Beatbuddy Mini 2 Review - Start Drumming in Five Minutes

[@freetime2freeminds]

yoooooooo i love this (demo / pedal) simple and to the point. noticed the marker as you pointed out and how it's location will affect the fill, that's cool, very helpful for people like me who arent always gonna be on beat, "that's okay my little buddy's got me"

[@ThePedalGuy]

Glad you like it!

[@PJBASS8225]

Just ordered it. I don't play out but love playing my guitar to beats at home.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Cool

[@hepgeoff]

Thanks for the demo and for going over the features! I just bought one, so this was very helpful!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Glad to help

[@justaguitarman7]

Wow! This is one of the best pedal overviews I've seen. I was on the fence about this pedal, but now I'm going to order it.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Rock on!

[@sepultura7771]

Are you happy with it,thinking about getting one

[@ThePedalGuy]

@@sepultura7771 I think it’s great for what it does. If you need something that’s expandable then get the standard BeatBuddy

[@justaguitarman7]

@@sepultura7771 Yes. I've been playing around with it for a couple of weeks now and it's great. I use it for rehearsing and also when creating new songs.

[@alberttremonti7230]

I just purchased this pedal so thank you for all the videos you post they have truly helped me tremendously 😊

[@ThePedalGuy]

You're welcome Albert. Thanks for the kind words and spread the word about this channel. We need all the subs we can get!

[@KeithCopeland778]

Very cool and thank you for a FANTASTIC demo!!!! The drum sounds are very impressive!!! How does this compare to the Beatbuddy?

[@RayPaganJr]

Nice startup video. I have been debating whether or not to get a BB since I started a couple of years ago. Today my BB Mini 2 arrives. This is very helpful, but I’m sure it will take me some time to get used to the drumming.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Sounds good. Good luck with the BeatBuddy mini

[@SingularSoundOfficial]

Thanks for the great video review on the BeatBuddy MINI 2! Cheers!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Singular Sound you got it. More to come soon

[@SkySu-n7n]

Can I connect this to my focusrite and record live?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Of course

[@MusicManFernando]

Thanks, great video. Question: about pedal location on pedal board , if I have a looper where does the BeatBuddy go at the end after the looper or just before it??

[@haroldvondenstein]

Great demo....this one is for me...thanks

[@ThePedalGuy]

Great to hear!

[@abiramamandal5088]

Can we add own customized rhythms?? If yes, through sd card or any other way??

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

Good review. I’m on the fence about getting one of these. It seems like it’s fairly useful for practicing, and that’s primarily what I would use it for. Thanks for posting.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Glad it was helpful! I sell a lot of these as they are great for practicing and songwriting. Also really helps when you get the external footswtich too.

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[@raysmusic49]

How do you change time signature? Can’t find anything

[@ThePedalGuy]

You need to select a song/style with a different time signature. You can’t do this in real time while the song is playing back as I recall.

[@johnnymontez7382]

I hooked up my guitar to the footswitch input and footswitch to gtr input, it made strange sound and kept scrolling from genre's, when I realized what I did ,drums don't sound good ,tinty, did I ruin the pedal?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Not sure. I would contact singular sound

[@johnnymontez7382]

@@ThePedalGuy , my beat buddy mini 2 works fine now , figured it out with pa settings ,sounds great ! They are pretty sturdy , also thanks for the tip on using the extension pedal to change genre's and song ,I've been having to bend over each time ,keep pedaling ..

[@robertcapozzoli4049]

Can you input utube music from your phone or laptop to a beatbuddy mini 2 and will it sync

[@ThePedalGuy]

You can input any analog sound into the BeatBuddy mini but it doesn’t sync.

[@gunslinger80sguitars]

Oh and 2 more things thanks for the intro turn off feature. I had no idea. And I plug my trio foot control into it and one of the stomp buttons was gor cymbal crashing, pretty cool.

[@ThePedalGuy]

👍

[@rb343]

If you put the beatbuddy through the effects loop would that stop the problem when playing through the dirty channel?

[@ThePedalGuy]

If you want to keep the drums clean, use either the FX loop on your amp or an aux in if that's available.

[@davidtroupe1553]

Awesome video, wish I'd come here first... my ditto looper is currently last on my pedal board, would you put this in front or behind the looper? Can't wait to try it out!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks. You can put it after the ditto. Just keep in mind that it won’t sync with the BeatBuddy mini

[@davidtroupe1553]

@@ThePedalGuy yessir, I don't want the ditto to record the drums, then I'd have to be even more precise on my initial loop.

