INSTALLATION GUIDE

Welcome and thank you for purchasing BFD Deluxe Collection! We hope you enjoy working with such an exceptionally recorded drum library. Please read through this guide carefully, as the installation process differs slightly from previous products in the BFD range. The data on the BFD Deluxe Collection DVDs is compressed (using a zero-loss algorithm), to facilitate the delivery of the highest possible detail levels. BFD v1.5 (free upgrade from v1.0) is required to use BFD Deluxe Collection.

Windows installation

Each DVD contains an installer specific to the contents of that DVD. Please follow these steps for each DVD after inserting it in your DVD drive: 1. If the installer does not auto-run, explore the DVD contents in My Computer and double-click BFD Deluxe Win Setup.exe to run it. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions and select your BFD folder when prompted. Click Install to proceed. 3. Select a detail level and click Next. BFD Deluxe Collection can be installed with one of three detail levels, determining the maximum amount of velocity layers that are installed for each Kit-Piece on the DVD. This also dictates the amount of hard disk space required. Higher detail levels have a higher impact on system resources. Small: Medium: Deluxe: a maximum of 32 velocity layers will be installed a maximum of 64 velocity layers will be installed a maximum of 128 velocity layers will be installed
4. Enter your BFD Deluxe Collection serial / license number (located on the inside front cover of the digipak containing the DVDs) and click Install. You will only need to enter your serial for the first DVD you install. 2

MacOSX installation

Each DVD contains an installer specific to the contents of that DVD. Please follow these steps for each DVD after inserting it in your drive: 1. Open the DVD contents and double-click BFD Deluxe Mac Setup.pkg. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions until you are asked to select a destination. 3. Select the destination drive (the drive on which your BFD folder resides) and click Choose to select the BFD folder. Click Continue when youve specified the correct folder. 4. Click Install to proceed to next step. 5. Select a detail level and click Next. BFD Deluxe Collection can be installed with one of three detail levels, determining the maximum amount of velocity layers that are installed for each Kit-Piece on the DVD. This also dictates the amount of hard disk space required. Higher detail levels have a higher impact on system resources. Small: Medium: Deluxe: a maximum of 32 velocity layers will be installed a maximum of 64 velocity layers will be installed a maximum of 128 velocity layers will be installed
6. Enter your BFD Deluxe Collection serial / license number (located on the inside front cover of the digipak containing the DVDs) and click Install. You will only need to enter your serial for the first DVD you install. Installation of BFD Deluxe Collection can take several hours, as a large amount of data needs to be installed, so please be patient. To register your copy of BFD Deluxe Collection, or If you experience any problems during the installation, please consult our support page:
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THE BFD DELUXE COLLECTION RECORDINGS

The kits

The kits recorded for BFD Deluxe Collection include several vintage Ludwigs and some of the best modern kits from a variety of manufacturers. There are also a number of extra drums and a large assortment of hihats and cymbals (mainly Zildjian). See the listing on page 8 for full details of each Kit-Piece in the collection. Ludwig 1970s Vistalite Ludwig 1960s Mod Orange Ludwig 1965 Club Date The Vistalite is the highly-prized clear plastic kit from the seventies, famous for being used by drummers such as John Bonham. It has two kicks (a 22 and a 24) and 6 toms (the second kick and tom set are loaded into BFDs Mixer Page 2). The Mod Orange kit is a classic premium quality 1960s Ludwig, while the Club Date was part of the lower-priced range. Club Date kits used shells which had slight imperfections, deemed unsuitable for the most expensive Ludwig lines. They also used cheaper hardware which can be slightly noisier. However, they have a unique character all of their own. Gretsch USA Maple Series DW Black Oyster Pearl Sonor Designer Yamaha Pro Tour BackYard Drums protoype The Gretsch, DW, Sonor and Yamaha are some of the best drumkits of recent times, dating from the nineties with the exception of the Sonor, which was made in 2002. Boutique custom drum manufacturer BackYard Drums has been causing quite a stir in drumming circles, and supplied their prototype demo kit for the BFD Deluxe Collection sessions. These sessions, for which the demo kit was own to Chicago from Los Angeles, represent the first time that these exquisitely engineered drums have been recorded. 4

The acoustic space

BFD Deluxe Collection was recorded at Steve Albinis Electrical Audio studio complex in Chicago. The Studio A drum room used for the recordings is much smaller than the Eldorado Studios drum room featured in BFD and BFD XFL. This gives the Deluxe Collection a tighter and more focused sound than previous BFD material, something which is especially noticeable on the Room channel. The PZM channel in the Deluxe Collection is referred to as ambience in this manual, as Altec 150 mics were used instead of PZMs. However, the Altecs still record the same type of ambience for which PZM mics are normally used. They were placed on the oor, so the ambience captured is more biased towards the drums, compared to the Room and Overhead mics which tend to be more sensitive to cymbals. It is a less focused sound than the other mic buses in BFD, useful for subtle reinforcement of size and distance.
Mics, placement and channel processing
The microphones and preamps used in the Deluxe Collection session also differ from those used to record previous BFD content. Mic placement and processing of certain channels was conducted by Steve Albini, and all mics were routed through the preamps on Electrical Audios custom Neotek console. The channels were set up as follows: Kick In: Shure SM98 For the Kick In channel, the mic was positioned on the beater side of the head. Kick Out: AKG D112 A Urei 1176 peak limiter was placed in the signal path. Medium attack/release settings were used, while the ratio was set to 8:1. Snare Bottom: Shure SM98 This mics phase was ipped in relation to the Snare Top mic.
Snare Top: Sony C37P An NTI EQ3 was inserted in the signal path, with 1dB of gain at 40Hz and 1dB of gain at 2.5kHz. Hihat: Josephson C42 Hihats were miced with more distance than on the original BFD and BFD XFL sessions. This resulted in less low-end in the recordings compared to previous BFD material. Toms: Josephson e22S Each tom was miced on the top and bottom, with the channels summed on the console. The Josephson e22S side-address cardioid condenser mic was developed in cooperation with Steve Albini. Cymbals: Josephson C609 Similarly to the hihats, cymbals were miced further away than on the original BFD and BFD XFL recordings. The resulting sound has less low frequencies than you may be accustomed to when using BFD. Overhead: Royer R122 The overhead signals were passed through a Urei 1178 dual-channel peak limiter, with medium attack/release and 12:1 ratio settings, and a custom Urei EQ with 6dB rolloff at 10kHz. Room: AKG C24 These were set up in a Mid/Side configuration. The signals were processed by a custom Electrical Audio M/S Decoder Matrix. Ambience (PZM channel): Altec 150 coke bottles fitted with 21D capsules These rare mics were placed on the oor, each about 2 ft. from the kick drum, pointing away from the kit.

