Someone tried to ask about this previously but as they never got an answer, and most people who replied did not seem to understand the issue, I think it is worth raising:
in my basic set up I have a Zoom G9.2TT multi-effects processor feeding into my Beatbuddy which in turn feeds into my Boss RC30 looper and from that to my PA amp.
There are issues about syncing the Beatbuddy with the RC30 looper, but those are more to do with the limmiations of the RC30 looper than with the Beatbuddy (you can set a tempo on the RC30, but only by tapping not in terms of BPM) so I will not be complaining about them here!
The problem I am having is that the level of the output of the Beatbuddy is so low, even with the volume set to 100% that the guitar or bass drowns out the drums unless I turn the level on the G9.2TT so low that it is barely audible.
When someone else tried to ask about this they got answers based on solutions such as feeding the Beatbuddy into a mixer on a different channel to the guitar, but the point is that you are supposed to be able to input the guitar, plus any effects chain you may have, into the Beatbuddy, with the Beatbuddy operating as the final stage of the effects chain, and to use a combination of the Batbuddy volume setting (to control the level of the drums) and the level of the effects chain (to control the volume of the guitar) in order to balance the level of the drums and the the guitar without needing to use a mixer - which is ideal if you are a solo musician who has no sound engineer when busking or playing a gig, which is precisely the kind of application the Beatbuddy is marketed to satisfy.
The problem is that even with the volume set to 100% the levels are so low from the drum snth of the Beatbuddy that you have to turn the level of the output of the G9.2TT that it is barely audible.
This is because even at 100% volume setttng the levels of the drums from the Beatbudy is really low, and when I reduce the volume setting on the Beatbuddy it rapedly becomes inaudibly quiet.
This speific problem has nothing to do with the looper, it remains even if I connect the Beatbuddy directly to the PA , nor does it have anything to do with the effects chain, it remains if I plug in the guitar directly into the Beatbuddy.
Yes, realise I could achieve a proper balance by putting the output of the Beatbuddy into a mixer on a separate channel to the guitar, but I contend I should be able to do it oin the way laid out in the manual.
Regards
Michael