![]() ![]() Play fills, transitions, accents from the pedal.MIDI sync (dedicated jack, appears to be S-Vid to save space).10 drum kits, 200 pre-loaded songs, custom upload.(Their incentive was clever: they set the launch price to US$199, shipping estimated in April, versus a proposed retail price of $349.) Started on December 16, the project has already far exceeded its funding goal of US$75,000, and there are still 26 days. Like many of these ideas, BeatBuddy is a crowd-funded project, built on IndieGogo. If the content in the video isn’t appealing, the makers also promise you’ll be able to upload your own kits, which means this could have broad appeal. But clearly live performance, songwriting, and even dance music could benefit, too. Now, the basic notion is that it’s friendly for things like practice – and it should be helpful motivation. What if one could fit in a guitar pedal? And what if you could use your feet to trigger patterns and fills, leaving your hands free to play guitar (or another instrument)? Drum machines - those are those big, luggable rectangular things used by electronic music producers, right?
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