Although many foot switch configurations are possible, these provide new users with a starting point for setting up and using the remote foot switch; this enhances BeatBuddy (BB) pedal functionality with navigation of songs within folders and folders on the pedal. This works with the latest firmware version and you set it using the Footswitch Functions on the pedal.
On the BeatBuddy (BB) pedal, press the Drum Set and Tempo buttons and the pedal Settings menu is displayed; (use the arrow keys to navigate and the Tempo or Drum Set buttons to select settings)
Press the down-arrow to Footswitch and press the Tempo button
If you have not done so yet, press the Tempo button and run the Footswitch Detector, following the display prompts
1st switch (left); Switch Stopped > Song Back
1st switch (left); Playing > Pause
2d switch (right); Switch Stopped > Song Advance
2d switch (right); Playing > Outro Fill
How to use the settings
with a song stopped, press left foot switch once; pedal displays folder mode and each press of the switch Backs or Advances the folder or song
press left switch once more (just click it); pedal displays songs within a folder; now you can use the left or right switch to move up or down one song at a time
Does it only work for navigating folders? I don’t really need it for that. I’d like to use it for functions within a song (Stop/Start, move to next section). Can that be configured?
Thanks. I had read that. But is there a way to set it so that you only have to tap once on the left switch to Stop/Start a song (like you can on the Maestro)?
No. It works like the pedal. Tap to start, double tap to end, hold for transition to next part, etc. You can set one button to function as pedal and the other button to perform the stop function, but you would be using both buttons.
This is exactly what I needed in order to practice & play gigs!
I lose all my pedal settings each time I export my project from the Mac to my SD card. Is there a work around to keep my settings in the BB?
After adding (45+)songs already, that pedal settings work around is locked in my brain & was just what I needed so it behaves as I need it to while at the gig. Thanks again.
If you have not read the BeatBuddy (BB) user manual, it’s usually a good place to start.
You can adjust the settings directly on the pedal by pressing and releasing both the Drum Set and the Tempo knobs together. Scroll the menu to the Settings/Foot Switch and that should get you in the ballpark.
You have misunderstood my question. I know how to adjust the settings on the BB itself but these settings do not enter in to the BB Manager in my computer. That is my question. There is a footswish in the BBM but when clicking on its buttons my altered functions from the BB do not function, neiter when BBM is stopped nor when the BBM is playing. Maybe the answer is to be in the forum but I can not find it.
Can you program the footswitch buttons in the BeatBuddy Manager, or program them on the pedal and have them work with the Virtual Machine in the Manager?
I wish I could have different button functions depending on the song.
Hi Phil. Do you know if there’s a way to use the footswitch to back out of a song and get back to your playlist when the song is in paused mode? Currently the only way I know is to reach down to the pedal and press the back arrow button.
Thx!
Not all at once, However, you can get the song STOPPED from a paused state and then use the foot pedal to navigate back. Per the Manual
Stopping While Paused using Footswitch
There is now a separate ‘While Paused’ footswitch setting allowing you to set the behavior of the footswitch while paused and while playing without editing both at the same time.
To stop the song while paused, set one of the footswitches to play Outro while paused.
Then, to not play the outro and just stop the song, go to the External Unpause settings (Main Pedal > Unpause Behavior > External Unpause) and set it to ‘Outro Stops Song’. This way you can still have a way to stop a song while paused, you can even do both with 2 buttons. This will also affect the behavior if sending MIDI Outro command to BeatBuddy while paused. [End Quote]
IDK if this will help you but you might get it to work for your use case. Note that the pedal does have a separate set of while PAUSED settings available now. This was not the case with the original design of the foot pedal function.
