Beat Scholar Tutorial | Basic Beat Making & Editing
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Hey everybody,
In this tutorial, Eyal explains the basic composition concepts and methods in Beat Scholar, as well as more advanced features such as changing measures and working with unique subdivisions.
If you like Beat Scholar let us know!
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This actually looks like a compelling new way to craft beats. Great job on the innovation 💡
Much appreciated! Send us some beats if you try it :)
Please add seperate Midi Outs for internal DAW usage to other samplers
Half price at $49... sold. Love it.
This looks sooo much more sensible than to draw in little blocks
That's what we thought too! :D
Just when I thought there can’t be anything new in drum programming…nicely done! Very thoughtful interface and workflow. I’ll have to give this a try…
Thanks! There's a 14 day fully featured trial... let us know what you think! 😃
Very efficient workflow and I have to agree that it makes a lot of intuitive sense over a block based sequencer. Purchased.
Thank you for your purchase! Hope you enjoy Beat Scholar and make some incredible beats with it :)
what a great video and explanation, thank you!
I really like this approach to drum programming.
Brilliant. Cheers.
Cool interface, would be good for those who benefit from seeing drums laid out visually, although I use a tracker and can easily do all this and more using that
Simply: Bravo !
*takes a bow* Much appreciated :D
Looks interesting ⭐
What if I want to use the sound from Beat Scholar, but I want to drag the midi onto the same track? Is there any way to stop it from playing the pattern inside the plugin, and only play the midi? The Stop and Play buttons within the plugin don't seem to do anything (unless that's a limitation of the trial or something).
Edit: I realized a workaround is to delete the pattern within Beat Scholar itself so that it will only play the midi. Still, if there's a better way, that would be ideal. I also noticed the solo and mute buttons vanish when there are more than four lanes in the workspace. I assume it's because there's no longer room for them? Personally, I'd suggest building it so that those boxes can be pulled sideways or something to accommodate them. Losing those functions is a really big hindrance. Unless of course there's already a way to do that and I just don't know what it is.
This looks cool, will check it out soon
Thank you, please do :)
So did you? Or just lie
It looks quite nice, but does it allow a different number of steps per part ? I couldn't find anything about that in the manual.
It looks awesome. The visual concept, only the attention you put on basic features such as copy, paste, duplicate,.. show how it's a neat job.
Maybe I missed it but a wonderful feat could be the ability to turn like clockwise individual pizza of tou see what I mean 😮
Based on the numbers of slices, 180 degrees when 2 slices, 90 when 2, 60 when 3 and so on
Yes, you can do that! It wasn't available on the initial release but we added it shortly after: You can rotate pizzas left/right by using the left/right arrows + click, or down arrow to reverse/mirror. You can also do that per lane if you want to.
How do you open and close the hi-hat? a lot of other basic questions such as can I change the kick drum size and sound?
The open HH is a different MIDI note, you can always just use that instead of the closed HH.
When you click the Kick, you can edit everything about it, change the sample, filters, pitch, etc.
See the other videos on this channels for tutorials about the sound section!
Two questions.. what’s the best preset for a great sounding rock drum kit? Purchased, but I am not liking the samples I am hearing so far. I think it’s just a learning curve on dialing in the sounds, but everything so far has sounded artificial. Also, why wont the program expand to full screen?
Hey -
While we do have some very nice acoustic samples (just browse through the kit preset folders labled "Acoustic Power" and Jazz for some examples) I can suggest you either use BS to trigger other samplers with a more "Rock" focused sample base or you can simply load your own samples into the drum pads.
The plugin is fully resizable to any size you want via clicking and dragging the bottom right corner of the window.
Hope this helps...Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll be happy to assist.
Looks interesting but the demo standalone doesn't seem to launch (Mac version) and it doesn't work in Logic.
Hey Markus! Sorry to hear about that!
Would you mind telling me which computer and Mac OS version are you on? We're only supporting Mac OS 10.13 and up.
(But we certainly support Logic Pro!)
If there are additional issues, please contact us at info@modalics.com
@@Modalics iMac, OS 10.15, Logic Pro 10.5
@@markus_anthony Interesting... well I would definitely try perhaps to reinstall in case something went wrong with the installation? We have quite a lot of users using similar equipment.
Also, Logic will sometime not show new AU plugins until a system restart has happened, so it's something worth trying too if it still doesn't work.
@modalics do the app allow to play with hands, I mean I just don’t feel comfortable using readymade beats, I rather try to play what the song needs in terms aesthetics. Would you please kindly do a very very short tutorial on that. I’m using iPad pro. Stay well, regards
Hi! On the iPad app both the sequencer screen and the sound screen have pads for finger drumming, which are also used to select drums for sound editing or placement on the sequencer area.
