ASCAP vs BeatDiscovery

If you're an ASCAP songwriter, composer or music publisher, you've come to the right place. The ASCAP app connects you to your ASCAP account, with innovative tools to help you get the most out of your membership, and boost your music career. Think of it as a music manager in your pocket. With the ASCAP app you can: - Manage your music and metadata to make sure you’re set up to get paid for your creative work - Add to your ASCAP catalog with our step-by-step guided or quick registration options - Take a work registration quiz for guidance on how to register your new music - Scan your entire catalog with our data health check, and quickly add any missing metadata to help ASCAP get you paid - Check up on your latest ASCAP royalty distributions - Find new collaborators and mentors with the ASCAP Connections messaging platform - Educate yourself on how the money flows in the music industry, and learn how to sustain your music career, whether you’re an experienced creator or just starting out - Find workshops, competitions and networking events near you What is ASCAP? ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a performing rights organization (PRO) representing over 1.1 million of the greatest songwriters, composers and music publishers in the world. We’re the only PRO in America operating on a not-for-profit basis, and the only one that puts creators first. We get you paid when your music is played ASCAP’s main job is to pay you royalties when your music is played publicly by the businesses we license. And we’re really good at what we do! In 2024, we achieved revenues of $1.835 billion, and distributed $1.696 billion to our songwriter, composer and publisher members. We put music creators first We pay our members all of the music licensing revenue we take in, minus our operating expenses (among the lowest in the industry). Our governing documents require us to pay music creators first – a claim that only ASCAP can make. We’re led by music creators like you ASCAP is the only PRO in the US founded and governed by songwriters, composers and music publishers. Every decision about how we operate is made by music creators like you – not broadcasters, corporations and investors, like our competitors. We innovate ASCAP offers the most advanced data processing systems of any PRO, to ensure that you get paid fairly and accurately. Our ASCAP Lab explores how new technologies and new business approaches can drive value for our members and the businesses that use their music.

BeatDiscovery is a professional rhythm and loop sequencer built to help producers create production ready ideas fast. This is not a DAW pretending your phone is a full studio. BeatDiscovery is built for the part of music production where speed matters most: finding the groove, shaping the rhythm, layering loops, and exporting clean ideas into your real workflow. Simply open the app, press play, and instantly hear a beat using loaded sound and pattern packs. From there, BeatDiscovery can generate endless usable variations by switching patterns, changing sounds on the fly, and letting you keep moving without starting from a blank grid. BeatDiscovery is not random generative AI. It is a controlled beat-making system that multiplies real sounds and real MIDI patterns from human-made sample packs. You stay in control while the app gives you fast ways to discover grooves you might not have made by hand. Switch sounds and patterns on the fly. Freeze the kick, hats, snare, or any sounds you like while changing others on the fly. Edit the full pattern grid, dial in individual channels, import audio loops, layer internal synth loops, and export MIDI, stems, loops, or full mixes to finish properly in your DAW. BeatDiscovery is super fun for beginners, and extremely powerful for professionals. Core features: • 16-channel drum groove engine • Sound and pattern pack switching • Change All Sounds and Change All Patterns • Complex pattern and sound combination modes • Global pattern view for editing the full beat • Per-channel editing for detailed control • Freeze channels to lock the parts you like • Pitch, truncate, swing, shift, mute, solo, half-time, and double-time controls • 9 audio effects: lo-fi, chorus, reverb, filter, amp, delay, flanger, tremolo, and phaser • Audio loops that sync to your beat • Audio loops can change key in sync • Built-in synth loops for fast melodic ideas • Generate usable chords, arpeggios, basslines, and leads • Layer multiple audio and synth loops • Save Current Beat to return to ideas later • Resume your last work in progress every time you open the app • Export drum mixes, stems, audio loops, synth loops, and MIDI for your DAW • Import BeatDiscovery sample packs • Create your own sample packs from folders of samples and MIDI patterns Whether you make trap, house, hip-hop, R&B, electronic, or experimental beats, BeatDiscovery is designed to give you a massive head start. It is fast enough for ideas on the run, but focused enough for serious production. Unlock BeatDiscovery forever with a one-time purchase, or choose Pack Pass for ongoing access to an expanded library of sample packs. Terms of Use (EULA): https://pi-99.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://pi-99.com/privacy-policy