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Tips and Tricks
BeatBuddy Manual
● If you know you want a certain tempo or drum set, but are not sure which beat to
use, disable the default tempo and/or drum set in the Settings menu (Settings
> Main Pedal > Default Tempo/Drumset) so that you don’t have to keep adjusting
the tempo and drum set while changing songs.
● Use the BeatBuddy Manager (see Section 5) to create a folder on the BeatBuddy
with the songs you’ll use for a show (you can name these folders “Coffee House
Gig”, “Tuesday Nights”, etc.), so you don’t have to navigate to find the songs you
want in a live performance.
● To navigate within a folder hands free, use the right footswitch button to advance
to the next song in the current folder, (you can set the other button to go back one
song in the folder from the settings, by default the right footswitch is song advance
while stopped). By default, holding the right external footswitch button down will
exit or enter a folder. To select a song in the folder, press the main BeatBuddy
pedal.
● You can load a rimshot sound (‘ba dum tss’) or the sound of applause into the first
accent hit of a song (through the BeatBuddy Manager software), and use it as
comedic relief in a show.
● You can add a WAV file of any sound to the EFFECTS folder in your BeatBuddy SD
card and select that file as a Global Accent Hit. Then, it will play that sound in any
song when you trigger an accent hit with the footswitch (Settings > Footswitch >
Accent Hit > Source >Global choose Select to open sounds menu).
● Done with the BeatBuddy but don’t want to disconnect every time? Put it in sleep
mode! Just hold down both the Drum Set and Tempo knobs to enter the settings
menu and choose sleep mode. The screen will power down.
● As of 3.9.9, sending the Outro command from the Footswitch pedal while the
BeatBuddy is paused does not always stop the song, instead, if Outro is enabled, it
will play the Outro. To get the previous behavior, go to Main Pedal > Unpause
Behavior > External Unpause and set to “Outro Stops Song”, this will also apply to
any MIDI outro commands.
If you think of a cool new tip or trick, please share it with the BeatBuddy community at https://
forum.singularsound.com/.
Thanks! :-)
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