We bought this last week and can't stop messing around with it, really great bit of kit. Did some recording with it in Studio 1 and the sound is superb.
Thanks for the hands on review. I just got this pedal and your vid was the easiest and most in depth demo I've watched. Time to go play with my 2-man/1-man band
Great, thorough demo! Best one I have seen yet. I have had this for a couple of weeks, and once you get the hang of it, which doesn't take long, it is super easy. And it really sounds great. Great practice tool, and I have brought it to one open mic as well, worked great live. It allows you to do the 2-on-the-2 "surf beat" easily, just by strumming it or programming it with the pads, which some of the other simple drum pedals have either disregarded or provided somewhat deep in the options.
Today I ran first time my SDRUM on rehearsal. Vocalist comes with a new song. One moment guys - dsh----da-dsh dsh-da. Stomp. Here you go. Done. That simple. Now we are playing with pretty descend drums. Love it. Thanks for detailed video. This thing actually has even more deeps into it.
The best review of this pedal that I've found on TH-cam to date. Very informative and detailed explaining a lot of the more complicated things about this pedal. all of the other reviews are surface level information with some dude just jamming with it...
Thought dude could have slowed his roll and operated a bit slower in his explanations: plus, that drum pattern was nowhere. Take 10 seconds and program something realistic so we can see how the pedal might transistion to another plausible drum pattee
Wonder how it compares to the BeatBuddy and the Trio+ I do have a RC-300 looper I run into going to a mackie and then to JBL powered speakers. Beatbuddy seem to let you load in more beats aswell from software and the net.
I haven't had the chance to use a Trio yet, but I did use a BeatBuddy for a while. The BeatBuddy has more precise control over the programming, but you have to use MIDI files and a utility on your PC to program it. Because of that, you can use the user libraries people have made already which saves a ton of time on popular songs. The SDRUM is basically programmed by showing it the bass and snare pattern you want by playing it, and it learns the rest. This makes those improv moments easier and saves a ridiculous amount of time programming which I what I prefer.
My biggest gripe with the Beatbuddy is the crash cymbal. Much too loud compared with the rest of the kit and the decay is too short. Sounds more like a splash to me. I haven't tried an Sdrum yet but from the demos I have heard it has a more balanced sound.
Particularly good demo of the SDRUM which I have it. The only thing I regret is that there is no way to set a precise bpm and this creates some problems on loading a song in a DAW; otherwise, this pedal is so useful.
Is there any way to leave it in audition mode and still monitor the guitar ? That way you could play kick and snare in real time, and most of the time (?) it would continue to analyse the correct frequency triggers wherever you're playing on the neck.
I'm pretty sure its limited to digitech pedals and not all of them have it but I've found that the jamman solo and the jamman express are probably the best ones to use with it, I've personally gone for the jamman express, hope this helps
The Ditto Jam X2 looper listens and syncs itself to a drum beat, and it works quite well with the SDRUM. The SDRUM doesn’t do MIDI tempo syncing with other loopers because some executive apparently thought it was a smart idea to make their tempo sync proprietary.
Can you join this with a looper to build a full song with the sdrum in command of the section changes between verse, chorus and bridge in sync with the looper?
It either has to be a Digitech Jamsync capable looper, or the auto drum syncing Ditto Jam. Otherwise your loop will slowly go out of sync with the drums.
Does the guitar audition mode work with a 12 string? Also, if you are in audition mode and strumming, does the drum pattern slow down and speed up in sync with your playing style?
@@kingrobert1st I don’t think it can be used with headphones. I have mine connected to an A/V receiver. If you get an amp, you don’t want the SDRUM to be processed through it, since that will affect the drum sound. I have mine connected to the output of a Line 6 Pod Go guitar processor, which does have a headphones output. And that goes into powered speakers.
yeah,..this has been out awhile and may not be for everyone but i’m here to say that it IS worth the money! Note that it does just what the video illustrates and...do know that if you build a specific Midi plug,..it CAN be synced to whatever you’ve got or using with Midi!!....But,..that will be only “Start & Stop” commandment!..☝🏾👌🏾🎶✨ The schematic for the plug is online...(i’ve got a photo but can’t upload it here)..🤔
I appreciate some of the details you demonstrated, going deeper on the controls, etc. than some of the other videos I watched. One nitpik: I was looking to see what it comes with (i.e. does the power supply come with it?) I would have seen that if you actually UNBOXED it on video like your title suggests} - please don't describe video with "UNBOXING" when you mean "right out of the box".Thanks again for the review!
