As any aspiring drummer can tell you, it’s really hard to learn how to play if you don’t have a drumkit. Hitting pillows and books just doesn’t elicit the same satisfaction as whaling on toms and cymbals. Luckily, there’s an app for that.
TableDrum [iTunes link] is an iOS app that lets users play the drums, via their device. Other drumming apps may require you to tap the screen in order to paradiddle and whatnot, in no way replicating the actual experience of drumming. But TableDrum lets you play drums on everyday objects around the room. Simply download the app and sync up the digital kit to everyday sounds (press down on drums in the kit and repeat the sound until the app gets it). And, voila, you have a much better learning aid than a bunch of cushions and dictionaries.
Granted, this experience has a few bugs yet, and won’t really come close to having a real drumkit. (And if you don’t have an iPad, a lot of electronic kits cost about the same as a tablet.) But it’s definitely a fun way to hone your drumming skills while you’re saving your pennies.
[via Gizmodo]
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TableDrum [iTunes link] is an iOS app that lets users play the drums, via their device. Other drumming apps may require you to tap the screen in order to paradiddle and whatnot, in no way replicating the actual experience of drumming. But TableDrum lets you play drums on everyday objects around the room. Simply download the app and sync up the digital kit to everyday sounds (press down on drums in the kit and repeat the sound until the app gets it). And, voila, you have a much better learning aid than a bunch of cushions and dictionaries.
Granted, this experience has a few bugs yet, and won’t really come close to having a real drumkit. (And if you don’t have an iPad, a lot of electronic kits cost about the same as a tablet.) But it’s definitely a fun way to hone your drumming skills while you’re saving your pennies.
[via Gizmodo]
Image courtesy of Flickr, kaktuslampan
More About: App, iOS, iphone, music, tabledrumFor more Media coverage:Follow Mashable Media on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Media channelDownload our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad
Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:35:22 +0000 at http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/mM9HmO2paaQ/
Comments: http://mashable.com/2011/08/18/tabledrum/#comments