Luxurious levels of detail
Up to 128 velocity layers BFD Deluxe Collections Kit-Pieces are provided with up to 128 velocity layers. The result is an unprecedented level of realism and expressive detail. Cymbals have particularly improved levels of detail compared to previous BFD material. Hyper-detailed hihats and cymbals As in BFD XFL and 8 Bit Kit, the Deluxe Collection hihats feature extra -open and -open position Hit types, in addition to the usual closed, -open and open positions found in the original BFD library. Ride cymbals include bell Hits, while the crash and splash cymbals have edge Hits. Both these Hits are played with the Bell Hit type in BFDs cymbal slots. The Deluxe Collections cymbals are captured with more velocity layers than those on previous BFD recordings. Increased RAM overhead The increased levels of detail cause a significantly higher RAM overhead compared to the content in BFD and even BFD XFL. When using lower amounts of RAM (512MB to 1GB), you can install BFD Deluxe Collection with Small or Medium detail settings, or consult the Performance Tips section in the BFD FAQ for other ways to optimize BFD for lower memory usage: www.fxpansion.com/product-bfd-userFAQ.php
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BFD DELUXE COLLECTION: KIT-PIECE LISTING

Bison 14x4 piccolo snare

BFD/Data/DLX Bison/Snare Piccolo Size: 845 MB Manufacturer: Bison Model: 14x4 piccolo snare Materials: Heavy die-cast hoops Hit, Drag, Flam, Rim, SS

Ludwig 24 Vistalite kick

BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite/Kick 24 Felt Size: 1348 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 24 Vistalite kick Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Notes: Felt beater Hit, No snare
Sabian 18 AA Fast Chinese
BFD/Data/DLX Sabian/China 18 AA Fast Size: 390 MB Manufacturer: Sabian Model: 18 AA Fast Chinese Hit
Ludwig 14 Vistalite snare

Ludwig 22 Vistalite kick

BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite/Kick 22 Felt Size: 1621 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 22 Vistalite kick Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Notes: Felt beater Hit, No snare

BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite/Snare Size: 1256 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 14 Vistalite snare Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Hit, Drag, Flam, Rim, SS
Ludwig 16 Vistalite low tom
BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite/Tom Floor Size: 414 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 16 Vistalite low tom Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Hit
BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite/Kick 22 Rubber Size: 692 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 22 Vistalite kick Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Notes: Rubber beater Hit, No snare
Ludwig 10 Vistalite hi tom
BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite/Tom Hi Size: 277 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 10 Vistalite hi tom Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Hit
Ludwig 13 Vistalite mid tom
BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite/Tom Mid Size: 289 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 13 Vistalite mid tom Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Hit
Zildjian 13 Z Dynobeat hihat
Ludwig 18 Vistalite oor tom
BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite2/Tom Floor Size: 557 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 18 Vistalite oor tom Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Hit
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Hihat 13Z Dynobeat Size: 2176 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 13 Z Dynobeat hihats Closed (tip + shank) Quarter (tip + shank) Half (tip + shank) ThreeQ (tip + shank) Open (tip) Pedal
Zildjian 20 K Custom Ride
Ludwig 12 Vistalite hi tom
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Ride 20K Size: 601 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 20 K Custom Ride Hit, Bell
BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite2/Tom Hi Size: 395 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 12 Vistalite hi tom Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Hit

DW 18x24 kick

BFD/Data/DLX DW/Kick DW-Felt Size: 964 MB Manufacturer: DW Model: 18x24 kick Materials: Birch, black oyster pearl finish Date: 1995 Notes: Felt beater Hit, No snare
Ludwig 14 Vistalite mid tom
BFD/Data/DLX VistaLite2/Tom Mid Size: 338 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 14 Vistalite mid tom Materials: Plastic Date: 1970s Hit
BFD/Data/DLX DW/Kick DW-Plastic Size: 897 MB Manufacturer: DW Model: 18x24 kick Materials: Birch, black oyster pearl finish Date: 1995 Notes: Plastic beater Hit, No snare

DW 14 snare

BFD/Data/DLX DW/Snare DW Size: 819 MB Manufacturer: DW Model: 14 snare Materials: Black oyster pearl finish Date: 1995 Hit, Drag, Flam, Rim, SS
Zildjian 18 A Medium Crash
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Crash 18A Med Size: 1115 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 18 A Medium Crash Hit, Edge
Zildjian 19 A Custom Brilliant Crash
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Crash 19A Brill Size: 1043 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 19 A Custom Brilliant Crash Hit, Edge

DW 16x18 oor tom

BFD/Data/DLX DW/Tom Floor Size: 909 MB Manufacturer: DW Model: 16x18 oor tom Materials: Black oyster pearl finish Date: 1995 Hit

BFD/Data/DLX Orange/Tom Hi Size: 235 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 8x12 hi tom Materials: Blond maple, Mod orange finish Date: 1966-67 Hit
Ludwig 9x13 Mod Orange mid tom
BFD/Data/DLX Orange/Tom Mid Size: 267 MB Manufacturer: Ludwig Model: 9x13 mid tom Materials: Blond maple, Mod orange finish Date: 1966-67 Hit
Gretsch 22 USA Maple Series kick
BFD/Data/DLX Gretsch/Kick Felt Size: 522 MB Manufacturer: Gretsch Model: 22 USA Maple Series kick Materials: Maple Date: 1990s Notes: Felt beater Hit, No snare
Zildjian 16 A Medium Crash
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Crash 16A Size: 837 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 16 A Medium Crash Hit, Edge
BFD/Data/DLX Gretsch/Kick Rubber Size: 409 MB Manufacturer: Gretsch Model: 22 USA Maple Series kick Materials: Maple Date: 1990s Notes: Rubber beater Hit, No snare
Zildjian 14 K Constantinople hihat
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Hihat 14K Const Size: 2357 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 14 K Constantinople hihats Closed (tip + shank) Quarter (tip + shank) Half (tip + shank) ThreeQ (tip + shank) Open (tip) Pedal
Gretsch 11x14 USA Maple Series oor tom
BFD/Data/DLX Gretsch/Tom Floor Size: 397 MB Manufacturer: Gretsch Model: 11x14 USA Maple Series oor tom Materials: Maple Date: 1990s Hit BFD/Data/DLX Gretsch/Tom Hi Size: 223 MB Manufacturer: Gretsch Model: 10x10 USA Maple Series hi tom Materials: Maple Date: 1990s Hit
Zildjian 20 K Custom Dark Ride
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Ride 20K CustDark Size: 1064 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 20 K Custom Dark Ride Hit, Bell
Gretsch 10x10 USA Maple Series hi tom
Gretsch 12x12 USA Maple Series mid tom
BFD/Data/DLX Gretsch/Tom Mid Size: 397 MB Manufacturer: Gretsch Model: 12x12 USA Maple Series mid tom Materials: Maple Date: 1990s Hit

