Thanks for the review Simon. I play bossa nova on the guitar and have been looking for a 'rythmn machine' for some time now. I know EXACTLY what you mean when your say dont 'like' too much drums. So this is perfect for me! Watching you talk is like watching a friend. I enjoyed it so much.

Could be perfect for my ukulele playing Thanks for the demo and there insight into the machine .

I am a full blown house producer but I love the way you present this!

What an honest and useful review. Thank you so much for a no hype and no beatups approach. You groove..

This thing is a one of a kind in the entire history of drum machines. Just found out about it and ordered one right away.

This is a perfect video, and just my speed, brilliantly explained with no hype and no shouting! Thank you! ❤

I'm a harpist (the string kind). I would love the Boss! I specialize in performances for Assisted Living and Memory Care audiences, as well as background gigs. But just to jam with this at home would make me so happy!

DR-01S looks easy and useful, and fun. Thanks for your sharing!

This is exactly what I’ve been searching for. Thank you so much, I subscribed to your channel!

I am happy I stumbled upon your video because it's exactly what I was searching for.... that I didn't even know existed.

Lol when he turns on the dr-01s it’s like the backing track for a suspenseful part of a movie

The exact video ive been looking for, thanks for the review!

That sounds cool and convenient. Thanks Simon for showing this device! 🎶🎶🎶👍👍👍

I have one of these and there is a lot you can do with it. I have even used it on some recordings. It is very versatile. It does have an adjustable reverb effect built in as well. Get the foot switch. Run through a stereo delay pedal, this unit can get really interesting to experiment with.

Wow, been searching for exactly what you presented. I love the folky and soft approach and simplicity of usage. I’m going to return my BeatBuddy Mini 2 and get the Boss DR-01S. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

Great information , I bought a trio but totally agree with you and yes the bass doesn't seem to follow properly ,thanks 👍

Such a helpful video, thanks so much. Finding a drum machine that can do a convincing shaker is not easy to find.

I love drum machines especially my uncle Ric’s Roland R8 which he gave to me. It is a massive drum machine that contains not only stereo outs but also ate assignable outs. I would have to use a 32 channel mixer to enable me to mix all the drum machine/sampler sections with a mixer. I have the Mackie CR1604VLZ (16 channels) and Yamaha MG06XU (6 channels). Not all DMs are “mechanical”. The R8 is considered a human rhythm composer because a person can physically play out the drum machine pads dynamically. What an innovation. The humans who renounce drum machines are those who either only witnessed the Step sequencers or early drum machines which are simply for programming or just computerized production of Top 40 hits.

Actually, you can create songs on the Trio +. Up to 5 parts, sequenced in any order and saved to smart card. Plus it adds bass. It has 2 outputs - amp and mixer - so you can plug your guitar through it, into your guitar amp,, while having the bass & drums play through a mixer or acoustic amp or what have you. It's quite an interesting little box.

How are we not gonna talk about that disturbing clown?

I love how simple and 'acoustic' this drum machine is - opposite of aTR08

I hate drum machines too! So I only have three.. haha 😄

I own the Beat Buddy and enjoy it a lot, the only thing that I dont like about it is the foot switch that triggers the Beat Buddy is cheaply made & breaks right after the warranty expires (2 ) years . Great video btw , very intuitive I'll have to check out the Boss drum machine 😎👍 🥁🎶🎶

Thank you Simon. Just what I needed to hear.

Thanks 4 this video.... Sounds interesting ! 🙂👍

Thanks for the review, just about to buy one of these....

" He´s behind you !! " seriously, great review. Done everything you´ve done too. Finally decided to go on without Drum units. Unless absolutely needed - then Beat Buddy, its got Midi Sync to loop my Voicelive 3.

