Roland Zenbeats Music Creation

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2.8
2.2K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
Rated for 3+
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About this app

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, 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.
Updated on
Jan 11, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

2.6
1.96K reviews
Shaun Ball
November 17, 2020
Unusable on my phone (OnePlus 6, 6.28" 2280x1080px, 401ppi screen) The UI elements are far too small, even with all the scaling options dialed up at max. Even if I could read the ~1mm high text the buttons (which are maybe 3mm high) are too small to reliably hit with a finger). Had high hopes that Roland may have fixed this fundamental issue that killed Stagelight for me, but no. IMO this should be marketed as for TABLET ONLY as it is a non-starter on phone. :-( 11/2020 Update : A year later I've come back to give it another try, and things are very much improved! The scaling factor can now be ramped up to a level that makes it usable on a hi-ppi phone screen. Time now to get that v2 unlock and see how capable as a DAW-in-your-pocket Zenbeats really is. Thanks Roland - keep up the good work.
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Roland Corporation
November 8, 2019
We have not had many issues reported to us before on scale, and we'd certainly like to learn more. Could you share the details at https://www.roland.com/backstage/#/zenbeats-support? And any relevant screenshots would be immensely valuable. Thank you.
A Google user
February 24, 2020
It's a really capable app for making music. It's a easy and intuitive layout, across platforms. Even without full unlock it's enough to work with, sometimes less is more. Here and there are a couple small bugs. I would suggest more colors for the tracks, there are green, purple and I have like 4 shades of blue, which looks like the same. Hope u add more colors to visibly differentiate between the tracks. I would love to see the app supporting midi controllers/devices as well. Then 5 stars.
32 people found this review helpful
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Roland Corporation
February 24, 2020
Thank you Rossi for downloading our app! In the settings you can find more color schemes to choose from. Sounds like you found "808 Nights" and based on your feedback we will discuss adding more colors now. A quick suggestion is to try one called "Mercury". It is one of the latest ones with many colors. Hope that helps!
Jon Reid
July 1, 2020
It's a great DAW for mobile but the UI/UX could use some better functionality and is not always friendly with smaller screens, even if you have a decent-sized phone. The note editor is especially tough. For example, you have to tap and hold a note to move it, but that also brings up a menu that gets in the way. Otherwise, great app! Edit: Realized there was already a pinch and zoom for making editing easier. Not sure if this was added recently or not.
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Roland Corporation
June 22, 2020
Thanks for your feedback! Have you gone into settings and tried sliding up the windows scale factor? Try this and see if that helps. We do want to improve UI, so we will consider your notes back. Thank you for taking the time and we hope you keep making music with Zenbeats!

What's new

What's new in 3.1.7
Several improvements and bug fixes
See full change log in-app in the Learning Center