DigiTech SDRUM vs BeatBuddy (Comparison Review) SHORT version
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- In this video I compare the new DigiTech SDRUM to the Singular Sound BeatBuddy.
This review is my personal opinion, take it as you will. I hope you all find it useful in your guitar gear decisions.
If you guys like this video, I'll make a longer more in-depth version to go into more details.
For more info:
BeatBuddy website: singularsound....
SDrum website: digitech.com/
You must read the manual.
By the way, there is a pedal to play along with the sdrum.
Compare a criative pedal (sdrum) with a kind of tape record, doesn't seems too klever.
Another tip: if you use a radio, you've got even better sounds that on the beatcrapybuddy.
After the test of Time - there is no comparison. The Beatbuddy is far superior. (I think this was the last DigiTech pedal they made which was kinda sad. After all, the Digitech RP7 was the first AWESOME multi effects unit I ever owned.
100%
I've had the Beatbuddy for 4 years now, and I'm still very happy with it. I've expanded it, which made it even more awesome. It's like a sober drummer at the ready whenever you want. 😉
Yeah, I got the premium library stuff too, the sound is incredible! And I love the Beatbuddy's sobriety function when you're missing your drunk drummer :-D
Have you been able to get it to change style of beat without stopping or falling out of timing and phrasing? I purchased it for a while and thought that it would be able to switch beats without stopping but for some reason could not figure out how to accomplish this. I ended up returning it but I would love it if it was capable ofselecting a completely different beat and seamlessly going in and out of any you want
Beat buddy is for people that want pre made or pre programmed music with software Sdrum is live create on the fly different show every night. In fairness the foot switch would have expanded its usefulness. It seemed like you were trying to record your drums instead of set a basic beat then change parts with the optional foot switch I.’m thinking of buying a drum machine that will sync my jamman solo xt I also don’t want it on the floor so FS is a must thanks for taking the time to make this
I watched this video some time ago(a month, maybe months) I finally got it and he's right. Many, many times I try to play the drums using the strings and it's iffy. It'll play both kick and snare. So, it can be difficult "getting into it" you know, the rhythm of things.
I love my digitech 350rp. Been a fan for over ten years, even bought a second one. And I'll be a fan of digitech forever. I'll just have to wait until they make the right adjustments for the Sdrum.
Another issue is the lack of a proper rpm. I need to know what the bpm is and not need to guess! Lol
I'll try the other pedal next.
You have to have at least a little rhythm if you’re gonna use sdrum both are great what one won’t do the other will I have both you are only limited by your music abilities and tech ability !!!!
Ok three things, first off the rhythm you tapped out wasn’t a consistent speed or pattern, it essentially took a bunch of random hits and attempted to create a coherent beat which would have been near impossible even for an actual drummer to play. I appreciate you’re not a drummer but basic 4/4 timing and subdivisions are a fundamental requirement for any instrument including guitar playing also use the built in metronome if you struggle with tempo. Second you say there are no real time fills etc for the sdrum, there totally is! Just like the beat buddy there’s an additional foot switch which has three separate configurations allowing crash cymbals, fills, stops, selection of hat patterns, intensity levels and different song parts (up to three) all controllable. Third and I appreciate that sound quality is subjective and the beat buddy is considered very high quality in this regard but if you run the sdrum in stereo into a full range speaker and properly eq it. It definitely rivals any drum machine on the market for sound! I can see the beat buddy is your favourite and that’s allowed but you’ve misrepresented the sdrum here massively!
you can add drum rolls when you want them with the sdrum also and pause when you want, it just takes a little while to learn all the features of it..the beat buddy is alot better sounding and has more features by far tho..
Of course the SDRUM is not nearly in the neighborhood of what you tapped because you were nowhere near a decipherable rhythm. You have to at least be "close" to the meter for the quantization to work correctly.
Beat Buddy sells for $388 + 64 foot switch (CAD). So, are you surprised that the SDRUM doesn't sound as good for almost half of the price?
