9:2 Help menu

Ch.10 FX devices Ch.11 Standalone application and plugin usage
Using the BFD Eco Standalone application
Tempo and time signature I/O Settings
33 Using BFD Eco as an RTAS plugin in Digidesign Pro Tools 7.x or later 33 Using BFD Eco as an AU plugin in Apple Logic 8 or later 34 Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin or an AU plugin in Ableton Live 36 Using BFD Eco as an AU plugin in Digital Performer Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin in Cubase SX Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin in Cubase 4 or later Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin in Sonar Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin in FL Studio Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin in Reaper Potential problems

Ch.8 Key Map panel

8:1 Key map picker
Default key map Key/MIDI Lock

Credits

Project lead, programming Additional programming Web programming Lead audio engineering, production, editing Graphic design Additional graphic design Packaging design Documentation Quality assurance engineering Content management Marketing & sales Artist relations & publicity Technical support FXpansion USA SKoT McDonald Paul Chana, Steve Baker, Andy Simper, Angus Hewlett Andreas Schnetzler Gareth Green Toni Simonen Alex Akers Rus Brockman Mayur Maha Rob Bantin, Andrew Vernon, Peter Slotwinski Rory Dow Rhiannon Bankston-Thomas Clare OBrien Ryan Sellers, Alex Volmer Terry Hardin, Leslie Crook Emre Ramazanoglu, Darrin Mooney Kevin Hay Ben Ferns John Emrich Russ Cannizzo www.groovemonkee.com Jacques Mathias
Session drumming Assistant audio engineering Photography and video BFD PER Audio Content (Percussion) Groove composition Additional Grooove composition
BFD2 library recorded at AIR Studios Lyndhurst Hall, London Breverb Plate by Overloud Technologies www.overloud.com Special thanks to the beta testing team!
BFD Eco is an acoustic drum software instrument which provides multisampled drums, played in a variety of ways (called articulations), and recorded with multiple microphones including real stereo ambience channels. The stereo ambience provides the actual sound of the drums within a room, offering a natural alternative to artificial reverb effects. BFD Eco also contains a Groove engine that plays back realistic drum performances through BFD Ecos sounds. More detail about the architecture of BFD Ecos sounds can be found in chapter 2.

Launching BFD Eco

1. As a standalone application
On Windows, youll find the BFD Eco standalone application here: Program Files/FXpansion/BFD Eco or Start menu/Programs/FXpansion/BFD Eco On Mac, launch BFD Eco from your Applications folder. Once you start the application, you may need to set up its audio and MIDI settings. See chapter 11 for details on making these settings.
2. As an instrument plugin within a host
BFD Eco can be launched in a VST/AU/RTAS-compatible host in the same way as any other plugin instrument. See your host documentation for details on this subject, or see chapter 11 for a guide to launching BFD Eco in most major hosts.

BFD Ecos interface

BFD Ecos interface mainly consists of 3 pages, along with a mixer that is always visible. Switch between the pages using the 3 page buttons at the top-left of the BFD Eco interface.

Kit page

Mixer (section 4:2)
The mixer lets you blend between all 12 kit-piece channels, OverHead and Room ambience channels, 2 aux channels and a master channel. You can also perform a number of routing and parallel processing functions. The kit-piece channels are also slots in which to load kit-pieces double-click on the channel image or right-click on the channel and use the Load kit-piece function. This displays the kit-piece browser for loading a kit-piece into the slot.

Kit page (section 4:1)

The Kit page shows a graphical representation of the loaded kit-pieces, and indicates when they are played the kit-pieces flash whenever their articulations are triggered. You can also click on kit-pieces here in order to preview them.

Channel page (chapter 5)

The Channel page features controls specific to each channel in the mixer. The controls for the currently selected channel are shown. it-piece channels: Controls for changing the sound and response of a K kit-piece tuning, damping and more. mbience channels: Controls for changing the stereo width and A distance of the ambience mics. All channels: EQ and 2 assignable FX slots.

Channel page

Grooves page (chapter 6)
The Grooves engine is located in this page, allowing you to play back a library of professionally-produced drum patterns that trigger BFD Ecos sounds internally.