The old Boss DR5 is an awesome drim machine with 1 track of drums that you can program and 3 tracks for bass, piano or whatever you want to add. You can build songs with different patches for each part. It also has a foot switch if you want to use it live and tons of other features. The Zoom r24 digital recorder also has it's own drum machine and also works great for playing backing tracks and can be used as your stage mixer. My Digitech Jam Man looper also works great as a backing track player. You can import tracks off your computer and you can carry around all your backing tracks in a unit the size of a standard stomp box.

Thanks for this review... I've been on the fence on those 3 products you introduced, and now leaning more towards the Boss Dr01.

Thanks! Simon

Hi I am from the Bahamas, and I start using drum machines after having to work finish a job after the Drummer pick up.his snare and said.he's not playing anymore, because of a drummer stop playing on the job. I will Always have one for emergency. I use the Roland TR8S.

Thanks for the practical review

you have answered my problems

Very helpful review. Thanks.

Great review and explanation of the unit. I got the beat buddy but too hard to use for a gigs and this may be the solution, of course.with the foot switch added. Thanks!

Get an Octatrack and love it so much!

Four years later but: Thank you. I'm currently looking for a new and more versatile rhythm machine and I think you may have sold me on this little beauty.

Does it have and allow you to select rhythms that fit your playing/singing styles? Thanks.

Very helpful. Thanks!

I love drum machines

Can tge bpm be "set" to a specific speed with a dial or is it done by tapping?

Is there a balanced line out for pumping through a sound system?

Would have liked to hear it with your style of music. Pleasant Latin rhythms? Light jazz sounds?

cool review bro

I can't figure out how to assign "fade out" to a foot pedal. I need that to end my songs. ANYONE, please help!!! Thank you

If it's good enough for Simon then it's good enough for Garfunkel.

I love drum machines (: this is a cool piece of gear though

The down side is actually also the plus point, the emphasis on Latin styles which is great, but comes at the expense of straight rock n blues, which even acoustic guitarists play

What's with the creepy clown behind bars?

Great review. Thank you. Could you do a video of you gigging with it

The Trio+ can be set up for songs no problem. Its easy to use for live gigs and has bass too. Its definately not a toy.

My BeatBuddy just broke, Looking for a better option. Thanks, I don't like the crash bam booms either

Thanks, Simon - useful review. Got a Sdrum and Trio myself but, as you say, they don't always fit the bill.

I just got my rhythm partner and LOVE it. I would be great fun if you could recommend some drum patterns for calypso, country, rock….. I find it hard to match a pattern to a song. Do you know of any lists of drum patterns? Thanks in advance for your help. Peggy

Whdt a great bit of kit, what does it sound like through a guitar amp? Or fo you need to go through a P A live? Cheers Martyn

being a drummer as well ....i am going to loop rhythms i make myself with a footpedal and handclap - so much better to do it live i think

Wish you would have modelled it a bit and played along with it. Can it be played through an extension speaker?

I might give it a try? Maybe wait to see if the price gets a bit lower. New ones I found for $245, and the foot switch is about $50. I owned the trio and absolutely hated the thing! Never got a decent bass line out of it either. Thanks for the review!

Thanks Simon! can you run it thru a PA system for live shows?

Thanks for this Demo - definitely helped me make a decision which I'm sure save me some $. I do wish you had at least played the Drums a few seconds (even tho you ignore them) just to hear what they sounded like. You piqued my interest wondering why you dismiss them completely? I also play mostly Folk/Country, etc. but creatively, on occasion when writing, drum percussion would be helpful. But thanks again for taking the Time to share & Demo - JBC/NYC

The beat buddy is very complicated, it won’t play a whole song, you have to manually transition every part. Some songs in the premium library have 27 transitions plus fills etc. it also won’t stop at the end of the song, it’s more like a looper and just loops back to the beginning unless you double/ Triple tap to stop it. You have to learn the timing of all the parts when you need to transition including the duration to hold the pedal down or you’ll mess up the song; not good live ! It’s like learning another instrument, you have to be prepared to interact with it like live looping with lots of layers. If you just want a drum machine to play songs like a drummer it’s a ball ache and a waste of money. After saying that it’s well built, has a good premium library of cover songs and sounds good. But lacks all the basic features the average guitar player in a covers band would need. I’m not posting this to be grumpy, but when I was looking at getting one I wish someone had said this to me. I’d have saved myself a lot of money 🙂

