MOTU BPM 1.5

Advanced rhythm production

BPM® unites drum machine-style operation with advanced virtual instrument technology to give you the ultimate rhythm programming experience. Combine kits, patterns, and loops with instrument sounds, advanced mixing, and DSP effects to realize your rhythmic vision.

A massive rhythm sound library

Browse a massive library of over 19 GB of rhythm sounds. They sound massive, too, thanks to renowned mastering engineer Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound, NYC. Mix and match thousands of patterns, kits, loops, and hits inspired by dozens of musical styles.

New in Version 1.5:

Beat Box Anthology BPM 1.5 adds Beat Box Anthology: authentic sounds from every classic, iconic drum machine that ever mattered during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. You get 80 legendary models (10,000 samples) from the likes of Oberheim, Dynacord, Simmons, Alesis, Korg, Roland, Yamaha, Akai, and others.

For tactile control, choose your weapon

With enhanced MIDI control features, BPM 1.5 lets you choose your favorite pad controller, MIDI keyboard, or other controller for the ultimate personalized tactile rhythm programming experience. With hundreds of compatible models to choose from, it’s your call.

Features:

• Complete rhythm production center for Mac and Windows
• Combines state-of-the-art rhythm programming technology with playable virtual instrument operation inspired by the classic drum machines
• Provides complete creative control, from recording and programming individual samples to building and arranging entire songs
• Includes a comprehensive, expertly produced 19+ GB urban sound and loop library for urban, R&B, pop, rock and other music styles
• Includes Beat Box Anthology, a massive 4 GB collection of samples, kits, patterns, and loops from 80 iconic drum machines from decades past
• Combines drum machine programming, sampling, loops, synthesized drum sounds, multi-sample instrument sounds, mixing, effects processing, song arranging and asset browsing in one streamlined window
• Plug-and-play support for hands-on pad controllers such as the Akai MPD32 controller
• Exclusive SP1200 Emulation mode faithfully reproduces the unique characteristics of the classic sought-after E-mu SP1200
• State-of-the-art environment for laying down beats as quickly as your mind can "hear" them

Included sounds and loops

• 19+ GB library of loops, samples, patterns, and kits
• Includes a comprehensive collection of sounds from 80 classic drum machines
• Over 10,000 individual samples
• Over 1,000 new drum and percussion loops
• 24-bit 96 kHz audio quality
• Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC by top mastering engineer Chris Gehringer
• Beat Production/Sound Design by Eric K. Roz for Black Rose Corporation
• Over 200 drum kits + patterns organized by style categories (Beat City, Old School, etc.)
• Over 100 urban multi-sampled instruments, including piano, bass, guitars, synths, pads and more
• Built-in drum synthesizer for unlimited synthesized drum and percussion sounds (includes hundreds of preset sounds)
• Comprehensive percussion samples, patterns and loops
• Over 10,000 classic style beat box samples
• Hundreds of patterns in many styles (hip hop, R'nB, house, electro, techno, funk, soul, pop, rock, etc.)
• Play any pattern in any style with any drum kit (included or programmed) for virtually infinite combinations
• Load any MOTU instrument sound from MachFive, Ethno, Electric Keys, etc.
• Load any UVI instrument sound
• Add new sounds with BPM Expander packs and UVI SoundCards from UVISoundSource.com

Sampling and synthesis

• Records individual samples or loops from any external source via plug-in host software
• Quick sampling feature lets you quickly record into the currently selected drum pad
• supports self-sampling (record BPM output back into BPM itself directly)
• Programmable drum and percussion synthesizer with hundreds of factory presets
• Mix, match and layer drum samples and drum synth sounds, even on the same pad
• Exclusive SP1200 Emulation mode faithfully reproduces the uniquecharacteristics of the classic sought-after E-mu SP1200

Drum machine programming

• 64 pads per scene (4 banks of 16 pads)
• Independent step sequencer for each 16-pad bank
• Use multiple banks to quickly layer basic drum kits with additional kits (percussion, etc.)
• Convenient controls for mute, solo, gain and pan for each pad
• Detailed parameter adjustment for each pad, including velocity, pan, fine/coarse tuning, fill, timeshift, filter cutoff, resonance, decay, and others
• Graph sequencer for each note for ultra-dynamic expression (includes presets)
• Unlimited sample layers per pad with programmable velocity switching or cycling (random or programmed) for expressive "human feel"
• Independent synth programming for each sample layer (AHD/ADSR, filter, drive, aux sends, pitch envelope, etc.)
• Unlimited FX slots per pad and per bank
• Waveform Editor with fade in/out, normalize, silence, gain, etc.

Loops, audio phrases and instrument sounds

• Two independent rack modules hold loops, audio phrases and/or instrument sounds
• Unlimited parts in each rack
• Independent piano-roll sequencer for each part (instruments and slice loops)
• Imports REX files, Apple Loops, AIFF, WAV and all standard audio file formats
• Automaps, plays and grooves REX files in real time
• Up to 64 MIDI channels
• Unlimited FX slots per part and per rack
• State-of-the-art time-stretching algorithms provide best-available audio quality at all tempos
• Loads and plays any MOTU or UVI multi-sampled instrument

Real time pattern recording with groove quantize

• Record, overdub and quantize patterns interactively in real time from any MIDI controller
• Plug-and-play support for pad controllers such as the Akai MPD32
• Apply grooves with independent control over timing and velocity
• Choose among dozens of groove presets or create and apply your own
• Combine kits, patterns and sequences into scenes
• Trigger scenes live with pads and/or MIDI notes
• Build songs in seconds via simple drag and drop of scenes
• Comprehensive and flexible scene and song programming
• Operate stand-alone or synced to host tempo and timeline

Comprehensive mixing and effects processing

• Comprehensive graphic mixer with independent channels for all 64 pads and instrument parts
• Master mixer with master channel strips plus FX processing for entire banks, instrument racks and aux channels
• Stereo main outs plus 16 or more stereo aux channel outputs (up to 99, depending on the host)
• Unlimited effect slot architecture for pads, banks, instruments, racks, aux outs and master out
• CPU-efficient convolution reverb
• Dozens of professional quality effects, including EQ, compressor/gate, filter, delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, drive, distortion and many more

Convenient browsing and file management

• Convenient, intuitive, unified browser for all assets (samples, loops, patterns, kits, instruments, etc.)
• Optional auditioning while browsing (list items play as you click them)
• Drag and drop loading from browser or desktop (including audio files, MIDI files and loops in all standard formats)
• Optional auto-loading from browser (list items load as soon as you click them)