Mic channel

Kick In Kick Out Snare Btm Snare Top Multi OH Room
The mic inside the kick The mic outside the kick The mic under the snare The mic above the snare Any other direct mic Stereo over-head mic set Stereo room mic set
Direct Kick In Direct Kick Out Bleed -

Snares

Bleed -

Toms / Perc

Cyms / Hats
Direct Snare Bottom Direct Snare Top -

Direct signal

All kit-pieces feature a stereo OH ambience channel. The amount of each kit-piece in the OH channel can be varied with the Send OH control in the Channel page. All kit-pieces feature a stereo Room ambience channel. The amount of each kit-piece in the Room channel can be varied with the Send Room control in the Channel page.
Bleed and Direct channels
Bleed between mics is a phenomenon that always occurs when recording drums with discrete direct mics for each part of the kit. A dedicated mic for one part of the kit always picks up some sound from other parts of the kit. In BFD Eco, bleed exists only in certain channels, in order to reduce system resource and RAM usage. It is possible to control the level of bleed in relevant mic channels with the Bleed control at the bottomleft of the interface. Whether you use bleed or not is up to you and your personal preference. It is recommended to use bleed if you want a realistic sound, as bleed always occurs in a multi-mic drum recording. However, if you want to go beyond notions of realism and achieve ideal separation for processing each kit-piece discretely, then turn down the level of the bleed to zero.
Ambience channels (stereo)
The ambience channels allow you to approach mixing in BFD Eco in the same way as an actual recording of a drummer playing a kit. Because each instrument is played individually, its ambience channels are discrete. However, since this would simply mean too many channels to conveniently mix, the discrete channels are mixed down to 2 ambience channel buses for the OverHead and Room mic positions. However, you can adjust the amount of each kit-piece in the ambience channels, using its Send OH and Send Room controls.
2:3 Using expansion packs with BFD Eco
When using expansion packs with BFD Eco, only certain articulations and mic channels can be used (see the tables above). All audio data is loaded in 16 bit quality with a maximum of 24 velocity layers.

Preset pickers

Lock buttons Preset picker

BFD Eco Presets

Kit picker

Mixer picker

BFD Eco features preset pickers for the following type of presets: A BFD Eco Preset stores the entire state of the instrument. Note the capitalization whenever the manual refers to Presets. Presets also store preference settings that override BFD Ecos default preference settings.

A kit stores the configuration of kit-pieces that form a kit, along with settings for the kit-pieces inspector controls (located on the left side of the Channel page). Kit-pieces contained within slots Kit-piece inspector settings (except the Aux1 / Aux2 Send controls)

Mixers

A mixer is a preset that stores the state of the mixer, including output routings and FX settings. t also stores the state of the Aux1 / Aux2 Send controls, located in the Channel page for kit-piece and ambience channels. I

Loading Kit-pieces

Kit-pieces (without any additional settings, as opposed to kit-piece presets see below) do not feature pickers like the main preset types. Instead, they are loaded in either of the following ways: Double-click on a kit-piece channel image ight-click (or CTRL-click on Mac) on a kit-piece channel and use the Load KitR piece function in the Channel context menu that appears

Kit-piece presets

The following types of preset files both feature preset pickers, although they are not located along with the main preset pickers at the top-right of the BFD Eco interface: A kit-piece preset stores the entire contents of a kit-piece channel the kit-piece contained within the channel, its mixer settings and its Channel page settings (including all inspector, EQ and FX slot settings). The kit-piece preset picker is above the large kit-piece image on the Channel page, when a kit-piece channel is selected. See section 5:1 for more details.

Key map

Key maps store MIDI key assignments for playing articulations. The key map picker is located in the Key Map panel, accessed via the Options menu. See chapter 8 for more details.
3:3 Using the Preset pickers
As well as a listing of the currently available presets (click on any preset in the list to load it), each preset pickers drop-down menu features the following functions:
Opens the preset browser (see section 3:5).
Opens an OS file Save As dialog, allowing you to save current settings as a preset.

Clear.

Clears the contents of BFD Eco relevant to the preset type: Preset picker: clears the entire state of BFD Eco Kit picker: clears the kit and inspector settings Mixer picker: clears the entire mixer and EQ/FX settings Key map picker: clears the entire key map
Using the preset picker for BFD Eco Presets

3:4 Lock buttons

Lock buttons exist for the Kit, Mixer, Grooves and Key/MIDI (key map and MIDI CC assignments made in Learn mode). Enabling any of these buttons locks the relevant parts of BFD Eco, so that they remain unaffected when you Load. or Clear. a BFD Eco Preset. The Key/MIDI Lock button is enabled by default when BFD Eco is launched.

