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Post by haydukej on May 5, 2014 10:03:16 GMT -5
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Post by ux4484 on May 8, 2014 3:50:23 GMT -5
He had a contest on Facebook during NAMM to win one (when they finally come out).
The concept is good, though I'm always suspect of products that are marketed as your "buddy". This one sounds like a masturbation aid...
The real issue is... I think this could easily be a smartphone app.
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Post by sumgai on May 8, 2014 12:30:44 GMT -5
If this thing had MIDI in/out, I'd be all over it like stink on schiesse! Even though I don't play anymore, this would go in the arsenal of things to hand down to one of the grandkids, when they finally realize that ol' Opa (German for grandfather) has a closetful of "ancient" music gear that's just bustin' to be used by a family member who can appreciate it for what it was, and what it can still do.... given that it ends up in the right hands, of course.  Currently there are two potentials on deck, with another coming along nicely. We'll see. But what I would go for right now is that T-shirt - absolute Genius!  I'd bet good money that ash approves of this shirt without reservations! Points to ponder: Whose sound-set is he using? Roland; Yamaha; Korg? You know he didn't record all those possibilities himself, in his own garage. Can other sound-sets be substituted via the external software? Who's manufacturing this thing? It's a sure bet that he won't be cobbling units together in his garage, either. No matter where it gets built, the real bottom line is, for any amount of money, what's the warranty, and who handles it? Is the external footswitching standard (close/open contacts)? If so, then the control possibilities become interesting. D-beam, infrared, Hot Hand (a ring controller), all lend themselves to this idea. Although I have to admit that I'm partial to foot control over most things, there are times when the picking hand is better suited to some particular control methodology. Waving the guitar's headstock in the direction of a D-beam is really suited to calling up a drum-fill, instead of being rooted in one spot so you can hit a footswitch, IMO. However, if the external control methods are proprietary, then this become a one-trick pony, and of limited value to a limited market - not always a good idea. In fact, seldom a good idea. One thing is obvious, though.... This idea works upon the principle that one does NOT take a laptop to a gig, just to do what BeatBuddy does. He's taken the general utility of a fragile device (said laptop) and placed it in a purpose-built piece of hardware that is much more robust in physical terms, and priced it accordingly. (Well, accordingly when compared to an Apple laptop. Compared to a Chromebook, this thing is way, way overpriced. For 350 smackers, I can buy two or three netbooks from various companies and do the same thing, albeit with more work ahead of gig-time, and less guarantee of success without some severe programming, etc.) It all boils down to the cost of opportunity, doesn't it? I wish him good luck. HTH sumgai |
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Currently there are two potentials on deck, with another coming along nicely. We'll see.
I'd bet good money that ash approves of this shirt without reservations!