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BeatBuddy Footswitch
Description:
The BeatBuddy Footswitch helps you get the most out of your BeatBuddy or BeatBuddy Mini: it's easy to add accent hits, drum breaks (pauses), tap tempo, scroll through songs, and more…all hands-free, and with just the tap of a foot!
Featuring whisper-quiet momentary buttons and a modern look, the BeatBuddy Footswitch is designed to withstand heavy use and provide rock-solid performance. Guaranteed. And it looks almost as good as you. Almost.
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$199.00
$199.00
BeatBuddy Mini
Overview:
Bring the drummer right into your home with the BeatBuddy Mini — effortlessly insert fills, transition from verse to chorus, add accent hits, throw in drum breaks, and more, to create an unprecedented live drummer effect — all with the simple ease of a guitar pedal format.
No programming is necessary. Just cue your drummer and start jamming.
Just Drumming, Pure and Simple
See how intuitive and easy it is to control the drums in this short video. It's a elegantly simple tool, with extraordinarily deep capabilities.
Powerful Sound
Award-winning, ultra-realistic-bit recordings of real drummers. The BeatBuddy Mini is a drum machine that refuses to sound like a machine.
Complete Creative Control
Effortlessly insert fills, transition from verse to chorus, add accent hits, throw in drum breaks, and more, to create an unprecedented live drummer effect. Unlike backing tracks, BeatBuddy Mini enables you to decide live what the beat does, fully hands-free.
Find Your Beat
With over 200 songs in 24 genres available right out of the box), you’ll be sure to find the beat you want.
All time signatures are available, from 3/4 to 5/4 to 7/8 and beyond.
Visual Metronome
The BeatBuddy Mini intuitively displays the beat in real time, making it easy to perfect your timing, improve your rhythm, learn new time signatures, and explore new styles of music.
Drums for Every Musician
Give yourself the power of drums, no matter what you play. No instrument is needed for BeatBuddy Mini to work -- and BeatBuddy Mini works with every instrument.
Official BeatBuddy Footswitch
Get additional control with the Official BeatBuddy Footswitch. Select songs hands-free, tap tempo, add accent hits, and drop the beat -- for even more powerful, realistic live control.
*Footswitch not included*
Specs:
$399.00
$399.00
BeatBuddy
Overview:
The first drum machine pedal for every musician.
Intelligent simplicity. Professional capability.
…Because every song needs a live beat.
Elegantly simple, extraordinarily deep
See how intuitive and easy it is to control the drums in this short video. Of course, the BeatBuddy allows for complex and nuanced modifications, some of which is detailed below.
Powerful Sound
Award-winning, ultra-realistic 24-bit recordings of real drummers. Beats are non-quantized (not set to a grid), making BeatBuddy the first drum machine that doesn't sound like a machine. Hear for yourself how amazing the BeatBuddy sounds.
Complete Creative Control
Effortlessly insert fills, transition from verse to chorus, add accent hits, throw in drum breaks, and more, to create an unprecedented live drummer effect. Unlike backing tracks, BeatBuddy enables you to decide live what the beat does, fully hands-free.
Find Your Beat
With over 200 songs in 21 genres available right out of the box (click to hear a demo in every genre), you’ll be sure to find the beat you want.
All time signatures are available, from 3/4 to 5/4 to 7/8 and beyond.
Play any song on one of 10 included drum kits. Want to play rock beats with brushes? Or heavy metal on a hand drum set? Beatbox the blues? With BeatBuddy, you tell your drummer what to play.
Unlimited Additional Content
Download more songs and drum sets from our ever-expanding Premium Content Library, create your own content with the included PC/Mac software, or discover and share new material on the BeatBuddy Community Forum. With a storage capacity of 3.2 million songs, the possibilities are limitless.
Visual Metronome
The full color LCD screen displays the beat in real time, making it easy to perfect your timing, improve your rhythm, learn new time signatures, and explore new styles of music.
MIDI Sync
Keep your MIDI enabled looper, effects and other MIDI devices perfectly in time to the beat with MIDI Sync. BeatBuddy can both control and be controlled by other MIDI Sync-enabled devices.
Create Gig Lists
Put your favorite BeatBuddy content or your own uploaded songs into special folders: “Friday Night Gig”, “Wednesday Coffee House”, “Album in Progress”, for easy and seamless recall.
Drums for Every Musician
Give yourself the power of drums, no matter what you play. No instrument is needed for BeatBuddy to work -- and BeatBuddy works with every instrument. Stereo Inputs enable you to combine your instrument's sound with the BeatBuddy's drums and adjust each sound channel without the need for a mixer.
Official BeatBuddy Footswitch
Get additional control with the Official BeatBuddy Footswitch. Select songs hands-free, tap tempo, add accent hits, and drop the beat -- for even more powerful, realistic live control.
*Footswitch not included*
Customizable Features
BeatBuddy is simple to use, but with all the customizable features, you can delve deep into its power. This is your tool, you decide how it works.
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$159.00 $269.00
$159.00 $269.00
SR-16
The drum machine that started a music revolution.
As one of the most popular drum machines ever made, the SR-16™ has been used by everyone from songwriters to live performers to remix engineers as their drum machine of choice. The reason is simple: it features a great selection of 233 realistic, natural drum sounds, offered both in dry form and sampled with our incomparable digital reverbs. Our exclusive Dynamic Articulation™ feature enables a drum sound to change its tonal content as it's played harder for truly realistic performances.
