I realize that the 500 event limit is probably something that cannot be upgraded without a hardware change. However, if possible, I have some previous full song drum arrangements that I used to use with Ableton that I was hoping to transfer to the Beatbuddy. However, the 500 event limit often prevents me from being able to do this.
Also, I have two suggestions for the Transitions (and maybe this can be selectable in the manager).
I have noticed that if a fill is more than 1 bar, you have to hold the transition until the last bar of the fill. I request some way of saying in the manager (Play all bars of this transition). That way, say I have a 4 bar transition, it will start it, transition to the next part. This alone would make Beatbuddy much more versatile for me…
Also, others have mentioned. more options for footswitches would be handy… I suck at Double presses… I would prefer to have a button I push strictly for fill, 1 for transition and 1 for ending… As well, I would still like the pause feature and the accent feature… (Haha! Not asking for much am I?!?)…
The only other thing I would like to see with the device is to be able to either trigger the sounds in the beatbuddy via Midi or vice Versa (Have the Beatbuddy be able to trigger external sounds)…
For the software, A full fledged Midi Editor would be awesome (To make sure that Midi formatting is correct)… ONe that allows a midi file to be imported and chopped up (And maybe even edited by cutting and pasting)…
Again, I really have no complaints… At it’s price range, the Beatbuddy is a neat little device that I am sure I will get used to… I really do like it and now that I am back from assignment, I have began again working with it to get my rhythms transitioned from Ableton and my drum machine to the Beatbuddy…
Sincerely,
Anton Flint
