Pause/Unpause Sync issue with Boomerang

BeatBuddy
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I’ve noticed something with my BeatBuddy and Boomerang III. I’ve started working on Like a Stone by Audioslave, and there’s a part where I pause using the ext pedal (pauses the loop and the beat). At the end of the part I unpause, which should start the beat and the chorus loop up again. only it’s off. It’s almost like the tempo sync is off by an 1/8 beat or something. I can’t get it to be “on time” without stopping the drum pedal.

I think maybe it’s because of the way the tempo sync signal gets sent. There are MIDI Out settings to for Sync:

  • Always On - (This always sends the tempo, which prevents me from using the looper when I’m NOT using the beat buddy because it’ll just be tempo syncing with whatever last song I played)
  • While Playing - (Transmits the tempo If the BB is playing a song (including when paused). This is what I normally have it set on, but sometimes exhibits the behavior above.
  • While Playing (Not Paused) - Does NOT tempo sync when paused. This made the issue worse/100% reproducible

Shouldn’t I be able to pause a song indefinitely with the extension pedal and then restart it? Is it getting confused when it’s getting a steady tempo and then I “disrupt” it by starting the track again and it doesn’t line up with a quarter note tempo signal? Has anyone else ran into this issue?

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I have a Boomerang and BB also…this setup should work flawlessly. I believe there is a setting in the BB that sends a start/stop MIDI message (sorry thinking off the top of my head, I don’t have the BB in front of me). So what you’ll see is the sync in tempo between the 2 devices, however once you hit the external switch to resume the drums and loop they should both be on the “1” of the measure. There should be no issue with this.

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Hi there, I believe the user above is correct, what version of the BeatBuddy are you currently using?

Let me know, thanks!

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I am on normal BB (Not mini) with the latest firmware.

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Check in the Midi In settings of the BB
The pause/Unpause must be enable
In the Midi OUT settings
The STOP must be on Pause & End

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Can you confirm you are on version 4.0.1? I only confirm because some users are not aware it is out.

If so all you have to do is make sure the MIDI Start is being sent when restarting BB. I believe you may not be able to make this work if the BB is set to mute pause. The BeatBuddy should use a normal pause to send the Start command right as it unpauses and stay in sync.

Can you confirm you are not currently using mute pause?

Let me know thanks