Autopilot Feature Logic Poll **Action Needed, Vote Now**

[kingofthejaffacakes]

@vlordi

Why couldn’t this just be an option, like it is for various other existing functions?

I agree. Can I change my vote to this?

I would always rather have a setting for behavioural choices.

[aashideacon]

I’d like to see the functions separated from their physical operations. Now that we have MM, and other control, we should have a list of all the commands we need to control whatever we want, and the ability to assign each of those to a midi command, or to a foot command. Maybe I never use single-press “Fill” and want to do a “Next Part” on a single press? Maybe I want external button 2 to always be “Play Outro and Stop”…

In this case, provide routines for each method, pick one for a default, and let us change it if we want.

[vlordi]

When is the new firmware coming out? Been talking about it “coming soon” forever now.

[145inE]

I hope I’m not too late, but I too would like to be able to trigger fills manually while in Autopilot. And (I don’t believe this has been covered, but I’m hoping that in BBM where we’ll indicate how many
times a given part should play before moving on, that we might be able to indicate C (or whatever) for “continuous” rather than a fixed number - because (for example) I might want to have an intro keep looping while my singer is occupied, or extend the guitar solo, or keep an outro going. A long press would move us to the next part/section. This would essentially allow us to use Autopilot and traditional BB functionality EXACTLY where we want, rather than having to choose one or the other for a given song. The best of both worlds.

[sj1]

Forced to choose, I vote for #2. Playback in structured “chunks”, with timing always correct, is a MUST HAVE.

However, I strongly encourage making this a user-settable choice. Actually, a 3-way choice - a) as stored with the song, b) #1 always (global override) c) #2 always (global override).

Do It Now (next measure) is an understandable nice-to-have. I would use it from time-to-time.

It’s just software. Different users will have different uses, and the same user will have different uses at different times. Good design and implementation accommodates both uses!

[Quad]

@sj1

However, I strongly encourage making this a user-settable choice. Actually, a 3-way choice - a) as stored with the song, b) #1 always (global override) c) #2 always (global override).

Yes, this!!!

Also, make sure the midi control allows you to have all these options at once if you want to set it up that way.

[magicbloke]

The title made the ‘Autopilot’ feature so imminent, and yet it was posted in 2020.

What happened? Is this still a thing? And if so, when can we expect it?

[BrennanSingularSound]

Hey there,

We were working on this at the time and it seemed imminent, but we ran into many issues present in the 1.x.x.x firmware that made us decide against moving forward on fixing it or adding any new features to it. We are focused on BBM 2 for now, work will continue and we do plan on an Autopilot feature.

Here is our latest response on this:

Please be honest - will Beatbuddy Manager ever get updated?

Hello everyone, Regarding the original question of whether or not the BBManager will ever be updated. The answer is yes. That includes both Windows and Mac. Now to answer the question of why it is taking so long, the simple and concise explanation is that the BBManager has been programmed in such a way that it has become extremely difficult to fix. We would fix one thing, and 3 more problems would pop up, and the cycle continued over and over. Any programmers in this forum could probably r…

Thanks for the question

Because this poll has been closed and will not be edited any further, I will now close this thread.

Thank you all for your responses.