For those who need something simpler, slightly more compact and cheaper, the BeatBuddy Mini reviewed here might just fit the bill.īoth models are geared towards live performance and rehearsal. There are many fascinating angles and backstories that will make an exciting, intriguing article.With the BeatBuddy Mini, getting a good-sounding rhythm accompaniment is as easy as tapping your feet.īack in October 2015, SOS contributor Tom Flint took a look at the Singular Sound BeatBuddy, a drum machine in pedal format.
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It improves musical rhythm skills, increases enjoyment during practice, inspires songwriting, and serves as a substitute for a drummer or percussionist when one is not available or the venue can't accommodate a full drum set.įor more information on the BeatBuddy, please visit: It empowers musicians with hands-free control of the beat to create an unprecedented live-drummer accompaniment. "After the most successful crowd-funding campaign in the history of the musical instrument business and being back-ordered for months, BeatBuddy is now available to the retail market for the first time at NAMM (Hall E, Booth 1589).īeatBuddy, the first drum machine with the hands-free functionality of a guitar pedal, has been hailed by Music Trades Magazine as changing the nature of the industry. Other features include hands-free song navigation and tap tempo control (with the footswitch attachment), MIDI sync for integration with MIDI-based devices, a headphone jack, SD card slot, mini USB connection, full stereo sound and more."
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Included are ten hyper-realistic drum sets that can play the BeatBuddy's 200 songs in a wide variety of genres - and more content is available for download from the BeatBuddy Online Library, or you can create your own songs and drum sets with the included PC/Mac software, or discover user-generated content on the BeatBuddy Community Forum. Musicians can effortlessly insert fills, transition from verse to chorus, add accent hits, throw in drum breaks, and more, to create an unprecedented live drummer effect.īeatBuddy also features a first-of-its-kind visual display of the beat on its LCD screen, which makes it easy to improve your rhythm and learn new time signatures. With detailed input from the musician community, the BeatBuddy was designed to be the perfect solution to this frustration: The power of a drum machine with the simplicity of a pedal."īeatBuddy is the first drum machine in a guitar pedal format that enables full hands-free, creative control of the beat. Other drum machines are either complicated table-top devices that are difficult, if not impossible, to control while jamming, or are poorly made afterthoughts in loopers that grant no control of a single repetitive beat loop - no fills, no rhythm changes, no accent hits, no tap tempo, no pause/unpause feature, and of course no computer interface. "BeatBuddy was invented out of frustration at not being able to find a drum machine that enabled hands-free live control of a beat.
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