Specdrums MIX

Sphero Inc.

About this app

Tap colors and make music with Specdrums rings and the MIX app.

Specdrums are app-enabled musical rings that make the world your instrument by turning colors into sounds. Connect to the Specdrums MIX app and tap on anything – your clothes, drawings, or the included playing pad – to create and mix any sounds, beats, and loops that all play through your mobile device. Jam on your own or with friends, anytime and anywhere.

The MIX app provides curated sound packs that allow you to mix and produce entire songs with the tap of your finger. MIX makes it easy to create great music, whether you’re an aspiring DJ or someone who has never touched an instrument before. Sound packs range in genres, including house, hip-hop, and novelty packs, with regular updates adding to the library.

All skill levels, from curious-minded kids, to seasoned musicians, can create their own masterpieces with hundreds of instruments, loops, and sounds. Express your creativity and play music in a new, open-ended way with Specdrums.

Specdrums MIX Features:
• Mix and produce songs with Specdrums rings and sound packs in the app
• Sound packs include loop tracks that are toggled on and off by tapping colors with your ring, and samples that are triggered and sustained while holding your ring down on a color
• Record your own samples to be used in each pack
• Change up the sounds for each color by choosing from a large curated list of samples and loops
• Assign custom colors from the world around you
• Save custom sound packs to use later on
• Connect multiple rings

Make the world your instrument. Order Specdrums at Sphero.com now.

*This app requires Specdrums App-Enabled Musical Rings

For Android users, audio latency can vary significantly across different devices because of limitations outside the Specdrums MIX app. The below Android devices are compatible with the Specdrums MIX app. If your device is not listed below, we do not suggest this product for purchase. We are continuing to make updates and hope to support more Android devices in the future.

All Google Pixel devices
Samsung Galaxy S6 and up
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and up
Motorola Moto G (3rd generation) and up
Nexus 5 and up
Redmi Note 4 and up
HTC One M8 and up
Sony Xperia Z5 and up
Nokia 6 and up

Ratings and reviews

The app seemed to work well on the LG Stylo 5 at first. It boots up and connects to the Specdrums properly and updates the firmware as designed. There are plenty of preset libraries of sounds and looped tracks to sort through and download. The specdrums work well with the app. I rated this a 3 because no matter what library I load, one or two "notes" (for lack of a better term) will fail to strike and play properly. At first I thought this had to do with a bad library download, but then I found that the note that would not work was random. One time loading a particular library it might be orange that does not work, and the next time it is green or blue. Based on the onscreen key being lit, it properly detects when a note is struck and released, it will just only play the quickest sliver of sound on these notes and then go silent, even though it still detects the note being held properly (key is lit on the phone screen) until I lift up the specdrum ring. I love the rings. I love the concept. The app interface is great and extremely intuitive, it just has this one bug that keeps me from fully enjoying it.

The loops are fun, and I was able to record the audio, but it was with a seperate interior audio recording app. the lag is not too bad, but I experienced some problems in that every time I left the app alone for 2 minutes, my library tracks are different. I have to change the colors and audio clips again. It isn't that much of a hassle though and it is a great concept, just in the early days of the app.

The Android version is not updated with all the functions as the ios version. The Android version has a delay with renders the device frustrating. The delay makes it impossible to match the beats that you hear/play. I tried with multiple Android phones, including my Samsung Galaxy S8. I do not recommend if you are an Android user. On that note, the ios version on my son's old iPod touch works great. The ios version experiences no delay and has record song functions. And has Specdrums Music app.

What's new

• Maintenance updates
• Fixes for some bugs and crashes