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Due to the bug w the Model12 in/outs I gave Cubasis a try. I just want to say that ZB is sooooo much better.
Vastly superior included sounds, both number and quality.
Better and wider range of internal fx.
The drum sequencer. Oh man how I missed that on my brief Cubasis incursion. Drums on a piano roll is beyond me, can’t stand it,
Automation is supposedly better on Cubasis as you can automate all plugin parameters, but it’s very fiddly.
Let’s not even get into Clip launching…
My preconception was that despite having less features, Cubasis was less buggy, more stable. Happens to be false. I got constant garbling and dropouts w Cubasis internal plugins, some auv3 wouldn’t make a sound and required a reboot, a few hangs and crashes…
This experience has made me appreciate Zenbeats some more. I’m certain Zenbeats could reach Cubasis in the areas it’s behind (such as midi fx or auv3 automation) way faster and with a lot less effort than it’d take Cubasis to level up with Zenbeats.
Go ZB! 🙌
@MatthewAtZenbeats Can I please add a feature request for import of clips created on the roland mc 101/707 hardware. The clips are already interchangeable between the various devices. Making it possible to exchange with Zenbeats seems like a natural evolution.
Also I know about the Roland mv-1 integration with Zenbeats. Are there plans to expand to the mc hardware?
Your questions have been relayed to the dev team.👊
/DMfan🇸🇪
Hi,
Is anyone else having problems when adding auv3 plugins?. Often I’ll add a plugin to a track and I’ll loose sound. Either only that track or the whole project. Doesn’t matter if I turn off the plugin, can’t get the sound back. I found that if o go to settings, change the audio device to “none” and back I’ll get the sound back, which is a lot faster than restarting. Happens with any/many plugins.
Yes, this is happening to me as well but I haven’t figured out what’s causing it. It seems occur randomly.
Thank you very much
Any particular plugins or just totally random?
/DMfan🇸🇪
Seemingly random but I haven’t done any real testing. Also, I don’t recall it cutting off audio when a plugin is first instantiated but later when changing a parameter.
Have the same problem. Very nice with the change audio device hack!
Does anyone know if there’s pinch-to-zoom capabilities in Zenbeats on the timeline and piano roll? I can’t seem to find anything in the settings or manual. I’m trying to gel with the workflow, but having to use the tiny +/- buttons or scroll bars is pretty inconsistent and inaccurate for me so far.
OK. Can you name a plugin that you have had issues with several times, or is it genuinely just random? Reason for asking is that I know the dev team is very much focused on getting as many AUv3s working as possible. I´ve asked the dev aka @MatthewAtZenbeats to check in here to get more details from you guys.
/DMfan
I love this idea. Thanks for sharing. Be sure to share it directly with the support channels for the MC products.
Anyone having issues with AUv3 plugins, please report them using the Support link in the app. Please include the name of the plugins that triggered the issue and also send screen shots of the your Settings/Audio tab and Settings/Plugins tab. Thanks!
I used to face this issue when I put ZB temporarily to the background for a while by switching to another app. When I go back to ZB it becomes silent.
My workaround is: Go to Settings/Audio: reselect the desired buffer size and there you go.
I used to face this issue when I put ZB temporarily to the background for a while by switching to another app or just leaving ZB in idle for 10-15 mins. When I go back to ZB it becomes silent.
My workaround is: Go to Settings/Audio: reselect the desired buffer size and there you go.
It’s genuinely random. The same plugin works fine after you reset the audio engine.
Question for everyone experiencing that problem. Is the Enable Background Audio option checked in Settings/Audio tab?
Not checked (on purpose).
Yes, I always leave it on.
I have background audio enabled.
I just did a long session and it didn’t happen. Yesterday on a shorter session it happened a dozen times and today nothing… it was rock solid today.
Btw I just finished a song on the Zenbeats timeline, which I hardly do. Enjoyed it. Best iOS DAW by far. The way it manages loops on the timeline is spot on. Can’t stand how you have to copy/paste a región in other daws.
Update… Prior to @MatthewAtZenbeats asking about background audio, I had systematically inserted every AUv3 plugin on my iPad (audio effect, not midi), one by one, onto a simple drum track. I have a LOT of plugins, maybe 80?. 16 of them caused the audio to be silenced while a few others caused ZB to crash. I’ll report the latter through the support channel.
