Hi everyone. Full disclosure: I’m the developer. Most finger drumming app talk here is about iPad, so I wanted to share something for the Android side and get honest feedback from people who drum seriously.
PadLoop is a 16-pad app built around playing with your fingers:
- Velocity from where you hit: soft at the top of the pad, hard at the bottom, so you can play ghost notes and accents straight on the glass
- Note repeat with a hold switch and swing, for rolls and hat patterns
- Choke groups, per-pad pitch, filter, attack and release
- “16 Levels”: one sound across 16 pads at 16 velocities
- Tap calibration: it measures your phone’s latency so recorded hits land where you played them
- MIDI controllers over USB and Bluetooth, if you want to drum on real pads with PadLoop’s sounds
- A live looper (up to 16 tracks) to practice over your own grooves
- Your own samples on any pad, plus 558 built-in sounds
No ads, no subscription. 7-day free trial with everything unlocked, then the basics stay free or a one-time purchase unlocks the rest.
What I’d really like to know from you: is the latency playable on your phone, and what would you need to practice on it every day?