The SR-16 features 50 preset patterns that were actually played in by top studio drummers, not just programmed and quantized. You'll find enough built-in rhythmic variations (with A, B and two Fill sections) for composing complete arrangements, and you can create and save your own customized patterns and songs. Plus, the SR-16 also provides complete MIDI implementation, a footswitch input, flexible programming and editing features and velocity-sensitive pad buttons.
It's so easy to use that you'll be up-and-running and composing new music in minutes. Whether you need a songwriting partner or an accompanist for live performance, turn to the all-time world standard in drum machines: the SR-16.
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$299.99
$299.99
DR-3 Dr. Rhythm
A FAST AND EASY SOLUTION FOR PROFESSIONAL-SOUNDING DRUMS.
With the DR-3 Dr. Rhythm, guitarists and songwriters can add incredible-sounding drums to their music. This ultra-affordable drum machine includes some of BOSS’ best acoustic and electronic drum kits and a selection of bass sounds. Great for jamming, the DR-3’s Rhythm Progressions and multiple variations make it easy to create a realistic-sounding drum track for any style of music. And with Total Sound Control, you can tweak your kits to perfection.
FEATURES:
New Rhythm Progressions for All-Out Jams
If you want to spend less time programming and more time jamming, you’ll love the DR-3’s Rhythm Progressions. Simply choose from 100 Preset styles and use the eight panel buttons to switch between different sections of your song. Up to three variations can be selected for each Intro, Verse, Fill and Ending, so your drum tracks won’t get monotonous.
Easy Sound Shaping and Footswitch Control
BOSS’ new TSC (Total Sound Control) lets you change the overall sound of a drum kit with specialized effects. Use the Sound Shape function to adjust the 3-band compression and parametric EQ, or add some spaciousness with the Ambience effect. An optional footswitch can be used to control anything from Intro/Start and Ending/Stop to Verse change, Variation On/Off, Loop On/Off and more. Battery power lets you take the DR-3 just about anywhere.
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$259.00 $399.00
$259.00 $399.00
SR18
Consistently among the top-selling drum machines in the world.
Overview:
INSTANT DRUMS FOR ON-THE-GO MUSICIANS.
Alesis knows drums. Our SR16 has dominated the drum machine market since 1990 and continues to be in demand today. The next-generation SR18 is loaded with cutting-edge drumsets, electronic drums, one-shot hits, and modern percussion sounds for any cutting-edge musician’s performances and compositions.
From hip-hop to country and everything in between, SR18 nails it on the first take. SR18 has an effects engine with Alesis reverb, EQ, and compression so you can output recording or performance-ready sounds.
Alesis' exclusive Dynamic Articulation™ technology modifies sample sounds so they change as you play them. This results in sounds that respond accurately not only to dynamic changes, but also with the appropriate timbral and color changes you'd expect from their acoustic counterparts.
You can plug in an instrument, such as a guitar, and play along for setup simplicity. You can play in bass parts using the pads on SR18 or connect a MIDI keyboard for fast, musical low end.
SR18 can be powered by AC or batteries, so whenever or wherever you need to lay down a groove, you’re ready to roll. It’s time for you to step up to the next Alesis drum machine.
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$109.00 $199.00
$109.00 $199.00
MPX8
DESCRIPTION:
Sample simplicity.
Load virtually any sample via standard SD or SDHC card and assign it to any of the MPX8’s eight backlit velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads.
It’s that simple.
Use it in the studio. Use it live on stage or on air. MPX8 packs proven Akai Pro technology into a compact, durable design that’s built to perform.
Control Software & MIDI Gear
MPX8 also has USB MIDI plus standard MIDI inputs and outputs. Control everything from music software on your laptop to outboard MIDI gear. The included USB cable and 1/8"-to-MIDI adapter make it easy to connect.
Edit with Ease
With the included sample kit editor, you can easily arrange, tune, and add reverb to your samples on your Mac or PC before loading them onto MPX8. The editor’s drag-and-drop functionality makes loading your samples as easy as possible.
Get in the Loops
MPX8 also comes with a free Loop Library download from Akai Pro, plus a large library of standard samples built in, which can be used for live performance in front of a crowd, on a radio show, or for in-studio production.
Lose the Luggage
It’s compact, easy to load, and ready to go. MPX8 packs the sounds you need under great-feeling pads inside a solid Akai Pro design. You get quick and convenient one-touch access to a virtually unlimited number of sounds, shots, stabs, and drops. It’s that simple.
SD and SDHC cards sold separately.
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$299.00 $499.00
$299.00 $499.00
XR20
DESCRIPTION
With XR20, Akai Pro puts the hip in Hip-Hop.
XR20 is a portable beat production center loaded with a fresh sound library that’s designed for making hip-hop and R&B wherever and whenever inspiration strikes. Over 700 sounds cover standard and electronic drums, one-shot hits, bass, and synth sounds to easily create a total mix in next-to-no time.
XR20 includes reverb, EQ, and compression to enable MC s and producers to complete their tracks. Plug in a microphone and mix vocals with your beats. XR20 runs on wall or battery power so it’s flexible and portable. In Pattern Play mode, you can trigger different patterns from each pad, so you can tailor the beats to flow with the energy on-stage. Bright blue pads light with the beat to illuminate your performances as you light up the club.
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