MIDIpad is built around two distinct instruments: Chords is described as a “guitar-like chord machine” and Drums is a “gestural drum machine”. (Image credit: MIDIpad)MIDIpad’s Drums mode turns the controller into a drum machine with a twist. Turning a gamepad into a MIDI controller isn't a novel concept, but most previous examples we've seen have essentially just mapped a controller's buttons and joysticks to notes and MIDI CC, which is fun but limited. MIDIpad is something else, an instrument with its own harmonic and rhythmic logic, and its chord wheel and stick-controlled drum streams are unlike anything we've come across before. MIDIpad is available now for macOS and is designed to work with Sony DualShock 4 and DualSense PlayStation controllers over USB or Bluetooth.