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Roland Zenbeats

3.62 • 50 Ratings

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Find your creative flow. Roland Zenbeats is a music creation app that keeps you in an effortless artistic flow. Get started on any mobile device or computer platform and make music anywhere, anytime. With its collection of both modern and legendary sounds, Zenbeats brings Roland’s history of innovation into a new, mobile-friendly format. The app is your instrument. Whether you’re an emerging musician or an established producer, Zenbeats makes music creation easy. Build beats, compose full multitrack songs, or sample the world around you. Wherever you are, no matter what platform or device you use, capture your creative spark with Zenbeats. A universe of sound. Whatever style you’re working in, you’ll find the perfect sounds for your tracks in Zenbeats. From vintage Roland JUNO and JUPITER tones to diverse and progressive instruments for any genre, the 14,000-plus presets will keep your compositions fresh and exciting. ZR1. The future of beatmaking. Our ZR1 Drum Sampler is a new kind of beat machine. Fast track your percussive prowess with seminal Roland drum tones from the TR-808, TR-909, and more. Sample your world. Sample and import directly into ZR1’s drum pads with the touch of a finger. Edit. Refine. Repeat. Tweak your sounds with advanced editing functionality. Manipulate and chop your one-shot samples with the slice editor and quickly crop and fade as needed. ZC1. Roland’s most advanced synth engine. ZC1 is a versatile synthesizer based on our powerful ZEN-Core Synthesis System. The free version features signature Roland synth sounds and 60 presets, driven by a sleek touch-based interface with an X/Y pad for easy sound manipulation. When you unlock the full version of ZC1, you get over 900 additional presets and 90 MFX that are all fully compatible with ZENOLOGY and supported ZEN-Core hardware. Deep MIDI and audio power at your fingertips. The Zenbeats ecosystem offers tons of time-saving tools to document, edit, and refine your ideas. Quickly capture and play sounds with LoopBuilder, or use a traditional approach with the Timeline view for more sophisticated arrangements and automation options. Fresh sounds. Fresh ideas. The Zenbeats Store is loaded with sounds, loops, and creative tools to expand your musical palette. Whatever sound or genre you’re chasing, the Zenbeats Store has you covered. All sounds are royalty-free and new tones are added weekly. Mix and match. With the full-screen mixer view, it’s simple to control volume, filter, panning, and more. Browse through 17 native FX, EQ tracks to your liking, and balance all your audio, instrument, and drum tracks from one streamlined location. Easy Sharing. Effortless transfers between phone, tablet, and desktop make the distance between you and your finished product even shorter. Use Google Drive™ or OneDrive to share Zenbeats projects and export stems and loops for use in other DAWs. Free, unlock, or membership. The choice is yours. With the free version of Zenbeats, you get music production essentials plus the ability to purchase additional loops and presets in the Zenbeats Store. When you’re ready to expand, there are three ways to unlock the full Zenbeats experience: Platform Unlock: Get all features, instruments, and effects on your favorite platform. Platform Unlock includes over 2,500 presets, loops, and sounds (2.5 GB), ZR1 Drum Sampler with sampling/editing, ZC1 Synthesizer with 90 built-in MFX, full SampleVerse modular synthesizer with editor, VST/AU/AUv3 support, and unlimited mixing and export capabilities. Max Unlock: Get all features, instruments, effects, and store packs on all platforms and devices. Roland Cloud Membership: All Roland Cloud membership tiers include Zenbeats Max Unlock. All memberships come with Zenbeats Max Unlock for as little as $2.99 USD per month.
What’s New
Zenbeats 3.1.2 is here! New: Zenbeats Limiter effect New: Sidechain routing support New: Zenbeats SC-Comp - Sidechain compressor effect New: Zenbeats SC-Pump - Sidechain volume shaper New: Zenbeats SC-Envelope - Sidechain envelope filter New: MV-1 System Program Ver.1.81 support (3 new MFX types) Enhanced AUv3 plugin compatibility Better Mixer View usability on phones (hides mini-timeline view if there is not enough space) New Lessons page give access to the latest in-app lessons, YouTube videos, Roland Cloud Academy classes and more
Version 3.1.2
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Ratings and Reviews

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3.62
out of 5
50 Ratings
  • derrtiblu, 19.12.2022
    They r not abandon this as “a past project.”
