TRYING TO GET A COWBELL OPTION TO SHOW UP FOR A GLOBAL ACCENT HIT ON THE BB PEDAL:
I’m still working on this issue, but I think I finally found a work-around, so I’m going to post detailed instructions (like I would need if I were looking) here for others for future reference:
Step 1 (Didn’t completely work): First of all, when I used BBM (Beat Buddy Manager program) to change an accent hit in a song to a cowbell WAV sound I had downloaded to my computer, and then saved the project [in BBM: File>Save Project, then File>Synchronize Project], I still could not find the Cowbell as an Accent Hit option (neither on the BB Pedal menu nor under Accent options in BBM [following the down arrow in the accent hit box of the song]). I forgot to check to see if it sounded like a cowbell on that particular song when played on the BB with a default Accent Hit chosen. In future tests, it DID sound like a cowbell, so I think that part of it worked. On to step 2.
Step 2 (Also didn’t work): When I found out about the Updated Default Drum Sets with tambourine, shakers and cowbells, I imported them into BBM hoping not to have to mess with adding an external WAV file to a song. Then clicked on a song name from the list on the left and over in the right part of the screen I changed the default drum set to the updated default version. At this point–just in case–I saved the project and then synchronized the project [in BBM: File>Save Project, then File>Synchronize Project]. Then I clicked on the accent hit in the song to look for a cowbell to change it to. The library of WAV files opened up with no changes–no cowbell listed (even though the new drum set is supposed to have cowbell). Saved and Synchronized again to save new drums. On to step 3.
Step 3 (This worked–sort of!): So I noticed that the file that was being opened to get the WAV sound choices was actually on my computer [C:\Users***\Documents\BBWorkspace\default_lib\wave_sources] rather than on the SD card, I decided to drag three free cowbell WAV files from my download folder to that BBWorkspace folder. Again, I saved the project and then synchronized the project, and CAN NOW FIND COWBELL AS AN OPTION FOR ACCENT HITS. So as a test, I changed a song’s accent hit to Cowbell3 (the one I liked the best). Again Save and Synchronize [in BBM: File>Save Project, then File>Synchronize Project]. At this point I exited BBM only to get some sort of error message about not being able to remove my Cowbell files from some folder, which I decided to ignore, and then safely removed the SD Card to insert into the BB for a final test. I pressed the BB Drum Knob and Tempo Knob at the same time to get into the BB Menu: Footswitch>Accent Hit>Source>Global>Select> AND THE COWBELL SHOWED UP AS AN OPTION–but ONLY the Cowbell3 sound I actually used in a song. The other two disappeared–not sure if this is where the error came from.
Step 4 (THIS WORKED!): Brought the SD card back to my computer and opened BBM and waited for it to do it’s thing “Parsing Project Files”. I went to different songs and changed the two available accent hits one to Cowbell1 and the other Cowbell2 (while they did NOT show up in step 3 on the BB pedal for options, the WAV files were still in the folder on my computer). Again Save Project and Synchronize and exited BBM. During the exit of BBM the error message came back–something about Directory Cleanup: Unable to delete a temp file in history (related to Cowbell3 somehow–not sure how). I chose Retry, which did not work, and then chose Abort. I removed the SD Card and inserted it into the BB Pedal. Now ALL 3 ADDED Cowbell WAV files show up on the Accent Hit>Source>Global>Select menu! SO WHILE THIS WORKED, I’m not sure I want those songs I changed to actually keep the cowbell sound as an accent. It might be better that they were left as created, so on to a FINAL TEST.
FINAL TEST: With the SD Card back in BBM, I changed the accent hits from those songs back to their original cymbal crash sounds to see if the cowbell sounds still show up as Accent Hit options on the pedal if they aren’t in any songs. Save/Sync and exit Back to BB Pedal: THE COWBELLS NO LONGER SHOW UP AS OPTIONS! I still don’t know why I don’t have cowbell, shaker or tambourine as options for accents if they are supposedly available on the updated drums sets. But I’m going to add my free cowbell WAV’s to a song I probably won’t ever use just to get them as options for when I want them as a Source>Global>Select option! At least I know it can be done in the workaround.
Thanks, everyone! Now enough of this technical stuff–it’s time to go make some MUSIC! …MORE COWBELL!!..♫ 