Yamaha 24 Pro Tour kick

Paiste 20 Ride
BFD/Data/DLX Yamaha/Kick ProTour24 Size: 845 MB Manufacturer: Yamaha Model: 24 Pro Tour kick Materials: Maple Date: Early 1990s Notes: Felt beater Hit, No snare
BFD/Data/DLX Paiste/Ride 20 Size: 861 MB Manufacturer: Paiste Model: 20 Ride Hit, Bell
Yamaha 5.5x14 Manu Katche snare

Wuhan 20 Light China

BFD/Data/DLX Wuhan/China 20 Size: 437 MB Manufacturer: Wuhan Model: 20 Light China Hit
BFD/Data/DLX Yamaha/Snare Manu Katche Size: 856 MB Manufacturer: Yamaha Model: 5.5x14 Manu Katche snare Year: 1990s Hit, Drag, Flam, Rim, SS
Yamaha 14x14 Pro Tour oor tom
BFD/Data/DLX Yamaha/Tom Floor Size: 602 MB Manufacturer: Yamaha Model: 14x14 Pro Tour oor tom Materials: Maple Year: 1990s Hit
BFD/Data/DLX Wuhan/China 20 mallet Size: 207 MB Manufacturer: Wuhan Model: 20 Light China Notes: Hit with mallet Hit

Yamaha 8x8 Pro Tour hi tom
BFD/Data/DLX Yamaha/Tom Hi Size: 342 MB Manufacturer: Yamaha Model: 8x8 Pro Tour hi tom Materials: Maple Year: 1990s Hit

Yamaha 22 custom kick

BFD/Data/DLX Yamaha/Kick Custom22 Size: 888 MB Manufacturer: Yamaha Model: 22 custom kick Materials: Maple Date: Late 1990s Hit, No snare
Yamaha 8x10 Pro Tour mid tom
BFD/Data/DLX Yamaha/Tom Mid Size: 519 MB Manufacturer: Yamaha Model: 8x10 Pro Tour mid tom Materials: Maple Year: 1990s Hit
Zildjian 16 Z Custom Medium Crash
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Crash 16Z Size: 974 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 16 Z Custom Medium Crash Hit, Edge
Backyard Drums 20x22 prototype kick
BFD/Data/DLX Backyard/Kick Rubber Size: 238 MB Manufacturer: Backyard Drums Model: 20x22 prototype kick Date: 2005 Notes: Rubber `Bomber beater Hit BFD/Data/DLX Backyard/Snare Size: 1088 MB Manufacturer: Backyard Drums Model: 13 piccolo snare Date: 2005 Hit, Drag, Flam, Rim, SS
Zildjian 15 New Beat hihat
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Hihat 15 New Beat Size: 1872 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 15 New Beat hihats Date: 1980s Closed (tip + shank) Quarter (tip + shank) Half (tip + shank) ThreeQ (tip + shank) Open (tip) Pedal
Backyard Drums 13 piccolo snare
Backyard Drums 13x16 prototype oor tom
BFD/Data/DLX Backyard/Tom Floor Size: 586 MB

Zildjian 21 A Sweet Ride

BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Ride 21A Sweet Size: 1035 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 21 A Sweet Ride Hit, Bell
Manufacturer: Backyard Drums
Model: 13x16 prototype oor tom Date: 2005 Hit
Backyard Drums 9x12 prototype tom
BFD/Data/DLX Backyard/Tom Hi Size: 565 MB Manufacturer: Backyard Drums Model: 9x12 prototype tom Date: 2005 Hit
BFD/Data/DLX Backyard/Kick Felt Size: 469 MB Manufacturer: Backyard Drums Model: 20x22 prototype kick Date: 2005 Notes: Felt beater Hit, No snare

Sonor 22 Designer kick

BFD/Data/DLX Sonor/Kick Size: 532 MB Manufacturer: Sonor Model: 22 Designer kick Materials: Extra-light maple Date: 2002 Notes: Felt beater Hit, No snare

Sonor 14 Designer snare

BFD/Data/DLX Sonor/Snare Size: 1358 MB Manufacturer: Sonor Model: 14 Designer snare Materials: Extra-light maple Date: 2002 Hit, Drag, Flam, Rim, SS

Zildjian 14 hybrid hihat

Sonor 16x16 Designer oor tom
BFD/Data/DLX Sonor/Tom Floor Size: 455 MB Manufacturer: Sonor Model: 16x16 Designer oor tom Materials: Extra-light maple Date: 2002 Hit BFD/Data/DLX Sonor/Tom Hi Size: 264 MB Manufacturer: Sonor Model: 8x10 Designer hi tom Materials: Extra-light maple Date: 2002 Hit
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Hihat 14 Hybrid Size: 1563 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 14 hihat with Quick Beat top and rock bottom Date: 1990s Closed (tip + shank) Quarter (tip + shank) Half (tip + shank) ThreeQ (tip + shank) Open (tip) Pedal
Zildjian 14 New Beat hihat
Sonor 8x10 Designer hi tom
Sonor 8x12 Designer mid tom
BFD/Data/DLX Sonor/Tom Mid Size: 375 MB Manufacturer: Sonor Model: 8x12 Designer mid tom Materials: Extra-light maple Date: 2002 Hit
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Hihat 14 New Beat Size: 1674 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 14 New Beat hihats Date: 1980s Notes: Worn Closed (tip + shank) Quarter (tip + shank) Half (tip + shank) ThreeQ (tip + shank) Open (tip) Pedal