Love this review. You are so precise with your information. Great tutorial. Are you a Pilot? That would explain your precision of instruction and demonstration....just a guess. Thanks so much. I have one coming in and yours is the best demo I have seen. Will tune back in when it comes in next week. Thanks for the good work!
Oh thank you you answered my question on my keyboard player I'm going to get the beat buddy but for now I just need something to go out and make some money I'm busking here on the streets of Washington DC Buskin
Why do people complain about little things they don't like. This is perfect for people who have a high degree of rythym who just need some drums to play over until they can get to a professional studio. It is good for playing live too. Some MFERS just have no rhythm and need to program every thing into a computer. I have one and it's great. The only issue is the damn button pressing.
That Q is why drummers have a girlfriend and guitar players have their pick :) It can be used by anybody that needs a beat. Stop hitting yourself on the head with those sticks dude... It ain't doing ya any good! th-cam.com/video/0vdGhW1O_1A/w-d-xo.html
It looks cool, but I think I'm going with Beatbuddy. I want to play with Sdrum like playing with a robot drummer. But I think it would get boring, also like a robot drummer. Looks like with Beatbuddy I can download new things and customize. Thanks for the video!
Why would you decide on a product after watching one person do one demo that confused you? It's not really a tutorial, it's a demo. He's showing you what the pedal is capable of, not really so much how to use it in detail. There are plenty of other videos on it. I was interested in a drum pedal, I watched one video in which the person was complaining about it. Then I watched someone else that knew more about it and it convinced me the pedal was for me. I wanted to created drum patterns in real time, as opposed to through a midi on a computer. I think of a riff, I play the kick and snare pattern for it and I have a song. It's fairly easy, whereas this video is injecting a ton of information in a short amount of time. I can see how it's a turn off. But, I just got the pedal. After about 5 minutes, I was making beats and playing riffs over it. It's $139 dollars. To me, it's worth every penny.
Best demo of this pedal by a long shot. If they weren’t out of business, they should have gave you the rest of their money.
We bought this last week and can't stop messing around with it, really great bit of kit. Did some recording with it in Studio 1 and the sound is superb.
Thanks for the hands on review. I just got this pedal and your vid was the easiest and most in depth demo I've watched. Time to go play with my 2-man/1-man band
Glad it helped!
Great, thorough demo! Best one I have seen yet. I have had this for a couple of weeks, and once you get the hang of it, which doesn't take long, it is super easy. And it really sounds great. Great practice tool, and I have brought it to one open mic as well, worked great live. It allows you to do the 2-on-the-2 "surf beat" easily, just by strumming it or programming it with the pads, which some of the other simple drum pedals have either disregarded or provided somewhat deep in the options.
Thanks, Jim!
Would you name a few songs that use 2-on-the-2 surf beat?
Today I ran first time my SDRUM on rehearsal. Vocalist comes with a new song. One moment guys - dsh----da-dsh dsh-da. Stomp. Here you go. Done. That simple. Now we are playing with pretty descend drums. Love it. Thanks for detailed video. This thing actually has even more deeps into it.
Lol, same. They were freakin' the day I brought that pedal in and did that.
Just got my SDRUM been watching a few videos, great job you did answering some questions I had. Best Regards!! Theoriginalrocker
The best review of this pedal that I've found on TH-cam to date. Very informative and detailed explaining a lot of the more complicated things about this pedal. all of the other reviews are surface level information with some dude just jamming with it...
Good Job...thanks for taking the time to review this pedal...
You bet!
Thanks for your video. This is the best video on usage I have seen.
This is a fantastic demo. Thanks man.
My pleasure!
Really great review very helpful going to give mine a go. Bought it a while ago just never got around to looking at it
Subscribed ✨✨💞🎭✨✨💞🎭✨✨
Thanks for a great demo/ explanation of the device
is it possible to plug the sdrum in effect loop?
