I want to join the chorus of very happy viewers whom watch your vids - a very good explanatory style to go along with your expertise! Well done! You want comments and suggestions? Here are mine - I have not found ANY BM vid that does a great job of explaining BM patterns and scenes. The relatively brief mentions that I have found still leave me scratching my head. Please put one together for us! Lastly, on your recent fav gear vid I want to say that I bought a CME X keyboard based on your earlier review and have wondered how in the world you make that thing work?! Love the form factor and feel - but for me, nothing about it works well - on any of my software options. I have several Novation keyboards, including the mini, and the CME simply doesn’t come close. Perhaps I have a bad one. I see you still love yours so I’m gonna have to haul it out and give it another whirl. Thanks again for everything - you’re doing a great job!
Thanks for thoughtful comment! I’m glad you enjoy the content! As far as patterns and scenes in BM3, I would definitely say stay tuned! I’ve got a couple of big BM3 videos in the works and I think they’re really going to clear up confusion for anyone who feels lost in the BM3 workflow, or is unsure how to get things done in the app! As for the XKEY Air, anything finicky that I’ve experienced with the controller has turned out to be due to issues with the DAW I was using it in. BM3 is what I know best, so if you need help connecting it to BM3, let me know! 👍🏽
You really have amazing content featuring BM. I've been watching your videos long before I decided to switch to iOS from OS most recently. It's crazy that your subscriber count is not off the chart. I love that you get to the point and make it extremely easy to follow. Thank you so much and all the best.
Thanks a lot Gladys! I really appreciate the feedback! 🙏🏽 I do my best to make each video as helpful as possible. 👍🏽 I plan to keep churning out the best content I can, and let the sub count grow w/ the value I provide!
I created my own folder structure and move my files into the appropriate sub folders. I think it's a good addition to tagging, but you have to have a good proven folder structure or you will have a mess.i suggest taking time to think it thru. Thanks for an excellent video. Your videos are good because you explain well and speak clearly.
Thanks fam! Yeah, I might try that. I am most interested in making everything work in BM3’s sample tab so I go to the imports folder as little as possible, so that’s why I don’t worry about the file system as much. Definitely helpful to keep tidy though!
So dope bro. Thanks for the video as always. This is so helpful. Gotta get my kits and samples organized. Question…Can we share the kits we have made with others?
Hey Steven! Glad the videos are helping! Yes, you can share kits! First, press and hold on the bank you want to share, hit save bank, and MAKE SURE you select "Copy session samples." Then go into you files app, under "On My iPad" tap "BeatMaker 3," then open bank presets, find the bank you saved and zip the folder. Share that zip with whoever and make sure they unzip it in their bank presets folder, and then they will need to open up BM3, go to settings and tap "rescan database." After that, it should show up in their banks under "user packs." Hope this helps!
So lets say I have a folder that contains a WHOLE drum kit. I see that we are choosing individual sounds to add to the BANK. Is there a way to import a WHOLE Folder and drop the whole Kit into a Bank. So I can just have Banks of different keyboards for example. Or would I have to drop them one by one into a bank?
I have an older Mac Mini (5th Gen.) and an iPad Pro 11 inch (3rd gen.) 15.6, and neither gives me the option to compress when I press and hold the folder, nor the option after share to open in Beatmaker 3. Wish I knew what I was doing wrong. I just cannot get started with Beatmaker 3, and it's not for lack of trying (or buying.) Logic is easy, but this is absolutely confounding to me.
I hope it goes over previewing sounds before selecting. And all the available import options. Currently studying the ipad music production apps for streamlined processes, and brainstorming. So far its koala for importing and trimming, and blocs wave for just a few slices. seGments is the next study. Thank you for the insight.
Great video. Pretty sure you can make a New Bank and just save those samples once without it 'making copies for each project your in' . For example.. if I create a New Bank to use in different projects as long as I just load that Bank and don't save it/copy samples within different projects... I don't think the Bank will create multiples.
This is correct! What I meant was any time you save the samples within a project, it will create duplicates in your samples tab. Saving it once is fine.
Ok, so I've compressed and clicked "share to" but I'm not getting "open in beatmaker 3". I just get BM3 and it asks if I want to start a new session etc. It's just like opening BM3 and there's no imports from the folder. I've re-scanned but nada. What am I doing wrong?
