CONFIGURATION
PRESETS
Auto-Versioning
If this option is switched on, a numeric index is appended to the preset name and automatically
incremented each time you save under the same name.
Save Presets To
Choosing the user folder option causes all saved presets to land in the User folder instead of
the currently selected one.
Scan On Startup
Whether the preset library should be scanned and the database recreated when the first
instance of BeatZille is started, e.g. when you reopen a project.
OTHERS
Base Latency
If you are certain that your audio system – hardware as well as software – uses buffers that are
a multiple of 16 samples in size (please refer to the respective documentation), you can safely
disable BeatZille’s base latency here. Otherwise leave it at ‘16 samples’ to prevent crackles.
Note that a new Base Latency setting will only take effect when the host allows e.g. on playback
or after switching the sample rate. Reloading BeatZille will always work.
Internally, BeatZille processes audio in chuncks of n x 16 samples. This so-called ‘block
processing’ method significantly reduces the CPU load and memory usage of all our plug-ins.
For example. if the number of samples to be processed is 41, BeatZille will process the first 32
and keep the remaining 9 in a small buffer (16 samples is big enough). Those 9 samples are
then processed at the start of the next call... and so on.
The extra buffer is only necessary if either the host or the the audio driver processes ‘unusual’
buffer sizes. In the many host applications that process buffers of 64, 128, 256 or 512 samples
(all multiples of 16), try switching it off so that BeatZille can process latency-free.
Control A/B Default
The list of modulation sources in the previous BeatZille version included two more fixed MIDI
controls: Breath (CC#02) and Xpress (CC#11). While retaining backwards compatibility, we
replaced these with user-definable Control A and Control B sources.
MIDI Control Slew
This option lets you change the strength of performance control smoothing applied to pitch
bend, modulation wheel, Control A, Control B and Pressure. The default setting is ‘fast’.
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