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TSajay67
post Mar 3 2015, 04:06 PM, updated 10y ago

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hi

thinking of playing keyboard/synth on my android tablet, connecting midi keyboard via OTG cable.
anybody has done it? what't the best apps for sound & performance (latency etc)?

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post Mar 3 2015, 06:04 PM

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dunno.
the only music app i got on my android now is walkband...more of a fun thing.

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post Mar 3 2015, 07:32 PM

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Hehe. Yeah this is just a fun project. Might buy a small midi keyboard for this.
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post Mar 4 2015, 10:27 AM

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Wah lau...like that also can?? hmm.gif

What's the point really??

I used to have a MIDI cable to my PC which hooks to port in the Soundblaster sound card eons ago. It was a cheap CASIO keyboard(not bad, since got MIDI!), can make it to do recording, composing and using the sound card additional waveform samples as voice.
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post Mar 4 2015, 12:14 PM

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QUOTE(Matrix @ Mar 4 2015, 10:27 AM)
Wah lau...like that also can?? hmm.gif

What's the point really??

I used to have a MIDI cable to my PC which hooks to port in the Soundblaster sound card eons ago. It was a cheap CASIO keyboard(not bad, since got MIDI!), can make it to do recording, composing and using the sound card additional waveform samples as voice.
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i did that too years ago smile.gif

the point is simple : FUN & being portable. & android being THE OS for the mobile crowd.
i have my proper keyboard for other than that.
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post Mar 4 2015, 12:22 PM

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QUOTE(ajay67 @ Mar 4 2015, 12:14 PM)
i did that too years ago  smile.gif

the point is simple : FUN & being portable. & android being THE OS for the mobile crowd.
i have my proper keyboard for other than that.
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i know, but what purpose lor?? Got what apps to do what?? Recording in MIDI??
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QUOTE(Matrix @ Mar 4 2015, 12:22 PM)
i know, but what purpose lor?? Got what apps to do what?? Recording in MIDI??
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now got synth apps & recording studio apps also.
so, the reason i ask is whether someone has tried & tested those apps with midi keyboard so that he/she can recommend which is better (sound/performance wise)
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post Mar 4 2015, 08:59 PM

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android isn't a good platform for vst as compared to ios. AFAIK the drivers issues makes latency too high, which is why there is lacking in such apps. Buy an ipad + ipad video connector to connect the midi keyboard, works better than android devices
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post Mar 5 2015, 09:02 AM

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yup. agreed that iOS is more musician-friendly.
i am just hopping that i can use whatever i currently have without switching to iOS.
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post Mar 5 2015, 11:05 AM

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well seems latest samsung phones have better audio chips etc, which is why u can now find irig stuff for it.
so the latency on newer android phones cant be all that bad anymore.
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post Mar 7 2015, 10:56 AM

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QUOTE(ajay67 @ Mar 5 2015, 10:02 AM)
yup. agreed that iOS is more musician-friendly.
i am just hopping that i can use whatever i currently have without switching to iOS.
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even if it has, it will be at very infancy stage whilst ios has already mature so much, the prowess of ios is equivalent to a last gen computer (maybe in the dual core age) build for audio processing. ditch yer droid and come to the dark side tongue.gif or just buy a used ipad which practically goes for nothing nowadays.

anyway u can try this

http://heatvst.com/wp/

not sure whether it will works with a midi controller or not.

but son u are missing out all the great stuff on ios brows.gif




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post Mar 12 2015, 05:50 PM

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Seriously, just connect to a laptop and runs real pro software like CakeWalk. Dun fool around with ipad kid stuff....biggrin.gif
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post Mar 13 2015, 10:32 AM

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QUOTE(Matrix @ Mar 12 2015, 05:50 PM)
Seriously, just connect to a laptop and runs real pro software like CakeWalk. Dun fool around with ipad kid stuff....biggrin.gif
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hehe.. yeah seriously we should do that. but i'm looknig at something fun & very portable.
anyway i've tried a few android synth apps & none can hv a real live-playing feel. so, i hv to put this on hold, maybe til there's powerful enough android capable of performance comparable to apple or pc. might wanna get windows tablet with latest atom bay trail cpu. i did try playing piano app on an asus t100 & it felt quite good (latency-wise). i hv since passed it to my son.

 

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