Hi, When you went to Samples/Share, there were two rows of icons. On my ipad, i have only one row of icons and the Beatmaker 3 icon is not there. Is there something in settings that would fix this for me?
Man I’ve been like a sponge 🧽 watching your videos. This helped me out a lot. My question is what do you use to record and edit your videos. The quality is awesome.
Thanks fam! I’m glad you’re getting a lot from the content. I use the DJI Osmo Pocket as my main camera, iphone 11 pro max as overhead cam, and the TakStar SGC-598 is my mic. Editing all of my videos in LumaFusion on my iPad pro! 💪🏽
You certainly can. Deleting the zip file won’t remove the unzipped files from the BM3 sample library. I highly recommend saving the zip file somewhere else (internal or external), so you can have a safe backup of your files somewhere.
@@MusicTechnologist hey I made some mistake and I deleted the zip file and the sounds still are on the samples page, any way to remove them from the samples page?
so i have a, maybe weird question, in regard to samples and chopping them up. Is it possible in beatmaker 3 to bring a sample in, chop it up / spread it across pads. then save that whole sample bank so i can pull it up later, already chopped up? so if i wanted to bring it into another project I can and it would be easy to do?
Can you preview / audition samples prior to loading them? I have tried with the “auto” mode on and clicking on a sample doesn’t audition the sample for me.
mp3 files should work in BM3. If you wanted to convert them to wav, I use www.onlineconverter.com any time I need to convert something. In what way are the files not working? Are you not hearing audio? Unable to import?
Hi Nick! You can airdrop your files, or you can transfer them from an external drive. There's lots of ways to move files over. Do whatever works best for you
For some reason this is not working for me. not consistently at least... Some folders import correctly using this method but then others import and the file size says 0kb and the samples don't play any sound inside of Beatmaker 3. ..
Thanks a lot!!, I was also starting to make an own folder structure for my vinyl samples, but either I’m stupid and I don’t see the obvious way or it is really annoying and taking so long to move samples around..... anyway....tagging seems senseful, but once I tagged my recorded Snares to thesub category „snare“ i m not able to find them in SAMPLES afterwards, cause they only offer 3 sub-categories there ( analog, digital and percussion). All the others are missing there. Do you have an idea ? Cheers
Happy to help! I’ve had this issue a few times myself. Usually rescanning the database in your settings after tagging should fix it. If not, I would try re-tagging the sample.
Ive followed these instructions to import the samples but when I click them, nothing happens. I cant drag and drop them into the sampler either. Do you know why this is? I can listen to the samples in my ipad "Files"... Help please!
Do you know the file format of the samples? Make sure you have the little speaker icon at the bottom left turned on when browsing your samples, that way they’ll play when you select them. Also, make sure you’ve re-scanned the database after importing.
I don’t actually have Koala sampler yet, so I haven’t had the chance to test it yet, but as long as it can be used as Inter-App Audio, you can just load it as an IAA plugin on a bank in BM3 and then just record from Koala into the bank as you’ve suggested. Alternatively, you could just export your individual tracks from Koala and drag them into BM3.
BM3 confuses the heck out of me. It could have been made much simpler and intuitive for just a simple task of importing a sample etc. Maybe the daft IOS file system is to blame
Yeah, I have my set of grievances with the iOS file system, but I think this one has more to do with BM3. At the time of making this video, BM3 was having issues with files not showing up in the sample search unless they were imported the way I did in this video. Since then, after updates to BM3 it seems like that is no longer the case. I have since been able to just save things in my imports folder, rescan the database, and then my samples are searchable and tagable. I’m thinking about doing a follow up video to this one to help clear up the confusion.
Hi brother I been watching some of your video on beatmaker 3 they real legit and I thank you for that but it's possible you can make a video about halftime a sample in beatmaker 3 like those cableguys effects. Thanks again.
My struggle with MB3 starts after a the import I to the import folder and putting my project one by one loop into separate pads. MB3 will not play them when I press play. It only plays the loop as long as continue keeping that pad pressed. Why is this app so fcking complicated? What do I wrong? I already have set my loops as loops under the sampler option.
