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SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. !BPM Manual.book Page iii Friday, November 10, 2017 4:27 PM Contents Contents 5 Quick Reference 7 About BPM 11 Installation 15 Tutorial 1: QuickStart Guide 23 Tutorial 2: Building a Song 27 BPM Application 35 BPM Plug-in 49 BPM Window 109 Sound and Pattern Library 239 Effects 255 Troubleshooting 261 Index III !BPM Manual.book Page iv Friday, November 10, 2017 4:27 PM IV CONTENTS !BPM Manual.book Page 5 Friday, November 10, 2017 4:27 PM QuickCHAPTER Reference 1 2 3 4 9 5 6 7 10 8 11 23 21 12 24 22 20 19 25 14 26 18 17 16 15 13 1. The File menu provides commands 6. Apply grooves globally to all BPM 12. Most BPM presets indicate their 19. Each bank holds up to 16 patterns, for importing and exporting sounds, output, including all patterns and original tempo (in beats per minute) one of which is active at a time. patterns, kits, and many other loops. Many classic preset grooves in the name of the preset. elements, including Performances, are provided (MPC, LinnDrum, etc.) 20. Build scenes and trigger them live or which are a “snapshot” of the entire Save and apply your own, too. 13. When AutoLoad is enabled, items in use them to build a song. BPM window. the browser are loaded as soon as 7. Master tune and volume. you click them. This makes for very 21. Synth parameters for the currently 2. BPM conveniently routes incoming fast, interactive browsing. The check selected bank pad or rack part. Each MIDI data to the bank or part you are 8. These tabs give you access to BPM’s box options let you control what one can have its own synth settings. various main features, displayed to working on, but you can also control gets loaded. 22. The bank pads are highly program- where MIDI input goes. the left in the “virtual LCD display”. 14. This play/stop button lets you mable, with unlimited sample layers 3. BPM lets you sample external live 9. These browser tabs give you direct control AutoPreviewing in the and independent settings for audio signals, such as a microphone access to BPM’s extensive sound browser. The pad matrix to the right volume, pan, FX, synth settings, etc. connected to your computer’s audio library, which includes kits, patterns, lets you choose which pads get loops, samples and instruments. 23. BPM provides four independent interface, or audio track output from loaded (black) and which ones don’t banks of 16 pads, which can all play your host software. You can even 10. The browser organizes BPM’s sound (gray) when AutoLoading a kit. simultaneously. sample directly into a pad. library into stylistic categories. BPM 15. Quantize mode for recording MIDI provides many fully programmed 24. BPM provides two racks, which hold 4. This menu lets you choose the audio into bank patterns and part an unlimited number of parts.