using Compound meters?

BeatBuddy General
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Hello Beatbuddy team,

First off i would like to say thanks for a fantastic product. it has made practicing some much more fun for me in a way i haven’t felt about practicing since i was a 14 years old. i have been grooving my basslines to all the different styles and patterns that were preset with the SD card.

my question is regarding compound meters/time signatures.

so while we are awaiting the manager to become available i wondering how the beatbuddy will process compound meters. for example one of my metal bands songs we has a groove that is alternating measures of 4/4 and 5/4.

will I have to put it as main beat of 9/4 or can you make it as a bar of 4/4 and 5/4? same goes with any progressive music phrasing really

also along those lines, if a Groove is in 4/4( or any time sig for that matter) can you make a fill or transition beat in another time sig?

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To the best of my knowledge, you can make a loop of 5/4 following 4/4. However more difficult compound rhythms may cause issues with MIDI sync. I was trying to make [ 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 5/8 ] and the results were… mixed. While it works perfectly, as it doesn’t contains a whole number of quarter notes, MIDI sync is aligned to every other start of the sequence.

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And although this might work in the BeatBuddy Manager (BBM), I’m not so sure it will work very well in your pedal.