Zildjian 10 K Splash

BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Splash 10K Size: 494 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 10 K Splash Hit, Edge
Zildjian 17 A Custom Brilliant Crash
BFD/Data/DLX Zildjian/Crash 17A Brill Size: 806 MB Manufacturer: Zildjian Model: 17 A Custom Brilliant Crash Hit, Edge
Production & Editing: Steve Duda Drum Technician : Steve Albini Electrical Staff Engineering Team: Steve Albini, Russ Arbuthnot, Greg Norman Drum Hitting: Jay Starmer; additionally by Matt Walker, Elan Trujillo Photography & Production Coordination: Elan Trujillo Programming: Paul Chana, Angus Hewlett, SKoT McDonald, Andy Simper Packaging Design: Adam Ferns, www.raresense.co.uk Graphics: Alex Akers, Rhiannon Bankston-Thomas Manual: Mayur Maha Technical Support & QA: Gareth Green Web Design: Adam Ferns, Andreas Schnetzler Distribution & Project Administration: Rhiannon Bankston-Thomas With special thanks to John Novotny, Andrew Mason, Andys ProHire, BackYard Drums, Long Beach, CA, USA (www.backyarddrums.com) Recorded at Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL, USA : www.electrical.com Packaging organised by French Kiss Films Ltd: www.frenchkissfilms.com

www.fxpansion.com

FXpansion grants the Owner of the BFD License the right to create finished musical works and performances using the sounds and software that comprise the BFD product, its expansion packs (as long as you own the licenses for the expansion packs), and any downloadable content for BFD products made available from www.fxpansion.com. The making of sample libraries in any form, commercial or otherwise, be they either single hits, drumloops, or fully mixed audio clips is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN without express written agreement of FXpansion and its audio partners, and violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of international and local copyright law. The ownership of all the BFD audio material is fully asserted by FXpansion and its audio partners. The License Owner may only install and use BFD on multiple computers strictly under the following conditions: where multiple computers comprise part of a single composition workstation for a composer; or where the owner has two non-concurrent sites of work, for example a studio desktop and a laptop for live performances. 2005 FXpansion Audio UK Ltd. All trademarks Acknowledged. Mac is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc. The Built for Mac OS X graphic is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc. used under license. RTAS is a trademark of Digidesign. ReWire is a trademark of Propellerhead Software. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technology AG. Windows XP is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other trademarks mentioned are held by their respective owners.

Hyper-realistic kits

As well as the exibility offered by the multiple microphone positions, BFDs high quality drum sample library features an unparalleled degree of realism. For each part of each kit, there are a number of different articulations, or Hit types: for example, the snares offer ams, drags, rims and side-sticks, while the hihats include closed, 1/2-open and open pedal positions, in tip and shank versions. Each of these Hit types is sampled at up to 46 velocity layers, resulting in drum parts of unparalleled detail and expressiveness. The BFD XFL and 8 Bit Kit expansion packs, as well as some free downloads, expand on the number of Hit types and velocity layers available
Easy compilation of new kits
Ever tried to edit and combine elements of large disk-streamed sample libraries? Youll know that it isnt exactly the most productive use of creative time in the studio. To save you this tedious, time-consuming process, BFD allows you to easily mix and match the kicks, snares, toms, hats and cymbals of the various supplied kits to create custom kits. All this within seconds, and with just a few mouse-clicks! You can preview any potential kit changes in real-time and in context, leaving you free to concentrate on the sound rather than losing your creative ow through excessive le and sample management operations. Custom kit creations can be easily saved into a small preset le, so its easy to create a library of drumkits tailored to your requirements, and the small size of these les makes it simple to share your kits with others.
Flexible play modes: introducing the Groove Librarian
In addition to functioning as a single-hit module which can be triggered via a MIDI controller or a host sequencers MIDI engine, BFD also incorporates an extensive library of Grooves, in a number of different styles, feels and time signatures. There is
also a comprehensive ll library. What makes BFD so powerful is that these Grooves are standard MIDI les, so it is incredibly easy to create and import your own, or use commercial MIDI-le libraries, such as the Twiddly Bits and GrooveMonkee products. BFD conforms to the General MIDI (GM) standard as much as possible (BFD includes some articulations which do not exist in the GM specication), making it very easy to import standard MIDI drum parts as Grooves.
Endless variety of sound and feel

2:4 Installation and Authorization problems
If you encounter a problem, please consult the supplemental electronic PDF documentation installed with BFD. It is also very useful to look at the BFD FAQ: http://www.fxpansion.com/product-bfd-userFAQ.php Also, register and download the latest version of BFD. If you still cannot resolve your problem, our support department will be only too happy to help.
2:5 Registration and support
For support on a BFD problem, or to get the latest version, please visit our support page: http://www.fxpansion.com/support You will need to register in order to receive support and updates. We are constantly updating our software with new features and performance enhancements, so this is the rst thing you should try if you encounter a problem. As a special bonus for registering, you will be able to download extra content, such as bell samples for two of the BFD rides, and a free hihat with an extra 1/2-open tip position, plus other downloads which are made available periodically.

2:6 Getting started

Its useful to have a look at the supplemental electronic PDF documentation when getting started with BFD. It includes a tutorial and various other information on getting up and running. Please also check our website for tutorial videos and other documentation and support information.
OVERVIEW OF THE BFD INTERFACE

Help buttons

Click one of the (main interface) or (panels) help buttons in various parts of the BFD interface in order to launch an HTML help le documenting that area of the plugin.

Context info display

The Context info display shows helpful information, labels and parameter values, depending on the control underneath or being edited by the mouse.

Control conventions

Controls are adjusted by clicking and dragging them vertically up and down. Controls can also be adjusted by moving the mouse over them and scrolling the mousewheel. Text-boxes are edited by double-clicking them and entering a new value (press [ENTER] when youre done). Numerical and MIDI note text-boxes can usually be clicked and dragged up and down. They can also also be adjusted by moving the mouse over them and scrolling the mousewheel. Please be aware of scrollbars in many panels for example in the Hit Options Advanced and MIDI CCs tab editors, and in the Kit and Kit-Piece selector panels. Where a scrollbar exists, you can also use the mousewheel to scroll through the list. There are a number of drop-down menus in the BFD interface. Wherever the list of items exceeds the size of the menu, the ability to scroll through the list, by clicking and dragging up or down at the menu boundaries, is indicated by small red arrows.
Any specic control techniques and additional shortcuts, including those involving keyboard modiers, are explained where necessary for the relevant controls and parameters discussed throughout the course of this manual. When note names (such as C3, D4 etc.) are mentioned in this manual, the -2 octave numbering system is used (see section 9:1).

