basic docs?

[db-17]

Hi,

I have just downloaded BEAST and played around a little bit but there are
basic things that are just not clear for me (like how to insert an
existing part into a track) and I could not really found any documentation
aimed at newcomers. Is there such a thing?


Thanks,
  db

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[Tim Janik]

On Thu, 24 May 2007 db@... wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have just downloaded BEAST and played around a little bit but there are
> basic things that are just not clear for me (like how to insert an
> existing part into a track) and I could not really found any documentation
> aimed at newcomers. Is there such a thing?

well, there's some documentaiton online:
   http://beast.gtk.org/documentation
in particular the quickstart guide or may be the FAQ are what you're
looking for:
   http://beast.gtk.org/quickstart
   http://beast.gtk.org/faq
those documents are also available from the Help/ menu btw.

since the developers don't really know about beginners problems with
beast, any input on things you weren't able to figure out would help.

writing a more extensive tutorial than the QuickStart guide has long
been on our TODO list, but so far nobody signed up for writing it
or helping to write it...
(i guess comming up with an index for a tutorial would be a good
start already)

> Thanks,
> db

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[db-17]

> well, there's some documentaiton online:
>   http://beast.gtk.org/documentation
> in particular the quickstart guide or may be the FAQ are what you're
> looking for:
>   http://beast.gtk.org/quickstart
>   http://beast.gtk.org/faq
> those documents are also available from the Help/ menu btw.

Thanks for the links but I have already read them and still did not find
the answer to some of my questions.

However, I would gladly help with the tutorial. I guess, a walkthrough of
re-creating the Party Monster demo song would cover most of the basic
stuff (with the exception of samples) and also some of the more advanced
concepts (like using a track as an input for the filter cut-off freq).

Of course, that would mean that I will ask a few questions about BEAST,
the first being: how do I insert an already existing part into a track?


Best regards,
  db

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[Tim Janik]

On Thu, 24 May 2007 db@... wrote:

>
>> well, there's some documentaiton online:
>>   http://beast.gtk.org/documentation
>> in particular the quickstart guide or may be the FAQ are what you're
>> looking for:
>>   http://beast.gtk.org/quickstart
>>   http://beast.gtk.org/faq
>> those documents are also available from the Help/ menu btw.
>
> Thanks for the links but I have already read them and still did not find
> the answer to some of my questions.
>
> However, I would gladly help with the tutorial. I guess, a walkthrough of
> re-creating the Party Monster demo song would cover most of the basic
> stuff (with the exception of samples) and also some of the more advanced
> concepts (like using a track as an input for the filter cut-off freq).

good, i've Fwd-ed your email to Stefan Westerfeld now, who wrote the
demo song. i hope you two can arrange to come up with some tutorial
material then, that'd certainly be great.

> Of course, that would mean that I will ask a few questions about BEAST,
> the first being: how do I insert an already existing part into a track?

what beast version are you using?
with 0.7.1, you can only create parts that already belong to a track (or
create them "inside" a track).
there you can duplicate and change them with the insert/link/rename tools.

> Best regards,
> db

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