This is EXACTLY what I'm looking for! I play Celtic music, but also find myself playing solo guitar gigs for country, soft rock, ie. Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot..light rock- Journey, Styx, James Taylor...my primary gigs are coffee houses, breweries, bistros, festivals.. Can I plug this into my board and use it in a LIVE setting- say 60-100 people?

I can't believe that there isn't more similar product available. Also foot operated percussion. Companies like Akai or Alesis make drum pads but they hand operated, would be nice to have foot operated pads for guitarists. Boss makes the SPD one, but they are expensive. You could need three for bass drum, rim and snare. There are far too many stand alone musicians improvising the foot operated percussion with stomp boxes. We need professional gear.

Can the fade out feature be operated by a footswitch ? Thanks

Great review very direct

Have you tried a boss DR 880 drum machine before ?

Yabut.....can it play Zydeco? Swing?

Is there one yu can change b p m with yur foot, with brushes, simple rythm

He’s right about the digitech trio. It’s bass lines are not always right. The drums are fine, bass lines are wrong.

I'm the same when it comes to bang and clatter, too much for my head and it also does not fit with my style of playing/singing...I prefer the tranquil side of life for the most part.

Hello Simon. I have a question regarding the Boss DR-01S. I want to use it live in performance. I have the count-in programmed. I want to have a break (using a footswitch pedal). When I re-enter the rhythm (by footswitch) the count-in comes on again. I don't want this, I just just want the rhythm to resume.

Christ I swear you made this for me. I know it’s an old video but I am kind of a solo player singer and I have a beat buddy, I have a trio, they’re both great but they’re expensive and I didn’t love them.

Isn't Trio much easier than using Boss DR 01S, ? because all you need is to strum to get automatically what you want

I have a trio.. Fun to play with.. But it makes it an expensive toy. Agreed, the bass is ordinary

I can see that making a nice door stop to 🤣

Theres a big problem with it. When you turn to a boss pedal, and you choose for instant activate an desactivate one instrument, in preset one, he does it for all the presets, doesn't make song by song. It's Like a bug, and no one in the company can resolve that problem... And in the begining, it works fine, saved changes Song by song. Money back, unfortunaly.

What an honest Vid--how to use a drum machine in the real world in front of an audience hope the big 3 see this / we're not kiddie tekno geeks who want a hand grenade beat box that goes boom in the basement / just something easy to interact with / real musicians want to play not play with JUNK /electronic pianos where nowhere until (velocity) touch was invented/timing & volume for our playing /can't they make that / the first one with that will revolutionize what AI can do and dominate the market(Rolands in the mid 70's)bells whistles and shit by these guys put musicians where we are today /Rock Band appearing on shelves of the goodwill/with the time spent on this crap a new crop of young musician would be here instead / instead of twitling their thumbs on useless apps promising the world and give nothing \

The clown!!

That Trio Plus always gets the thumbs down. You need to work with it. I have been using it for a couple years now in my solo/duo on weekends. Over a hundred cover songs on it with the SD cards.

What's with you kids and clowns?? They are Just funny, Geeze!

Man just make beat, I know u got that heat

I have the most peculiar feeling you are Jimmy Paige, given a different set of circumstances..

Master (Boss) and slave (Player) lol Good toy tho

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Nouthing yu can operate wit yur foot ?

The clown is creeping me out. Sorry. I do think the content is very good. Thanks!!!

Evry thing is too complicated, need simple

That 🤡!

you're very hissy?

9 wasted minutes I'll never get back.

that it clown creepy i know my wife a rely get creep 0ut l0l.