Squid wrote:

I prefer to put the BB through a PA system for three reasons besides that it sounds good that way. I hear my own guitar amp without the full power of the percussion. Other band members hear the percussion without the full power of my guitar amp.

Finally, using the PA brings more flexibility in selecting my guitar amp, I don't have to use an amp with a full range from deep bass to high treble because of the BB. Indeed, my only guitar amps with such a range use a cross-over network and tweeter I added. No unmodified guitar amp of mine has treble for cymbals or a proper snare, and only one has enough bass for a kick drum.

Yeah Squid they say in the manual the best way is to use a PA - but they don't say which kind or size unfortunately. Som epoeple just pump it through a guitar amp, but it can't sound as good as a PA being the speakers are not full range on guitar amps etc...yeah to me that's a big rock n roll fail in my mind. PA is the way to go.

To me the snare drum is the hardest to get it sounding live, most Snares sound great live its only when they are recorded it becomes a problem. So will work on that next too. I had a idea to use a equalizer Boss pedal after BB to see if that gets me some edge. I found the box and can't remember where it had it last, but something like that with gain on it I think would deliver more punch to the dynamics. Drums are always hard to pump through PA's anyway...more work to do

Yeah you can attach a midi foot controller board to the beat buddy - I have a pedal board road case and will mount both the BB and the my foot controller to it when I find the time. You can direct the BB better with a more foot pedals on the controller - In fact Berringer makes a chip that you plug in the back that has all the midi addresses for the BB in it all ready so you don't have to assign them etc....Haven't got this far yet but have them both and you can add drum accents or whatever on the fly while the main BB drum pattern is playing, so it adds some more dynamics to the performance etc

This is the set up I will put together on my foot controller road case etc ...it makes running this thing much easier ...It think

I have the same problem - finding a drummer - that's a premium where I'm at. I've been a big slacker on the Beat Buddy, I have to admit, I should know more about it by now.

I imagine if you can't find drum grooves specially for surf you might find some meant for jazz. The Surf Beat is really the Lindy Beat normally found in Jazz. Many surf drummers started out in 50's Jazz or took lessons from teachers that were into that around California.

I found this site https://groovemonkee.com/collections/beatbuddy-packs not sure how good they are or if the Surf Beat is included but the Jazz one might possibly have that I would think.

Somebody on SG101 said they had songs like Wipeout and many other standards on the Beatbuddy though...can't remember what thread that was though.

TheFintastics wrote:

Curious to know if there's a place online you can find Beat Buddy beats/songs that are strictly surf instrumental classics?

Typical Beat Buddy operation is that you set up each song with an intro fill, a steady beat pattern, 3 fill patterns to go with that steady beat pattern, a transition pattern, a second steady beat pattern, 3 more fill patterns to go with the second steady beat pattern, and an ending pattern. You can transition between the two steady beat patterns as often as you wish.

In this method you do not enter the entire drum pattern from song start to finish. You enter patterns and you can switch off among these patterns as the song proceeds. In its simplest most basic operation you start off an intro pattern, it automatically switches to a steady beat pattern for as long as you let it go, and at the end you trigger the ending pattern. I have done this at gigs many times, no fills, no transitions, just an intro, a steady beat, and an ending.

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The Beat Buddy is for accompaniment. Drum songs like Wipeout and drum solos involve stage presence. What would the audience look at if the Beat Buddy played Wipeout? Beats me, Buddy!

Because Wipeout's percussion is entirely scripted, you could use a recording of just the percussion part played from an MP3 player. You can make the recording from this: https://youtu.be/FnAhTPl8ees

The Zoom G1on and G1Xon pedals let guitars sound great through PAs. Of course you have to adjust the patches and their effects to get it right.

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TheFintastics wrote:

Curious to know if there's a place online you can find Beat Buddy beats/songs that are strictly surf instrumental classics? Or if anyone is willing to sell their own drum versions to other surf musicians.

I'm guessing you're not the only one asking about additional surf beats for the Beatbuddy. Lets continue this topic on an earlier thread started by Surf Skater with a more proper title.

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