This video will show you how to create beat tracks in MixPad using the Beat Maker.
Click Create Beat on the Home toolbar to open
the Beat Maker. Click Download to download the included NCH drum kit.
Double click an empty bar to add a beat pattern to it. Click on the bar division
lines to add beats. Right-click a beat to remove it. To listen to your beat, click Play.
To add your beat to a track in your mix, click the Export button. Close Beat Maker and your
beat track will be on the first available track starting at the cursor position.
Click Create Beat on the Home toolbar to open MixPad’s Beat Maker. The first time
you open Beat Maker, the No Drum Kit Found dialog will open. Click Download to add free
sample kits from NCH Software to get started. The default kit will load to the tracks on the left.
Each track is assigned a sound from the active kit. Use the
dropdown to select a different sound for a track.
All Beat Maker compositions are built from patterns you add to the composer. Double
click an empty bar in the composer to add a new pattern to the bar. Click on the bar
division lines to add beats. Right-click a beat to remove it. The higher a beat
is placed in the pattern the louder it will be. To listen to your composition,
click Play. Looping is on by default, click the Loop button on the play controls to toggle it off.
Scroll with your mouse to zoom in or out on a pattern. Click the Up/Down buttons in the
title bar of the pattern to change the number of divisions. Resize the pattern
by dragging the Resize Pattern handle along the track. Add beats quickly by
holding down the shift key and drag the mouse cursor across the pattern.
Double click a pattern in the pattern library to add it to your composition at the cursor
position. Each library pattern has associated sounds so there must be
space for the pattern in the composer at the cursor for each of its sounds for it to fit.
To save a beat composition, click Save on the Home toolbar, use the default
folder or navigate to a new folder, give your composition a name and click Save.
To view additional MixPad tutorials, visit: https://nch.com.au/mixpad/tutorial.html