It’s actually encouraged and appreciated. Two ways of doing this: build your own by using the Song Matcher Tool. This is where users have shared their settings from beats that work for their songs.
There’s a vibrant one-press community as well and if you want to dip your toes into using the one-press songs, click on the magnifying glass and enter the song’s name you’re looking for. Download, unzip to your Mac’s desktop and then import. In many cases you will probably have to learn how to find the user-created drum set.
Here’s some helpful resources:
Helpful Links (Tips, Techniques and Procedures)—links are embedded in the blue text
- BeatBuddy Manager Online (BBMO) https://forum.singularsound.com/uploads/short-url/nl0WKwCHQFW4klxN4VDVznmPLJ2.pdf
- Guide to BBMO acronyms
- How to use the Song Matcher Tool to find a beat for your song
- Several resources of beat settings for songs
- How to find drum sets on this forum
- BeatBuddy (BB) MIDI commands BeatBuddy MIDI Commands
- Link to several MIDI maps MIDI Maps 2018-02-25 - Various
- Easier folder and song navigation on the BeatBuddy (BB) pedal Suggested Remote Foot Switch Settings
- Print your project contents: Print your BeatBuddy Library
BBFF - Convert GarageBand .aiff files to MIDI: How to make drum kit from this midi file - #6 by persist
- Here’s the search results for the songs I’ve posted to the forum: Click on the blue text: persist’s songs
- My tutorial for building songs for the BeatBuddy: Reaper tutorial for transcribing MIDI source file for the BeatBuddy