Playbeat 4 by Audiomodern is out -whaddaya think

[JiggSaw]

It looks like there's still no categorisation when browsing and selecting samples, can anyone confirm? If so, I'll pass on V4 because it makes using the thing an absolute workflow killer.

Confirmed there isn't any categorization. All samples are lumped together and listed under Factory Samples. You have to type in "kick", "snare", etc. in the search bar in order to filter them.

[m-ac]

It looks like there's still no categorisation when browsing and selecting samples, can anyone confirm? If so, I'll pass on V4 because it makes using the thing an absolute workflow killer.

Confirmed there isn't any categorization. All samples are lumped together and listed under Factory Samples. You have to type in "kick", "snare", etc. in the search bar in order to filter them.

The search completely falls flat when it comes to their expansions and files have names like 'G2_K1_P6'

[thecontrolcentre]

Pretty nice upgrade price for v.3 owners ... mine was $29 ( automatic discount applied at checkout). Haven't had time to install it yet. Planning spend my weekend making drum "breaks".

[pdxindy]

It looks like there's still no categorisation when browsing and selecting samples, can anyone confirm? If so, I'll pass on V4 because it makes using the thing an absolute workflow killer.

Confirmed there isn't any categorization. All samples are lumped together and listed under Factory Samples. You have to type in "kick", "snare", etc. in the search bar in order to filter them.

The search completely falls flat when it comes to their expansions and files have names like 'G2_K1_P6'

You're supposed to use their smart randomization tools... manually searching for stuff is outdated.

[martiu]

yeah, from now on only synth and fx with random button, no one have time for manually make presets, making presets from scratch is so 2020

[m-ac]

...which makes me think - there must be some kind of internal tagging /categorisation of samples going on in playbeat, else how does the randomiser choose its samples per sound category? It wouldn't take a ton of effort then, for someone at audiomodern to add a category filter in the sample tab. PLEASE?

[xtreme sounds]

Does PB 4 randomly select samples from a user folder like XO drums? (without space)?

[telecharge]

There's a Playbeat 4.0.3 update - https://d3jxl5cc6pcqb4.cloudfront.net/P ... _4.0.3.zip

Update log: https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbea ... e-log/2460

[seangm]

There's a Playbeat 4.0.3 update - https://d3jxl5cc6pcqb4.cloudfront.net/P ... _4.0.3.zip

Anyone know what fixes are in the update? I see nothing listed anywhere on their site that I can find at least.

[telecharge]

Anyone know what fixes are in the update? I see nothing listed anywhere on their site that I can find at least.

I edited my post. You were too fast.
https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbea ... e-log/2460

[seangm]

Anyone know what fixes are in the update? I see nothing listed anywhere on their site that I can find at least.

I edited my post. You were too fast.
https://forum.audiomodern.com/t/playbea ... e-log/2460

Ah ok, thanks.

[cuppa]

Have to say that after the workflow trainwreck that was version 3, for me of course, I'm really floored by this update. Workflow seems very intuitive now, no need to read a manual, presets sound great, randomization features for patterns work really well. The "AI" combo works really great as well. Export is still very well thought out (no change there).Very surprised actually, because I was first not going to upgrade. Only thing that annoys me is that probably all the preset packs I bought for version 3 are now simply included for free in V4, not really sure because AM is not really clear on this. And on top of that you can now buy 3 new expansions? Hm, not sure what to think about this. But for newcomers I think version 4.03 is a steal, highly recommended...

[pekbro]

I like it, tho it doesn’t seem like all the ver 3 expansions are contained in it, tho they are
supposed to be.

[seangm]

I like it, tho it doesn’t seem like all the ver 3 expansions are contained in it, tho they are
supposed to be.

You can load the old expansions into v4 if you still have the ".pback" files. I loaded all the old expansions in to v4 and it's working fine.

[pekbro]

I like it, tho it doesn’t seem like all the ver 3 expansions are contained in it, tho they are
supposed to be.

You can load the old expansions into v4 if you still have the ".pback" files. I loaded all the old expansions in to v4 and it's working fine.

I’ll have a look for them, thx