Microsonic's RD3 HD is a virtual drum machine and groove box for Android tablets.

With the RD3 HD Groovebox, Android tablet users can turn their tablets into a musical instrument, allows them to create drum loops and grooves, and ultimately make music tracks. Users can recreate the early electronic dance music sound with the built in drum machine, 303-style analog synths amd three effects.

The simplicity of controls and depth of adjustable parameters caters to both novices and experienced musicians. Enabling users to create their own electronic dance music or whatever genre the user might feel like working on.

Both 7-inch and 10-inch tablets are supported and the RD3 HD is optimized for Android 3.X (Honeycomb).

Musical Features:

• With two analog synthesizers
• Each synth has 4 types of waveforms
• Based off the 303 synthesizer
• Regular or high quality filter modes
• 10 drum kits includd: 808, 909, 606, Linn, KR55, RZ1, CR-78, DMX, DPM-48, RX11
• On the fly step sequencer for the synths and the drum machine
• Has distortion, phaser and delay
• 16 steps per instrument within 4 bars
• Random, solo, loop modes

Tech Features:

• copy/paste pattern
• Compatible with and 10-inch Android tablets
• Portrait GUI mode for 10-inch tablets
• Audio loop can be exported as WAV files
• Best use with Honeycomb
• Multi-touch control
• Session can be saved
• OpenSL support
• App2SD

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New in v1.6:

• GUI enhancements for 7 inch tablets
• Support for low latency compliant devices (e.g. Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 10) running Android 4.2
• Loop Export bug under Android 4.2 fixed
• App doesn't close anymore when switching to lock screen
• Time delay for bluetooth added to assure undisturbed audio transmission
• GUI performance enhancements

New in v1.5.3:

• Fix for Nexus 7 tablets: Adaptation for the new tvdpi screen density

New in v1.5:

• Enhanced effect section
• 5 audio effects: Reverb, delay, phaser, filter and distortion
• Real-time controllable effects with X-Y control field
• 4 effect sends
• Chaining of effects
• Drum machine improvements
• Mute button for each drum channel
• Individual accent settings for each drum channel
• New demo songs
• Bugfix: Energy settings restored when sending app to background
• OpenSL bugfixes

New in v1.4:

• Adaption for high-end phones running at least Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) adjustments
• Import for RD3 songs implemented

New in v1.3.2:

• Support Honeycomb
• Android 2.3 and above users can enable OpenSL support in the settings menu)
• 10-inch tablets can use Rack view
• Volume and Mixer adjustments
• Enhanced SoundCloud integration

See and hear the RD3 HD in action: