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@anickt yes indeed, i was saying this few weeks ago, it really needs this Those faders are way to fiddly. @MatthewAtZenbeats
It’s strange that pan resets with a double-tap. That should happen everywhere but there are places throughout the app where it doesn’t. And of course long press to enter values would be nice. We’ll get there. Won’t we @MatthewAtZenbeats 😉
Hello, has someone figured out how to assign the sounds and steps of the drummachine to a midi controller? Midi learn does not work with it.
The drum machine starts at C2. I can trigger it with KB-1. If Zenbeats is seeing your controller it should work. I’ll check with an external controller when I get a chance.
yeah, it does a sound. but how are the steps set? further i have not figured out the midi note priority which is responsible for first sound or the sequences from top to bottom. Roland team replied: "the drum track responds to MIDI notes C2 (36) through G2 (43) for the default kits. Every drum hit added after number 8 will be trigger by the next note, 43, 44, etc."
You would record the drums same as a MIDI instrument. If you hit C2 every quarter note they will show up on those steps. Drum machine is currently limiter to clips up to 8 measures long. What do you mean by “first sound or sequences from top to bottom”? If you’re in clip mode you can MIDI learn those to pads.
I recently noticed Thafknar on my quarantined list. Does IMPULSation work okay?
+1
Roland is very responsive. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see this soon.
If you want a different sound to play for a note, then you move it up or down to the right position. If you want a snare to play on D2 then you need to have that snare be the third down from the top.
As for that last sentence, I don't understand it, but I don't think it has anything to do with toggling steps on or off. You do that by recording, or by sequencing on screen. I don't think there's a way to turn them on or off by midi other than by playing the notes while recording.
is there a way to increase the size of the faders in zenbeats? the rest of the UI is great, but they seem crazy small
@wim, ah, ok. I think it's done via recording. I keep on trying.
No. It’s been requested.
My Akai lpd8 worked immediately, just had to select it as midi input and all drum parts were assigned in order, using oct up/down for range selection
The answer I received from Roland:
“ Currently, we are not offering a discount on the Ultimate unlock for owners of the Windows unlock. We may run promotions and discounts periodically, keep an eye out for emails and in app notifications for details on these promotions. ”
I can’t figure out how to record an instrument track to an audio track...(to save up cpu load). I know i can freeze a track, but i want to turn it into an audio clip.
@Identor Export song / create stems?
One way is to freeze the track, then on a new audio track, long-press to bring up the pop up menu. Now, select Import Audio File and browse to On My Device > Zenbeats > Zenbeats User > Songs > (name of song) > Audio Files. Find the recently frozen file and import it.
[edit] be sure to turn stretch off for the imported clip.
Great tip, thanks!
Have my advanced class this evening and hope to be an expert by morning...
You can also set loop length for the track, solo the track and Export Song. Fill in the name and format and export. 2 windows will pop up. You should see a window giving you the option to save to Files App. Cancel that and you will see a window asking if you want to see the file. Accept and it will take you to Zenbeats Songs page. Double tap on the “song” you just exported and it will open in an audio track in the currently open song.
You should win some type of award for all your Zen knowledge that you be throwing down!!!!!
🤣 Thanks man! You’re no slouch yourself! I’ve used a lot of music apps. Zenbeats suits me and my way of working better than any other. Glad to help anyone who needs it!
Sorry for the late comment. I will try it out tonight (about freeze/import). The other way to export a complete song seems a bit tedious if you want to do 1 instrument track.
Not at all. It’s actually quicker because you don’t have to search for the frozen file. I just tried it and it took 15 seconds from setting the loop to having the audio track on the timeline. Try both. 🤪
@wim Thanks
@anickt Oops, i overlooked your comment. If that goes quicker, then i could try that.
In the next video, i changed the instrument track with Egoist and some effects into an audio track:
Yeh, I'd say @anickt 's answer is the best. I was answering from how you needed to do it back in the StageLight days. This is a better workflow.
Thanks @wim
😎 I use FCPX for editing. I’ve spent a lot of time showing people that it does what they said it doesn’t. I feel the same way about Zenbeats! And work is slow. 😆
Would be fantastic if the Zenbeats drum machine could handle multi samples within the same lane (a multi sampled Snare at different velocities for example) and a given hit being chosen by a round-robin method, makes for much more realistic acoustic drum kits. I know there’s probably a million things on the list for the devs but this would be so cool 😃
I really want to love Zenbeats but I'm pretty frustrated right now with attempting to export some great tracks I created within. If I attempt to freeze a track, it takes 15-30 minutes regardless of whether I choose realtime and then the result contains crackles and/or stuttering. If I try to export a mix of the track, I get the same kind of results so I cannot seem to get my imminent hit song out of the box. This is a 7th gen iPad running iOS 13-something. I had training yesterday and asked about it and the instructor indicated that is was hard to guess but his suspicion would be some app(s) that don't agree with the rendering settings but the tracks have different plug-ins on them and I cannot seem to isolate the problem. Playback of the track doesn't have any of these issues so any suggestions before I have to try to record audio to another device? Thanks!
Turn off all plug-ins and export. Is that OK? If so add back one plugin at a time until the issue shows up. I have same iPad and not having problem. I do use a small number of plug-ins that I know work. It’s worth questioning if you really need to use certain plug-ins. I’ve found in many cases that the built in plugs do a fine job especially in a final mix where some of the difference is so subtle that you just don’t hear it. YMMV