Beatertor

Making music

Health and safety warning: carrying a whole studio around in your pocket may lead to back problems. Luckily, Rockstar Games and multi-platinum selling producer Timbaland have hooked up to design a music-making device that’s incredibly simple to use yet portable and powerful.

Beaterator’s easy to master even if the only beats you’ve ever made are with your fingers on the kitchen table, but it’s also got a huge variety of creative tools that’ll impress the more experienced producer. Hit Live Play to remix templates of loops and sounds within seconds, or head to the Studio to build a track with the thousands of beats, stabs and samples that Rockstar Games and Timbaland have provided. You can even add your own vocals to make a complete song in minutes – professional musicians, be very worried

Beaterator’s all you need to bring out your inner musician: knock out fat drum beats, stirring melodies and whopping great basslines with the greatest of ease, and then share your tracks with the world on the Rockstar Games Social Club site.

• Live play

  Perform songs in a totally live environment.

  

• Studio

  Beaterator for PSP contains two main modes: “Live Play” to get right into mixing beats or the “Studio” where you can craft your own original masterpiece.

  

• Song Crafter

  Quickly and simply create whole songs.

  

• Massive library of loops and sounds

  Thousands of them, produced by Rockstar and multi-platinum producer Timbaland – exclusive to Beaterator.

  

• Drum Crafter

  Use drum crafter to create your own drum loop.

  

• Melody Crafter

  Create your own basslines and melodies with any of Beaterator’s sounds, or use the built-in Analog Synthesiser Emulator.

  

• Synth Loop

  With Synth Loop, you can tweak a wide vareity of synthesizer settings to create your own original sound.

  

• Sound Recorder and Sound Editor

  Record and edit your own sounds using your PSP.

  

Plus

• Visualiser

  Listen back to your song as cool visuals react to the music.

• Audio Loop Crafter

  Turn your sampled sounds into loops.

• Vocal Recorder

  Record a vocal accompaniment to your songs as it plays.

• MIDI Import and Export

  Import MIDI files from your Memory Stick Duo™ into songs, or export your songs and loops as MIDI files.

• Song Export

  Export your songs to PC or MAC as a WAV file, or upload your music directly to the Rockstar Social Club when you’re out and about.

• Chord Pad Mode

  Make stirring harmonies even if you have no knowledge of music - just like a drum pad, but for chords.

• Drum Pad Mode

  Turn your PSP into a set of drum pads and mash out beats live.

• Effects Editor

  Add studio-quality effects to your songs, such as reverb, chorus, delay and loads more.