Controlling BeatBuddy with OnSong

This video covers a lot of ground with MIDI integration in OnSong. If you are new to MIDI, this video may be a bit advanced. We show you how to connect your iOS device using Bluetooth MIDI and then control a BeatBuddy drum machine pedal right from inside OnSong. You can find all the products in this video at our shopping list here: http://onsongapp.com/store/beatbuddy In this tutorial we show you how to: • Review the BeatBuddy foot pedal • Use MIDI to control a hardware instrument • Connect Bluetooth dongles to MIDI cables for wireless setup • Sending tempo using OnSong as the MIDI clock • Sending tempo as control changes to supported hardware • Triggering actions in OnSong from our MIDI foot pedal • Changing songs (rhythm and drum set) by sending MIDI Bank Select and Program Changes when loading a song • Basic MIDI sync commands (start/stop/continue) and connecting that to the audio playback live bar button in OnSong • Configuring hot corners to send MIDI when tapped • Using a foot pedal to select sections and forward pedal triggers • Have sections send MIDI program changes to transition to parts of a song • Using the song editor in OnSong to configure MIDI commands on chord charts that are not text-based like PDF or Word. This is an advanced course in MIDI integration in OnSong. You can learn more about the basics of MIDI in OnSong at http://onsongapp.com/docs/features/midi/ The demos use OnSong 1.99991 which launched on December 5, 2016. It has a few new features such as sending tempo as control changes. If you don't have OnSong, download it today at http://onsongapp.com/download/ Join our Facebook page at http://onsongapp.com/facebook/ or follow us on Twitter at http://onsongapp.com/twitter to get up-to-date news as well as useful tips and tricks.