My issue is not the quality of the switches, because my math says these hold up pretty well My issue is with how hard it is to replace them. That’s quite a lot of hard miles by any switch’s standard. That’s about 54,000 main pedal presses multiplied by the two-ish years years the switches last before I start to worry, and you have, essentially 100,000 presses. We rehearse every week and play 60 shows a year, so that’s about 110 nights at a conservative estimate of 35 songs each, times 3 verses, 3 choruses, and a solo, plus about 7 internal fills. I’ve worn out a few units, myself, but I wouldn’t say the switches are junk. I will try the latest firmware so I can programe my footswitch to do main functions and see if that fixes it, if it does I will permanently use it as I can replace switch easy and use any good quality switch, I may make my own switch peddle with high quality switches in it I am suspicious its software this time as the switch feels ok to use, and the tap tempo is always on screen even with the SD card out of unit. I sourced the maunufacturer of the switch Alfa switches from memory, I need to buy 6 or so switches, I have not found a better quality switch yet that fits. In 30 years of playing I have only ever had one switch break in a wah peddle. Singular sound need to change this switch for a better quality one. I have been treading on egg shells with new unit ever since I got it, knowing how weak it is and knew it was only a matter of time before it broke, I was so careful I would often not trigger fills because I used it so lightly. Yes the switch is of poor quality, the design is very bad, it wears out easily it is weak and breaks, it also is a bad designed switch because it does not have a stopper meaning it is easy to stress the switch. Tapping twice takes you to an outro fill.Yes thanks I will look at that, I have already taken apart my last beatbuddy and disassemled the switch it was broken inside and sent it back, it was replaced.įrom memorry it was the same symptoms but not sure. Hold down the pedal again to transition back to the first groove. Holding down the pedal transitions with a fill into the second groove, also with a cycle of three fills. Most often you will cycle through three different fills. During the groove, you can punch in a fill at any time. After selecting a song, drum set, and setting tempo, you’re ready to start! Tapping the BeatBuddy once starts the song, with a one-bar intro fill into the first groove. Out of the box, you have ten drum sets and 21 beat styles to work with, all of which feature fills and transitions. On the outside, the BeatBuddy features stereo I/O connectivity, a 1/8” output and volume contol for headphones, a 1/4” input for the additional footswitch, and on the front panel: a tap tempo button, illuminated color display screen, and three rotary knobs for output volume, drum set selection, and tempo. Parameters for the footswitch are also customizable via the BeatBuddy’s internal settings. Besides the pedal itself, the BeatBuddy ships with an instruction manual, power supply, USB cable, SD card loaded with 200 songs, and a dual-1/4” stereo patch cable for connecting the optional BeatBuddy extension footswitch – a two-button latching/momentary pedal for added control over accent hits, stopping/starting and pausing grooves.
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