Midi Poly Grid 4+
MPE & Polyphonic AT Controller
Andreas Mueller
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- $2.99
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Description
# Midi Poly Grid
This App is Open Source. Access the code here: https://github.com/anzbert/beat_pads
## Important Disclaimer
This App is **ONLY** usable as a Midi Controller. It does **NOT** produce any sound on its own and requires a host application or a second device with a DAW or other sound production app.
## Information
Midi Poly Grid is a lightweight Midi Controller app for mobile phones and tablets for melodies and finger drumming at home and on the go. Connections can be made virtually to other apps via platform midi channels or via USB to other devices.
This app aims to be an easy-to-use pad input device featuring a variety of layouts, intuitive playability and modern modulation options, such as MPE and Polyphonic Aftertouch. It was designed for people that prefer pads to pianos! The focus of this app is not to be a jack-of-all-trades Midi swiss army knife, but instead to be a great at one thing: Intuitive and versatile pad controls.
## Features
- A size-adjustable grid of pads for finger drumming and melody input
- Various layouts and colors, inspired by the Ableton Push
- Presets can be saved with different pad setups
- Innovative MPE and polyphonic Aftertouch modulation with graphical feedback
- Push Style MPE pitchbend and slide
- Send Velocity by Y position on pad, randomly or with a fixed value
- Usable as a standard MIDI device with any PC, Mac or other USB host
- Optional controls, such as Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel and Sustain
- Highligh a large number of musical scales
- Receives Midi Notes, making the pads usable like a Launchpad
- Custom grid creation based on the note intervals on the X and Y Axis to create Grids inspired by the Harmonic Table, Wicki Hayden, MidiMech and others
- Supports virtual Midi connection to other apps on your device
- Built-In support for the popular finger drumming courses from XpressPads.com
- And more...
## Feedback and Contributions
Anyone is most welcome to contribute, report an issue or start a discussion in the Github repository. Thanks!
## Licence
Licenced under GPL3. The code in this project is freely usable in any other open source project. Enjoy!
## iOS Specific Information
Can be used with any Mac via USB or WiFi. Usage with PC is limited to WiFi with free third-party software (rtpMidi), and USB with third-party USB midi connectors, due to Apple's limited implementation of USB Midi on iOS.
AUv3 is unfortunately not supported at this time, as it is currently impossible with Flutter. More info about that here: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/16092
What’s New
Version 1.0.10
- using latest version of Flutter (3.29) and updated other dependencies
Ratings and Reviews
Build your own
This little app let me create just what I was looking for: a pad controller in a fourths string layout with a bigger than 4x4 grid. The customization is deep, but not bloated, and includes aftertouch and MPE options, so despite the app’s name, it’s great for melodic and harmonic use. In a perfect world, I’d have options for positional velocity, a hold button, and easy switching between layouts, but I’ve already got what I really need for a tiny price. It feel like the kind of tool built to meet one’s own needs and then graciously made available to others who might find it useful. Much thanks to the developer.
Developer Response ,
Hey thx for the kind words! I love your suggestions too. If I ever get a larger chunk of time, I would love to implement those.
Amazing
Exactly what I was looking for - MIDI grid controller like Ableton Push or Novation Launchpad, in iPad app form :) If it's not too much trouble, could you please add AUV3 support? Right now you need to switch between fullscreen apps to use it, an option to run your app in a window inside a DAW would make it pretty much perfect!
Developer Response ,
Hey thanks for the kind words! I would love to make the app AUv3 compatible! But unfortunately, I can’t do that with Flutter yet, which is the Multiplatform framework I used to create it. The advantage was that I could make it usable with all types of tablets, but the problem with AUv3 is a bit of a bummer.
I guess I could allow the app to be used in splitscreen as a stop gap solution?! I’ll experiment with that idea.
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Information
- Seller
- Andreas Mueller
- Size
- 32.2 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Andreas Mueller
- Price
- $2.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.