Your “Layer Trigger” under samples page is prob on “hold” instead of “one shot”. Hit the squiggly wave icon (2nd down on the left side) and change “Layer Trigger” from “hold” to “one shot”.
@@Boback111 Thank you James for the reply. I‘ve already done this. Wish I could show you my screen. I get sound only under pad mode after placing sounds (I’ve already produced loops which are in my import folder) through drag & drop to a pad by pressing the targeted pad. Under song and scene no sound at all. You see visually that loops are starting to play but no bearable sound.
@@Boback111 Under pattern mode there are no pattern. I get sound only when I create pattern there or press play at the play icons at the right side of the screen then and only then I hear my loop but only as long as I keep that mentioned play button pressed. Could it be that I have to record my already existing and imported loops within the sample section? That would be crazy. The most crazy thing is this play icons at the right side of the screen do not work in song mode. 😳🤔
@The XenoBotDesigner - Putting loops onto pads will not make them play when you press play. You can either hit record and trigger the loops when you want, and then playback, or you could bypass the pads all together and just drag your samples onto separate audio tracks in the playlist. If you’re not getting playback after that, check the play buttons to the right in the playlist and double tap them to clear it if the circle is going around. Hopefully I understood you correctly. I certainly can be complicated at first when getting used to BM3.
@@MusicTechnologist Thank you so much. Will give it a try. Still a mystery for me why the developer keep it that complicated. Why not playing the loops directly after a drag & drop onto pads like in LaunchPad app. It’s like going to ride a horse but first bring the horse 3 levels up in your flat and then back before sitting on it and ride straight forward. Thank you for your time ✌️
The samples loading situation .. reason I’ve tried this app twice . Soon as the flow of just loading a sample becomes a chore . I’m out. Koala App is so easy to access anything with menu diving . Damn shame , the sequencer is flawless
I feel you. At the time that I made this video, there were still some kinks to be worked out w/ file importing and getting the files to show up in the sample window. That has since been ironed out. I’m planning on making a new video showing a simplified method for importing files in the very near future. You can honestly just drag and drop files and folders from the files app into BM3 now, and just make sure you re-scan the database, and then you’re done!
@@MusicTechnologist YO!!! Just getting in to music production on IOS and learning BM3 your vids are VERY helpful. Just a follow up to this question...so I DONT have to compress to zip THEN drop to Import folder just drag and drop? Just want some clarity
Hey Benjamin! I’m not sure I know what you mean by “work with” it. You can export from AudioShare into BM3, but it will still go into the Imports folder, just like if you were to use the files app.
As I understand it, AudioShare doesn’t do drag n drop. Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you normally have to hit the share button from within audioshare to get the files into your DAW. If you mean drag n drop from the AudioShare section of the files app, then yes, it definitely does work. The file will show in your imports folder once you drag it in. If you don’t see it immediately, re-scan the database.
@@MusicTechnologist Your video answered it. 🙏🏽 One more question.. Do you have issues with your CME Xkey Air and BM3? Mine won’t say connected. Bluetooth is what I’m referring too.
Not often but sometimes. I used to have connection issues more often before I turned off midi out in BM3. I think somehow it can only handle midi in or out one at a time. In the midi settings, turn off midi out for the XKEY Air and see if that works. If it doesn’t, I would say leave it on the charger for awhile and then try it again later. I’ve found sometimes connection isn’t great when trying to charge it at the same time. All else fails, close the app and swipe it out of memory and reopen. If that doesn’t work, restart the iPad. lmk if any of that is helpful.
Bro that’s not the actual right way to import samples in Bm3 it’s another method but the correct way is going to iTunes. Then apps then the bm3 app and import file folders directly into it.
Idk what you mean by going to iTunes. If you mean plugging your iPad into a computer to import files, that seems far more complicated than even the method in this video. At the time of making this video, BM3 was having issues with files not showing up in the sample search unless they were imported the way I did in this video. Since then, after updates to BM3 it seems like that is no longer the case. I have since been able to just save things in my imports folder using the files app, rescan the database, and then my samples are searchable and tagable. I’m thinking about doing a follow up video to this one to help clear up the confusion.