Following Matthew’s note about background audio, I retested a number of them and encountered the same problem so background audio doesn’t seem to be the cause. As @tahiche noted previously, resetting the audio engine results in the misbehaving plugins working as they should. It’s also worth noting that the issue occurred across multiple plugin developers and that within some (e.g. Nembrini, ToneBoosters), some plugins were problematic while others were fine.
Like @tahiche, I love working in Zenbeats so none of this is meant to slag the app. A bug was introduced in a recent iOS or ZB update and we just need to help the devs hunt it down and snuff it out.
It was me who reported then issue but never heard anything from anyone. I guess it’s not a big deal for a lot of people, but for owners of the Tascam Model 12 it’s a big issue. It allows us to have use if all these available outs for creativity and pro usage. The outs are there. Occasionally they show up but as as one as you select anything other than 1&2 they disappear.
Thanks for the info here. We'll be releasing a new patch later today with updates on AUV3 handling, but I suspect this issue will still be there. Thanks for all the info on helping us track this down.
This is still on our list, but I need to acquire one of these audio devices to test. Sorry for the delay with this.
No worries Matt! I can imagine getting one of these units is not cheap. I got mine used and it still was not cheap. We appreciate all your support though!
Zenbeats 3.1.2 is live, changelog:
3.1.2 Release Notes:
New: Zenbeats Limiter Plugin
New: Home Screen Shortcut customization options
Improvement: Home Screen with separate list for shortcuts and recent songs
Improvement: Home Screen with added persistent shortcuts to open your songs, Mixes, My Stuff and Learning center
Improvement: Home Screen with added notification dot to indicate new offerings in the Store
Improvement: New Learning Center to consolidate in-app lessons, how-to videos, and more
Improvement: Numerous Store enhancements to help you find the best content and better manage content downloading.
Improvement: Added option to show/hide owned content in the Store
Improvement: Added full keyword search support in My Stuff Tab
Improvement: ZR1 Step sequencer optimizations.
Improvement: Better file naming for bounced tracks
Improvement: Song Management load optimizations
Improvement: Moved Wait for Record and Wait for Playback options to MIDI device advanced settings
Improvement: Added iPhone 14 support
Improvement: Added new plugin scale factor settings for AUV3 plugins on iOS
Improvement: Warn user if connected MIDI device is not responding
Improvement: MIDI Overdub Mode added to LoopBuilder Mode
Improvement: MIDI Overdub Mode setting is now a global setting
Improvement: Quantize on Record setting is now a global setting
Improvement: New Pattern Size setting is now a global setting
Bug Fix: Numerous Sidechain Routing bug fixes
Bug Fix: ZR1, correctly show sub track's FFT info
Bug Fix: Fixed timing issues with Sequencer mode in Zenbeats SC-Pump and Zenbeats SC- Envelope
Bug Fix: Fixed issue with bouncing Group Tracks
Bug Fix: Fixed issue with main transport Record button not working if "Wait for Record" was enabled on a MIDI input device
Bug Fix: Fixed issue with not showing regions when loop recording MIDI
Bug Fix: Fixed issue with OSI not playing sound under certain recording scenarios
Bug Fix: Fixed issue preventing users from being able to load plugins
Bug Fix: Fixed internal plugin sizing issue when opening the browser on iOS
Bug Fix: Fixed ZC1 SVZ preset generation (iOS and MacOS)
Bug Fix: Fixed MV-1 Integration not working if plugged in to device after launching Zenbeats
/DMfan🇸🇪
Would LOVE if we could just resize auv3 like in aum or Drambo .. the percentages resizing is kinda weird. Thanks for the update none the less!
How to record audio in Zenbeats in Koala auv3? Nothing works out.
Had the same issue. RSS iVoks works like this but that is because its developer coded it like that, most developers don’t as I understand it.
ZB dev is figuring on a solution.
/DMfan🇸🇪
Would you mind elaborate a little? What are you trying to do?
/DMfan🇸🇪
I'm trying to use Koala as auv3 to record voice directly into the sampler. But neither the audio track with the audio effect nor the Koala instrument react to the microphone. I connected the monitor and searched in the routing. There is no result. In AUM, it works so easily. It's not clear here. At the same time, the built-in zen sampler writes without problems. Is the problem in the routing or what?
So you want record a sampler into another sampler? Wouldn’t it be easier to just record directly into ZR1? Or if you have a sample in Koala save it as a wav. file and import it into ZR1 as a user sample?
/DMfan🇸🇪