Chapter 3: Overview of the BFD Interface
1. Kit Selector 2. Load/Save/Reset Kit 3. Kit name
12. Groove Librarian title bar: click to open 13. Drum Room display: click for Kit-Piece Inspector 14. Program name 15. Save/Load Program 16. Auto Repeat Groove buttons 17. Panic button: MIDI reset 18. Options panel 19. Play Options panel 20. Hit Options panel 21. Output Options panel 22. Quantization panel 23. Humanize Velocity panel 24. Humanize Timing panel 25. Tempo controls 11. Mixer Help 10. Mixer reset 8. Bounce button
7. Context info display 6. Mixer MIDI Learn 9. Mixer area 4. Kit-Piece Selectors 5. CPU & disk load meters 1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 15: 9, 10, 11: 13: Kit and Kit-Piece management see chapter 4 Mixer controls see chapter 5
The Drum Room display contains graphical indicators for Hihat pedal position, ambient mic Distance and Width, and Kick In/Out and Snare Bottom/Top (see chapters 7 and 5). Click on it to bring up the Kit-Piece Inspector (see chapter 6) The Hit Options panel lets you congure controllers and keymapping see chapter 7 Groove Librarian controls see chapter 8 Humanize velocity panel see section 8:10 Options with which to customize BFD see chapter 9 The Output Options panel lets you freely route audio channels to plugin outputs see chapter 10 Other interface functions see chapter 11
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LOADING KITS AND KIT-PIECES
The Kit Selector and Kit-Piece Selectors are used to load sounds into BFD. When you launch BFD, youll see the rst Mixer Page: this is used for the basic drumkit, and provides slots for kick, snare, hihat, tom set and three cymbals. If you click the button, the second Mixer Page will appear. This is used for a second kick and snare, a percussion Kit-Piece, a second tom set, and another three cymbals. Click to return to Mixer Page 1.

Selector panels

The Kit-Piece Selectors load sounds into slots according to the currently viewed Mixer Page. The Kit Selector, however, will always load Kit-Pieces into the slots in which they were saved. Exit the panels by clicking their buttons again, or by clicking the button in their top-right corner. Alternatively, bring up a new panel instead by clicking another panel button. Sticky Button If you click the Sticky button on the Kit or Kit-Piece Selector panels, you can load Kits or Kit-Pieces into BFD without exiting the Selector Panel. This can be useful for listening to a number of Kit-Pieces in context while MIDI sequences or Grooves are playing through BFD.

Kit name and Program name
These text elds are located at the top of the Drum Room display. Double-click on either name in order to edit it.

Kit name Program name

Loading a default Kit when BFD is initialized
If you would like to load one of the supplied factory Kits, or any Kit you compile yourself, when BFD is initialized, it is very simple to do so. Use the BFD Options panel to specify a Kit le and enable the Load default kit when BFD starts option. See section 9:1 for more details on this option.
4:2 Loading Kit-Pieces Kit-Piece Selector panels
The Kit-Piece Selector buttons in the lefthand column bring up individual Selector panels. These allow you to load Kit-Pieces into individual slots in a similar way to that in which you would load a Kit. BFD features two Mixer Pages. The rst Page (the default) shows the basic Kit-Piece slots, while the second Page shows the extra slots. The Kit-Piece Selector buttons change depending on which Mixer Page is currently being viewed. It is important to remember that each KitPiece Selector button corresponds to one of the Kit-Piece slots within the Mixer. Each Kit-Piece Selector can be made to load any type of Kit-Piece into that slot, using the Type drop-down menu (see Loading Options, below). It is a good idea to read this chapter fully, especially section 4:3, as well as section 5:1, in order to gain a good understanding of the exibility of BFDs Kit compilation features.
Kick 1 Selector Snare 1 Selector Hihat Selector Tom set Selector Cymbal 1 Selector Cymbal 2 Selector Cymbal 3 Selector
Mixer Page 1 Kit-Piece Selector buttons
Kick 2 Selector Snare 2 Selector Percussion Selector Tom set 2 Selector Cymbal 4 Selector Cymbal 5 Selector Cymbal 6 Selector
Mixer Page 2 Kit-Piece Selector buttons
Chapter 4: Loading Kits and Kit-Pieces View options Sorting options Sticky button exit panel HTML Help currently highlighted Kit-Piece available Kit-Pieces Kit-Piece information

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Auditioning Kit-Pieces You can audition each available Hit in each Kit-Piece at different velocities by holding down the [SHIFT] key and clicking on its icon. Different Hit types are auditioned by varying the clicking position vertically, while varying it horizontally varies the velocity. The readout in the context info display shows exactly which Hit type and velocity layer is currently being auditioned. View and Sort Options You can change the size of the browsable Kit-Piece icons in the Selector Panels by using the View dropdown menu. You can choose a variety of icon sizes, or even text-only (this is faster, as images do not need to be recalled). You can sort Kit-Pieces in the browsable list by folder, manufacturer, date, type and size (both ascending and descending). This is achieved via the Sort drop-down menu. These settings are also available in the Kit Selector panel. View and Sort settings are global for all panels.

5:3 Mixer controls

BFDs Mixer is divided into three areas: the Kit-Piece Mixer, the Direct Mixer and the Bus Mixer.

BFD audio architecture

In order to fully take advantage of BFDs Mixer, it is useful to have an understanding of BFDs audio architecture and multiple output functionality. It is a particularly good idea to acquaint yourself with the concepts of mic channels and mic buses. Certain controls will have different effects depending on which BFD output conguration and plugin type is being used. Please see section 10:1 for more details on the audio architecture, different plugin types, and how to customize audio routing when using multiple output versions.

Tune controls

Kit-Piece Mixer area
Kit-Piece labels (Kit-piece audition)

