...I’m only a bedroom guitarist, but I’ve got quite a sweet setup that I’d like to incorporate some sort of drums into.
I’ve got a cracking pedalboard going into the front of my amp, and a Ditto X4 going through the FX loop.
I’ve seen the SDRUM and BEATBUDDY pedals, which I quite fancy, but is there a preference to choose one over the other? Is there some other alternative I should consider?
It needs to be quite simple.
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Boss BR80 has a lot of drum backing tracks and of course there's the Digitech Trio or Trio Plus.
I used to own a Boss BR1180 studio thing some years ago, which was awesome, but the drum sounds all sounded very same-y. I quite like this idea of a stand-alone drum thing that ‘learns’ what you’re playing....then I could record all that at a later date when I’ve decided how I want to go down the recording route.
Any first hand experience of the Trio pedals? What’s the difference between the Trio and Trio+?
what would be be the reason I wouldn’t get on with it?
Here's me pi**ing about with it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJrQIGMyoCA
Out of intetest, what kind to things do you do with the Ditto X4, I've fancied one for a while
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I like to make up chord progressions (I sometimes don’t even know what I’m playing, just some random combination of strings and notes) and then layer lead type stuff over the top of that.
I’m clueless when it comes to theory (I’m entirely self-taught at guitar) and can easily find myself getting stuck in a simple rut - e.g I’ll play an E minor arpeggio, and then a B minor, and repeat forever, and just ‘solo’ endlessly around the 7th or 12th fret, ultimately doing the same old boring stuff over and over. My looper is quite useful for me if I want to experiment and see what it sounds like if I soloed at the X fret - I’m learning what sounds shit, and what doesn’t. I’ve no idea WHAT I’m playing, or WHY it sounds good or bad...but I’m having fun, which is the only reason I play guitar.
I really love it, but a better player would get a lot more from it.
I am convinced this is what you want. Get a used one and you’ll be selling the ditto soon after.
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or secondhand on that evilbay place.
Is anyone still using one of these? Any updates for the unit or issues to look out for?
They’re usually fine in my experience.
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2: yes, but it has 2 mixer outs, so you can send L&R drums to a mixer seperately from the guitar sound if you want. If nothings plugged in to those it all comes out the "amp” socket in mono.
3: if you're not using the seperate drum outs, you'll want the Jamman first so you don't record the drums as well.