Midi Maestro - No App, No Bluetooth, Not controlling beatbuddy

Midi Maestro Help, Questions and Bugs
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I received my MIDI Maestro recently, and it works great. It really rounds out the capabilities of the BeatBuddy. Quite frankly I’m already so used to having the MIDI Maestro to control my BeatBuddy that I’m not sure how I lived without it in the past.

That being said, I wanted to reiterate a couple CRITICAL notes that others have said:

  • it is essential that you upgrade your BeatBuddy’s firmware to at least 3.8.0 for them to work together. See https://forum.singularsound.com/t/new-beatbuddy-firmware-3-8-0-the-midi-maestro-support-update/16073 for details. (See below for instructions for checking your firmware version.)

  • It is essential that you verify your MIDI settings between the MIDI Maestro and the BeatBuddy; for example:

    • The MIDI Maestro and BeatBuddy are both on the same MIDI channel
    • The MIDI OUT on the MIDI Maestro is routed to the MIDI IN on the BeatBuddy
    • The MIDI Maestro is configured for BeatBuddy Mode

Having said all of that, if you tried to use the BeatBuddy with an alternative MIDI controller without upgrading the BeatBuddy’s firmware to 3.8.0, you’d still be missing some MIDI functionality. So if you’re having issues getting the BeatBuddy and MIDI Maestro to communicate, I’d double-check what I listed above rather than replacing your MIDI Maestro with something else.

How to verify your BeatBuddy’s firmware version:

  1. Power up the BeatBuddy normally

  2. Press Drum Set and Tempo at the same time to enter the Settings menu

  3. Scroll down to About BeatBuddy and press Tempo

  4. The firmware version will be listed like “FIRM-3.8.0”

If you’re still having issues, feel free to ping me since I have mine up and working, and we can compare notes.

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