I threw down an order! Looks great 
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3213 of 3500 Sold
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Worlds First Drum Machine in Pedal Form!
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Adamixoye
A PT Pro is cool for worship, right?
- Apr 9, 2012
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This reminds me, I am curious, since Beat Buddy is neither a large corporation nor a small builder, I am wondering how they are going to handle servicing and repairs? Will there be a warranty?
Hey, my receipt number is in the high 4000s... How odd! I'd have though, if anything, the order # would be lower than the sold # cause some people will have bought multiple...
Hey guys, thank you all for your super nice comments and understanding. It's greatly appreciated!!!
Sorry I've been MIA from this thread for a while... been pretty swamped taking care of a million little details to get everything just right
And I know you guys are waiting on the software, but we've been adding some additional features and taking care of some minor bugs (as well as perfecting the content)... so I'd rather release a more complete product than having a half finished thing floating around. It's coming soon!
For me at least - no software = no order. For this product at least. If the software is a pain, I will have no use for the whole system.
Adamixoye
A PT Pro is cool for worship, right?
- Apr 9, 2012
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My guess is that the 3200ish pre-orders that have sold do not include the Indiegogo orders, of which I think there were over 1000?
You be the newcomer to the action. Most of us ordered a long time ago when there was only the idea of a footswitch.
Wish I'd been in at the indiegogo price of $199 mentioned earlier in the thread, but I wasn't sure I was interested in the product. It would gall me even more now that I am interested to miss out on the preorder price of $249 ($288 all in if you get the footswitch and midi-cable); However, it's the MAC SOFTWARE that's been holding me back. No mention of "Mac" on the MyBeatBuddy website at all, and it's obviously a PC in the video demo. Mac software has been mentioned twice in this thread (that there would be some, possibly even Linux if consumer-interest warranted it), but I'm dubious as it still isn't even a squibble of "Mac software pending" or some such notice on the website.
While I'm whinging... Seems the large footswitch could've been foregone for the two small round-style ones on the accessory footswitch. You'd need to be more accurate with your toe-tapping, but at least it'd be one unit instead of taking up even more real-estate on pedalboards with the additional "accessory" footswitch. I'm sure this has been addressed earlier in the thread, and while normally I like to read a thread thoroughly before posting in it, I have only visited this thread infrequently.
Sittin' on the fence, watching the "3213 of 5000" on the MBB site to see how quickly the last few pre-orders get snapped up.
Adamixoye
A PT Pro is cool for worship, right?
- Apr 9, 2012
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- Occasional Beta Tester for Confusion Studios, Singular Sound, and Source Audio
Hmm...I feel like the Mac issue was addressed as some point, but I could be totally wrong. Ultimately I would prefer Mac but I can do either (for reasons that have to do with work and cost, I'm a Mac guy but my wife has PCs).
As I said, it came up in this thread twice (one post by David Packouz saying that it would have Mac software), but Mac is not mentioned on the MBB website at all.
So, including these newer posts, the total mention of Mac software as related to the MBB pedal = 5.
Adamixoye
A PT Pro is cool for worship, right?
- Apr 9, 2012
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I guess I don't totally understand your concern. Has the PC version been mentioned explicitly all that much, or are you basing this more on what you saw in the demos?
What I'm saying is we just haven't seen or heard a lot about the software period...I haven't seen anything to suggest it will only be the PC version.
That's okay, Adam, you don't need to understand my concern as it doesn't concern you.
I use Mac (personally, I sometimes have to work with PCs, too), the software demo shows PC software. No mention of Mac, no mention of PC because it's obvious in the demo that's what's being used. I'm well aware of others' software concerns in the thread, ie not much mention of when software will be available etc. It's pretty straightforward what my concern is. There have been many products brought to the music marketplace that are PC only, thus excluding Mac users from using that product. What's not to understand?
I use Mac (personally, I sometimes have to work with PCs, too), the software demo shows PC software. No mention of Mac, no mention of PC because it's obvious in the demo that's what's being used. I'm well aware of others' software concerns in the thread, ie not much mention of when software will be available etc. It's pretty straightforward what my concern is. There have been many products brought to the music marketplace that are PC only, thus excluding Mac users from using that product. What's not to understand?
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- We make and sell the Aeros Loop Studio, the BeatBuddy, the Midi Maestro and the Cabli
We will have a Mac version of the software. However, it will probably be released around 1 month after we release the PC version (which we plan to release in the next couple of weeks). Once we make the Mac conversion, any changes to the software have to be done twice -- once for each version. So we want to get the PC version right first before converting to Mac.
Hi,
Will it have a garageband type of interface or will it look the demo?
I guess what i mean is will the sofware allow us to compose and help line up rythm or is it more about importing files that line up to the diffrent parts of a song?
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Adamixoye
A PT Pro is cool for worship, right?
- Apr 9, 2012
- 18,158
- 69,338
- Disclosures
- Occasional Beta Tester for Confusion Studios, Singular Sound, and Source Audio
Well, we have our answer. I just want to clarify that I wasn't trying to dismiss or downplay your concern---I certainly understand the general concern of needing the software to be compatible with the right OS. I was just trying to understand a little better what was making you think there might not be a Mac version, given the limited details we had on either version of the software---genuine curiosity on my part, even if that wasn't clear. But again, that's now a moot point.
As an early proponent and supporter of this pedal I just wanted to chime in and say that for me, Mac software is critical. Without it, I'll pretty much own an expensive paper weight (albeit, a very stylish one).
- Apr 9, 2013
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It will look, more or less, like the demo. The software is not intended to be used to compose beats. There is plenty of software out there that can do that (such as garageband, cubase, ez drummer, etc.) so we're not trying to repeat other people's work. The software is intended mainly to organize your midi loops into song structure to be used on the BeatBuddy -- as well as creating drum sets from WAV files.
I'm going to try it thru my amp with my bass and also thru a spare amp. See what works for me. Even thought about getting a small used PA maybe. Going to experiment then decide.