Channel image FX1 / FX2 Power Pan

Level meter Level fader

Output selector Kit-piece channel controls

Channel image

Kit-piece direct channels
Each kit-piece channels image features a photo of the kit-piece currently loaded. When a kit-piece channel is empty, the channel image is a representation of the type of kit-piece intended to be loaded into it (although the Perc1, Perc2 and Perc3 channels can load toms and cymbals as well as percussion kit-pieces). When a kit-piece is loaded, ALT-click the image to hear a preview of its main articulation. Click towards the left of the image to preview lower velocities, and towards the right for high velocities.

Loading kit-pieces

Double-clicking a kit-piece channel image opens the kit-piece browser, allowing you to load a kit-piece into the channel.
Ambience, Aux and Master channels
The images on these channels are solely for identification purposes and do not perform any additional functions.

FX1 / FX2 Power

These buttons allow a quick way to enable or bypass the channels 2 FX devices without needing to switch to the Channel page. They perform the same function as each FX devices Power button (in the Channel page). Note that these buttons are only active with an FX device loaded in the relevant slot.
ALT-click the image to preview the kit-piece
Pan (kit-piece channels only)
All kit-piece channels feature a Pan control in order to adjust the position of the mono channel within the stereo field. Note that a kit-piece channels panning cannot be applied to its signal in the ambience channels, because the ambience consists of stereo recordings. However, you can use the Flip LR button in the Channel page inspector to invert the stereo image of the kit-pieces ambience channels.

Mute / Solo

All channels feature Mute and Solo buttons.

Level fader / meter

Each channels level fader adjusts its volume. The level of the channel is indicated by the meter (single for mono channels, dual for stereo channels). Note that the Master channel fader only affects channels which are routed to the channel. If the output of any channel is set to its direct output, you can use the Global Volume control to adjust the level of all channels simultaneously (see chapter 7).

Flip LR

While the stereo position of kit-pieces in ambience channels cannot be adjusted, due to them being stereo recordings, the Flip LR button makes it possible to swap the left and right channels of the ambience if you pan a kit-piece to the other side of the stereo field.

OH/Room Amount

These controls adjust the amount of the kit-piece in the OH and Room ambience channels.
Aux sends (kit-piece and ambience channels only)

Aux1/Aux2 Send

These controls send variable levels of the channel to the Aux1 and Aux2 channels. Sends are useful for parallel processing such as artificial reverb effects. Note that it is also possible to route the entire output of one or more channels to the Aux channels. Inspector display for OH and Room channels Using Sends allows you to vary the amount of each channels signal in the Aux channels without altering the original channels levels.
All mixer channels kit-piece, ambience, aux and Master channels feature a hard-wired EQ and 2 FX slots, each of which can host one of the 15 internal FX devices.
Each channel has a 4-band EQ hard-wired into it, prior to the 2 FX slots in the signal path. The top section of the EQ device features the same common controls as the FX slots except for an FX picker. See below for more details of these controls. Note that additional EQ devices can be loaded into FX slots if required. Each of the 4 EQ bands features a power button (LO, LM, HM and HI). Note that bands are activated automatically when their settings are adjusted. The Low (LO) and High (HI) bands are switchable from shelf to bell mode by enabling the Bell button. The Low Mid (LM) and High Mid (HM) parametric bands include a Q control. All bands feature Frequency and Gain controls. The hard-wired EQ features all the extra controls found in the FX slots (see below), with the exception of an FX picker.
Frequency Display control
You can change EQ curves by clicking and dragging the graphical display in the EQ interface. To edit a band in this way, move the mouse cursor over the display. The display is divided into 4 zones for each band from LO to HI, from left to right. Each zone is highlighted in a different colour, corresponding to the colour of the bands controls. ith a band highlighted, click and drag up/down to adjust the bands gain, and left/right to adjust its frequency. W or the two Mid bands, clicking and dragging up/down while holding down the ALT key allows you to adjust the bands Q. F
This section describes the common controls of the FX slots. See chapter 10 for more details of each FX device.

Input meter

Turns the device on or off. With the button disabled, the effect is by assed and p inactive (its controls cannot be adjusted). These buttons are duplicated on the mixer section, meaning that you can power on/off individual FX without using the Channel page. See section 4:3 for more details. You can also toggle FX power on all channels using the global FX Power button (see chapter 7).

Start marker (white)

Standalone mode or host transport stopped
The white start marker indicates the point in the Drum Track to which the position marker is sent when using the Return to start button on the transport. The next time the BFD Eco transport is started, playback starts from the Start marker point. You can press the Return to start button during playback, which causes the play position to jump to the start marker immediately.

