I own this pedal. Drums sound very good. It works good and if you don't like the rythm it gives you, you can tweak it a lot. It saves 48? rythms i think so when you get it just right it's there for later. It has a tempo knob and a volume knob, so that alone makes it better than a real drummer! 😂
@@Mike-qy9zf I have one and can confirm it does do fills, despite your claim to the contrary; when you change from one part to another -- e.g., Verse to Chorus, Chorus Bridge, et al -- it does perform a little fill at the end of the phrase to let you know it's about to change.
My buddy is a drummer. I play bass. We want tracks to jam with. I have not found many here on YT that sound good. 70 Year old guitar players are scarce around here. They have a short shelf life, I think.
Think about it, If this pedal existed back in the 1960s, when Larry Graham’s Drummer Originally got Fired, (for Larry to come up with inventive ways to keep the ‘backbeat’ on a bass guitar) we wouldn’t have “slap bass” today. (as we know it)
I do recordings on my Boss looper pedal, and it's a bit like using an old reel to reel in some ways. I use the SDrum for my drums, and, for me, they do what I want extremely well. If any of my recordings sound ok, it's mainly because of the SDrum!
I have the SDRUM and the beat buddy. The User Interface is not very intuitive. It sounds good, but compared to the beat buddy, there are a tons of features missing, when using it live. We used the beat buddy to play entire gigs. Not possible with this one, but nice for practising.
@@frontcentermusician Ditto, I had both & sold the BB. ....also, if you have a beat in mind for a riff, you will have forgotten it rummaging through all the BB patterns....& what you eventually select will be a compromise. With the SDRUM.....bang....nailed it within a few seconds! When you deep dive into the SDRUM, all 3 parts can be programmed separately, and with different BPM's. Midi out allows syncing with a looper pedal.....Digitech Jammans, but I am currently using with Aeros & Boss RC500.
The SDRUM is the coolest drum machine in the confines of 3 parts; Verse-Chorus-Bridge in either 3/4 or 4/4. You can create up to 4 measures of a beat pattern, and it has simple AI that can take a Verse to create the Chorus and Bridge sections. You can also change the kits for each section and tweak them each part, after You create a beat. It’s geared to either use the pads for bass kick and snare OR use Your guitar or bass to read You strumming a beat on the low strings for bass kick and high strings for snare section. Then the AI makes the rest happen for You. You can also move where it starts playing on each section like say You’d rather use the Chorus part instead of the Verse part, You can set it up to do that too! I like the unique sound of the SDRUM because it’s not like a typical Roland or Korg beat machine. Pair it with the Digitech Trio+ and You’ve got a massive band happening. One thing to note is both machines have NO MIDI Clock functions. But Live and Studio are incredible pro machines. The SDRUM can store up to 72 Songs.
can i just have the bass player? i promise to feed him and buy schnapps (not the cheap piss)..and i wont try to make him play generic pop algorythms....or make him wear sequins....?
I have a Linn Drum machine and it's the way to go.... it plays( in perfect time) any beat or tempo until it's blue in the face and doesn't even get blue in the face !
I find it funny how i look all day on RU-vid for demos of strings and basses and all the bass players suck so bad they do the product a disservice...here the bass player is super good demontsrating a drum product😂😂😂😂
This looks like an awesomely awesome device to have. This is great for the solo gig guy. That's for sure. I love the T-shirt! Bass Face. That's exactly what I was thinking when I looked at him! That's fucking great! That is very funny. Oh yeah Frank Itt. Now that's what we call a Real Studio Bass-ist. Yeah baby! RemyRAD
Très gros point noir de cette pédale : l'absence de mémoires pour sauvegarder ses réglages. Je l'ai revendue quand une autre personne l'a utilisé et du coup m'a fait perdre tous mes réglages.
Where do you pour the alcohol in at? There is no way that thing will hold 24 quarts of beer. I also didn't see a speaker or anything to put a mic up to when it insists on being the lead vocalist, either.
aye aye ayee...I was a drummer for 15 years and switched to bass about 4 years back. Man did I back the wrong horse...and then switch to the right horse
Clever little pedal. I have the Beat Buddy but like how easy it is to roll your own with this one. Also gotta agree, Frank's got the best bass face. I like that Yamaha he's using. What model is it?
I have had one for a few years (along with the 3 way footswitch) and yes it is fun and the drums sound good. I also gigged it for a while. You do need a lot of reading and patience to get the most out of it but the main problem is support because Digitech got bought by Samsung (as part of the Harman group) and development stopped. I have heard that another company has bought Digitech from Samsung so maybe things will pick up.
Good news :) Biggest problem, for me with the Sdrum was no way to backup your settings. It has a USB port but no backup to PC facility. With a gigs worth of songs programmed and it being so easy to zap something (or the Sdrum getting lost or stolen) it was a big risk.
@@Pinkeye82517 It did have a midi interface but it wasn't advertised. If you internet search you can find out about it. 'Harman Canada Engineers who developed the SDRUM also clandestinely included the ability to sync MIDI devices to the SDRUM via the JamSync connector. The SDRUM must be the master since it only sends these MIDI commands. We have been casually testing this over the past few weeks and it has been working consistently, so we are willing to share with the public. This is not considered an official feature since it was initially included for internal use/testing/future dev only'.
@@Pinkeye82517 Has an output which is compatible with midi. I have used with Aeros & Boss Loopers. Will start & stop loops & keep sync. Increasing BPM will increase looper BPM in sync. You can pause SDRUM, & looper keeps playing.
