Choose a "default kit" to be used for each new beat created
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Gilles Mercier
As a user I would like to set the default kit as per my liking (i.e. including high Tom, Mid Tom, Floor Tom)
These defaults would apply every time I create a new beat.
(Derek's note: Default Voicing has been moved to: https://roadmap.beat-note.app/feature-requests/p/i-want-to-set-a-default-voicing-to-be-used-every-time-i-create-a-new-measure)
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Gilles Mercier
Hi, any news form this feature ?, I must say that the most important to me would be to have a default voicing vs default kit.
As of for now every time I create a new measure it come with the standard voicing UNLESS I duplicate a previous measure where I have already set the voicing (i.e. split toms vs cymbals)... but in this case I must erase or change all the notes when the new measure must not be the same...
A middle way to do it would at least be a default voicing mode when creating a full song partition.
Derek Lee
Gilles Mercier Hi Gilles and thanks for checking in on this! I have a lot on my plate and I'm working full-time on enhancements to Beat Note. Every day I have to decide what the most important tasks are for me to work on, and it is challenging. I use this site and the votes to help determine what I should work on next.
For the default kit, there is a simple work-around I can recommend. You can simply create a "template" beat that has all of the instruments you want to use. Then, when you create a new beat, you can make a duplicate of this "template" beat.
I think another reason this is difficult is because instruments are added one-by-one. This is an area of the app I want to improve, so I created a request for this as well: https://roadmap.beat-note.app/feature-requests/p/i-want-to-be-able-to-add-more-than-one-instrument-at-a-time-to-a-beat
For voicing - if this is more important to you, I will create a separate enhancement for that, and update this one to be specific for default kit. It's much easier to break feature requests down than to have one "large" one. Maybe I can sneak that into an upcoming release since you've mentioned how important it is to you. 👍🏻 Here's the new feature request which I've added your vote to already: https://roadmap.beat-note.app/feature-requests/p/i-want-to-set-a-default-voicing-to-be-used-every-time-i-create-a-new-measure
For now, if you are working on the iPad, the new edit experience makes it easier than ever to edit the voicing. Simply switch to voicing and then change to any measure to easily update the voicing for multiple measures more quickly than before.
Thanks for your feedback, Gilles! 👍🏻
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Gilles Mercier
Hi Derek Lee, thanks for the idea of the template beat ! So simple I should have thought of that !
Derek Lee
Gilles Mercier No worries, I'm sorry for not responding with that sooner! I had a memory ofsharing this tip before but I realized it was with another user on a different feature request here.
I agree this would be a helpful setting to have - but since I don't know when I can prioritize this, hopefully this workaround will help for now.
Another tip: if you still like the idea of getting a random name for a beat, you can always delete the beat name and save it without a name to have it generate another random name for you. 👍🏻
Derek Lee
This is a great idea, thanks Gilles Mercier! 👍🏻