Roland Zenbeats 4+

Roland Corporation

    • 3.1 • 67 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Find your creative flow.

Roland Zenbeats is a music creation app that keeps you in an effortless artistic flow. Get started on any mobile device or computer platform and make music anywhere, anytime. With its collection of both modern and legendary sounds, Zenbeats brings Roland’s history of innovation into a new, mobile-friendly format.



The app is your instrument.

Whether you’re an emerging musician or an established producer, Zenbeats makes music creation easy. Build beats, compose full multitrack songs, or sample the world around you. Wherever you are, no matter what platform or device you use, capture your creative spark with Zenbeats.



A universe of sound.

Whatever style you’re working in, you’ll find the perfect sounds for your tracks in Zenbeats. From vintage Roland JUNO and JUPITER tones to diverse and progressive instruments for any genre, the 14,000-plus presets will keep your compositions fresh and exciting.



ZR1. The future of beatmaking.

Our ZR1 Drum Sampler is a new kind of beat machine. Fast track your percussive prowess with seminal Roland drum tones from the TR-808, TR-909, and more.



Sample your world.

Sample and import directly into ZR1’s drum pads with the touch of a finger.



Edit. Refine. Repeat.

Tweak your sounds with advanced editing functionality. Manipulate and chop your one-shot samples with the slice editor and quickly crop and fade as needed.



ZC1. Roland’s most advanced synth engine.

ZC1 is a versatile synthesizer based on our powerful ZEN-Core Synthesis System. The free version features signature Roland synth sounds and 60 presets, driven by a sleek touch-based interface with an X/Y pad for easy sound manipulation. When you unlock the full version of ZC1, you get over 900 additional presets and 90 MFX that are all fully compatible with ZENOLOGY and supported ZEN-Core hardware.



Deep MIDI and audio power at your fingertips.

The Zenbeats ecosystem offers tons of time-saving tools to document, edit, and refine your ideas. Quickly capture and play sounds with LoopBuilder, or use a traditional approach with the Timeline view for more sophisticated arrangements and automation options.



Fresh sounds. Fresh ideas.

The Zenbeats Store is loaded with sounds, loops, and creative tools to expand your musical palette. Whatever sound or genre you’re chasing, the Zenbeats Store has you covered. All sounds are royalty-free and new tones are added weekly.



Mix and match.

With the full-screen mixer view, it’s simple to control volume, filter, panning, and more. Browse through 17 native FX, EQ tracks to your liking, and balance all your audio, instrument, and drum tracks from one streamlined location.



Easy Sharing.

Effortless transfers between phone, tablet, and desktop make the distance between you and your finished product even shorter. Use Google Drive™ or OneDrive to share Zenbeats projects and export stems and loops for use in other DAWs.



Free, unlock, or membership. The choice is yours.

With the free version of Zenbeats, you get music production essentials plus the ability to purchase additional loops and presets in the Zenbeats Store. When you’re ready to expand, there are three ways to unlock the full Zenbeats experience:


Platform Unlock: Get all features, instruments, and effects on your favorite platform. Platform Unlock includes over 2,500 presets, loops, and sounds (2.5 GB), ZR1 Drum Sampler with sampling/editing, ZC1 Synthesizer with 90 built-in MFX, full SampleVerse modular synthesizer with editor, VST/AU/AUv3 support, and unlimited mixing and export capabilities.


Max Unlock: Get all features, instruments, effects, and store packs on all platforms and devices.


Roland Cloud Membership: All Roland Cloud membership tiers include Zenbeats Max Unlock. All memberships come with Zenbeats Max Unlock for as little as $2.99 USD per month.

What’s New

Version 3.1.8

iOS18 Support
Content importing and exporting improvements.
Native Share Sheet support: Share Zenbeats content via other supported apps.
Fixed Ableton Link support
Fixed issue with ZR1 emitting clicking sounds with certain samples
Several improvements and bug fixes

Ratings and Reviews

3.1 out of 5
67 Ratings

67 Ratings

TheWightGuy ,

Toytown, compared to Logic

I gave this app another try, a year or more after my first experience hoping for change. Sadly, not much has altered. Roland still have the silly ‘points’ system for their in-app store, and are still offering a subs model. The interface still looks like something Depeche Mode might’ve fiddled with in the early 1980s. I wanted to like this, I wanted to feel like I should buy in to the Roland ecosystem, but ultimately it just feels like the developers missed an opportunity to make an app that could rival Logic Pro on iPad.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the review. You are able to purchase a max unlock of Zenbeats for $149.99 or a variety of cheaper unlock prices for your preferred device if you don't want the $2.99 membership. Zenbeats is an ever evolving DAW that accompany's Roland Cloud and we will be adding more features as we go forward. Keep an eye out for future updates that may be more your style!

https://support.roland.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050114191-Zenbeats-How-much-does-Zenbeats-cost-

Daviddddddddddddd ,

Can’t log in (updated review)

Failed at first hurdle: can’t log in because the app is not compatible with iCloud Keychain where my Roland cloud credentials are stored. That about the most basic thing the app developer should have looked after.

UPDATE: Developer responded (thanks, it’s appreciated). But the advised ‘Hold and paste’ also doesn’t work. However I did find a workaround, by using the iPad keyboard I was able to CMD+V to paste my password into the password field. But it’s far from ideal, and if you don’t have a keyboard you can’t do it.

BUT, ON THE PLUS SIDE:This app is actually rather awesome. I read a few other reviews from people saying it’s too complicated, or they couldn’t find the synths (tip: add a new track and you can choose your instrument), but if you persevere a little this is one of the most powerful music apps I have encountered. Like another reviewer said, I think it’s almost almost there. Keep iterating Roland and you’ve got a winner. Thanks.

Developer Response ,

Hi,

Will look into supporting pasting from password managers in the future. For now you will have to type it your password in manually or via touch and hold copy and paste methods. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Dick Dustbin ,

I’m not a power user

I have a critical observation, when pressing the bottom trigger to activate a stack of lanes in the follow mode, if you press the three little lines the options window opens, if you press the arrow it blinks to indicate it will jump to next column. But if you touch some better arrow and little lines it will eventually move to next column without a visual cue of flashing. Not sure that’s a bug … how about a colour flashing 3 beat countdown or something?
This app seems solid and full of options - it doesn’t need M1 to run properly like Apples premium product and it’s cheaper. Triggering loops and lanes in Gband is less satisfying visually for me.
Is it a groove box or a composer? I might come back to it again and try to make something with it.

Developer Response ,

​Thank you for leaving a review. If you'd like help, feel free to reach us through our customer support portal and we'd be happy to assist you further. Sorry to hear you are having this issues.

https://www.roland.com/cloud/contact-us/

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