-MIDI solution will be a bit more reliable (and more robust because bluetooth accessories can only control the foreground app whereas MIDI (even MIDI over Bluetooth) can work on background apps. Therefore, you could also save a pile of $ and just use any crappy bluetooth QWERTY keyboard unless you really need to only use your feet. Like all the Airturn bluetooth pedals do is show up as a keyboard that only makes arrow-key signals. Pedals - using bluetooth pedals is the equivalent of using a Bluetooth QWERTY keyboard. I still own and occasionally use my SR16 (an absolute CHAMP with MIDI Clock) but have definitely been spoiled by iOS and desktop drum machines as far as programming ease and sound selection/variation. Or, if you're doing something more jammy where there isn't so much of a verse/chorus structure, you could use all four as subtle variations of the same rhythm hitting 'fill' basically at random to keep things interesting.Īnyway, not at all the perfect set up for someone doing electronic music or banging out beats or whatever but really kind of a perfect 'working musician needing a drum machine for accompaniment' set up. Also clever: if you put a crash at the top of your Fill pattern it wouldn't trigger it until the start of the next A/B pattern. Usually, the fill pattern itself would just be a copy of the main pattern with some amount of actual drum 'fill' at the end. This means that you can hit Fill at anytime during the current pattern and know that when the current pattern is finished you'll get the fill and the patterns switch-meaning you don't need to time hitting Fill perfectly while you're singing/playing guitar/trying move your mic a bit/reading the lyrics. Interestingly, and very practical for live situations when playing other instruments, Fills are actually the same length as their A and B counterparts (well, I think A and B can be different lengths but their fill compliments are always the same length). You can trigger the fill via MIDI or simple external switch pedal (only need one since "Fill" means "play the current part's fill and toggle to the other part"). Rock out on A for a while, hit 'fill' again to switch back to B. So, if you're on beat B and hit Fill it will play the fill through the end and switch back to A. In a situation like Ian is describing you'd do something like: A=verse beat, B=chorus beat and then fills to switch between them. Every pattern is actually 4 patterns: Part A, Part B, Part A-Fill, Part B-Fill. Totally agree with you that if there isn't currently an app that does this there orta be.įor those unfamiliar with it: the SR really was(is) a clever set up as an accompaniment box. I think sending him a message detailing the way in which you used your SR is a good idea. My first thought when reading you post was "Rock Drum Machine maybe?". You can also make your own drum kits in Funkbox via sample import though it's a little laborious. Also note that FunkBox supports MIDI Out for notes so if the sounds aren't what you're looking for but the MIDI implementation for start/stop/pattern change works well for you, you could point it at another sound source.
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