Beatbuddy...a drum machine guitrv pedal

Gotta bend down to change drum pattern in between songs.. I would prefer a drum machine placed on a stand with pedal switch.

I like the way the patterns are setup. If you look at the 3rd video, you can actually use another foot switch to scroll through the patterns. If all songs are planned out in advanced, one hardly needs to bend down to change any setting (tempo). It seems all good to go! 
 
Still, I'll love the idea of a future table top version - I like to be able to re use a few generic patterns so that I can simply change the tempo for another song (which it can be done currently - just need to bend down for the tempo change), with speed dial, etc. Or making it with more buttons/pads so one can programmed it on the go.

Ok, so in 1983 I bought a Roland 505, It did what that stupid thing does more or less but sounded like cardboard boxes and tin pans. But, it was so easy to program and start stop etc. I could hold about 5 sequenced songs. 
Down the road drum machines got fancier and fancier with foot switch controlled pattern changes and fills etc. The sounds also slowly improved ( matter of opinion) 
But they were made for solo musicians to be played live and with minimum fuss. 
Jump to the 90's and they started fading away as we switched to full on sequencers that played whole songs using a  whack of midi sound modules and instruments. Drum machines even stopped including foot switch control by the end of that decade.  ( example Dr Rhythm) 
Then in the 2000 weirdo's started actually looking for the drum machines from the 80"s the ones that sounded like cardboard and tin pans,,,, go figure,, but this was a "new" sound right. 
So now you guys are looking for foot controlled drum machines again? I hope this is not  like for normal music and your in some kind of hip hop , DJ gig. You already own a drum machine, it's called Sonar. And you can control it with a foot switch. 
 
http://xkeys.com/XkeysFootPedals/index.php
 

Foot controlled drum machines are very useful in any genre.

Unlike most sequencers it's very simple to change patterns as required to accommodate improvisation or simply work round errors. In a live framework you need controls to be simple, especially if you are playing another instrument, because complexity leads to errors or having to spend more concentration on switching things than playing.

As for hip hop, etc., I fail to see what the genre has to do with anything. All kinds of musicians use sequencing, drum machines etc. for all kinds of purposes just as they use anything useful to them.