The Flamma FC12 Mini Drum Machine Pedal is a compact drum machine pedal built to give a guitarist a steady rhythm to play along with. Flamma describes it as providing "everything a guitarist needs to maintain a steady rhythm and jam to a backing track"1. It carries 48 unique drum machine grooves spanning six genres: pop, rock, funk, blues, metal, and jazz1.
Choosing a groove
Rhythm selection on the FC12 is deliberately simple, in the way mini pedals usually are. Flamma explains the two controls this way:
"The rhythm can be determined with a large rotation dial, with each half of the dial representing its own genre slot."
"The genre pair can then be chosen using the music genre selector switch, with each slot offering two genres."
In practice: the genre selector switch picks which pair of the six genres is active, and the large dial picks the individual rhythm within that pair. A single multi-purpose footswitch handles start, stop, and other functions Flamma assigns to it1.
Size, connections, and power
The FC12 is a mono pedal with a ¼" monophonic input and output, housed in a small metallic shell1. It is 9V DC powered1. That makes it a straightforward addition to a board or a practice setup: guitar in, drum machine out, one supply.
Flamma's product page listed the FC12 as sold out as of 26 October 20261.
Where it sits among drum pedals
The FC12 belongs to the wider family of drum pedals that put backing beats under a player's feet. Players comparing it with other compact options may also look at the Mooer Micro Drummer, the Singular Sound BeatBuddy Mini, or the Rowin Beat Loop, and at Flamma's own combined units such as the Flamma FF20 Looper & Drum Machine and the Flamma FF03 Stereo Looper & Drum pedal, which pair drum grooves with a looper in one box.
Price and availability
Flamma's product page listed the FC12 at a regular price of $78.00 USD, with a sale price of $88.00 USD shown alongside it1. The two figures appear together on the page and do not follow the usual regular-above-sale pattern, so a player comparing prices should note both. The page showed the pedal as sold out at the same date1.
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Questions
What genres does the Flamma FC12 offer?
Flamma lists six musical genres on the FC12: pop, rock, funk, blues, metal, and jazz. The grooves are organized so that each half of the large rotation dial represents its own genre slot, and the music genre selector switch chooses which genre pair is active, with each slot offering two genres.
What power does the Flamma FC12 need?
The FC12 is a 9V DC powered pedal, according to Flamma's product page. The page does not list a current draw or a battery option, so a player planning a pedalboard power setup should plan around a standard 9V DC supply.
Is the Flamma FC12 mono or stereo?
The FC12 uses a quarter-inch monophonic input and output, so it is a mono pedal. It sits in a single channel of a rig rather than a stereo setup.
How do I select a rhythm on the Flamma FC12?
Rhythm selection is a two-step affair. A large rotation dial determines the rhythm, with each half of the dial representing its own genre slot. The music genre selector switch then chooses the genre pair, with each slot offering two genres from the pedal's six.
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- FLAMMA FC12 Mini Drun Machine Pedal, Flamma Innovation
