Hi, I’m new to BB and I have been trying to import drum kits so I can use them for OPB songs. I have downloaded a couple drum kits (Brit_60s_Tele_&Sax.drm and STAX_4_octave_piano&_strings.drm) from the forum and followed the instructions in the BBM guide to import them into BBM, but when I click import and chose the .drm file, they don’t show up in the drum kits tab in BBM. I looked to see if this question has been answered already on the forum, but didn’t see anything on point. Can someone help me? Thanks in advance.
After you import the kit, using File>Import>Drumset, the drumkit should appear at the bottom of the list of drum kits in the drum sets tab in Beat Buddy Manager. To then get the kit onto your BB, you need to File>save project> to SD card. Make sure the box is checked in front of the drumset’s name in Beat Buddy Manager. If that does not work, please reply with your system details, I.e. PC or Mac, BB firmware version, and Beat Buddy Manager version.
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Thanks so much for your reply. Unfortunately, your instruction did not work for me. Specifically, I use File>Import>Drumset and the kit doesn’t appear in the drum kits tab in BBM. I have a Mac (Mojave OS), BB firmware 2.04, and BBM 1.6.4.1. Thanks for any additional help you can provide.
Your system appears fine. It must be something else, unless there is some issue with Mojave and 1.6.4.1 that I don’t know of. @persist?
Have you successfully downloaded and installed any kits from my Dropbox? I use the Brit Tele kit all the time, so I know that one’s good. I’ll try to delete and reinstall both kits tomorrow to see if I have any issues.
I am aware of one potential issue with any version of the Mac BBM and that’s when double-clicking the project name to either open or change a project. The BBM does not function properly when trying to manage drum sets. Quit and relaunch the BBM and use the. BBM File > Open Project and navigate to your bbworkspace folder to open your project. Try to import a drum set now.
I am not aware of any other BBM issues with Mojave. If you’re still having this problem, try deleting the BBM and the bbworkspace folder and its contents. Make sure there are no other instances of any workspace on your computer. Reinstall the BBM and use it to open the project on your SD card; save it to your bbworkspace folder. Quit the BBM and then relaunch. Use the BBM to import a new drum set. Look under the drum set tab to see if your kit appears and if it does, check the box. As Phil mentioned, you may have to scroll to the bottom of the tab to find the imported kit. If it does not appear, quit and relaunch the BBM; does it appear?
If this still doesn’t work, please contact me via private message on the forum.
I can confirm that the two kits mentioned do, in fact, download and install properly, so there must be some other glitch. I suggest you take Persist up on his offer to handle this with you via Private Message.
Thank you both so much for helping me out. I had to do the full reinstall, but eventually I got there and have both drumsets imported into BBM. My best guess for other users with this problem is that I did not do the initial installation of the BBworkspace to the “documents” folder correctly (required for Mac users).
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Glad it’s working out for you and thanks for letting us know the possible cause.
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I have been dealing with the same thing the past two days. I managed to get the song folders added, but I had to follow the recommended steps above to get the drumkits loaded into BBM.
Took some doing, but I was able to get everything on the SD card.
Going crackers trying to load Phil Flood’s Logic_So_Cal.drm drum kit. I’m on a Mac Mini M4 Pro, Sequoia 15.5. I want to use midi drum fragments from Logic in BB and most of my drum tracks use Logic’s SoCal. I’ve seen the tortured posts about Mac BBM (I’m on BBM 1.6.4.1) but fail to see drumset after importing.