You can quite easily combine ready-made patterns and your own live input if you want... or mute the finger pads and edit grooves while they are being looped. Both workflows are supported, if you have any more questions feel free to ask!
Do all lanes have to have the same number of circles? Like could you have 4/4 on most of the lanes and then 3/4 in one lane?
That's a great question! Currently each lane has a fixed number, but we will add the feature you're referring to in the near future (in a free update) so you can get really interesting premutations from a short groove.
Are there separated outputs possible for individual sounds ?
Sure! You can activate multi out mode by clicking the "Stereo" button on the master module on the lower right part of the screen.
Here's our tutorial: th-cam.com/video/1858gQ1Wxaw/w-d-xo.html
Just downloaded my free trial! Excited about this. Is it possible to select an entire pizza and change the velocity for the whole thing? Or to select two or more individual slices at once and change them at the same time?
We don't have lasso selection yet, but we're aiming to add region functions and multiple selection soon in a free update.
@@Modalics Nice! Would love the ability to add probability and micro-timing on pizzas. This is a really fascinating tool. Congrats!
Esta pregunta estaba por hacerla también , gracias.
@@Modalics
Gracias , es algo q esperaba escuchar , ya que todo el trabajo es autenticamente original, y genial.Los felicito por esta herramienta q marca una diferencia , en el mercado, para progresar en la creación músical, y encontrar otras formas de crear. Un abrazo y gracias infinitas ¡¡¡
Is there a way of turning Windows alert chime off when using keyboard shortcuts to slice and copy pizzas? I'm using in Reaper.
Wait, what do you mean about that Windows chime? Usually that means the key press isn't received correctly. Which shortcuts aren't working for you?
Pressing C and V to copy and paste and holding number keys to slices pizzas. The keystrokes worked but kept getting the Windows chime or ding or whatever you want to call it. I sussed it by going into Windows sound settings and turning off all sounds. Prob a weird issue with my laptop rather than your plugin. Cool software btw enjoying getting to grips with it. @@Modalics
So basically all of your plug-ins separately mimic the functionality of built in FL studio piano roll and pattern editor at greater cost and lower functionality, right? 🤔🤔
It allows for far easier and more advanced beat customization than any DAW, you can assign different subdivisions for every beat and change measures in seconds, as well as place any drum on any lane, even place different drums per slice...You can learn more about Beat Scholar on our website or through the tutorials we have here. There's also a 7 day free trial if you want to get some first-hand experience. And of course if you have any questions we're here :)
Downloaded but couldn’t figure out how to route its midi to external devices? Also any performance related features ie without using the mouse and midi controllers?
Hi! Please check out this tutorial: th-cam.com/video/uXtiDJJTjWs/w-d-xo.html
We will also be uploading tutorials on other DAW's, but this one goes through routing Beat Scholar to other devices in Ableton..
What would you want to be able to do, performance-wise?
@@Modalics ah I didn't select scholar plugin on the midi in only track. I would like to use a midi controller to use live, so divsions of a step, reset bar length, step on or off.. you know never use the mouse
@@iamyila We understand and that sounds awesome! We're definitely interested in adding features like that in future updates.
Meanwhile - All sound features are automatable so you can use your DAW's midi learn to assign them to a midi controller.
I'm loving this plugin for many reasons.... and in version 1.08 it looks like you added Solo/Mute per sample sound... great..... BUT did you remove solo/mute per sequencer lane? .... not great!! Why not have both.... AWESOME! Please!
Hey! We never removed any features, at least not intentionally, haha.
Depends on how many lanes you have, sometimes the solo/mute buttons aren't seen depends on your vertical zoom level.
So you can always just zoom in vertically and get them back. :)
(We are working on a fix for that so they're visible in all the zoom levels).
@@Modalics Yep ok ... thanks. I see it now :-) AWESOME it is then!!!
Can I output each sound to its own audio channel in my DAW?
I found the answer in your other video, thanks!
can u import your own samples?
Absolutely! You can drag/drop your samples into the pads or send MIDI into other VST plugins/drum rack/etc!
Can Beat Scholar also transmit MIDI to instrument tracks in real time? Also, can the user load his own custom samples, or does it only trigger its own internal samples?
Beat Scholar can do both of these things :) You can send live MIDI to other instruments, shift+drag patterns to export directly to your DAW and import your own samples by dragging and dropping them directly on the sounds area/drum pads.
@@Modalics Thanks for the swift response. That's great! I just bought it in your spring special offer, and it was even less expensive because I had previously purchased EONArp. Beat Scholar is a great plugin for amazing value. I love it! 😍
@@robst247 Awesome! Thank you for your purchase and for the kind words
also the midi capability of the plugin is limited by the key mapping which targets C1 and C2 in a fixed non linear way; can be changed but it reverts back on each preset change...
It won't change if you click the 'lock' icon above the kit.