    My person wrote this review, to help everyone. The developers and users. Roland as a corporate entity has Enuff on their plate with all past equipment gear to be relevant during this “gen z age.” Come on there r consider old by those youth standards. Soooooo Zenbeats is really the best integration as a platform product. As well content provider. From sample loops to sounds gen z would use in their ideas of music. Now something may not work. Or their maybe a crash. Just saying. This app is worth the purchase. Idk about yearly subscription. Or even monthly. But don’t fall asleep on Roland Zenbeats. Show more
  • sgranlund, 17.11.2022
    Slow start but getting better every update
    When the app first came out it was ok. Great sounds but limited but Roland has been updating and committing to this app. I love it. Over the last year I find myself reaching for Zenbeats first. I get more done faster. I Love that Roland keeps adding integration with hardware like the MC-101 and the Verselab MV-1. I bought the MV1 just because of the BYOS integration. I’m thrilled. Also love being able to use Zenology. Overall as Long as Roland keeps integrating and updating this is a no brained. Amazing Roland sounds. Works well. Slightly learning curve but it does so much. I use Zenbeats as much as Ableton Live. Keep it up Roland. Solid professional music making app. Easy 5 stars ⭐️ Show more
  • Eve Severe, 17.11.2022
    Finally, customer service
    This app is pretty fun. has a bit of a learning curve but if you’re used to apps like NanoStudio 2, BeatHawk, BeatMaker, Drambo, or even Gadget 2 you will like this app. I would suggest watching a tutorial or two before you jump right into it as I found myself going in circles for a minute. I own (also have beta tested) hundreds of apps between ten iOS devices over ten years. So, I would like to think I know a bit or two about apps. I am not a fan of subscription models but the monthly fee is not that expensive. I will give Roland credit for that. I have owned many apps that I have paid for and then they have turned them into subscription-based and you cannot access your previous purchases. This app is not like that. if you have purchased it you can still use it. My major gripe is the “point “way of purchasing in-apps. Why they just can’t give you a price instead of points is beyond me. It is reminiscent of going to a festival or a street fair where you have to purchase tickets for everything and by the time the day is almost over you either have to purchase more tickets (because you don’t have enough for one last drink or one last ride) or you end up giving your tickets to someone else because who needs that extra ticket(s) when you can’t get anything with it. Or like a lot of jukeboxes nowadays where you pay and you get so many credits. All of the songs you played were two credits and you only have one credit left so you are basically screwed out of that last credit-lol. I don’t know if that makes sense to anyone-I might just be old. I will say that they have finally gotten their customer service up to par. I certainly hope they keep up with their customer service because it used to be awful and I have to say they are on top of things now and that makes a big difference to me. I will never go on a review page and just leave a bad review unless I have tried to contact the developer a few times without any response. That was the case with this app for some time, but they finally started responding which made me bump up my review. Show more
  • mantis2483, 04.11.2022
    Roland d50
    I would like to have the original vintage Roland d50 in this app we have iPad Pro now with m2 chip please bring the Roland d50 original sounds inside this app or ZENOLOGY for iPad Pro Show more
  • Rian Diasporah, 28.10.2022
    Been here since Stagelight. Love it even more now
    I was a beta tester for Stagelight (yes very long time ago)before Roland acquired it, so best believe I see ALL the love they have put into this. Five stars simply because the transformation and maintenance has been top notch. Show more
  • Mic Gee$, 26.10.2022
    Good app, could be better
    Wish I could program the main synth more. Wish the drum machine had velocity from top to bottom of pad like nanostudio. I find the interface takes some getting used to Sampleverse needs to be more powerful like the Roland vsynth All in all this app has great potential, hope it keeps developing into a monster! Show more
  • djdrewsie, 15.10.2022
    Well worth the money.