I want to join the chorus of very happy viewers whom watch your vids - a very good explanatory style to go along with your expertise! Well done! You want comments and suggestions? Here are mine - I have not found ANY BM vid that does a great job of explaining BM patterns and scenes. The relatively brief mentions that I have found still leave me scratching my head. Please put one together for us! Lastly, on your recent fav gear vid I want to say that I bought a CME X keyboard based on your earlier review and have wondered how in the world you make that thing work?! Love the form factor and feel - but for me, nothing about it works well - on any of my software options. I have several Novation keyboards, including the mini, and the CME simply doesn’t come close. Perhaps I have a bad one. I see you still love yours so I’m gonna have to haul it out and give it another whirl. Thanks again for everything - you’re doing a great job!
Thanks for thoughtful comment! I’m glad you enjoy the content! As far as patterns and scenes in BM3, I would definitely say stay tuned! I’ve got a couple of big BM3 videos in the works and I think they’re really going to clear up confusion for anyone who feels lost in the BM3 workflow, or is unsure how to get things done in the app! As for the XKEY Air, anything finicky that I’ve experienced with the controller has turned out to be due to issues with the DAW I was using it in. BM3 is what I know best, so if you need help connecting it to BM3, let me know! 👍🏽
Checking in. SOA- Many Blessings
You really have amazing content featuring BM. I've been watching your videos long before I decided to switch to iOS from OS most recently. It's crazy that your subscriber count is not off the chart.
I love that you get to the point and make it extremely easy to follow. Thank you so much and all the best.
Thanks a lot Gladys! I really appreciate the feedback! 🙏🏽 I do my best to make each video as helpful as possible. 👍🏽 I plan to keep churning out the best content I can, and let the sub count grow w/ the value I provide!
@@MusicTechnologist you're very welcome.
I created my own folder structure and move my files into the appropriate sub folders. I think it's a good addition to tagging, but you have to have a good proven folder structure or you will have a mess.i suggest taking time to think it thru. Thanks for an excellent video. Your videos are good because you explain well and speak clearly.
Thanks fam! Yeah, I might try that. I am most interested in making everything work in BM3’s sample tab so I go to the imports folder as little as possible, so that’s why I don’t worry about the file system as much. Definitely helpful to keep tidy though!
I always come back to this video! Amazing
Yay! Just bought BM3 and successfully loaded custom samples with your help. Thanks!
Hey Dude, just four words: "You - are -my - hero!" Thank you!
👍🏽 You’re welcome!
i realize I'm kinda randomly asking but does anyone know a good site to stream new series online ?
@Major Kai Flixportal
@Zayne Grey thanks, I went there and it seems like a nice service :D I really appreciate it!!
@Major Kai No problem xD
This was a fantastic tutorial on sample management in BM3. Thanks a lot!
Glad it was helpful! 👍🏽
Thank you for this. First time using Beatmaker today and your tutorials are helping me with every step along the way.
You’re a legend!!!
Thanks! 🙏🏽
This was very beneficial. Great job Bro. Thanks
Super helpful video. Thanks for puttin it up!
Glad it was helpful!
Exactly what I needed-thanks!
Right on! Happy to help! 👍🏽
Thanks man! Short and to the point - really useful!
Right on! 👍🏽 Happy to help, Will!
Great Info and content
Appreciate it!
Rescanning the database is a great tip! Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
So glad I found your channel bro. Great content and tutorials. Subscribed!
I appreciate that, fam! 🙏🏽 Welcome to the squad!
So dope bro. Thanks for the video as always. This is so helpful. Gotta get my kits and samples organized. Question…Can we share the kits we have made with others?
Hey Steven! Glad the videos are helping! Yes, you can share kits! First, press and hold on the bank you want to share, hit save bank, and MAKE SURE you select "Copy session samples." Then go into you files app, under "On My iPad" tap "BeatMaker 3," then open bank presets, find the bank you saved and zip the folder. Share that zip with whoever and make sure they unzip it in their bank presets folder, and then they will need to open up BM3, go to settings and tap "rescan database." After that, it should show up in their banks under "user packs." Hope this helps!
Thanks a million bro. Strait up! Many Blessings!
Thanks!!! Great organization, I'm all over the place.. how do you avoid samples not loading? "Sample not found"
Dude thanks. Making bm3 a loaded beast !