Save project
Save Drumset As (make it easy on yourself and save it to your desktop)
Quit BBM
Launch the BBM
Import the drum set you just saved
Scroll to bottom of Drumsets tab list and check the box for the kit you just imported
Thanks for getting back so quickly. After quitting and re-launching BBM, the import did show the Logic SoCal option within drumsets but when I try and tick the unticked box to its left, a dialogue box pops up saying “Importing Drumset” and then closes leaving the box unticked. Happens very quickly, took several clicks to read it. I quit and re-launched now appears at the top but no tick and same result if I try to tick it. I tried double clicking on the “Logic So Cal” text in the list and it flashed up something about generating (not sure, too quick) but now it shows the individual instruments, including ones like 40-Snare Rimshot which was one of the missing ones in the Standard drumset. The Drumset Maker heading showed 12%. Still unable to successfully tick the box in the drumset list. Re-launching again did not help hence unable to use it. My Workspace location is “BeatBuddy - Project” within my Documents folder. Within that there’s a DRUMSETS folder. This contains config.csv which contains
D98AD26B.DRM,1. Dance
1EC5849B.DRM,2. Ethereal
F9F8CF0C.DRM,3. Jazz
95768E0E.DRM,4. Latin
01A3DBCD.DRM,5. Metal
8B3F28C7.DRM,6. Percussion
977B149C.DRM,7. Rock
E981B5D1.DRM,8. Standard
263A773F.DRM,9. Voice
D7E852D5.DRM,10. Brushes
f9f8cf0d.drm,11. All the Cowbell
A4C69925.DRM,12. Logic So Cal
The A4C69925.DRM is in the same folder and is 13.5Mb
So near yet so far! I also have a Windows laptop so will try BBM on that if we can’t sort this out in a reasonable time.
Regards
Strumboli
I think from what you’ve described that you’ve successfully imported the kit.
Use one of your existing songs in the BBM and see if you can change to the SoCal kit and if the song plays.
I agree, the elements of the Logic So Cal drumset appear to be there. However, I can’t enable (ticking the tick box doesn’t work) so the new drumset doesn’t appear in the drumset list when I try to use it in a song. I can send a Quicktime screen recording, if that helps. I suspect that my installation is corrupt as, to see what a proper drumset behaves like, opened (double click) Standard within “Drum Sets”. Looked similar to the Logic So Cal drumset. could play wav files etc. However, when I went back to Logic So Cal, the Standard drumset now shows in the Drum Sets menu with an unticked tick box. Now I have two drumsets that I can’t select. Undaunted, I thought I’d reinstall everything but during an earlier clear down and restart, I’d deleted my copy of the virgin SSD. I thought I’d seen that it could be downloaded but can’t find it. I’m about to try it all on my Windows 11 laptop and want a completely clean start.
As each new macOS is released, the BeatBuddy Manager (BBM) is aging and not so gracefully.
I tested importing the SoCal kit in Tahoe developer beta 3 and it worked just fine.
Here are some things to know about the BBM:
a. The title name in italics means the kit is active in the BBM
b. An unchecked box indicates that the kit is not active in the BBM; however, the box might show as unchecked when you are editing a kit
c. A title name in italics with a check in the box means the kit has been editednd it is still active in the BBM
The SoCal kit might be damaged Suggest you download and unzip a fresh copy to your desktop.
Delete the SoCal from the BBM:
To delete a drum set in the BBM, under the Drum sets tab, select the drum set, double-click on the drum set; in the BBM menu select Drumsets > Delete Drumset , and then save your project.
Thanks. I managed to find the BB SD files and copied them to a new SD on my Windows PC. I installed BBM in Windows and it all went well. Downloaded SoCal, imported into BBM, was able to tick the tick box. Create a folder for my songs, added a song and selected SoCal drumset to go with my Logic midi fragments. It all worked great, first time. I synced it to my new SD and tried that in the BB hardware. Says invalid SD but sureley I’m nearly there 
Just going out for a bit but will have a look at the SD before seeking any more help.
Regards
Strumboli
Sorted the invalid SD error - my mistake, put in the wrong SD. Now it all works great in the BB itself with my own songs using Logic So Cal drumset. Not sure what was happening on my Mac but I’m happy to use the Windows PC for this and copy my midi gragments over from my Mac. Thanks for your help.