[@davehernandez4177]

Your video is the reason I’m going to buy one. Do you have any videos on the added external box?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Hopefully this will help kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmG5mWmNdrigocU

[@321NERRAD]

Is there reggae drums on the beat buddy 2 if so how many

[@TheJetfighter666]

Yes- 6 I believe. I like the blues and old time. Old time is like most 60’s , ‘70s. I immediately went into Pretty Woman and Move Over/ Janis, Slade!. The reggae is nice.

[@krashdude1]

OK for home practice.. Not for performance cuz no sequential memory for the patterns for your live set. Sounds are nominal.

[@ThePedalGuy]

Ok

[@cubby6708]

What if you are running a mini 2 signal into input 2 of a PA main, and using guitart and effects into its input 1 ?

[@kristopherdetar4346]

Great job Pedal Guy !!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks.

[@israelunterman]

Very good review, thanks!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks for watching!

[@lordapophis93]

Great video man!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@anthonykaye9166]

I'm using the multitrack setting on my 4Hn Pro to record song demos, how would the 16bit and the 24 bit difference between the Big Beatbuddy and the Mini2 effect the recording? BTW, thank you for your videos, they're great!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Honestly I don’t think it will make that much of a difference audio wise as it’s still an A/D conversion but the large BeatBuddy IMO is a much better value due to its overall features

[@anthonykaye9166]

@@ThePedalGuy Thanks for the advice!

[@tonypeter7872]

Very thanks for the wonderful vedio of best buddy mini 2 , can be have Indian beats also

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks for your question. The sound set included with the BeatBuddy mini is permanently set. There’s no way to change it. If you want to do this I would suggest spending a little more money and go for the main BeatBuddy.

[@tseyou5981]

My tap does not work properly, as a result, fill-in not working properly. ( i.e. tap on , no fill-in ).

[@ThePedalGuy]

I would contact Singular Sound tech support to be sure.

[@gunslinger80sguitars]

Its a decent pedal had it for a year. Wish the site/forum had more song settings for it.

[@alberttremonti7230]

Good morning man!

[@young_dan_kee]

Very useful thanks for the video !

[@ThePedalGuy]

You bet

[@frankking781]

Is there any celtic jigs in 6/8 and 9/8?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Not that I recall. But the song list is available on singular sounds site for your reference

[@fffelipon]

Very good information thank you so much for your time. I wonder if this nice pedal works with batteries?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks for watching. It doesn’t run on batteries. It includes a power supply in the box

[@BIGMACDADDYMIX]

Love your eyebrows

[@ThePedalGuy]

LOL. Thanks

[@carpetpro9903]

How would you compare, beat buddy mini to alesis SR 16 drum machine, in terms of country beats and overall everything? Thank you

[@ThePedalGuy]

Hi. It's been about 15 years since I used a SR16 so I don't know if I would be the right person to answer that. What I can tell you is that they really serve different purposes as the BeatBuddy is used as a pedal. I would probably not take a SR16 to a gig.

[@carpetpro9903]

If you possibly know, which one has a better beat for country, pop or jazz

[@johnrubinos1138]

Sir i wish to ask . . Are singular sound beatbuddy footswitches interchangeable? One can used any of its footswitches to the beatbuddy mini 2?

[@ThePedalGuy]

Yes it should work with any two button footswitch

[@thomasd9237]

This sounds pretty good. Can it be used & how would it behave if you insert it into an effects loop of an amp ?? Just curious 🤷

[@SingularSoundOfficial]

Hey there, we recommend plugging the BeatBuddy Mini 2 or BeatBuddy direct in to a PA, mixer, or full-range speaker for the highest quality of sound. A full-range speaker can include a bass, keyboard, or acoustic/vocal amp. Also, it has the possibility of blowing out your guitar amp. But if you do want to add some cool effects to the beats you definitely can! Just pay attention to the amp/speaker you are using :)

[@ThePedalGuy]

Yep, what @singularsoundofficial said

[@charlesjaphe]

good demo

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks

[@VonnStrummer]

Pedal bro, I use a TC electronics acoustic play and a looper and mini tube screamer, so should I put the beat buddy after everything or before the mini tube screamer? Thanks!