Excellent demo, thanks so much!👍🤠👍
Nice thumbnail 👍
John Hammond 💥😁💥
Thanks. Very informative and easy to follow.
Thought dude could have slowed his roll and operated a bit slower in his explanations: plus, that drum pattern was nowhere. Take 10 seconds and program something realistic so we can see how the pedal might transistion to another plausible drum pattee
Wonder how it compares to the BeatBuddy and the Trio+
I do have a RC-300 looper I run into going to a mackie and then to JBL powered speakers.
Beatbuddy seem to let you load in more beats aswell from software and the net.
Thanks for the info about the SDRUM
I haven't had the chance to use a Trio yet, but I did use a BeatBuddy for a while. The BeatBuddy has more precise control over the programming, but you have to use MIDI files and a utility on your PC to program it. Because of that, you can use the user libraries people have made already which saves a ton of time on popular songs. The SDRUM is basically programmed by showing it the bass and snare pattern you want by playing it, and it learns the rest. This makes those improv moments easier and saves a ridiculous amount of time programming which I what I prefer.
The drums and snares don't seem to sound as real on the SDRUM
Maybe it is also useful to know that you can sync this pedal with a digitech looper
My biggest gripe with the Beatbuddy is the crash cymbal. Much too loud compared with the rest of the kit and the decay is too short. Sounds more like a splash to me. I haven't tried an Sdrum yet but from the demos I have heard it has a more balanced sound.
Particularly good demo of the SDRUM which I have it. The only thing I regret is that there is no way to set a precise bpm and this creates some problems on loading a song in a DAW; otherwise, this pedal is so useful.
Is there any way to leave it in audition mode and still monitor the guitar ? That way you could play kick and snare in real time, and most of the time (?) it would continue to analyse the correct frequency triggers wherever you're playing on the neck.
Can the SDRUM be used with other makes’ loopers, such as Boomerang, or TC Electronic, or would I need to go with Digitech?
I'm pretty sure its limited to digitech pedals and not all of them have it but I've found that the jamman solo and the jamman express are probably the best ones to use with it, I've personally gone for the jamman express, hope this helps
The Ditto Jam X2 looper listens and syncs itself to a drum beat, and it works quite well with the SDRUM. The SDRUM doesn’t do MIDI tempo syncing with other loopers because some executive apparently thought it was a smart idea to make their tempo sync proprietary.
Can you join this with a looper to build a full song with the sdrum in command of the section changes between verse, chorus and bridge in sync with the looper?
It either has to be a Digitech Jamsync capable looper, or the auto drum syncing Ditto Jam. Otherwise your loop will slowly go out of sync with the drums.
Does the guitar audition mode work with a 12 string? Also, if you are in audition mode and strumming, does the drum pattern slow down and speed up in sync with your playing style?
It should; it just samples the sound you throw at it. No it doesn’t slow down like that.
@@JuicyLeek Thanks. I just got one cheap, but I don't have an amp yet. I didn't see a headphone output. Is that possible?
@@kingrobert1st I don’t think it can be used with headphones. I have mine connected to an A/V receiver. If you get an amp, you don’t want the SDRUM to be processed through it, since that will affect the drum sound. I have mine connected to the output of a Line 6 Pod Go guitar processor, which does have a headphones output. And that goes into powered speakers.
Great video ! Much better than the manual.
yeah,..this has been out awhile and may not be for everyone but i’m here to say that it IS worth the money!
Note that it does just what the video illustrates and...do know that if you build a specific Midi plug,..it CAN be synced to whatever you’ve got or using with Midi!!....But,..that will be only “Start & Stop” commandment!..☝🏾👌🏾🎶✨
The schematic for the plug is online...(i’ve got a photo but can’t upload it here)..🤔
Hey mate, can you direct link a speaker or do you need a mixer for the L and R mixer out
Mixer for sure mate, its line level. I have run them directly to powered PA's before, but that's technically got a mixer in it too.
Very nice and interesting job, thanks a lot. A french guitarist.
12x3=36?
Yep
Great video, saved me whole lot of fussin & cussin, you rock dude
Oh, Ima gonna bring that looper, Ima gonna bring that looper.... Great stuff!