Wait... So you have to zip your files just to have beat maker unzip them? Seems strange.
Really great tutorial! Very simply put but so useful. Not seen this covered in many other, more full tutorials! Keep the BM3 tutorials coming. :)
More to come!
Music Technologist Awesome! Look forward to it man! :)
So lets say I have a folder that contains a WHOLE drum kit. I see that we are choosing individual sounds to add to the BANK. Is there a way to import a WHOLE Folder and drop the whole Kit into a Bank. So I can just have Banks of different keyboards for example. Or would I have to drop them one by one into a bank?
Great vid like always!
Thanks again!
I have an older Mac Mini (5th Gen.) and an iPad Pro 11 inch (3rd gen.) 15.6, and neither gives me the option to compress when I press and hold the folder, nor the option after share to open in Beatmaker 3. Wish I knew what I was doing wrong. I just cannot get started with Beatmaker 3, and it's not for lack of trying (or buying.) Logic is easy, but this is absolutely confounding to me.
hey! great video.. can i just ask... with a couple of years passed, is this still the best way to import and organise samples for BM3?
I hope it goes over previewing sounds before selecting. And all the available import options.
Currently studying the ipad music production apps for streamlined processes, and brainstorming.
So far its koala for importing and trimming, and blocs wave for just a few slices. seGments is the next study.
Thank you for the insight.
Great video. Pretty sure you can make a New Bank and just save those samples once without it 'making copies for each project your in' . For example.. if I create a New Bank to use in different projects as long as I just load that Bank and don't save it/copy samples within different projects... I don't think the Bank will create multiples.
This is correct! What I meant was any time you save the samples within a project, it will create duplicates in your samples tab. Saving it once is fine.
Ok, so I've compressed and clicked "share to" but I'm not getting "open in beatmaker 3". I just get BM3 and it asks if I want to start a new session etc. It's just like opening BM3 and there's no imports from the folder. I've re-scanned but nada. What am I doing wrong?
Hi, When you went to Samples/Share, there were two rows of icons. On my ipad, i have only one row of icons and the Beatmaker 3 icon is not there. Is there something in settings that would fix this for me?
Man I’ve been like a sponge 🧽 watching your videos. This helped me out a lot. My question is what do you use to record and edit your videos. The quality is awesome.
Thanks fam! I’m glad you’re getting a lot from the content. I use the DJI Osmo Pocket as my main camera, iphone 11 pro max as overhead cam, and the TakStar SGC-598 is my mic. Editing all of my videos in LumaFusion on my iPad pro! 💪🏽
Great video! Can I delete the original files from my iPad once the zipped file are imported to beatmaker?
You certainly can. Deleting the zip file won’t remove the unzipped files from the BM3 sample library. I highly recommend saving the zip file somewhere else (internal or external), so you can have a safe backup of your files somewhere.
@@MusicTechnologist thanks again. I've learned a lot from your channel these past few weeks. 💪🏾
@@MusicTechnologist hey I made some mistake and I deleted the zip file and the sounds still are on the samples page, any way to remove them from the samples page?
Hi and thank you for your helpful videos,
Do compressing the folder files lose the audio quality?
It does not. Once the file is unzipped, every is as it was.
so i have a, maybe weird question, in regard to samples and chopping them up. Is it possible in beatmaker 3 to bring a sample in, chop it up / spread it across pads. then save that whole sample bank so i can pull it up later, already chopped up? so if i wanted to bring it into another project I can and it would be easy to do?
Hey Jahrell, is there a way to get samples/songs onto your ipad in the first place as a Windows user without itunes?
Can you preview / audition samples prior to loading them? I have tried with the “auto” mode on and clicking on a sample doesn’t audition the sample for me.
Good tips! 💯 posted my first 2 beats today thanks to help from guys like u
That’s awesome! Happy to help!
Soooooo helpful thank you!
Happy to help! 👍🏽
I have samples that are mp3 but they won’t work in BeatMaker 3. Is there a way around that or can you convert them to wav files on iOS somehow?
mp3 files should work in BM3. If you wanted to convert them to wav, I use www.onlineconverter.com any time I need to convert something. In what way are the files not working? Are you not hearing audio? Unable to import?
