With the BeatBuddy Mini, getting a good-sounding rhythm accompaniment is as easy as tapping your feet. BeatBuddy: Reggae 7- swung one drop BeatBuddy Mini: Reggae 4 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Reggae 7- swung one drop Stay in time using the integrated metronome and add a final rhythmic flourish by double tapping the pedal to generate a perfect outro drum fill. Features This cookie stores user-like settings for the chat system provider, which are required for our online chat service. Trusted Shops BeatBuddy: Brushes 9- Bossa Nova brushes BeatBuddy Mini: Brushes 4 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Brushes 9- Bossa Nova brushes

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: Reggae 5- one drop str BeatBuddy Mini: Reggae 2 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Reggae 5- one drop str 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. The BeatBuddy Mini is a drum machine in pedal format. It contains nine different drum kits that were each carefully sampled from real drums, so there’s no synthesized sounds happening here. 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.BeatBuddy: Country 5- Brushes Train BeatBuddy Mini: Country 4 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Country 5- Brushes Train BeatBuddy: Country 2- Train Shuffle BeatBuddy Mini: Country 2 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Country 2- Train Shuffle Who says you don’t need a drum machine on your pedalboard? We certainly don’t, as we’ll be looking at the BeatBuddy Mini 2 in today’s breakdown and review. The BeatBuddy Mini 2 Brings Versatile Drum Sounds Straight to Your Pedalboard 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. Shares the same samples and main functions of the larger BeatBuddy, just in a more affordable, smaller format.

Once you dialed in a beat, it’s time to start jamming along. From here, we can use the footswitch to add fills and transitions. That way you can actually perform a whole arrangement instead of just playing over the same loop on repeat. How Many Variations Does the BeatBuddy Mini 2 Offer? BeatBuddy: Brushes 10- Spanish Rumba BeatBuddy Mini: Brushes 5 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Brushes 10- Spanish RumbaNow, 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 5- 3/4 Half time Shuffle Pop BeatBuddy Mini: Brushes 3 BeatBuddy Mini 2: Brushes 5- 3/4 Half time Shuffle Pop The BeatBuddy is also great for soloists performing live. As a singer-songwriter you’re sort of expected to just bring your guitar and voice, but you can surprise folks by adding drums to your compositions — if that’s your thing! The BeatBuddy 2 Will Enhance Your Rhythm Capabilities with Ease 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 Use You'll have access to the same high quality samples that are found in the original BeatBuddy. These have been recorded by professional drummers, ensuring a drum sound that remains realistic and dynamic at all times.