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I usually send some few samples for fun from my Stage during some songs in a gig (the sample editor really makes it easy to map samples to individual notes !).
I now would like the singer to be able to send the samples by herself.

Easy solution is : she comes near by the keyboard and plays the notes !
Second solution, would be to have some Nanopad or equivalent and have it connected in MIDI using a looooooooong cable.
Third one I'm looking into would be to use her Android phone and trigger the samples using MIDI/Bluetooth.

I've bought a WIDI Master that works fine : made successful tests using the Moog application on my ipad. I can have the app play triggering directly from the Stage and more interesting, play notes on the ipad and have the Stage play !

All I need is some Android application (singer doesn't have an iphone) with simple pads that I could assign to specific notes on the Stage. Looking around, many apps are DJ/pads oriented, I'm seeking something very basic !

Any experience and application names to share ?
Thanks !

Fred

HI Fred,

not an Android user here but I have seen some similar discussions on other forums, do you mean something like this? https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... l=en&gl=US

Yes, I'll try this app and see if I can customise it for my (basic) needs

Fred

I tried many Android apps.
None recognize the WIDI in the MIDI parameter page.
Frustrating as the ipad is plug and play...

Fred

cookie wrote:I tried many Android apps.
None recognize the WIDI in the MIDI parameter page.
Frustrating as the ipad is plug and play...

Fred

Why don't you use Bluetooth MIDI instead (e.g. using a Yamaha BT-01 adapter)? WIDI is "Wireless MIDI" and is less standard than BT MIDI, which btw is said to be supported by the App I linked (WIDI is not mentioned instead).

I'm using the "WIDI Master" device which I believe is the BT-01 equivalent ?
I believe this is Bluetooth MIDI : https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... l=en&gl=US

Fred

I received the answer from CME : need to run the MIDI+BTLE Android application in the background prior to launching any MIDI applications.
Video tutorial below :
Should have digged a bit more before testing all the Android applications !

I now have my Android device sending notes to my Stage using "MIDI Controller" app !

Fred

Good!