Beatcraft includes several terrific Templates, which include a lot of pre-made patterns that you can mix, match, and edit to create your own track. To load these templates, select "Open Song Template" from the "File" menu.
To uninstall, click the Start button, followed by "Program Files" followed by "Acoustica Beatcraft" followed by "Uninstall". Click Next a few times and it will uninstall Beatcraft.
MP3 is not a good format to use for looping, because MP3 files contain an unspecified amount of silence at the start and end of the file. To achieve a usable loop, use WAV, WMA, or OGG formats.
First, render your beats to an audio format in Beatcraft. Click on the File menu, select "Render to..." and then choose one of the audio formats (MP3, WAV, WMA or OGG). Remember where you saved the file so you can locate it when you load it into Mixcraft.
In Mixcraft, click on the File menu and...
Swing is a fairly subtle feature. It only applies to the even-numbered steps in a beat. To hear it clearly, turn all the steps on for an instrument and play it. As it plays, crank the Swing setting up to 80 or higher. You"ll then hear the variation in the beat as a delay is added to the...
Here"s how to make your own custom drum kits in Beatcraft:
In Beatcraft, click on the File menu and select New Project.
On the "Project Properties" screen, choose "No Kit" for the "Choose a drum kit to use" setting.
Drag the drums you want into the Pattern Editor from the Sample...
If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 and you saved your project files in the Beatcraft folder, or anywhere inside your "C:\Program Files\" folder, the project files are likely still there, but hidden due to a Windows security feature called "virtualization." Browse to the folder where you saved...
