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BeatBuddy equivalent app?
I own a bunch of drum machines, including patterning, drum perfect pro, and dm1, but they all take up a lot of time to create my own loops and they're never really right.
Is there something out there that is similar to the BeatBuddy, that just has a bunch of different tracks, divided into parts, that I can move through using a midi pedal?
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No.. but funk drummer can get you close
This question pops up about every 3/4 months it seems.
I’m surprised that there isn’t a Dev who has taken on the challenge by now.
In the meantime
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/x-drummer-songwriting-tool/id1055971595?mt=8
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https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/drum-session/id1030319584?mt=8
Let you assemble drum tracks in various genres from pre baked midi loops.
It is also possible to buy BeatBuddy midi drum tracks and load them into the midi player of your choice.
If you had infinite patience you could probably even load their samples into an appropriate drum app.
Yes, there are ... even with more options. Take a look to his video showing a live session in real time to assign pads, you can change between them them by midi Program Change or Midi Notes, make fills on the way, ending, start... etc :
Choose your flavour:
Rock : https://itunes.apple.com/app/rock-drum-machine-5/id725234217
Funk : https://itunes.apple.com/app/funk-drummer/id1051262865
Soft : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/soft-drummer/id1120957633
Electronic : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/future-drummer/id1206804871
Mid East: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mid-east-drummer/id1326542395
AfroLatin and Cuban Percusion: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/afro-latin-drum-machine/id879474839
Brazilian: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brazilian-drum-machine/id988165210
There are lot of tutorials ...
Luis is biased because they're his apps. He's also 100% correct. His drummer apps - all of which you could probably own for less than the cost of a BeatBuddy Mini - are terrific options for non drummers who want drum accompaniment. They also go beyond the functionality of BeatBuddy and (arguably) most entry-level hardware drum machines in terms of randomization, and programming. The only actual advantage of something like a BeatBuddy is how you integrate it into your signal chain. But if you have amp with an AUX IN, or just play into a mixer anyway, it's really no problem to get the sounds out of the Drum Machine apps. I haven't done it, but I'm sure you could also dig even deeper and set up a MIDI footcontroller for triggering fills, etc.
I will throw in a good word for the DigiTech SDRUM, which came after their much-hyped TRIO pedals, and is a really neat drum generator that allows you to program the "skeleton" of a rhythm with tap pads or a proprietary strum technique.
A +1 on Funk Drummer, when I'm jamming on bass its the first app I bring up.
GarageBand (& Logic Pro) Drummer is really good as well.