Kit-Piece trim controls

The name labels for each Kit-Piece have a handy audition functionality. Clicking on the name auditions the sound with the left to right position mapping to increased velocity. Load status LEDs The multi-colour indicator LEDs beneath the Solo buttons show the loading status of each Kit-Piece slot. Red status LED No Kit-Piece is loaded into the slot. Orange status LED A Kit-Piece is queued up for loading into the slot. Yellow status LED A Kit-Piece is in the process of being loaded into the slot. Green status LED A Kit-Piece has successfully been loaded into the slot. Additionally, there is also a special case for tom slots when loading a tom set: Blue status LED A tom substitution has occurred.
Kit-Piece labels (click for audition)
Solo & Mute Dynamics buttons, Load controls status and Hit indicator lights
In the above screenshot, a Kit is in the process of loading. The kick, snare, hihat and toms have nished loading, cymbal 1 is in the process of loading, and cymbals 2 and 3 are queued up for loading. Note the tom substitution in the high tom slot.
To explain this further: some of BFDs tom sets have only two toms, because the original kit did not have either a mid or a high tom. In these cases, one of the other toms in the Kit is substituted for the missing one (details are shown in the info text for each tom set, or in any factory Kit which uses them, when using the Selector panels).
You can still independently mix the substituted tom: in other words, you can alter the tuning, panning and levels without affecting the original. To preserve a realistic three-tom set, it is advisable to suitably retune the substituted tom. Hit indicator LEDs The indicator LEDs under the Mute buttons light up when any Hits in each Kit-Piece are triggered via MIDI, or via the Groove Librarian. This functionality can be turned off in the BFD Options panel. Solo and Mute buttons These LED buttons allow you to Solo or Mute any Kit-Piece(s). When one or more Kit-Pieces are Soloed, the Mute LEDs light up for all non-Soloed Kit-Pieces, giving an easily-visible indication of the Mute/Solo status. If a Muted part is Soloed the Muted status will return when the Solo button is deactivated. Please be aware of the Solo and Mute shortcuts, detailed in section 5:2. Trim (Kit-Piece Trim) This control allows you to trim the level of each Kit-Piece within the Overhead, Room and PZM mic buses, between +6 and -inf dB. Effectively, it functions as a reverb send for the natural ambience in BFDs three stereo ambient mic buses. Tune Using this control, the pitch of each Kit-Piece can be tuned up or down an octave (1200 cents). This control acts globally for all mic buses, including the Direct bus. Dyn (Dynamics) This control scales the velocity of incoming MIDI triggers for each KitPiece. The controls value (-127 to 127) is added onto the velocity of each incoming MIDI note for that particular Kit-Piece. Using this control, you can make a Kit-Piece play more softly or harder. BFDs sounds are recorded with many velocity layers: using the Dynamics controls can achieve a variety of realistic levels of striking force: from soft and jazzy to hard and loud.

Slot name & Cache memory display Damping controls HTML Help Flip mic stereo eld
Audition window Next Kit-Piece Link to Kit-Piece Kit-Piece information display Clear Kit-Piece Previous Kit-Piece
Next / Previous / Clear Kit-Piece buttons
The Next & Previous buttons cycle through the Kit-Piece slots for editing in the KitPiece Inspector. You can also jump to any Kit-Piece in the Inspector by clicking its label in the BFD Mixer. The Clear Kit-Piece button allows you to remove the Kit-Piece from the current Kit.
Information displays and auditioning loaded Kit-Pieces
Slot name This convenient display of the currently-inspected Kit-Piece slot is very useful while you are in the process of tweaking multiple Kit-Pieces.
Cache memory display This readout shows the amount of RAM used by the Kit-Piece: BFD stores a short portion of the beginning of each drum sound in RAM. See section 9:1 for more details. Kit-Piece information display The text display in the Inspector displays the information regarding the manufacturer, date and other details about each Kit-Piece. This information is also displayed within the Kit-Piece Selector panels. It is very useful to note the summary of the Hits present in the Kit-Piece. This can be very useful when deciding whether to unload certain Hit types in order to free up more RAM. Please see section 7:2 for further details on unloading Hits. Audition window The Kit-Piece image in the Inspector panel functions as a clickable audition window, in much the same way as the audition functionality within the Kit-Piece Selectors. Varying the clicking position horizontally auditions different velocites, while varying it vertically results in the different Hit types being auditioned.

velocity Hit type

The readout in the context info display shows exactly which Hit type and audio le is currently being auditioned.

Damping controls

The virtual damping controls allow you to shape the decay of Kit-Pieces. BFDs recordings are unprocessed and natural, meaning that there is often a very long ringing decay on the drums: something especially noticeable on the toms and snares, for example. Using the damping controls allows you to simulate real damping techniques, such as damping rings or tape on snares and toms, or blankets in kick drums. Env As it is increased, this control shortens the decay of the Kit-Piece. It effectively processes the sounds within the Kit-Piece with an amplitude envelope. In the Direct Master channel, the entire signal is enveloped. However, in the ambient mic buses, the enveloped signal is controlled by the Freq parameter. Freq This is a crossover lter. All frequencies below the value of this parameter will be affected by the Env control. All frequencies above it will pass through, unprocessed. The end result is a more naturally damped sound: the main body of the sound in the ambient mic buses is enveloped, while higher frequency reverberations continune to decay.

Link to Kit-Piece

The Link function lets you associate one Kit-Piece slot with another. Specifying a Linked Kit-Piece will result in both Kit-Pieces playing at the same time when either is triggered. It takes the form of a drop-down menu showing each Kit-Piece slot available. You can link individual Hit types by using the Key2 parameter in the Advanced tab of the Hit Options panel.

Flip stereo mic eld

Because the ambient mic buses are stereo, you can encounter problems when panning the Direct mic channels for a Kit-Piece. The position of the Kit-Piece within the stereo eld of the ambient mic buses cannot be changed. However, activating the Flip stereo mic eld option will result in the Kit-Pieces Overhead, Room and PZM left/right channels being swapped around. Using this method, the Kit-Pieces ambient reections can at least be made to more closely follow its Direct Pan setting. In addition you can use the Width controls in the Bus Mixer in order to manipulate the stereo properties of the ambient mic buses.
CONTROLLING BFD The Hit Options Panel
The Hit Options panels primary function is to allow adjustment of the key assignments for the different Hit types within each Kit-Piece of the currently loaded Kit. It also has several other useful functions in order to tweak your Kit, and for allowing remote control of BFDs controls. Exit the panel by clicking its button again, or by clicking the button in the top-right corner. Alternatively, bring up a new panel instead by clicking another panel button.

7:1 Overview

There are four tabs in the Hit Options panel: Page 1, Page 2, Advanced and MIDI CCs. It is very important to understand the differences between them. Page 1 & Page 2: Assign Kit-Piece Hit types to notes These tabs allow you to assign Kit-Piece Hit types to notes. These tabs correspond to Mixer Pages 1 and 2 and hence reect the functionality of each Pages slots: for example, Page 1 contains several hihat-specic options (in fact, it is essential to use these in order to properly set up an electronic drum hihat mechanism). These two panels also have several other useful functions, such as being able to preview, unload from memory and trim the volume of each Hit type in each Kit-Piece. Page 1, Page 2 and Advanced settings, with the exception of Hit trim and Unload settings, are saved together in the same preset le (.bft). Advanced: Assign notes to Kit-Piece Hit types As opposed to the Page 1 & Page 2 tabs, the Advanced tab allows you to assign notes to Kit-Piece Hit types. This is useful if youre a keyboard drummer: this is the panel to use if you want to assign multiple notes to the same Kit-Piece Hit type. This panel is also useful if you have more esoteric MIDI controller equipment with specic needs, such as certain electronic drum systems. There are also a number of advanced options for tweaking the response of the BFD sounds, which can be useful for creative purposes. Page 1, Page 2 and Advanced settings, with the exception of Hit trim and Unload settings, are saved together in the same preset le (.bft). MIDI CCs: Set up remote control for BFD controls This tab in the Hit Options panel allows you to congure how MIDI continuous controller messages are handled within BFD. MIDI CCs may be assigned to most of BFDs controls.

