# Midi poly grid andoid app **URL:** \ **Category:** Finger Drumming Gear / Software / Setup\ **Created:** [August 11, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/midi-poly-grid-andoid-app/1766 "2025-08-11T08:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spynom70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@spynom70](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/spynom70)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/midi-poly-grid-andoid-app/1766/1 "2025-08-11T08:06:18Z")
Greetings to all friends of the community. I have been playing piano completely amateurly as a hobby for the last 5 years. I want to get more involved with finger drumming so that I can make some of my own loops as backing tracks for the songs I play on the piano. Unfortunately, at this moment I do not have the financial means to buy a midi pad controller, I looked for other alternatives. So I found the midi poly grind android app to try it on my windows 10 pc with the akai mpc beats. I will use a samsung galaxy A8 tablet as a midi pad controller via a usb-otg connection to the computer. The tablet supports midi data transfer. So I want to ask if anyone has tried something similar and it works. In a quick google search I found that the mpc beats is compatible with any midi-usb device. Will this temporary solution help me start finger drumming at least until I can buy a real midi pad controller? [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.anzio.beat\_pads&hl=el](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.anzio.beat_pads&hl=el) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDtjuM3Aefw&list=PLRzSk37XnIEpKtCifj1UHCLseZEdxHAMd](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDtjuM3Aefw&list=PLRzSk37XnIEpKtCifj1UHCLseZEdxHAMd) ---
**Author:** ![Fannon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/questforgroove.discourse.group/fannon/32/777_2.png) [@Fannon](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Fannon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/midi-poly-grid-andoid-app/1766/2 "2025-08-12T05:04:02Z")
Android devices sometimes have awful latency (touchscreen, audio). But it does depend on the device a lot. Probably you have to try it out to see if it works well enough. Would be interested how well it works! Another app could be this: [Koala Sampler – Apps bei Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elf.koalasampler&hl=de) It let’s you also sample / record sounds and you can play it right on the device itself, making it a standalone groovebox. Can be really fun and creative. ---
**Author:** ![Zatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Zatt](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Zatt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/midi-poly-grid-andoid-app/1766/3 "2026-01-10T20:15:24Z")
Do you have a piano-like MIDI controller, or have you been playing a piano that does not have a MIDI-out? If you have MIDI from your piano controller, you can finger drum there. Most DAW software will start with some mapping between MIDI notes and drum kit pieces. ---
**Author:** ![anzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@anzio](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/anzio)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/midi-poly-grid-andoid-app/1766/4 "2026-02-10T08:31:04Z")
I am the developer of Midi Poly Grid. Thanks for noticing my little app πŸ™‚ Most Android devices support being used as a generic Midi controller with any USB host device. So if the MPC acts as a USB host for midi connections, you can use an Android device as a MIDI controller. ---
**Author:** ![anzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@anzio](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/anzio)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/midi-poly-grid-andoid-app/1766/5 "2026-02-10T08:56:24Z")
By the way, if anyone who is using the app for finger drumming has any ideas for how to improve it, please let me know πŸ™‚