[@ST-xg3gy]

I want one!

[@ThePedalGuy]

Good news. I have them in stock 😉

[@jameschristianson9992]

What about putting the Beat buddy in the FX loop of the amp (along with my looper)? Would that be better than putting in your pedal chain? My instinct is that it's better overall to have the thing on a seperate amp altogether... I feel like having coming out of the same speaker as the guitar signal takes away from the guitar sound?

[@ThePedalGuy]

It would likely sound better if it were going to it's own amp. You can also connect it to an AUX in on your amp if you have one available.

[@jameschristianson9992]

@@ThePedalGuy Yea thought so cool. Hey people say better to run your looper thru the fx channel if you have one would you agree with that or no?

[@ThePedalGuy]

@@jameschristianson9992 You can use the FX Loop too, sure

[@StephenFinkNRP]

Can you put it in the effects loop?

[@ThePedalGuy]

You can put it anywhere you want on the signal chain. It should work fine on the fx loop

[@MarkSmith-dk4fd]

Funny that these drum patterns never seem to get blues and swing patterns right and these two music styles are probably the most useful ones ...I bought a Boss FC 500 loop station has 55 of the worst drum patterns very unuseful 😭

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks for sharing. Personally I think the patterns are pretty usable and I’ve been programming drum machines since the 90s

[@sepultura7771]

I don’t mean to be picky, but I never liked the snare sound from electronics and that’s important to me, I’m trying to get that garage raw snare sound, i hate 80s glam rock snare sound It’s hard to explain That quick crispy snare sound To me, this all sounds like processed beats too much

[@parkrio]

So you cant save set list with this one?

[@ThePedalGuy]

I don’t think so

[@SingularSoundOfficial]

Hey there, creating a setlist is not possible on the BeatBuddy Mini 2, but this feature is available on the full-size BeatBuddy! Check out our video on how to create playlists/setlists on the BeatBuddy: kzbin.infoZene7bXVJC0

[@johnburris8499]

Can you please tell me put the pedal comes with an adapter and is it in stereo. So when you hit feels and you hear different symbols and Different Drums Do they pan back and forth so it actually sounds like a drum kit

[@ThePedalGuy]

Hi. No it isn't stereo. It does come with an adapter to connect it to a stereo system if you want. If you want Stereo, I would suggest the BeatBuddy.

[@TheJetfighter666]

You can pan the drums in the mix. This is just a drummer. I tell you , in the future, there will be no need for drummer’s. They can go work on their cars or fight fires. What do you call guys that hang around musicians?? C’mon, you know that one. Oh, spellcheck bro!

[@jamesBrian-lu4kj]

​@@TheJetfighter666never pay to see a band live using a drum machine...you can have your future and your sub par music...

[@kentaccordionist]

Can this do 3/4 or is it just 4/4

[@ThePedalGuy]

There are 3/4 rhythms programmed in

[@joseserrato9972]

Trae para cumbias, huapango y corridos y cuanto.cuesta

[@ThePedalGuy]

Hi. It’s $149

[@JTB--]

No Headphone jack on the BB Mini 2 like on the Big Brother BB is a deal breaker. Late night practice/jamming is not possible

[@ThePedalGuy]

Ok

[@carlkerkman7028]

No problem if you have a mixer with a headphone out or if you run it into your amp if it has a headphone jack.

[@danomarin]

El sonido no me convence

[@ThePedalGuy]

Fair enough

[@arieswaters]

It isn't that much less expensive that's for sure and I feel like a complete dumbass for buying the mini 2 instead of the normal beatbuddy. I actually meant to buy the other one

[@ThePedalGuy]

LOL

[@lawrencerasmus]

Stupid to have a pedal you have to bend down to change on each song. They should mount on a mic stand and have foot pedals separate sold as one unit like the Korg mini

[@ThePedalGuy]

Thanks for sharing

[@jiml7123]

That’s why they have the optional foot pedal for hands free, genius.

[@jamesBrian-lu4kj]

​@@jiml7123it's not hands free, it' needs to sit on a desk top not on the peddle board unless you want to employ a chiropractor ..

[@madmadrigal66]

It dosent have CUMBIA men is wuat I need, and I just buht this thing ....

[@ThePedalGuy]

Sorry it didn’t have what you wanted

[@johnnyssik]

Definitely not robotic?? lol We shall destroy 🤖

[@ThePedalGuy]

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