Beam: Powered by Arc

Ultimate Drill Book

About this app

Beam transforms rehearsal into an interactive experience, giving ensembles powerful tools to organize, annotate, and perform music together. Built for bands, orchestras, choirs, drum corps, and performing ensembles of every kind, Beam makes it easy to keep every performer on the same page, whether you’re in rehearsal, on the field, or on stage.

NEW

* Completely redesigned interface now integrated with the full Arc ecosystem
* Update licenses or access in Beam, and changes are reflected across all Arc products
* Easily upload, re-order and crop scores in the re-designed Import/Assign center
* Create and save customizable annotation tools


Features for Members

* One login grants you access to Beam, UDBapp, and Geo
* Check-in with Geo without ever leaving Beam, no more interrupted rehearsals
* Discover free sheet music in the Beam Public Library


Features for Admins and Staff

* Easily add, edit, or delete scores in your ensemble's account directly from the app
* Assign collections, set lists and songs based on subject, group or subgroup
* One tap access to UDB for drill, and Geo for attendance
* Discover royalty free sheet music in the Beam Public Library ready to perform or record


Integrated with the Arc Ecosystem
As part of the Arc ecosystem, Beam integrates seamlessly with UDBapp and Geo, so your music, drill, attendance, and rehearsal tools all work together. With Arc, Beam now offers:

* A single login for all your Arc apps: Directors, staff, and performers can access everything they need in one connected platform.
* Seamless page management: Edit one or multiple pages at a time with the crop, cut, and delete tools. Reorder, or duplicate pages, and assign a single page to multiple parts all from the upload screens.
* Custom Annotation Layers: Role-dependent layers offer directors, students and staff managed access to annotations and notes.
* Calendar & Attendance Integration with Geo: See full rehearsal and performance schedules, check-in to events with multiple locations, and track attendance throughout the season. Use Live Attendance to get a real-time view of who is at rehearsal and who is not.

Ratings and reviews

Sold an unfinished app to bands. Doesn't have utility that the previous version had. App is broken and incredibly unreliable, crashing and causing unprecedented problems, more than I can list in this review. All while promising to release features that bands needed weeks ago.

this app is great but I really would like to change the orientation of the paper instead of it just auto flipping to whatever my phone is at. I use an external portable monitor and because of the auto flipping I can't get the page to work correctly. Add that and this is a 10/10

This version of beam carries over all the problems the other beam on top of more. The app fades to black because it is viewed as inactive and makes playing for extended periods of time impossible. On top of that, the zoom sensitivity is at max and makes moving through the music tedious.

What’s new

- Annotation and Layers updates and improvements
- Synchronization improvements
- General improvements and bug fixes
- Full Data and File Refresh option - Go to Settings>About>Clear. All data will be cleared and re-synched from the servers. All files will need to be re-downloaded.