Host transport started

The Drum Track playback position always starts in sync with the host position. You can click the Stop or Return to start buttons on BFD Ecos transport during playback in order to disconnect the synchronization between host and plugin. To re-establish host synchronization, stop and restart your host transport.
Changing the Start marker position
To change the position of the Start marker, click in the Ruler while holding down the ALT key. If you click twice in the Ruler, the first click sets the blue position marker and the second click sets the white start marker.
6:5 Adding parts to the Drum Track
To add a Part to the Drum Track, drag and drop any Groove from the browser to the desired position in the Drum Track. The insertion point is shown by the red Insert marker. Once a Groove has been dropped onto the Track, it is referred to as a Part.
1. Drag a Groove from the browser over the Drum Track 2. he position at which it will appear T is indicated by the red Insert marker 3. Drop the Groove to add it as a Part at the Insert marker position
You cannot layer multiple Parts on top of each other only one Part can be playing on the Drum Track at once. If you require more complex sequencing, you must use MIDI tracks in your host to send events to BFD Eco. You can drag & drop Grooves to host MIDI tracks see section 6:9.
6:6 Manipulating Parts on the Drum Track

Selecting Parts

Click on a Part to select it. Several adjacent Parts can be selected by clicking on the song background and drawing a selection box over the desired Parts. You can also select multiple parts in the following ways: CTRL-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) Adds the Part to the current selection. If a Part is already selected, this operation de-selects it. SHIFT-click Creates a contiguous selection between two Parts.

Moving selected Parts

Using drag & drop
To move Parts within the Track using drag & drop: 1. Select one or more parts and then drag them left/right along the Track. 2. The posiion at which they will be dropped is shown by the red Insert marker. t 3. Release the mouse button to drop the part at the desired position. If there is a gap between the insert marker and subsequent Parts identical to or greater than the size of the moved Part(s), the moved Part(s) simply slot into the gap. If there is no gap, or a gap smaller than the moved Part(s), all subsequent Parts in the track are nudged later in time by the length of the moved Part(s) in other words, the gap is preserved.

Humanize Time

Applies varying amounts of timing randomization to playing Groove events. Lower settings are recommended for subtle and non-intrusive humanization, while high settings can result in extremely sloppy timing.
Applies a variable amount of non-destructive swing to playing Groove events.

Simplify

Applies an algorithm that selectively mutes events in terms of importance to the Groove. As the control is increased, more events are muted. This parameter essentially behaves as a threshold on a complexity gate. It is very useful if you find a Groove to be too busy for example, with a lot of ghost notes that intrude upon the rest of your song too much.
Grooves can be exported as MIDI from BFD Eco in the following ways:
1. Drag & drop as host MIDI part to host MIDI track
Drag and drop any Groove from the browser to a MIDI track in your host. The Groove appears as a standard MIDI part/clip/sequence. The current Key Map is used to translate the Grooves articulation triggers into suitable MIDI notes. Once the Groove has been exported in this way, it can be edited using your hosts editing facilities such as the piano roll, and manipulated with its MIDI functions such quantize etc. When using host MIDI tracks to trigger BFD Ecos articulations, remember to set Grooves Mode to Off if it isnt already. Note that although you can export to a MIDI track that is set to trigger BFD Eco, you can route the exported MIDI clip to any other instrument if required.
2. Drag & drop as MIDI file to disk folder
Drag and drop any Groove from the browser to your desktop (or any other folder on your hard disk) to export it as a MIDI file. The current Key Map is used to translate the Grooves articulation triggers into suitable MIDI notes. The file is saved as a standard MIDI file, which can be imported into any compatible software or hardware device for playback and editing.

Disk activity meter

Context info

RAM meter

MIDI activity indicator Audio stream indicator
Adjusts the level of kit-pieces in the Kick In and Snare Bottom channels. See section 2:3 for more details about bleed.

Disabling Variable mode access to open/closed only
With Variable mode disabled, the notes transmitted from the Roland hihat triggers either closed or open tip/shank articulations. Recording hihat performances in this way means that editing and quantizing is much easier (due to not having to edit a MIDI CC in parallel to notes). You can edit the notes to play other available hihat articulations afterwards.

Pedal note choking

In both cases, the pedal note (G#1, sometimes termed a foot-chick) chokes any playing hihat articulations.