8:3 Auditioning Grooves

Grooves or Fills within any Bank can be auditioned just by clicking on them while holding down the [SHIFT] key. The name of the Groove and the MIDI note label will turn red, and youll notice that the overlaid green Play icon turns into a red Stop icon. This is to indicate that [SHIFT]-clicking the Groove again will stop auditioning it. You can also stop any Groove that is playing by clicking the Panic button. If you want to audition the Groove while it repeats, turn on the Auto Repeat Groove button for the relevant Bank. See section 8:7 for further details on the Auto Repeat functions.
8:4 Auto-accompaniment inside a host sequencer
If you would like the Groove Librarian to play along while your host sequencer is playing, enable the Respond to song start and Respond to song stop options, and specify a Default Groove note to play, in the Play Options panel. It is also a good idea to enable the Sync to song option, so that it plays in sync with your sequencer. You can then use the Auto Repeat, Auto Shufe and Auto Fill functions (see section 8:7) in order to vary the automated drumming performance.
8:5 Playing Bundles using MIDI notes
The Grooves and Fills in all three Banks are mapped to MIDI notes. The actual notes used are displayed in the Bank slots, to the right of the name of each Groove. These values change dynamically depending upon the status of the -2 octave numbering setting in the Options panel. It is highly recommended to turn on the Polyphonic Mode option (in the Play Options panel) when using the Groove Librarian. This mode allows two or more Grooves to play at the same time. This is important for overlaying drumloop-type Grooves in one Bank with ride and crash patterns from another, especially when working with the Kit-Piece Note Filters (see section 8:6). When playing the Groove notes, (or painting them in your sequencers MIDI editor and playing them back through BFD), a MIDI note-on triggers the Groove, while a MIDI noteoff stops it playing, except when Latching mode is enabled.
When Latching mode is enabled in the Play Options panel, Grooves are not turned off by a note-off message, but by another note-on message of the same note number. It is also crucial to familiarize yourself with the different Transition modes and other settings in the Play Options panel, and also the Auto Repeat Groove buttons, when playing Grooves via MIDI.

Swing slider Quantization template selector
Hard Quantize slider Swing template selector
Swing BFDs Swing Templates can be considered as a cross between groove templates in sequencers such as Cubase or Logic, and the shufe or swing function on classic drum machines. They dene an X-Y map which translates original time into swing time to achieve different feels. Currently, BFD comes with the common 8th and 16th note swings. The Swing slider gradually varies the timing of the playing Groove between the setting specied with the Hard Quantize slider and the currently selected Swing Template. Positive and negative time displacement is possible, with no effect at the central point of the slider. The drop-down menu allows the selection of one of a number of Swing Templates supplied with BFD. The graphic represents the point between straight (Beatsborg).and swung (Groove dude) timing.

Humanize panels

In addition to the versatile Quantization panel, BFD offers a further two functions to vary the expressive character of its output: the Humanize Timing and Humanize Velocity panels. These work in a slightly different way to the other panels. To bring up either panel, click the timing or velocity buttons. You will see that a popup graph is displayed, the curve of which can be shaped by moving the mouse over the graph. Changes to the curve shape will take effect in real time. Once youve found the setting you want, click the graph to nalize it and exit the panel. Please see below for details of how to interpret the curve shapes. Humanize Timing panel Use this panel to introduce random timing variations to make a Groove sound more human - in other words, with less mechanically perfect timing. The panel graphs x-axis shows time deviations away from a notes original time position (marked by a white line in the centre), while the y-axis represents the probability of a certain deviation occurring, the top of the graph being highly probable. If you are playing a Groove with Auto Repeat enabled, the timing variations will be different for every repetition. Timing randomizations are not applied to notes from your sequencer or MIDI controller only to Grooves.

Maximum voices The maximum number of Hits BFD will play simultaneously. If the voice limit is exceeded, BFD implements an intelligent voice-stealing system, based on the oldest note which is still playing. The number of voices required for a performance can be larger than you think. For example, decaying and Choke faded cymbals and toms can raise polyphony requirements quite considerably. 64 is a safe number to use, and voices dont take too much RAM. To adjust the number of voices, double-click the box and enter a new value between 2 and 96. RAM cache size This value, in sample frames, is the size of the portion of each sound held in RAM to enable low latency operation within BFD (to circumvent the inherent latency involved with hard disk seek times). This portion plays while BFD cues up the rest of the data from the hard disk. A larger value gives the hard drive longer to deliver the data, but is more demanding on RAM. This value determines the length of each sound played when the Preview RAM audio only option is enabled. Settings of 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768 and 65536 samples are possible, selectable via a drop-down menu. 16384 or 32768 will be ne for most systems: you should try to use the lowest setting possible on your system. Stream buffer size The size, in sample frames, of the buffers of data being streamed into RAM from the hard disk for each voice. Generally, hard drives are more efcient at reading fewer large chunks of data than many smaller chunks. However, a larger Stream buffer uses more RAM, and may be inefcient if not all the data is used, such as when a note is choked. Settings of 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768 and 65536 samples are possible, selectable via a drop-down menu. 8192, 16384 or 32768 will be ne for most systems: you should try to use the lowest setting possible on your system. Maximum layers You can limit the amount of velocity layers used by BFD, thereby reducing the strain on the hard disk and RAM, at the expense of detail. Smaller values can be useful as an efcient preview mode while composing. Simply increase the value during mixdown for full quality. To change the setting, double-click the box and enter a new value between 1 and 256. If you are using a low number of layers, you may want to increase the V2A setting in the Hit Options panel Advanced tab. This causes changes in the amplitude of individual Hits, proportional to incoming velocity.

