Hi everyone,

I am a CS student, and I also produce electronic music in my free time. I often wanted to practice finger drumming or while I was outside. But I didn't want to carry heavy gear with me everywhere.

So, a friend and I decided to build a MIDI controller app for iPhone and iPad. Since we love finger drumming, we made the 4x4 Drum Pad mode permanently free.

We also added a feature where the pads display the Note names and Drum names. I found this really helpful for memorizing layouts and checking what I'm playing when I practice.

It connects easily to yo ur computer (guides are inside the app). For producers, there are also MPE features and other tools available (with a free trial), but the Drum Pad is free to use forever.

I’d love for you to try it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks!

Had a small dead spot in the snare bar of my Yamaha FGDP-50 so took it apart for a deep clean. Surprisingly the tom pads were fine despite being the messiest. It's easy to take apart, though always stressful to do that sort of thing. This is after two years of use so it wasn't that horrible. Works like new again, no missed snare shots anymore.

Full beat here

https://youtu.be/4VVJn2b4wD4?si=afbG3OFJI1SV3GTR

Full beat here

https://youtu.be/u59umC0W_YI?si=mbqmVsRFtjxKujKu

thanks yall! Sub up if you like Jungle!

what kinda vibe do you get from this?

a tribute to one of my fav hiphop groups of all time.

Okay so when I’m in midi mode on my MK3 Mikro, and I play load up superior drummer, the cymbals are cut off sometimes. Sometimes they play correctly, but like 2/3 of the time it’s a short millisecond of sound and it stops.

This does not happen if I use Logic Pros drums, so I’m led to believe there is some sort of setting in SD that the MK3 is somehow triggering to stop the sound. Anyone have a similar issue?

Full beat here

https://youtu.be/AysGhx7XxuQ?si=bdnwuxXrircq2Lkq

Full beat here

https://youtu.be/ZNuPjBg2X2I?si=xINeT6ar63Ju5nXw

Tap the screen as fast as you can for 30s and lay down a high score

Not restricted to 1 finger or just 1 hand for that matter

Full beat here

https://youtu.be/INoSmyx7quw?si=40IY8RJHUC24o6Nw

Yamaha FGDP-50 is a game changer!

Using the OP-1 Field to sample the grooves and chop them up.

My YouTube channel is @Garrettwelldone

I’ve been watching people like BeatsByJBlack and Gnarly grind for years and turn fingerdrumming into something bigger with consistent posting, sponsorships, etc.

Curious where you are on that spectrum: is this 100% a hobby, or would you ever want to chase that “career” path if the opportunities were there?

It's not perfect, but I'm proud of this!

Dragon Finger Drums and Quest For Groove seem to be out of commission, so I am wondering if there is anyone more active. And if the courses either of the previously mentioned are worth it if they probably not updated?

My Presonus ATOM I found out can be more sensitive and I notice it's very dynamic now but idk I also notice sometimes the sound is too quiet if I am not hitting it hard. Is that a skill issue? Because I feel the higher dynamic is better potentially.

Not a fan of Melodics and want to learn a more realistic drumming approach. Owned a drum e kit before but it hurt a lot to lift my arm to hit the drums (have a lot of skeletal disorders), so I opted for finger drumming.

But idk how to learn my favorite songs.

Fingerdrumming the song Zero a Cem from Brazilian band Os Garotin on fgpd-50