BeatBuddy Drum Machine Pedal Review

Beat Buddy - a success story… finally

I deem this purchase a success story, because of my long love affair with drum machines and DAW drum plug-ins, but alas, the drum devices never loved me back. I have owned most of the most popular (and not so popular) machines over the years and i never learned my lesson, i wasn't very good with these AND they took too much effort to master, which took away from musical spontaneity… read more when i "just wanted a quick and dirty drum track to play with". Functionally, the BB was a perfect match for me! Electronically, it's got amazing sound and no perceivable noise. I have a 4-channel audio interface so my stereo guitar signal from my processor goes into channels 1/2 and the BB output in 3/4. Very happy with the device. It comes with a very nice editor package to allow you to assemble songs from midi "parts', but honestly the collection of songs that ship with the unit meets most of my needs. They also have a large library you can buy - but it's about 1/2 the cost of the unit do i'm thinking about that for now. Also, i got the Singular Sound foot pedal that's offers great hand's-free controls for use with recording.

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Ba da dum ... tish !!

LOL ... what can I say ? I lt's just too much fun. Don't know what to practice ? Pick a rhythm and a tempo and be inspired. Match the tempo to the song your learning and hear a drummer instead of a metronome. Plenty of styles/genres. I'm in a two piece band !!! Me on Guitar W/Fender amp and BeatBuddy through a Fishman loudbox mini along with my Mic.

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Sweeeeet!

Love this little drummer beats playing by yourself! And the stuff you can do with it is awesome.

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Blown away!

This little pedal is absolutely perfect for practice, open mic night, writing songs. I live in an area where I know noone so I am so happy to have a drumming solution for open mic night. This thing is easy to use, well built, and with 24 bit sound, sounds amazingly good. I can't believe how many different beats are in here. I've been using it since I got home from work and it's… read more just so fun. This is exactly what my rig was missing. Highly recommend this. I can't believe there is no real competition, this is such a great idea, so cool.

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MAKE IT HAPPEN!

I needed some drum sounds that were easy to use so I could make some quick backing tracks for cord progressions, lead improvisation, and for my timing. The Beat Buddy does it all. It was simple to use and provided me with instant results. I just plugged it into my effects chain and started using it immediately. It can grow with you also, with the additional SD card and the external… read more control, the options are limitless. This was exactly what the doctor ordered.

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