Another “BB” debut with Already Gone
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Thanks for sharing. Nice performance and recording. Love the vocals and the mandolin.
Thank you. The sound system was already in place (not the best in the world but was a plug 'n play). I prefer to use my own equipment.
AMEN brother! Just wish I could afford one. I have the Fishman SA Solo amp and also a Yamaha StagePass 06i that I love. One day they will grow up and become a Bose! But the clarity is very good on both systems (and my old PA a Peavy that weighs a ton!). I played this past weekend for a fundraiser (freebie but good exposure) and they had their sound system set up (omg!!) the Yamaha speakers they were using for mains were blown evidently and rattled like a snake!
AMEN brother! Just wish I could afford one. I have the Fishman SA Solo amp and also a Yamaha StagePass 06i that I love. One day they will grow up and become a Bose! But the clarity is very good on both systems (and my old PA a Peavy that weighs a ton!). I played this past weekend for a fundraiser (freebie but good exposure) and they had their sound system set up (omg!!) the Yamaha speakers they were using for mains were blown evidently and rattled like a snake!
I’ve been using BB, for about 6 months, I do a solo piano, Left hand bass hotel resort gig. The Tom fills are much too loud, especially the intros, it’s a drag when you’re doing a ballad, and the fills are the loudest thing in the whole gig. I also use a Bose L1, which is great, but with the subwoofer, I’m always having to adjust the bass level in every instrument, room, etc. The intro fills are a distraction most of the time, but the potential is great.
My wife and i have been gigging with “buddy” for two years now. So much more than a fancy metronome…its now an indispensable member of our group. Of course nothing will beat a solid percussionist, but the Beatbuddy is a super close second. The only gripe i have is i wish the pedal had a realistic tempo waver…between one and two tempo above and below the beat would be ideal.little more like a human. The sobriety setting on tipsy just moves to much.
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Agreed, the Sobriety function – which I think was kind of a good-natured joke – could actually be a really useful feature, especially if it could be invoked on individual songs (“invoked” = there’s a default setting, but on a given song, you add a little waver). I say that because I have a couple of purchased MIDI files that are way too “on-the-beat,” and could use a bit of humanizing.
Joe
Oh, good! It’s not just me who thought the toms are too loud. Yowza! When I finally got enough nerve to check out the midi editor in the Beat Buddy computer program, I lowered the intensity of the toms in all the songs I’m using, and then copied those into a folder (alphabetically) for use in my solo acoustic shows. On the copies, I also deleted some of the fills that didn’t seem to fit.
I play in a full band, too, but I only use the BB in my solo rig:
If it’s a small room, I just use my Fishman Loudbox Performer amp. Ch. 1 - vocal microphone. Ch 2 - Guitar and separate looping microphone > Boss RC-300 Looper > amp. The Beat Buddy gets plugged into the “Auxiliary” spot in the back of my amp and has a separate volume control knob, so I can more easily reach/control the BB volume. (From using it regularly, I know now that some of the songs on my BB come across louder than others!)
If it’s a larger room, my husband will run sound with a Presonus board using his iPad (EV speakers and sub).
Skwearlswife, - that’s pretty much the setup I use on a solo gig, except my Fishman Loudbox is the Artist model (smaller than yours). I sometimes play my passive pickup guitar that doesn’t have an internal pre-amp or volume control, so I could never get the volume of the drums low enough with my guitar. Plugging the BB into the Aux jack solved the problem, although I sometimes wish I could EQ that input. I think most on the forum agree some of the drums are too loud for some songs. I’m glad we can change it with the editor.
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Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Jim Anderson, could you post a picture of the mod that you did? Cheers!
She sings great!!!
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thanks Bill…yea shes a monster
I gig regularly with mine. No problems. I’m using OnSong and a midi interface so I really don’t even have to think about the BeatBuddy. It’s just always ready to play the right song. No complaints.
been using Beat Buddy (BERT - Binary Electronics Replicating Tempo) for the past 2 years works great even if
I forget to add fills every once in a while - practice practice practice
agree with monitor for BB though -played MIDI a while ago - worked great until the audience kicks in with their version of Tempo - had to restart 3 times - and it was a simple beat!!!
I have gigs daily, and haven´t had major issues, sometimes it will take sometime to load the beat and start of with only a hi hat or some random drum, but after a couple of bars its ok, also I use it synched with the Boss RC 300 and work great together spyte what many may say!
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