    Zencore is a great ecosystem. The newest Zenbeats is a great daw for beginners and professionals alike. It’s just easy to lay down ideas and record them. It’s cross platform cloud integration is unlike anything else. I can sketch out ideas on my iPad and continue them in my studio without hassle. Zenbeats for iOS is not a stripped down version or a lite version to the desktop version. It’s the same exact program. Other ecosystems don’t make it as easy, but this one does. What’s great is if you’re a windows user, you can get the same touchscreen experience on a bigger screen which allows you to not rely on shortcuts and mouse clicking. I think people need to understand what they are buying here. It’s a steal. For as little as 2.99 you’re getting thousands of synth and drum sounds and presets that are found in hardware synths for thousands and they sound great. Zenology and concerto are great plugins in house. So why four stars? Roland cloud management can be a hassle. Support is very good though. They answer right away. Third party plugins can play a little nicer but that’s not entirely Roland’s fault. I also would like to see more native midi support. Mapping a controller wasn’t the easiest thing but it was manageable. Also on desktop versions I’d like to see multi screen capability. Plugins all in one window can be a little overwhelming it’s nice to use a second, third, even fourth screen to spread the racks out a bit. So a relatively new ecosystem in the game, I understand it will take time and users do their part and find the bugs and provide feedback, it’s how this will get better. So great job Roland and thanks for having a responsive support team. Keep it up and I’d like to see this thing get even better. Show more
  • rbrockcoble, 26.09.2022
    Good Mobile DAW software, but not completely useable
    As a PT user of 18 years, I was able to open this app up and get going almost right away. The sequencers are fast and easy to use, the sounds on Max are pretty good (although sound design is not very flexible in the ZC1 synth, you have to start with a preset to get your oscillators). It has potential to be a great songwriting/composition DAW, but there are a few issues 1) If I set a loop to 3/4 it gets very robotic and it’s difficult to set the swing. when I perform with swing, the quantization takes over and removes any sense of groove. it sounds more like a bar of 4/4 that gets cut off inappropriately. there may be features to disable this, but i’m unsure where to go 2) the MIDI settings on the mirrored desktop app are confusing. when I disable midi CCs, the record button on my sequencers still activates the record function in the DAW making it frustrating to program a lot of my hardware. record on midi start doesn’t seem to do anything either, so when I try to play a pre-programmed sequence in loop view, it’s difficult to sync with the first beat. 3) the mirrored desktop app has no hotkeys, so it’s frustrating when I have to menu dive for any mid-session midi adjustment 4) Clock synch always registers a different BPM than either my Beatstep Pro, Beatstep, or Drumbrute — 3 modern industry standard tools 5) in the plugin windows, you can set MIDI CC learn, but I haven’t found many instances where it works (or even registers) on any actual parameters within the plugins. even my midi controllers with specific factory maps specifically for some of my soft synths/instruments do not communicate, even if the plugin’s settings are correct. this means no live sound design adjustments except for maybe modwheel/pitch bend. no live filter moves, etc though 6) Plugin menu is only organized by brand, I’ve found no way to separate Dynamic, EQ, Harmonic, Modulation, Spacial/Time Based, etc effects. This is frustrating when operating in a professional studio that has a lot of software. 7) the drag control in the sequencers to adjust velocity is way too touchy, even a slight downward adjustment can push sounds into inaudibility. the only way to quickly program the use of the roller is to first occupy every note in the sequence, in which the roller will also apply to all notes, meaning you have to use automation menu diving if you want to add roll to a single note value. very inefficient when a system has already been created that could make this go much more quickly. the app will still retain a higher than middle rating due to the workflow potential as a great songwriting app, and the interface provided can also allow for opening up the potential of a sequencer by triggering loops within the loop viewer mode. It would also be nice to have *some* more of the flagship virtual instruments in iOS form as to be able to depend on more than just the samples and synth presets with minimal sound design capabilities within the daw Show more
  • Poopshoot McGee, 09.09.2022
    So close…
    I am a desktop daw based musician with about 20 years of making music (I’m 30 now). Primarily I play guitar and write music where guitar is the focus such as modern Prog or Metal based genres. In my switch to iOS music making, which has so much potential btw, I’ve been painstakingly searching for the daw that is going to meet my needs. Things like audio editing and flexible bus routing for mixing are things that are important to me, in addition to the intuitive midi sequencing capabilities and a smooth stable workflow. In my search I’ve pretty much tried them all, from Auria pro, Cubasis, nano-studio 2, bm3, and the list goes on… then comes along this app and to my surprise, this one is so far the closest to what I am after! I have been thoroughly impressed with how smooth this app behaves relative to others. Bm3 was the previous king for me, but this one edges it out…. Because this app has what all the others don’t: a fast and intuitive way to slice and edit the timing of my guitar DI tracks (it even has a poor man’s “slip edit” feature using the green play head thing). With ONE MAJOR CAVEAT… Audio cross-fades. Seriously. I for the life of me do not understand how such basic audio editing features are neglected across SO MANY of these mobile DAWs. I guess everybody only makes music with MIDI these days but yeesh has this been frustrating. Anyways I digress. Roland, PLEASE give us cross-fades, and this daw will be the king for years to come. Cheers Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    Free
  • Size
    413.26 MB
  • Provider
    Roland Corporation
Languages
English
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