Auto Pedal

This function, when enabled, generates a pedal note articulation whenever the incoming hihat pedal MIDI CC value reaches 127. You should only need to use this function if your electronic drumkit does not send out a pedal note when the hihat pedal is fully depressed.

Auto Splash

If this function is enabled, a hihat splash sound is generated when the hihat pedal is opened and closed very quickly.

MIDI Log

The MIDI Log is provided to help troubleshoot MIDI-related problems. It displays a real-time readout of incoming MIDI messages, which can be useful when creating key map assignments.

Octave numbering scheme

Changes the MIDI note octave numbering scheme. When this is set to Normal, the lowest octave is numbered 0. Some sequencers/drum modules number the lowest octave as -1 or -2.
Please note that each kit-piece slot or channel contains a fixed number of articulations, which are detailed in section 2:1. ot all kit-pieces contain all articulations. Whenever a kit-piece lacks a certain articulation, a suitable articulation is substituted when it is N triggered from a mapped MIDI key or a Groove event. he Perc1, Perc2 and Perc3 channels can load percussion, tom and cymbal kit-pieces. However, only the first 2 articulations are available, T which are triggered with the slots Hit and Alt key map assignments.
When BFD Eco is launched, the preference settings from the last time you used the software are used. When you save a Preset or a host project containing the BFD Eco plugin, the current preferences are saved with it, and recalled when the session is restored.

Set Data Path.

Opens the data path panel, which allows you to set up one or more folders that contain BFD Ecocompatible data (kit-piece audio and Grooves). At least 1 data path must exist in order for BFD Eco to be usable! Multiple data paths can often be useful if you purchase additional expansions, but lack the space on a single hard disk for all the data. To add a data path, click the Add data path button. An OS browser dialog is displayed, allowing you to navigate to and select the desired folder. When you select a data path, the database of kitpieces and Grooves is refreshed. To remove a data path, select it in the list, and click the Remove data path button. Clicking the Clear button removes all data paths from the list. After you install BFD Eco, the path for its supplied data is already specified in this panel. When setting a data path, you should select the top level of the folder heres an example: BFD Eco/Audio /Grooves In this case, you should select the BFD Eco folder as the data path not /Audio or any other folder.

Env Shaper

The Envelope Shaper allows you to adjust transients and change the dynamic shape of a signal in a different way to using a compressor. The Sensitivity control adjusts the Env Shapers peak detection circuit. Detected peaks are affected by the Attack and Sustain transient processing. The Attack control adjusts the intensity of the attack phase of transients in the audio. Increase the control to intensify attack transients, and decrease it to soften transients. The Sustain control adjusts the intensity of release portions of transients in the audio, which increases or decreases the apparent sustain of sounds in the signal. Increase the control for more sustain, and decrease it for less sustain. This control is useful for adjusting the perceived level of ambience in a channel. Very low settings can produce damping effects for drum sounds. The processed signal level can be adjusted using the Gain control, between -12 dB and +12 dB.

Breverb Plate

The duration of the reverb tail is dictated by the Time and Size controls, while the Diffusion parameter adjusts the degree to which the initial echo density increases over time. The Predelay control adjusts the time that elapses between the input signal and the onset of reverberation. The Shape control dictates the contour of the reverberation envelope. At the minimum setting, reverberation builds explosively and decays very quickly. As the control is raised, reverberation builds up more gradually and sustains longer. The Low control sets the frequency under which the reverb effect is attenuated, while the High control sets the frequency over which the reverb effect is attenuated.
Ch.11 Standalone application and plugin usage
The BFD Eco standalone application is provided so that you can use the software without requiring a host in order to use it. It can be convenient to operate BFD Eco in this way for live use or quick drum composition. You can either save a BFD Eco Preset of your work for later recall in a host, or simply use the built-in audio and MIDI export functions in order to create files that can be imported into other software or devices. It is also very useful as a means of authorizing BFD Eco, as the plugin-initializing mechanisms of many hosts can disrupt the authorization process. Please note that if you require functionality such as multiple outputs or advanced synchronization (except slaving to MTC), you should use a suitable host, such as Plogue Bidule (www.plogue.com).

Tempo and time signature

When running BFD Eco as a standalone application, you can change the tempo and time signature settings directly on the interface. Double-click each control, type a new value and hit ENTER or RETURN.

I/O Settings

The I/O Settings menu in the standalone application is located in the standard OS menu-bar. It alllows you to make various settings for audio and MIDI input and output.

