I bought the BeatBuddy about a year ago. I love this thing. I have been putting together simple drum programs/patterns for about 100 tunes to perform in a duo. I play bass and sing. I operate the BeatBuddy via footswitch after selecting a song at the module itself. Most of the tunes use a single pattern after a count-in measure. On several others, I use an alternate pattern for chorus or other section. I like to keep things very simple.
I keep the module about waist-high to scroll/select tunes.
My footswitch is set up as follows:
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Left:
- Tap to start at top of song/count-in
- Long press to change to alternate pattern
- Double-tap to outro
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Right:
- Tap to pause/stop
- Tap to resume
Occasionally, while rehearsing, my long press on the left switch can accidentally become a double-tap, and the drums stop. Not good.
After a few months of working the BeatBuddy into a live music situation, I think I would rather have the left switch act like this:
- Tap to start at top of song/count-in
- Tap to change to alternate pattern
Or, almost as good:
- Use the module pedal to start song/count-in
- Tap left footswitch to change between patterns
- Tap right footswitch to pause/resume
I am wondering if anyone out there knows how this might be done, either with a hardware or software modification. Thanks in advance.