Hey Brian, and anyone else, hope you get this in time. If you go to the Beatbuddy website, they're having an extended 15%-Off Cyber Monday (2018) sale all this week on all of their products. The full Beatbuddy is also normally $299, so the sale price is $254.15, & the footswitch is $41.65. They've got all sorts of extra downloadable rhythms and drum sets, including all sorts of world & latin percussion.
I got an S drum for $116.00 so it's about 1/3 the price of BB,so yeah BB should be better,duh! I also like a Fedora better than a Cort.
Just got a SDRUM for about $60, brand new ... and love it.
Beat buddy not the same tool. It can't do a custom beat in 10 seconds and be up and going. If you want to wade through menus or use preprogrammed patterns you could use the 300 dollars and get a real drum machine.
Very good video, thank you. I too am a guitar player and have little skill in tapping out beats. Even though the Sdrum is less expensive, in the long run, you get what you pay for and I could see myself being frustrated trying to deal with a "moody" pedal, regardless of the saving in money. I am buying the beat buddy. Thanks again
You mean you don't tap with your foot when you play?
SDRUM "learn" mode works quite well with proper palm muting technique & having at least some modicum of rhythm when using the touch pads. Not to mention you had it in 3/4 while attempting to program a 4/4 beat. (Sorry dude, but ya said it yourself.... You "weren't very good at this".)
I've demo'd both of these out of curiosity but don't have either unit so I’m not partial one way or the other nor trying to justify a previous purchase when I say there is no "vs" here ... These are two different types of machines, both of which have their own applications, strengths, & weaknesses. It's up to the user to determine which one is right for him/her.
I'm a big percussion guy so I love checking out these new gadgets. I thought the SDrum seemed cool until I tried it. I kept encountering glitches and even when it did function properly, the sound quality with the SDrum was pretty poor. I bought the Beatbuddy about a year ago and only have good things to say about it. Sound quality is excellent and the functionality is seamless with the Beatbuddy. I'm sticking with Beatbuddy nation!
Same experience with a small MOOER Micro Drummer pedal - it doesn't help a lot, you can only STAY CALM MAZAFAKA and adjust yourself to his drumming styles and possibilities.
Excellent that you showed how long the digitech takes to get the beat memorized and ,"sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't' so, not good for a live gig. Yes, Beatbuddy does sound better and seems more user friendly. Thanks for a great review!
He really didn't help himself by using an acoustic guitar and being really bad at using drum pads. "I'm bad at using this pedal so they have a lot of work to do."
How does a drummer fit in that little box? Professional at that!
SDRUM is kind of old school drum machine. Lot has happened in the area of beat automation in the past 15 years, and more thought can be incorporated to better its usability
Except that the sdrum was released in 2017 and the tech it uses to translate guitar scratches into kick and snare in real time is brand spanking new as well. I'll admit the adjustment settings could be viewed as old school in that they dont have too many options but that's presumably by design since it's meant to be used In live settings on stage. Beat automation has come a long way in 15 years, and this pedal is right at the forefront for something you can plug a guitar into. If you want something with more thought towards better usability you're better off with a straight up drum machine.
Not an old school drum machine. It's a real time performance tool. Different tool for different job.
Do you plug the beat buddy into speakers or an amp? Nice video.
Yes...
Beat Buddy sounds far more natural to my ears!
Beat buddy is $299 Sdrum humm cost $79?
you get what you pay for
Would the Strum work if I used a synthesizer or keyboard, using higher an lower keys?
The sdrum seems like the exact opposite of every reason why I would buy a drum accompaniment pedal.
Sdrum is awesome, but you must learn to use it.
How on earth can SDRUM know what grove n spaces you require when entering a pattern if there is no tempo timed click track for you to do it too ? ! ?
Why would you need a click track? You simply programme it and then choose the tempo you want.
The SDRUM learns 2 bars of a beat played on the guitar or on the pads. It didn’t work on the video because he didn’t play exactly 2 bars.
If you really need an exact BPM use a metronome and work to that. It's not rocket science.
