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.

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