AKI Drum Machine

Introductory price: $39.99 (reg. $49.99). Pro arranger-style drum machine for live/studio. Import from MIDI files (Custom, Korg, Yamaha). MIDI + SF2 compatible.

AKI Drum Machine is a professional-grade arranger-style rhythm machine for iPad and iPhone, designed for musicians, songwriters, producers, and performers who want quick, hands-on drum backing without opening a full DAW. Import MIDI drum styles, trigger song sections live, assign your own drum sounds, and play everything from the screen or a MIDI controller. It gives you playable drum sections, fast tempo control, easy sound swapping, and a portable library of styles and sounds in one app.

Import MIDI drum sections — including drum sections exported directly from Yamaha and Korg arrangers — and play them live with hands-on control over every section. Trigger intros, variations, fills, breaks, and endings in real time, just like a hardware arranger.

PERFORMANCE & PLAYBACK

• Playable beat sections — Intros, Variations, Fills, Breaks, and Endings
• Start/Stop control
• Auto Fill — automatically plays a matching fill when you switch variations
• Fill Loop and Break Loop
• Visual Metronome
• Multi-Meter Support — styles can have different meters and time signatures for each section
• Background audio — playback continues when the app is backgrounded

TEMPO CONTROL

• Real-time tempo control
• Tempo Reset — double-tap to return to original tempo
• Direct Tempo Entry — press and hold to enter a tempo value directly
• Multi-Tempo Support — different tempos for different style sections
• Per-Part Tempo Editing — view, adjust, and save tempo by style section

STYLES, IMPORT & LIBRARY

• 8 factory styles: 8 Beat, 16 Beat, Ballad, Country, Pop Latin, Rock, Samba, Swing Jazz
• Yamaha and Korg MIDI Style Import — directly imports drum and percussion parts from styles exported as MIDI files
• Files app integration — open MIDI files directly in the app
• Built-In Style Library with rename and delete
• Style Info — view import format, section details, and per-section tempo and meter data

SOUNDS & MIXING

• SF2 Sound Import — use your own drum kits
• Built-In Sound Library with assignable drum and percussion sounds
• Per-Style Sound Assignment — every style remembers its own sounds, volumes, and channels
• Dual Drum and Percussion playback
• Master Volume plus independent Drum and Percussion channel mixing
• Reset to default drum sound anytime

MIDI & CONNECTIVITY

• MIDI Input and Output
• MIDI Learn — assign hardware controls to any function
• Adjustable MIDI Input and Output Routing
• Automatic MIDI Hardware Detection
• Virtual MIDI Support
• Bluetooth MIDI Support
• Multiple Simultaneous MIDI Controllers — all connected hardware sources active at once
• MIDI Panic — instantly stops all MIDI notes on all channels

INTERFACE & COMPATIBILITY

• Light and Dark modes
• iPad and iPhone compatible
• In-app searchable User Guide
• iOS 16+

Built for gigging musicians, worship leaders, singer-songwriters, and one-man-band performers who need reliable, professional drum backing without a full DAW.

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