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Worlds First Drum Machine in Pedal Form!

#341
Toolmybass said:
This question has been asked and answers...kinda "danced around" for almost a year now. :hmm:
Go back and read the initial posts and other suff found on the net.

Even on this page...your question and the post before yours were avoided. But post #336 was responded to.
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David may not have answered it here, but they estimate August on the crowdfunding page.
 
#345
Haven't opened my shirt yet, but I got mine yesterday as well! Not nearly as exciting as the pedal but one thing at a time I guess!
 
#350
Dagnabbit....

GAS is a disease. It needs to be labeled as one. Didn't read this entire thread, just the first post, but I'm a gonner. Will read it all at work today, and then I'm certain, drop $199 that I really shouldn't be dropping. :/

This pedal looks frikken awesome though :).
 
#353
sunbeast said:
Is there function in the software to actually build the beats using raw drum samples or are you only able to arrange beats that are imported whole?
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The software isn't designed to program MIDI beats, just to arrange them in a song format to be used in the BeatBuddy. There are plenty of great programs out there you can use to program beats (garage band, cubase, reason, etc.) so we decided we weren't going to reinvent the wheel.

There is a drum set creator in the BeatBuddy software that you can use WAV files to create drum sets (the sounds triggered by the MIDI beats) to be used on the BeatBuddy -- we will be releasing a tutorial video on this feature soon.
 
#354
Roland TR-505 hasn't done me wrong yet. Plus, you can run it through some pedals to make some crazy sounds (be on the lookout for my solo stuff... or not). You can find them online for >$100 (but don't pay any more than that). No, it's not a pedal, but the buttons are big enough, and you can hide it on a music stand... did I mention it'll give you a drummer with robotic timing?

TR-505 is a rhythm composer too. You can write the drum parts to most songs with it, and it can control pre-programmed midi devices. You can pre-program your beats etc, and mess with your inattentive keyboard player ('cause keys players rarely know what's going on IMO). Win.
 
#358
DavidPackouz said:
The software isn't designed to program MIDI beats, just to arrange them in a song format to be used in the BeatBuddy. There are plenty of great programs out there you can use to program beats (garage band, cubase, reason, etc.) so we decided we weren't going to reinvent the wheel.



There is a drum set creator in the BeatBuddy software that you can use WAV files to create drum sets (the sounds triggered by the MIDI beats) to be used on the BeatBuddy -- we will be releasing a tutorial video on this feature soon.
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Thanks- that's kinda what I was starting to glean from the copy. So the Beat Buddy acts a almost more of a beat arranger than the sample sequencer sorts of drum machines I have gotten accustomed to.

If I were to build a MIDI beat using another program, would it be easy to then bring it into the Beat Buddy software and immediately correlate the new beat file with the existing drum sets (Meaning "bass drum" will trigger a bass drum hit, etcetera) or would I have to bring all my samples into the outside program to build the beat? Excuse my ignorance here as this kinda MIDI usage is beyond my experience!
 
#360
sunbeast said:
Thanks- that's kinda what I was starting to glean from the copy. So the Beat Buddy acts a almost more of a beat arranger than the sample sequencer sorts of drum machines I have gotten accustomed to.

If I were to build a MIDI beat using another program, would it be easy to then bring it into the Beat Buddy software and immediately correlate the new beat file with the existing drum sets (Meaning "bass drum" will trigger a bass drum hit, etcetera) or would I have to bring all my samples into the outside program to build the beat? Excuse my ignorance here as this kinda MIDI usage is beyond my experience!
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We use General MIDI format -- so the parts of the drum set are for the most part in standard format. Unless your beats use unusual instruments in them, most beats should work with most drum sets.
 

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