BeatBuddy: Country 2- Train Shuffle BeatBuddy Mini: Country 2 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Country 2- Train Shuffle

BeatBuddy: Oldie Song 4- Bum cha ka BeatBuddy Mini: Oldie 3 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Oldie Song 4- Bum cha ka Reassuringly, this pedal is very easy to use, and the switch operations become second nature within minutes. That’s very important with anything you rely upon in live performance. Sonically, the drum sounds are comparable with what you’d expect from any decent sample-based drum machine, with some nice acoustic kits augmented by suitable electronic kits for the more urban genres. Most of the rhythms are suitably solid and unfussy, though I did find some of the intro and outro fills to be a touch irritating and very soon I found myself wishing that there was some way to kill both the intro and outro fills altogether and have just a simple count in at the start and maybe a cymbal crash at the end. Most of the songs I play just don’t have that kind of intro fill. I communicated my opinion to the manufacturers, who said that it may be possible to introduce a feature in a future firmware update that would give the user a choice of a simple count-in, though I don’t know if it’s possible to update existing pedals as there’s no USB port on the Mini. Now, the reason the variations are called Songs rather than simply ‘rhythms’ is that, by deft use of the pedal, you can switch between two slightly different pattern variations to add interest to a chorus or solo section. The pedal also provides a suitable intro drum fill, spot fills on demand, and a fill when you transition between the two patterns within a song. So how is this possible from a single footswitch? BeatBuddy: Brushes 10- Spanish Rumba BeatBuddy Mini: Brushes 5 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Brushes 10- Spanish Rumba BeatBuddy: Country 5- Brushes Train BeatBuddy Mini: Country 4 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Country 5- Brushes TrainBeatBuddy: Reggae 7- swung one drop BeatBuddy Mini: Reggae 4 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Reggae 7- swung one drop

You can see right away that the BeatBuddy Mini 2 looks like any other effects pedal. Everything is housed in a brushed metal enclosure with a large, rounded footswitch that’s easy on bare feet and impossible to miss during a live performance. With the BeatBuddy Mini, getting a good-sounding rhythm accompaniment is as easy as tapping your feet. When the pedal is started, the multi-colour LED shows red for the duration of the intro fill, then goes green, pulsing once per beat to show the pattern is running. Amber denotes a drum fill. When you trigger a transition it turns blue, and then when the alternate pattern plays it shows green again. Double-tap to stop and it shows red for the outro fill, then goes out. The three dedicated LEDs mirror what the multi-colour LED is showing.BeatBuddy: Brushes 9- Bossa Nova brushes BeatBuddy Mini: Brushes 4 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Brushes 9- Bossa Nova brushes BeatBuddy: Oldie 5- Bum cha ka more BeatBuddy Mini: Oldie 4 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Oldie 5- Bum cha ka more

The BeatBuddy Mini 2 is built for whatever you’d like to throw at it. That could be a basic practice companion, where you can choose a tempo and loop and grind out scales — at least it would be more entertaining than a regular metronome. Both models are geared towards live performance and rehearsal. The BeatBuddy Mini provides a choice of drum-kit sounds and rhythm pattern genres including intros, transitions and fills, but where it differs from typical drum machines is that its pedal format and simple operating system allow it to be used in live performance. While the BeatBuddy that Tom reviewed has a number of programmable options, access to a software editor and the ability to load different drum sounds and patterns, the BeatBuddy Mini is based entirely on presets. BeatBuddy: Reggae 5- one drop str BeatBuddy Mini: Reggae 2 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Reggae 5- one drop str In total, there are 9 drum sets, 24 contrasting genres and 200+ styles to experiment with. They encompass just about any time signature you can imagine too. Ease of UseThis cookie stores user-like settings for the chat system provider, which are required for our online chat service. Trusted Shops The BeatBuddy MINI 2 is incredibly simple to use. You'll have complete hands-free control without the need for any programming; simply press down on the pedal to control transitions, insert fills and more. Shares the same samples and main functions of the larger BeatBuddy, just in a more affordable, smaller format.