Why am I stuck in recent files when I hit files am stuck I can’t go to my other folders
If anyone is using AudioCopy, there is a way to copy every sound pack you purchased into beatmaker 3, and it will be converted to banks.
First step is use airdrop
To get on iPad right ?
Hi Nick! You can airdrop your files, or you can transfer them from an external drive. There's lots of ways to move files over. Do whatever works best for you
@@MusicTechnologist hey man! Thank you. I ordered my iPad 2 days ago. I can’t WAIT to get it and use bm3 on the go !!!
For some reason this is not working for me. not consistently at least... Some folders import correctly using this method but then others import and the file size says 0kb and the samples don't play any sound inside of Beatmaker 3. ..
Make sure you are pressing the refresh database button in settings after importing. That should make your sounds playable
Can I use beat maker on iPhone
Thanks a lot!!, I was also starting to make an own folder structure for my vinyl samples, but either I’m stupid and I don’t see the obvious way or it is really annoying and taking so long to move samples around..... anyway....tagging seems senseful, but once I tagged my recorded Snares to thesub category „snare“ i m not able to find them in SAMPLES afterwards, cause they only offer 3 sub-categories there ( analog, digital and percussion). All the others are missing there. Do you have an idea ? Cheers
Happy to help! I’ve had this issue a few times myself. Usually rescanning the database in your settings after tagging should fix it. If not, I would try re-tagging the sample.
If anyone is like me, and want to know how to import all of your AudioCopy folders into beatmaker 3. I can show you how!
Ive followed these instructions to import the samples but when I click them, nothing happens. I cant drag and drop them into the sampler either. Do you know why this is? I can listen to the samples in my ipad "Files"... Help please!
Do you know the file format of the samples? Make sure you have the little speaker icon at the bottom left turned on when browsing your samples, that way they’ll play when you select them. Also, make sure you’ve re-scanned the database after importing.
Can you chop sample in koala sampler and record the audio onto a pad on beatmaker, or would you need a separate routing app?.
I don’t actually have Koala sampler yet, so I haven’t had the chance to test it yet, but as long as it can be used as Inter-App Audio, you can just load it as an IAA plugin on a bank in BM3 and then just record from Koala into the bank as you’ve suggested. Alternatively, you could just export your individual tracks from Koala and drag them into BM3.
I have drums on my MacBook and I want to import them to my iPad. How do I do that?
Put them into a folder, zip it, airdrop it to your iPad and then follow the instructions in this video.
Which iPad do you use ?
2021 11” iPad Pro M1
@@MusicTechnologist I think I’m going to grab me one with 128 gb.
BM3 confuses the heck out of me. It could have been made much simpler and intuitive for just a simple task of importing a sample etc. Maybe the daft IOS file system is to blame
Yeah, I have my set of grievances with the iOS file system, but I think this one has more to do with BM3. At the time of making this video, BM3 was having issues with files not showing up in the sample search unless they were imported the way I did in this video. Since then, after updates to BM3 it seems like that is no longer the case. I have since been able to just save things in my imports folder, rescan the database, and then my samples are searchable and tagable. I’m thinking about doing a follow up video to this one to help clear up the confusion.
Thanks for the tutorial. Does drag and drop work dragging from the Files app into BM3?
Yes, it does!
Hi, how to transfer BM3 sample files from windows laptop to my iPad air 2? Cheers
Easiest way would be to dump everything onto an external hard drive and then plug it into your ipad using the camera connection kit dongle from Apple.
@@MusicTechnologist thank you. I'll give it a go. Meanwhile I've been trying to update to iOS 15, I know it has file sharing capabilities. Cheers
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Hi brother I been watching some of your video on beatmaker 3 they real legit and I thank you for that but it's possible you can make a video about halftime a sample in beatmaker 3 like those cableguys effects.
Thanks again.
Thanks! I’m afraid I am not understanding your question though.
My struggle with MB3 starts after a the import I to the import folder and putting my project one by one loop into separate pads. MB3 will not play them when I press play. It only plays the loop as long as continue keeping that pad pressed. Why is this app so fcking complicated? What do I wrong? I already have set my loops as loops under the sampler option.
Your “Layer Trigger” under samples page is prob on “hold” instead of “one shot”. Hit the squiggly wave icon (2nd down on the left side) and change “Layer Trigger” from “hold” to “one shot”.