Bring it!
I appreciate some of the details you demonstrated, going deeper on the controls, etc. than some of the other videos I watched. One nitpik: I was looking to see what it comes with (i.e. does the power supply come with it?) I would have seen that if you actually UNBOXED it on video like your title suggests} - please don't describe video with "UNBOXING" when you mean "right out of the box".Thanks again for the review!
Nice tutorial,..thanks!
Thanks!
Great video, just wanted to clear up it's 36 songs you can save.
Bought one. Tried to use it once. Now gonna be selling it. Using a free drum sequencer on my phone instead.
Love this review. You are so precise with your information. Great tutorial. Are you a Pilot? That would explain your precision of instruction and demonstration....just a guess. Thanks so much. I have one coming in and yours is the best demo I have seen. Will tune back in when it comes in next week. Thanks for the good work!
Can this surf music. Stray cats drumming
I've finally found the missing piece. I'll be unstoppable 😈😈😈
Very helpful and very silly. thanks!
Good review.
caleb yes I still have
What about piano players
Oh thank you you answered my question on my keyboard player
I'm going to get the beat buddy but for now
I just need something to go out and make some money
I'm busking here on the streets of Washington DC Buskin
Why do people complain about little things they don't like. This is perfect for people who have a high degree of rythym who just need some drums to play over until they can get to a professional studio. It is good for playing live too. Some MFERS just have no rhythm and need to program every thing into a computer. I have one and it's great. The only issue is the damn button pressing.
is this a guitar pedal for drummers ? what would a drummer want with a guitar pedal?
I see what you did there.
That Q is why drummers have a girlfriend and guitar players have their pick :)
It can be used by anybody that needs a beat. Stop hitting yourself on the head with those sticks dude... It ain't doing ya any good! th-cam.com/video/0vdGhW1O_1A/w-d-xo.html
yes for people without drummers, lol. duh. guitar pedal? drummers wouldn't use this bruh
Looks tricky to use, muliti function buttons and all... good review though.
It looks cool, but I think I'm going with Beatbuddy. I want to play with Sdrum like playing with a robot drummer. But I think it would get boring, also like a robot drummer. Looks like with Beatbuddy I can download new things and customize. Thanks for the video!
Plays Beastie boys beat
This demo is confusing, and does not play anything I could play to. Not for me after watching this.
Why would you decide on a product after watching one person do one demo that confused you? It's not really a tutorial, it's a demo. He's showing you what the pedal is capable of, not really so much how to use it in detail. There are plenty of other videos on it. I was interested in a drum pedal, I watched one video in which the person was complaining about it. Then I watched someone else that knew more about it and it convinced me the pedal was for me. I wanted to created drum patterns in real time, as opposed to through a midi on a computer. I think of a riff, I play the kick and snare pattern for it and I have a song. It's fairly easy, whereas this video is injecting a ton of information in a short amount of time. I can see how it's a turn off. But, I just got the pedal. After about 5 minutes, I was making beats and playing riffs over it. It's $139 dollars. To me, it's worth every penny.
3x12=36
I'll just stay with preprogrammed drum machines already out there.
I smell......Those damned blue collar tweakers AGAIN! ;)
Sorry but the maniacal, pounding pattern you use is THE least musical example I can imagine and it totally ruined your demo.
Drum machine been around forever, nothing new here, got 2 in the corner collecting dust, plus got a beatbuddy like new in box will sell cheap !!!!!
georgiareb55 how much
Paid $299.00 new , had it about a year , used a couple times, got the box it came in, like new will take $135.00 .....dont need it anymore !
georgiareb55 if you still have it send me a email mitchsnider@mac.com
Dumbest comment ive read all year
@@halfbakedmunky5566 not as uncreative and boring as your youtube channel.....fuck stick !!!
Great demo but I find this pedal difficult to navigate.My old Dr. Rhythm is easier.I'm sorry I bought it.
@Tork * Not being gifted with a technical mind it takes me longer to get things.I keep at it though and it gets better little by little.
Way to complicated for me ..Still use the old fashioned drum machine...
Dude, tune your guitar
KUDOS!! U should be sponsored by Digitech!!! (Theirs SUCK!!)