Also - you can save the kit and import it into other instances of the plugin if you find a custom mapping that works for you. :)
@@Modalics yeah tried that, but will look into it again.
@@totopolo4486 if you experience any problems with that mechanism, feel free to contact us through the contact form on the website. Also make sure you're running the latest version which is 1.0.11, you can check it by clicking the "Modalics" logo on the top right.
@@Modalics ok 1.0.11 will check again
So I've been tracking a longer song and had all the parts separated on the side as different bars because it doesn't seem like you can only playback from the beginning. Is there a way to play all the bars together so I can play through the whole song without stopping?
If you click on the rightside menu on "Bars" or "Patterns" you can switch between bars and pattern modes.
If you want to start arranging your patterns for your song you can look for the midi note assigned to each pattern on the lower right side of the pattern pad (usually C3-Db3-D3 etc..) playing these notes will trigger a change of pattern.
If I understand you correctly - what you'd want to do is go to every position you want the Beat Scholar pattern to change and simply place a midi event there with the corresponding note.
Another option is to shift+drag from the pattern menu to the DAW timeline to export midi.
@@Modalics I'm sorry, I'm very new to all of this and I'm not really sure what you mean. I don't have a DAW at the moment, either. I'm just wondering how to play through all the bars rather than having to click through each one so I can play along with it. Again, I'm sorry if this is a dumb question.
@@pulpfox19 That's perfectly fine! If I understand correctly you are running on "Patterns" mode at the moment, if you go to the top of the right side menu where the patterns are and click the button that says "Patterns" it would switch to bars view and allow you to add, remove or duplicate bars to your arrangement.
this can also be done on the bar headers where you see the measure 4 | 4 - If you click the "+" symbol another bar will be added.
if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask and we have quite a few tutorials up on our channel.
@@Modalics thank you for your replies! I had the bar tabs open not the patterns. If I click pattern, it only shows the contents of an individual bar. Basically, my problem is I need the bars to segue into one another once I push the play button without having to manually change bars. Is there a way to do this within beat scholar?
@@pulpfox19 If you mean for patterns (Dark blue colors) to change automatically, it's only possible if you sequence them in a DAW such as Ableton or Cubase.
Bars (lighter blue with measure numbers on them like 4|4 ) will always play one after the other.
For more information you can check out the manual, specifically pages 13-14:
downloads.modalics.com/BeatScholar/Beat%20Scholar%20Manual.pdf
We’re is the drag and drop?
Hey! Drag and drop works by holding shift and dragging from the pattern name into the timeline of the DAW or your hard drive. :)
Can it send MIDI out to other drum samplers?
It sure can! You can check out this tutorial to see how to do it in Ableton -
th-cam.com/video/uXtiDJJTjWs/w-d-xo.html
But it should work just the same in any DAW.
You can either send live midi out of BS or shift-drag your patterns to the DAW timeline and place them on your samplers channel.
@@Modalics Found it, thanks!
Wow your software is going to change the music industry. Are you guys looking to raise funds in the future?
Hey Wesley! It's something we've been offered a couple of times. We're not sure if that's a route we want to take, but we might re-think about that in the future. Anyway feel free to contact us at info@modalics.com if you have any business ideas to discuss with us. :)
@@Modalics when the time is right I'll reach out! in the meantime I'll be learning how to use this software extensively. I love it so much!!
can you put your own samples in??
Absolutely! You can drag/drop or just load your samples into any pad, and you can also send MIDI out into other samplers (like Ableton Drum Rack, Kontakt... etc)
@@Modalics thats awesome!
This is really cool but i think probability, play order forward, backward, random, cycle etc, and random generate features would make this 1000 times better.
All in due time. :)
Beat Scholar does have a Randomizer tool though:
th-cam.com/video/m0ks6POtqO8/w-d-xo.html
@@Modalics ah yes i see it now thanks, this plugin will be so awesome with the rest of the features, i really hope you will implement them :)
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Wait, what? We haven't heard that one before. Can you please send a report through our email at info@modalics.com
no randomize?
Randomize features were asked for quite a lot so we're adding it in a free update soon. :)
@@Modalics that was fast, שלום
We just added a full-on randomizer module in Beat Scholar 1.2:
th-cam.com/video/m0ks6POtqO8/w-d-xo.html
i've downloaded the trial and for some reason when i hit the play button it don't play anything i can't drag any samples if i wanted to make my own pattern so what's the point of a trial if the thing don't work i'm using reaper
Hey! The trial should be fully functional. In Reaper the playback will sync to the Reaper playback, so you'll have to click "Play" in Reaper itself (or just hit spacebar...).
I like the format but the drums sound cheap.
Beat Scholar is mostly a MIDI sequencer - you can use it with any of your other samplers and synths, including of course our high end drum sampler (MINDst Drums).