Can the beat buddy change style and beat without falling out of time, phrase, or stopping? Any drum machine is useless without the ability to do this in my opinion. I was surprised that the company would not anticipate this very basic ability in a pedal that costs $300???? It's got all the bells and whistles, but cannot do the basic switch up of the styles while staying consistent in timing, Tempo, and phrase
you can change between any style without stopping if you make a beatbuddy song with those beats in it
im pretty sure you only strum the bottom and high E strings, not all the low and botyom end. Maybe strumming multiple strings confuses the algorithm hence why it hasnt got a clue what you're doing. and yes, having any kind if drumming rhythm helps. its useless if you cant even make the simplest of beats
Someone at Digitech needs to be sat down and schooled about what musicians really need. I bought the Band Trio, thinking I could use it live and it's just too limited. Nothing more than a practice tool and things like Garage Band are better, so what's the point?
I agree totaly.
I hate the sdrum.
kind of unfair to pit a 60 dollar entry level pedal versus a 350 plus dollar pro set up
I don’t think he is operating the SDRUM as he should plus he has a freakin acoustic. An electric guitar would have a better input than an acoustic because of the pickups. But I must say beat buddy is way better.
I don't think it would make a difference - at the point of the pedal it is only an electrical signal, regardless of whether it originates from piezos or coils. As most piezos come with an active pre-amp, that could actually result in a bigger signal which would be easier to analyse.
Sdrum es superior para conciertos en vivo.
Suelo usar las memorias del Sdrum para guardar mis pistas creadas en tiempo real
Lots of stuff on it?
use an electric guitar with a noise gate and youll have better luck with the sdrum
Agora o beatbuddy ja tenho que escolher s.d. saber o ritmo que vou tocar não há pocibiludade de alguem sair cantando e ja acompanhar na hora
Eu na minha opinião tenho preferência pelo ser Um por motivo de vc conseguir criar o ritmo que precisa ão vivo ja tocando
what I DONT like about Beatbuddy is: I set it to Rock drums ........playinG metal style and theres 12 metal beats to choose from & everytime I choose the next metal beat, it automatically swicthes my drums to Metal drums......... and wont let me continue to use Rock drums in the metal beats, so I gott amanually get it back to Rock drums each & everytime. Its Soooo very annoying.
If you use the Beat Buddy editor software you can the edit the drum set for each beat. Alternatively if you disable the default drum set in settings, the BeatBuddy won't change the drum set when you change songs.
You can go to the settings and disable "choose default drum set". You must have this setting on, that's why this is happening
Could you help me with the beat buddy
Beatbuddy Compared to the TRIO+ pedal??????????
Have you tried the TRIO+ yet. Would be interesting.
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I have the Trio plus.It is a POS.
what is a bu,in?
I don't know... what is a bu,in?
I've noticed over the last couple years that everybody under 30 on CZcams/etc. can no longer pronounce the 't' or even as a softer 'd' sound in the middle of words that have a single or double 't' in them. But, why this is happening in America, I have no clue. If I had a dollar for every time I've heard 'button' pronounced 'buh-in' by twenty-somethings on here. What are they teaching kids in schools today? I guess I'll just have to blame the communist, liberal, sjw's. Sure, it must be related.
Man, that drives me crazy when people drop the t in the middle of a word.
Sounds like cockney.
@@subtlemusic It's the glottal stop...a gift from England. No need to thank us. Annoying isn't it? I noticed your kids can't say "Innerned" properly.
It is so unprofessional to be stooping down to change settings between songs.
With the BeatBuddy, you can go to the next song in your set list by pressing the right external footswitch. You can make complete setlists of your songs with all the settings as you like them so you don't need to bend down at all during a performance
who cares, cry about it
I'll tell that to Radiohead and Alt-J....and a countless other professional musicians who have world wide followings.
You don't have to bend down to change settings with the external footswitch on the right.
And what he didn't mention is SDRUM has an external pedal option, too.
$300?
worth every penny. value of something great.
Dude. Your tapping was not even in time and then you blamed the SDrum for poor reproduction of your beat(sic)…garbage in, garbage out.
I choce bitebuddy
Buy finger pads and move on.