I’m fairly new to the BeatBuddy and still figuring out how far I want to take it. Right now I’m running the stock pedal and a basic setup, but between premium drum kits, extra footswitches, and maybe the full-size MIDI controller later, the costs stack up faster than I expected.
I’m in Cheyenne and mostly play at home, so there’s no gig income offsetting any of this. I keep going back and forth on whether to add pieces gradually or save up and buy the bigger items once. What I’m unsure about is whether the extra kits and accessories really change the playing experience enough to justify the spend, or if the base pedal covers most of what I’d want.
If you’ve been through this, how did you budget your BeatBuddy expansion? Did you regret buying anything early, or wish you’d gone bigger from the start? Any input from people who’ve owned theirs a while would help.