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How to Build a Drum Kit From a Song's Drum Stem
A step-by-step Beat Studio workflow for cutting kick, snare and tom samples from a song's drum stem, shaping them, and playing the song on its own drum sound.
Beat Studio 1.8: Turn Any Song Into a Drum Kit
Beat Studio 1.8 builds a playable drum kit from a song's drum stem, adds round-robin samples, softer velocity layers, crash detection and in-app MIDI mapping.
Beat Studio 1.7.0: Refreshed, Expanded, Reorganised
Beat Studio 1.7.0 leaves beta with a darker theme, triplets and tempo marks in notation, full-screen transport controls, and a rebuilt Settings dialog.
Beat Studio 1.6.0-BETA: Variable Tempo
Beat Studio 1.6.0-BETA adds variable tempo so patterns follow a song's real tempo curve, a new pattern creation wizard with audio sync, and retires Core.
New: FAQ and Troubleshooting Pages
I've added a FAQ page covering tiers, pricing, MIDI setup, and more — plus a dedicated troubleshooting guide for the most common Beat Studio problems.
Beat Studio 1.3.0-BETA: Flexibility & Feedback
Beat Studio 1.3.0-BETA brings in-app MIDI device switching, latency compensation modes, scoring-colored timeline hits, and pattern editor sub-divisions.
An all-in-one drum app.
Beat Studio gives electronic drummers real-time feedback on timing, velocity, and accuracy. Total freedom to build any pattern you want from scratch, or import any MIDI or Guitar Pro file — play whatever you actually want to play. Then review session analytics to see your progress.
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