I don’t see that the other footswitch can be programmed to do the outro fill. Only a double-click on the BB pedal does that (?)
This feature was added in the last firmware update.
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[]Depress tempo and drumset to go to the settings menu
[]Got to foot switch
[]Then foot switch fuctions
[]You should see the option under any of the “playing” options.
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Under 1st and 2nd switch playing, in order:
No Action
Accent Hit
Pause/Unpause
Tap Tempo
Outro Fill
Yes it would be a good addition, and why not also add the ability to transition fill.
Ok. I see the function to changet that parameter on the pedal. Thanks!
I am sure I have mentioned this before, but all actions performed by the main pedal should be assignable to the external foot switch for maximum flexibility.
I am setting this as my personal ultimate goal for when I’ll be making irrepairable fixes to the firmware while I am on January vacation.
Absolutely. “All actions performed by the main pedal should be assignable to the external foot switch.”
I would like a single switch for outro too. Trying to do a double tap throws off my timing and occasional I see to double tap inadvertently and the song stops… that would be really embarrassing during a show.
Daryl
Is that a single tap on the main pedal as you can already do that using the external foot switch - how would you trigger fills? You can cancel a wrongly triggered Outro which is discussed here and is shown on the official “beat indicator video” http://mybeatbuddy.com/forum/index.php?threads/disable-double-click-stop-when-pedal-assigned-to-stop.1611/#post-6436 but it requires some experimentation. Also how long have you had and using the BB as it might get easier with practise - I find it quite intuitive, but that may be just me.
Some how that double tap throws off my timing, I work hard on my timing but it has never come easy and the double tap creates a bump for me on a number of songs. I would like a single button for the Pause and the .wav HIT, as well as a single button to trigger the outro. I think 4 external buttons would even then start to challenge my ability to keep them straight. I have a lot of busy guitar outros (finger and flat picking) and I would love to press one button and get back to paying attention to my fretboard. But that’s me… timing takes a large share of my attention. I’ve developed notation that works well for me for the tap and pause well on my lead sheets. I have a hard time watching the beat indicator while singing… maybe a separate monitor on the microphone! ;>)
Daryl
Initially I had the same problem. Yet, you may do it very easily if you begin counting your rhythm a bar before you need to trigger outro
1-2-3-4-B[/B]-B[/B]-3-4-stop.
You calmly press pedal on (1) and (2), outro is played on the rest 3 and 4.
If you need to play most of the outro, you can
1-2-3-B[/B]-B[/B]-2-3-4-stop
If you need to completely queue the full outro, you can do set Queue Period option to something like 50% or 66%, and do
1-2-B[/B]-B[/B]-1-2-3-4-stop
I forget everyone uses the Beatbuddy differently, I just play acoustic guitar and then control Onsong from a bluetooth pedal - works perfect for me…I guess if I had tons of efx pedals it would be a nightmare. I only have one other pedal and that is a tuner 
One thing I have noticed recently is that if I trigger an Outro and before it ends press pause - the BB stops. Can’t do it too soon or it will pause.
The “double tap” for an outro was a bug-a-boo for me too. Getting better at it though. Some songs are just more conducive to a stomp on both buttons of the second pedal. Left button is cymbal crash, right is STOP.
BB is my only pedal - tuner built into the guitar electronics. I may add a volume pedal to control those louder beats.
The output of the Beat Buddy is very hot and needs to be antennuated. A volume pedal does this well but if you are running “Stereo” like I am, I built a Volume-Tone box to do the job. I used a potentiometer for each channel and experimented with values and found that 100K works great with the BB Pedal. I used a .1mfd Capacitor on each side which seems high but it worked great for toning down the harsh cymbal crashes and then of course the volume. I generally leave them set at about 30% which works out fine. I also have my guitar running through the Beat Buddy and of course, this is antennuated as well but I boost the signal just a little and it works out great. Just thought someone might like to know.
Sincerely, Fingerstylepicker.
Hello, I am a noob but can’t you just make the outro, the same midi file as the last measure and transition to the “outro” one measure early thus ending the song?
I start with the BB main switch one tap, pause with the A switch at the end of the song. Then tap the B switch to actually end the song on BB. Then B footswitch again to advance to the next song in the set list.
I changed out the potentiometers to 500K each but still kept the .1mfd capacitors. This seems to work better with a wider range of control for both the volume and tone. The drums a now mild sounding with no harshness but at the right levels. Volume set at 40% and Tone set at 30%.
Sincerely, Fingerstylepicker.