User Guide

Everything the app can do.

A complete walkthrough of Drum Buddha — every tab, every tool, every screen. Start at the top or jump straight to what you're looking for.

Drum Buddha Home tab
Basics
Getting Started
How the app is laid out, what first-run setup covers, and how to find anything once you're in.
Drum Buddha Grooves library
Basics
Grooves
The library and the core practice screen at once — every pattern starts here.
Drum Buddha Ideas list
Basics
Ideas
Where a beat, a voice memo, or a stray thought lands before it's ready to be a groove.
Drum Buddha Pulse metronome
Basics
Pulse
The metronome tab you'll open more than anything else.
Drum Buddha Jam
Basics
Jam
The band plays, you drum — the one screen that runs backwards from the rest of the family.
Drum Buddha Practice Hub
Practice Hub
Practice Hub
A map of every structured practice tool, before the tool pages that follow.
Drum Buddha Rudiments
Practice Hub
Rudiments
All 40 PAS standard rudiments, notated and playable at your tempo.
Drum Buddha Fills
Practice Hub
Fills
One- and two-bar phrases that bridge one bar into the next.
Drum Buddha Coordination
Practice Hub
Coordination
Sixteen patterns built to train hands and feet doing genuinely different things.
Drum Buddha Loops
Practice Hub
Loops
A library of backing tracks, plus a slow-it-down trainer for a stuck passage.
Drum Buddha Metronome
Practice Hub
Metronome
A lighter, single-screen click built to drop into a loop or a routine step.
Drum Buddha Routines
Practice Hub
Routines
Chain your practice tools into one guided session, logged automatically.
Drum Buddha Settings
More
Settings
Appearance, permissions, recording defaults, and everything else in one sheet.
Drum Buddha on iPad
More
Drum Buddha Everywhere
iPad, Apple Watch, Widgets, and Mac.