I’ve spent some time thinking about using the BeatBuddy with my set.
At the moment I had, mainly, 2 problems with the integration of beatbuddy.
a) The first is that I want to have a tempo controller for each part of the song, not the same time for all the songs. With the BBmanager I did not find a way to do it.
b) The second is that I would like to have a looper synchronized perfectly with BB (have as many parts in the looper as parts that I have in my BB song).
After a while thinking about these questions … I started a project with a rapsberry. At the moment I have a small beta. It is a small software in the rasp that manages a definition of the song list. Each song on the list has several parts and each part has its own rhythm, etc …
Therefore, I can manage the parts and times with just a “click”.
In the next steps I would like to do a standing controller and integrate a looper into the rasp.
Well… little by little we move forward on the project.
At this momment I have write a song manager mini APP in my rapsberry and I can navegate between the songs.
The app is synched with my BB throw MIDI. The app has defined the song parts and tempo assigned to each part song, so I can control the tempo of the songs and song partes separately.
The next step will be to integrate a soft looper in the raps.
I have been resolving bugs and I have develope another interesting feature… A simple fade Out synched for my looper and BB.
It is allways difficult for me to end the jams with my BB. I think that a fade out feature is an easy way to finish a song… Perhaps BB could add this feature for other users.