Audio Devices

Using this sub-menu, select the desired audio interface device with which you want to use the BFD Eco standalone application. On Windows, ASIO and MME devices are shown. For best results, a good ASIO device is recommended. If your audio interface lacks an ASIO driver, it is often possible to achieve good results using the free ASIO4ALL universal ASIO driver, which can be downloaded from www.asio4all.com On Mac OSX, all available CoreAudio devices are shown in the menu.

Audio Channels

This sub-menu shows the available stereo output pairs for the currently selected Audio Device. Currently, only 1 stereo channel can be selected the standalone application does not support multiple output channels at this time. If you need to set up more than a stereo output, please use BFD Eco in a suitable host that supports this feature.

Audio Buffer Size

The BFD Eco standalone application attempts to detect the current buffer size setting for your audio device. In some cases this may not be possible, due to the devices driver not properly responding to the standalone applications request. In such cases, set the Audio Buffer Size to the same value as that defined in your audio devices control panel.

Sample Rate

Again, the standalone application attempts to detect the current sample rate setting for your audio device. In some cases this may not be possible, due to the devices driver not properly responding to the standalone applications request. In such cases, set the Sample Rate to the same value as that defined in your audio devices control panel.

MIDI Ports

This sub-menu shows all detected MIDI ports in your system. Click a MIDI port to enable MIDI input from the port to BFD Eco. You can select more than one MIDI port in order to combine MIDI input devices if required.

Sync to MTC

Enabling the Sync to MTC function results in the BFD Eco standalone application responding to MIDI timecode in order to synchronize with another device. You must make sure that the currently enabled MIDI ports include the port on which the MTC is being transmitted. The standalone application can only sync to an external MTC source. It cannot send out its own MTC or other sync methods such as MIDI clock. If you need such functionality, please use BFD Eco as a plugin in a suitable host that supports these features.

By default, all channels in BFD Eco are routed to the Master channel in the BFD Eco mixer, which is hard-wired to the first stereo output (output 1-2). In order to separate channels into discrete outputs, you must first route the relevant channels to the desired BFD Eco outputs in the BFD Eco mixer. Once the channels are routed as desired, do the following to monitor each output separately: 1. reate a mono or stereo Aux channel, depending on whether you want to monitor an additional mono or stereo output from BFD Eco. C 2. et the input of the Aux channel as the relevant stereo or mono output from BFD Eco after BFD Eco is inserted into the project, its outputs become S available as track input sources. 3. Repeat this process for as many additional BFD Eco outputs that you need to monitor. If you encounter any problems performing the steps above, please consult your hosts documentation or contact the manufacturers tech support channels BFD Eco operates in the same way as any other multiple-output instrument plugin.
To do this you either need to use Logics bounce functions (see the Logic documentation) make sure you enable the Offline button before performing any offline or non-realtime export. Alternatively, you can use BFD Ecos audio export feature when exporting Grooves.
Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin or an AU plugin in Ableton Live
On Mac, Ableton Live supports both VST and AU plugins. When using the VST plugin, it is possible to use BFD Ecos MIDI Out feature to send MIDI to another track from BFD Eco. The AU format does not support MIDI output from plugins, so this feature is unavailable when using the AU plugin.
1. Drag and drop the BFD Eco VST or AU plugin (Mac only) from the Plug-In Devices list into the Live workspace.
By default, all channels in BFD Eco are routed to the Master channel in the BFD Eco mixer, which is hard-wired to the first stereo output (output 1-2). In order to separate channels into discrete outputs, you must first route the relevant channels to the desired BFD Eco outputs in the BFD Eco mixer. Once the channels are routed as desired, do the following to monitor each output separately: 1. Create an audio track. 2. Click the I-O button on the right hand side of the Live interface to reveal each tracks input/output settings. 3. Set the Audio From selector to the BFD Eco track. 4. Set the selector immediately underneath this to the required BFD Eco output. ive does not possess mono tracks. Therefore, it treats BFD Ecos 16 mono outputs as 8 stereo output pairs. In order to monitor a mono output properly, L insert Lives Utility plugin (found in the Audio FX folder in the Live Devices list) onto an audio track set up as above. Set up the Utility plugin so that it monitors either the right or left of the channel, panned to the centre. If you encounter any problems performing the steps above, please consult your hosts documentation or contact the manufacturers tech support channels BFD Eco operates in the same way as any other multiple-output instrument plugin.