How do I share iDrum Kits with iPhone or iPod Touch?

iDrum for your PC and Mac is compatible with iDrum for the iPhone and iPod touch platforms. From your host computer, you can transfer iDrum kits to and from your iPhone or iPod touch using a Wi-Fi capable network. You must purchase one of the iDrum Editions from the Apple App Store/iTunes before you will be able to use iDrum kits on your iPhone/iPod.

Setting up a Connection

On your iPhone or iPod touch, go to the Settings menu from the home screen, then choose iDrum. Make sure Allow Desktop Sync is set to On. If you wish, you can set a password here using the Desktop Sync Password field.
Make sure your host computer (PC or Mac that has iDrum installed on it) is connected to a Wi-Fi capable network so that it can connect to your iPhone or iPod touch. Your host computer may be connected to this network with a cable rather than over Wi-Fi, however your iPhone/iPod touch can only connect through Wi-Fi.
Note that due to restrictions of the iPhone/iPod touch platforms, the transfer process for iDrum must happen over a Wi-Fi capable network, a USB connection alone will not allow you to transfer kits.

Sending Kits to the iPhone/iPod touch

Open a kit on your host computer (PC or Mac) that you want to send to the iPhone/iPod touch
From iDrum’s Menu, choose “Save Kit to iPhone/iPod”
The iPhone Kit Transfer Wizard will open. From here you can assign each of the drums in your kit to different categories. This makes different types of drum sounds (kicks, snares, fx, etc) easier to browse on the device. When you’re done, click “Save Kit.”
Next the iPhone Transfer Panel will open. Click “Connect” to connect your host computer to the iPhone or iPod touch. If more than one device is found, choose the one you want to sync with from the list. If you have entered a password on your iPhone/iPod touch, you will be prompted to enter it now.
You will now see a list of saved kits on your PC/Mac on the left, and the current kits on your iPhone/iPod on the right. To transfer a kit to the iPhone/iPod touch, simply select a saved kit from the list and click the right arrow button to transfer it.
Now you must send the samples for that kit from your host computer to the other device. Below the Kits transfer lists, you will see a similar pair of lists showing samples on your host computer and samples on your iPhone/iPod. The samples used in the kit should already be hightlighted in the left column. Simply click the Right Arrow button to send them to the iPhone/iPod touch
Once the transfer is complete, the kits and samples you’ve sent to the iPhone/iPod touch will be available next time you restart the iDrum app.
Note that when you select kits from either list (the list of local kits or the list of kits on your iPhone or iPod touch), the samples contained within that kit will automatically be selected. After transferring the kits, you can click on the bottom set of arrows to transfer the corresponding samples as well.

iDrum on the iPhone/iPod is a simpler application that the PC/Mac version. When you transfer kits to these platforms, iDrum will disable filters, pitch adjustment, decay time, choke groups and will create mono files from the sounds in your kit to make them compatible with the iPhone/iPod version of iDrum. This means your kits may sound slightly different on the iPhone/iPod touch.

Transferring Kits from iPhone/iPod touch to your PC/Mac

Connect your iPhone/iPod and host computer to the network as described above.
From iDrum on your PC or Mac, open iPhone Transfer Panel from the Menu
Under Kits, choose the kits you want to transfer from the iPhone/iPod list on the right. Click the Left Arrow button to send them to your host computer
In the Samples section of the Transfer Panel, choose the samples for your kits from the list. NOTE: we recommend simply transferring all of the samples from your iPhone/iPod the first time you transfer a kit to your host computer.
You can now open the transferred kits on your host computer by going to iDrum Menu | Open.

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