Korg Beatboy drum machine, recorder and tuner

Korg Beat Boy Drum Machine, Recorder, and Tuner

Beat Boy is packed with features that allow guitarists or bassists to improve their abilities easily and reliably while having fun playing their instrument. The functionality of four products is packed into this single unit; in addition to a tuner, there's a rhythm machine covering 100 diverse styles, an effect section for adding sonic variation to your guitar tone, and a recorder that allows 16-bit/44.1 kHz recording of your performances. So compact, it fits easily into the pocket of your gig bag, it's the ideal partner for any guitarist or bassist. 

100 Rhythm Patterns

With 100 rhythm patterns for you to play along with, Beat Boy is a great way to develop your sense of rhythm. It's also fun to casually jam along with the patterns, or use them to refine your riff ideas. With offerings for multiple genres of rhythm patterns (8-beat, 16-beat, pop, funk, reggae, dance beats, and more), Beat Boy supports a wide range of musical styles. The volume of the accompaniment can be adjusted, so you can set the mix balance accordingly with your guitar, ensuring that you'll be able to clearly hear the rhythm while you jam. The LCD display shows the drums actually being struck, providing a visual element. The tempo of each rhythm can be adjusted by using the tap tempo feature or it can be specified as a precise numeric value for more accurate settings

Variable Tones

In addition to the standard clean sound, Beat Boy provides two tonal variations for a hard rock sound: overdrive and distortion

Record with Immediate Playback

Beat Boy allows you to record your guitar/bass sound and then play it back immediately. You can loop the playback of a desired region of the recorded sound and play it repeatedly for careful analysis, or you can practice by soloing over the loop as a backing pattern. The recorded sound can be loaded as a WAV file via USB into your computer and edited on your DAW software. Conversely, audio tracks that you've created on your computer can be loaded into Beat Boy and used as backing tracks

Korg Beat Boy Drum Machine Features :

• Perform backed by 100 full-fledged rhythm patterns

• Use the tap tempo feature to adjust the tempo intuitively, or use the tempo adjustment buttons to make fine adjustments

• Adjust the volume of the drum machine to fine tune the mix balance with your guitar sound

• Tuner function ensures that your pitch is accurate

• Overdrive/distortion effect for electric guitar

• Recorder allows 16-bit/44.1 kHz PCM recording and playback

• Approximately 20 minutes of recording, with a maximum of 100 tracks

• USB port allows your recorded phrases to be easily backed-up to your computer

• Internal mic supports acoustic instruments

• Built-in speaker lets you immediately listen back to recorded sounds

Korg Beat Boy Drum Machine Specifications :

Recorder

• Recording Format : PCM audio format WAV, format (extension: .wav), 44.1 kHz @ 16-bit

• Recording Time : 20 minutes (approximate), 120 MB internal memory

• Number of Tracks : Up to 100

Tuner

• Scale : 12 note equal temperament

• Detection Range : C1 (32.70 Hz) to C8 (4,186.01 Hz)

• Detection Accuracy : Less than ± 1 cent

Drum Machine

• Tempo Range : 30 to 252 beats per minute (BPM)

• Drum Patterns : 100
(8 Beat: 12, 16 Beat: 13, pop/rock: 13, jazz/funk: 9, world: 11, dance: 8, fill: 11, odd meter: 9, metronome: 12, song: 2)

• Effects : Overdrive, Distortion

General

• Connectors : 

   • 1x 1/4" (6.3 mm) mono input jack

   • 1x 1/8" (3.5 mm) stereo mini headphone jack

• Speaker : 1x 1" (23 mm) dynamic speaker

• Power Supply : 2x AAA batteries (alkaline or nickel-metal hydride batteries)

• Battery Life :

   • Recorder: 3.5 hours (speaker), 11 hours (headphones), approximate 

   • Drum Machine: 9 hours (speaker), 12 hours (headphones), approximate

   • Tuner: 11 hours (speaker), 16 hours (headphones), approximate

   • All times with continuous operation when using alkaline batteries with the backlight off and the volume at maximum

• Dimensions (WxDxH) 4.37 x 3.23 x 0.71 : (111 x 82 x 18 mm)

• Weight : 4.3 oz (122 g)