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putteputte
edited August 2010 in General
Hello there. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

I have a few questions regarding the way i´d use Beatmaker. As i don´t have an iPad yet i hope to receive some answers.

I´m working with 2 Roland SP808´s on stage. All i do is improvising with samples that i created at home. So, no sequencer at all, just making use
of the pads and the banks loaded with sounds.

Is this possible with Beatmaker?

1. Is it possible to loop the sounds on the pads?
2. How many different sets of the 16 pads ("banks") can be loaded?
3. How many samples all in all?
4. Is it possible to make us of a Cut-off and resonance filter on the sum while improvising live?
5. What´s the polyphony?

Cheers, and thanks a lot for taking the time to read all this. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
putte

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  • xSCYTHExxSCYTHEx
    edited 12:39PM
    To be honest i can only answer two questions accurately
    You can loop any sample by using the seq as an improvisional instrument
    Simply go to the seq, setup the loops on diff patterns, set the loop range up top, hit the bottom left song button and turn loop on, then turn the samples on and off how you please.
    This is how i have "jam" sessions with bm, anf its also how i come up with how i want my project to flow.
    And in BM 1, there are only 16 pads, and only 1 bank, so only 16 sounds
  • putteputte
    edited 12:39PM
    Thanks a lot, sir. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> I´m curious about Beatmaker 2 then.

    I´m amazed by the possibilities the iPad has to offer regarding musical things, and am glad about people coding stuff like BM.
    On my SP808´s i have 4 to 12 banks covering 16 samples each, per song. All i want to do is to shoot them, and to have fast access
    to the various banks. (Adding a Cut-off/Resonance filter to that and i´m fine.)

    (here´s an example of my usage: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mikropu#p/u/33/R9I-oZ_hZxQ">http://www.youtube.com/user/mikropu#p/u/33/R9I-oZ_hZxQ</a><!-- m --> )

    cheers,
    putte
  • zackzack
    edited 12:39PM
    "putte&quot wrote:
    Hello there. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->



    1. Is it possible to loop the sounds on the pads?
    Not at the moment, not ON the pads.
    2. How many different sets of the 16 pads ("banks") can be loaded?
    One, but I think there will be 4 with new BM2 (that has to be confirmed tho)
    3. How many samples all in all?
    16 loaded, one per pad. Archive is huge, not sure though. it may depend on your iPhone, iTouch, iPad
    4. Is it possible to make us of a Cut-off and resonance filter on the sum while improvising live?
    Yes, but cut-off resonance is something BM treats as an effect rather than a filter so, all pads have to assigned to THAT effect.
    5. What´s the polyphony?
    Not sure, but I suspect it will be decent with BM2

    Cheers, and thanks a lot for taking the time to read all this. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
    Hey, it wasn't that long <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
    putte
  • sonicprosonicpro
    edited 12:39PM
    "xSCYTHEx&quot wrote:
    To be honest i can only answer two questions accurately
    You can loop any sample by using the seq as an improvisional instrument
    Simply go to the seq, setup the loops on diff patterns, set the loop range up top, hit the bottom left song button and turn loop on, then turn the samples on and off how you please.
    This is how i have "jam" sessions with bm, anf its also how i come up with how i want my project to flow.
    And in BM 1, there are only 16 pads, and only 1 bank, so only 16 sounds
    I'm looking for these answers too. thanks!!
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