@@Boback111 Thank you James for the reply. I‘ve already done this. Wish I could show you my screen. I get sound only under pad mode after placing sounds (I’ve already produced loops which are in my import folder) through drag & drop to a pad by pressing the targeted pad. Under song and scene no sound at all. You see visually that loops are starting to play but no bearable sound.
@@Boback111 Under pattern mode there are no pattern. I get sound only when I create pattern there or press play at the play icons at the right side of the screen then and only then I hear my loop but only as long as I keep that mentioned play button pressed. Could it be that I have to record my already existing and imported loops within the sample section? That would be crazy. The most crazy thing is this play icons at the right side of the screen do not work in song mode. 😳🤔
@The XenoBotDesigner - Putting loops onto pads will not make them play when you press play. You can either hit record and trigger the loops when you want, and then playback, or you could bypass the pads all together and just drag your samples onto separate audio tracks in the playlist. If you’re not getting playback after that, check the play buttons to the right in the playlist and double tap them to clear it if the circle is going around. Hopefully I understood you correctly. I certainly can be complicated at first when getting used to BM3.
@@MusicTechnologist Thank you so much. Will give it a try. Still a mystery for me why the developer keep it that complicated. Why not playing the loops directly after a drag & drop onto pads like in LaunchPad app. It’s like going to ride a horse but first bring the horse 3 levels up in your flat and then back before sitting on it and ride straight forward. Thank you for your time ✌️
The samples loading situation .. reason I’ve tried this app twice . Soon as the flow of just loading a sample becomes a chore . I’m out. Koala App is so easy to access anything with menu diving . Damn shame , the sequencer is flawless
I feel you. At the time that I made this video, there were still some kinks to be worked out w/ file importing and getting the files to show up in the sample window. That has since been ironed out. I’m planning on making a new video showing a simplified method for importing files in the very near future. You can honestly just drag and drop files and folders from the files app into BM3 now, and just make sure you re-scan the database, and then you’re done!
@@MusicTechnologist Excellent, I’ll keep an eye out for your new vids 🙏🏽
@@MusicTechnologist YO!!! Just getting in to music production on IOS and learning BM3 your vids are VERY helpful. Just a follow up to this question...so I DONT have to compress to zip THEN drop to Import folder just drag and drop? Just want some clarity
Does BM3 work with AudioShare?
Hey Benjamin! I’m not sure I know what you mean by “work with” it. You can export from AudioShare into BM3, but it will still go into the Imports folder, just like if you were to use the files app.
@@MusicTechnologist I meant drag n drop.
As I understand it, AudioShare doesn’t do drag n drop. Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you normally have to hit the share button from within audioshare to get the files into your DAW. If you mean drag n drop from the AudioShare section of the files app, then yes, it definitely does work. The file will show in your imports folder once you drag it in. If you don’t see it immediately, re-scan the database.
@@MusicTechnologist Your video answered it. 🙏🏽
One more question..
Do you have issues with your CME Xkey Air and BM3? Mine won’t say connected. Bluetooth is what I’m referring too.
Not often but sometimes. I used to have connection issues more often before I turned off midi out in BM3. I think somehow it can only handle midi in or out one at a time. In the midi settings, turn off midi out for the XKEY Air and see if that works. If it doesn’t, I would say leave it on the charger for awhile and then try it again later. I’ve found sometimes connection isn’t great when trying to charge it at the same time. All else fails, close the app and swipe it out of memory and reopen. If that doesn’t work, restart the iPad. lmk if any of that is helpful.
Bro that’s not the actual right way to import samples in Bm3 it’s another method but the correct way is going to iTunes. Then apps then the bm3 app and import file folders directly into it.
Idk what you mean by going to iTunes. If you mean plugging your iPad into a computer to import files, that seems far more complicated than even the method in this video. At the time of making this video, BM3 was having issues with files not showing up in the sample search unless they were imported the way I did in this video. Since then, after updates to BM3 it seems like that is no longer the case. I have since been able to just save things in my imports folder using the files app, rescan the database, and then my samples are searchable and tagable. I’m thinking about doing a follow up video to this one to help clear up the confusion.