Latching mode When this mode is enabled, Grooves are turned off not by a MIDI note-off message, but by another note-on message of the same MIDI note number. Therefore, you play a note once to start a Groove, and then again in order to stop it. Please be aware that this applies to all notes those that you trigger from an external MIDI controller, and those from your sequencer. Polyphonic mode When in Polyphonic mode, multiple Grooves may be played simultaneously. A newly triggered Groove doesnt stop any other Grooves currently playing. This is useful, for example, to layer grooves that are partial beat components, and for overlaying ride and crash patterns over kick/snare/hat drumloop Grooves. Respond to song start Checking this option results in the default Groove (specied with the Default Groove option) being played when the sequencer is started. Use the Auto Repeat buttons in order to keep a Groove playing while your sequencer plays. This is very useful in using BFD as an auto-accompaniment module, in conjunction with the Respond to song stop option. Respond to song stop This option stops all Grooves which may be playing when the sequencer is stopped. Used in conjunction with Respond to song start for auto-accompaniment functions. Default Groove This parameter species the default Groove note to play when the Respond to song start option is enabled. Whichever Groove you have loaded into this notes corresponding Groove Bank slot will be triggered when you start playing your song. Auto-ll period (bars) This value sets the period, in bars, between every Fill played when in Auto Fill mode. For example, setting it to 16 will result in a Fill being played every 16 bars (see section 8:7). Sequenced Auto Shufe With this option enabled, the Auto Shufe function causes BFD to shufe through Grooves sequentially, rather than at random (see section 8:7). Remap Groove notes Enabling this option plays Grooves according to the current Hit Options settings. It is useful if you have created your own Grooves with a different key mapping and want to play them without remapping all the MIDI notes to the correct assignments.
MIDI in channel This parameter sets the MIDI channel on which BFD responds. MIDI out channel This option sets the MIDI channel on which to transmit events if the MIDI out function is enabled. MIDI out enabled When using BFD as a VST Instrument, the output of the Groove Librarian can be routed back to the host as a MIDI input if this option is enabled. Please note that, currently, VST is the only plugin format which supports this functionality. Please see section 8:8 for more details on this feature. Respond to MIDI CCs This option enables MIDI continuous controller support. It is essential when using the variable hihat pedal method of playing different hihat Hit types (see section 7:2). MIDI CCs can also be used to automate most controls in BFD. Please see sections 7:5 and 11:1 for more details on adjusting MIDI CC assignments. You can safely disable this option if you dont need this functionality. Anti-machinegun mode Enabling the Anti-machinegun mode option forces BFD not to play two identical velocity layers if the same Kit-Piece Hit type is triggered at the same velocity layer twice in succession. This effectively removes the machinegun effect which can make drum rolls and other intricate parts sound unrealistic. The effect of this setting can be adjusted for individual Hit types by using the VRnd parameter within the Hit Options Advanced tab (see section 7:4). Disable sidestick tuning With this option checked, the sidestick Hit type for snares will not be affected by changes to the Tune parameter, more closely resembling how a real snare works.

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Mic Channels

Overhead mic bus Room mic bus PZM mic bus Bus 1 (general-purpose) Bus 2 (general-purpose) Bus 3 (general-purpose) Direct Kick 1 In Direct Kick 1 Out Direct Snare 1 Bottom Direct Kick 1 Top Direct Hihat Direct Floor Tom Direct Mid Tom Direct High Tom Direct Cymbal 1 Direct Cymbal 2 Direct Cymbal 3 Direct Kick 2 In Direct Kick 2 Out Direct Snare 2 Bottom Direct Snare 2 Top Direct Percussion Direct Tom 4 Direct Tom 5 Direct Tom 6 Direct Cymbal 4 Direct Cymbal 5 Direct Cymbal 6
10:3 Output Options panel
The Output Options panel allows you to route any mic channel within any Kit-Piece to any available output, or mute it entirely. Please ensure you are familiar with BFDs audio architecture (see section 10:1) before you attempt to use this panel. Exit the panel by clicking its button again, or by clicking the button in the top-right corner. Alternatively, bring up a new panel instead by clicking another panel button.
Reset / Save / Load Output preset exit panel HTML Help

Output Matrix

Bleed controls
While the Output Matrix may seem rather complex at rst, it is actually very logical. Once youve set up the conguration how you want it, or selected one of the presets, you can save your setup as the default and not worry about it again. Each row in the Output Matrix represents a Kit-Piece slot within BFD, and features eight columns: one for each mic channel from each Kit-Piece slot. Each cell in the Output Matrix allows you to assign a mic channel from a Kit-Piece slot to one of the available outputs, via a drop-down menu. Simply click on a cell (keeping the mouse button held down) to access and select from the output menu. Outputs are named according to their default routings.
In this example all mic channels for kick 1, including all ambient, primary direct and bleed channels, are being routed to the BUS1 stereo output.
The following table shows which actual plugin outputs correspond to the cell output names, in each BFD plugin version: Output name
<null> OUT Dir OH RM PZM BUS1 BUS2 BUS3 K1-I K1-O S1-B S1-T Hat TomF TomM TomH Cym1 Cym2 Cym3 K2-I K2-O S2-B S2-T Perc Tom4 Tom5 Tom6 Cym4 Cym5 Cym6

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Mute mic channel

(do not send to any outputs)
The output cells are colour-coded to enhance usability: Ambient outputs are shown in blue Bleed outputs for each Kit-Piece slot are shown in red Direct outputs for each Kit-Piece slot are shown in green If you route a Kit-Pieces mono mic channel to a stereo output, its position within the stereo eld is determined by that Kit-Pieces Pan setting in the Mixer. If you route a stereo mic channel to a mono output, it is summed to mono. To remove a mic channel entirely from the mix, use the <null> output.
Bleed to primary direct When enabled, this option over-rides any output settings for all bleed channels, routing them to the same outputs to which the Kit-Pieces primary direct mic channels have been routed. The new routings are displayed on the Output Matrix, although they cannot be edited. When the option is disabled, the Output Matrix reverts to the previous settings. Kick Bleed trim This control adjusts the level of the bleed signals in the Kick In/Out mics. Snare Bleed trim This control adjusts the level of the bleed signals in the Snare Bottom/Top mics. Multi Bleed trim This control adjusts the level of any other bleed signals: at this time, this control will only affect certain BFD XFL kicks and snares with an extra bleed signal recorded through the hihat mic, and provided on the Multi mic channel.

Output Options presets

The Save & Load Output preset buttons at the top-left of the Output Options panel allow you to store and recall your Output assignment setups. Presets are saved to the BFD/Mixers folder, as.bfd_OM les.
Reset Save Load preset Preset
You can save a le as default.bfd_OM in order to use it whenever BFD is launched. The Reset button resets the Output Options settings back to the settings stored in this default le. You can always recall the factory default settings by loading factorydefault.bfd_OM, and re-save it as the default if necessary.
Clicking the Reset button, loccated to the right of the Load and Save buttons, reverts the Output Options panel back to the settings contained within default.bfd_OM. [SHIFT]-clicking the Reset button reverts the panel back to the factory defaults.
OTHER CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS
11:1 Miscellaneous functions on the interface Help buttons