Recently I was reading about stuff for the iPad (probably somewhere on DJTechTools) and I noticed the great touchscreen midi app (and other music stuff) which already is available for the iPad. My first thought were; I want this on my HTC desire as well!!!

So I hopped into Google and search for ‘midi Android’ and within seconds the beauty revealed itself; Fingerplay Midi! This simple program allows you to use pads, faders and xy-pads on your Android based mobile, via a wifi connection it connects to your PC in your network and enables you to use it just like any midi controller, only this time it’s wireless!

This video shows a bit of how Fingerplay Midi works. It seems like this is not the most updated version of the software as I have more xy-pads and more faders. But I believe you can also setup the layouts yourself.

You can read more about Fingerplay Midi for Android on the website of the Sundance kid, the software itself can easily be found in the Android Market (just search for Midi)

There is also another program called Android Midipad which connects via bluetooth, but I didn’t have the chance to test this yet, but of course you can give it a try yourself and be one of the first using wireless midi controller with a touchscreen, how nice!