I just discovered a method of drag and drop with the BBM.
While the BBM is running just open up the BBM again, you get two BBM’s running and you can drag and drop between them. In the one BBM mode if you drag and drop you loose the source file because you move it. In the 2 BBM mode it just makes a copy and your source stays where it is. Just keep track of which of the BBM;s you have to save when your working in the same project.
You don’t need to do that. There is a copy function. You can right click the part you want and choose Copy. Then you can hover over the part where you want it to be (The … or the song part will be highlighted) You can then Ctrl+V to paste the part.
Or, you can use the option-drag on macOS to copy; alt-drag on Windows
I’ve been doing Computer Programming since MS-DOS and this BB Manager is the worst user interface I’ve ever tried to comprehend. Is some place I can get Detailed info on how to use it ? The Copy and Paste features don’t work as expected, How do I select a section and move it where I want ? I want to Save what I have done but can’t because the Track I copied is “Missing Parts” ?
Wasting hours and my Head hurts !
None of the Right Click Menus have a Copy Option
The downloadable BeatBuddy Manager (BBManager) and BeatBuddy Loader are no longer supported.
For managing your BeatBuddy’s content, we recommend using the BeatBuddy Manager Online (BBMO).
If you run into any issues during setup, feel free to email support@singularsound.com and we’ll be happy to help.
I have used the Online. Not intuitive. Need detailed instructions on how to Move, Cut, Copy sections. Haven’t been able to find any helpful videos either. My partner is Very experienced too and we both struggle with your Interface
Most of your Forum comments are 5 - 10 years old too
Hey there,
The BeatBuddy Manager Online is not primarily a MIDI editor, while it can be used to edit MIDI files, we suggest using it only for minor edits and using a DAW as your primary editor.
However, it is possible to do most things in BBMO, even if it is less flexible than a DAW.
How the BBMO works is you open a new MIDI file every time you select a file “bubble”, once selected it is possible to edit the length, the note timing, note length, and velocity as well as basic quantizing.
Although you cannot move files from one section to another by dragging, you can copy and paste them. Inside the MIDI editor pane, you can copy the midi file and paste it to a new location. Just remember to unlink duplicated files so the edits do not mirror across duplicates. There is an unlink button in the top right of the midi editor pane.
Using the Bar Count field, you can decrease the length. If you hold shift while clicking on the bar count field down arrow, you can remove measures from the beginning of the file instead of from the end.
You can also copy and paste selected midi notes by using control/command+c, simply click in the player grid where you want them to go and use a paste command control/command+v.
We understand there is a learning curve to using the BBMO but it is far superior, reliable, less buggy, and fully supported for bug fixes.
We hope to work on a new tutorial video very soon for how to do song/midi editing on the manager, we are currently working on our autopilot video
You can always learn more about the BBMO by reading the manual, which is recently updated as is the BBMO!
Read more here:
If you have other questions please make a new thread so support can assist you accordingly
As far as BBM legacy it is unsupported and riddled with bugs that will never be fixed. We highly suggest moving on.
I will be closing this thread because it is no longer regularly active.