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Dec 2007

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Summary of Contents for BFD2

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Page 2: ...he Kit page 27 Saving in the Kit page 28 2 4 Loading and saving kits 28 Loading kits overview 28 Controls in the kit chooser panel 30 Saving kits 31 2 5 Kit display and kit piece slot windows 31 Kit d...

Page 3: ...5 3 Loading Grooves 81 Using the Groove chooser panel to load Grooves 83 5 4 Playing Grooves in the Palette 83 Triggering Grooves with MIDI notes 84 Triggering Grooves with Preview buttons 84 Auto Pl...

Page 4: ...r all keys 126 Key labelling 127 Single articulation previews 127 Key context menu 127 MIDI event log 127 External MIDI Log 128 8 5 Working with the key mapper 128 Mapping an articulation to a MIDI ke...

Page 5: ...ms 161 Tightening closed hihats 161 Tuning the kit 162 11 4 Layering 162 Introduction to layering 162 Simple layering using the Link function 162 Layering individual articulations in the Mapping page...

Page 6: ...on editing Alex Akers Graphic design interface 3D modelling Rus Brockman Graphic design packaging Mayur Maha Documentation Rob Bantin Quality assurance engineering Rhiannon Bankston Thomas Marketing S...

Page 7: ...wn sound foot chick and tip and shank edge sounds when the hihat is closed fully open and at three positions in between Good use of multiple articulations allows greater realism than using conventiona...

Page 8: ...ation cymbals are new in BFD2 Percussion slots like all slots in BFD2 can have more than 2 articula tions This allows you to load large complex percussion pieces from the BFD Percussion expansion pack...

Page 9: ...nnel The Kick In Out mic channels are the primary direct mic channels for the kick Bleed from the kick appears in the Snare Bot tom Top mic channels The Multi mic channel is empty for kicks except on...

Page 10: ...ty panel Overhead Room Amb3 The Overhead mic channels from all Kit Pieces The Room mic channels from all Kit Pieces The third set of ambient mic channels from all Kit Pieces Direct bus There is a four...

Page 11: ...the primary objective was to capture the instruments as organically and powerfully as possible while cover ing different kinds of voicing and tuning A lot of the drums especially the vintage kits hav...

Page 12: ...Neumann KM84 Toms Sennheiser MD421 on top skin only Cymbals Neumann KM84 Overheads The most appropriate set from the following was chosen for each kit piece Coles 4038 Manley Gold reference Both sets...

Page 13: ...wn menus These are indicated by a downward facing triangle click to display the menu Click a menu item to select it and hide the menu again or click elsewhere to just hide the menu Other drop down men...

Page 14: ...cludes an advanced Groove editor humanization effects and a number of ways of varying Grooves over time such as the Drum Track which allows you to sequence a whole track of individual Grooves Mapping...

Page 15: ...is structured in exactly the same way as the Load menu The menu allows you to save the following BFD2 preset Kit Kit piece preset Mixer preset Groove Groove Palette MIDI keymap Automation map MIDI CC...

Page 16: ...BFD2 Hard disk load This meter indicates the intensity of hard disk resource usage Do not be alarmed if this meter reaches high values as your machine may well be able to handle a large amount of disk...

Page 17: ...ssigned note or MIDI CC number is overlaid on the control Please see section 8 8 for more details on automation of BFD2 parameters Controller learn context menu While you are in controller learn mode...

Page 18: ...icator Simply type a new tempo and hit ENTER You can also click and drag this control up and down to adjust the tempo When running BFD2 as a plugin the Tempo indicator is not editable because BFD2 is...

Page 19: ...ons Its state is stored in the BFD2 preferences therefore if you re initialize your BFD2 preferences this setting is returned to the default Standard size Sorting With this drop down menu you can sort...

Page 20: ...d from the preset For example if you re working in a session with the Grooves that you want but you merely want to try out different kit and mixer settings from various Presets simply disable the Groo...

Page 21: ...ber however that if it is removed from the database or if you trash and rebuild your database items not saved in the user location are not re scanned Preset photo When you save a Preset a TGA graphic...

Page 22: ...amount setting in the BFD2 Engine preferences With an amplitude scaled response the default Vel to Amp amount is set at 50 meaning that whenever a kit piece is initialized in other words when it has j...

Page 23: ...quently load a new keymap or if you set up a startup Preset with different key map settings Getting further help with BFD2 Further information and help about BFD2 can be found at the fxpansion com web...

Page 24: ...oolbar features tools for selecting and linking kit pieces It also features a wizard tool for easy MIDI learn based key assignments for kit piece articulations 6 Kit piece inspector 2 9 This inspector...

Page 25: ...utomatically into the search text box To view all cymbals clear the search text box The Cymbal 1 slot slot 8 chooser defaults to showing all cymbals 18 piece kit 1 Kick 1 2 Snare 1 3 Hihat 4 Floor Tom...

Page 26: ...rst set the Groove Palette to another MIDI channel If you need this many kit pieces please set up your desired mapping and save a Program so that it s set up for future use While these slots are inten...

Page 27: ...ctor settings for each kit piece class kicks snares hihats toms cymbals and percussion Kit piece presets are saved using the Save kit piece preset function on the BFD2 Load menu in the control bar You...

Page 28: ...kit s Link and kit piece inspector settings being loaded with it Slot Load switches The Slot Load switches allow you to specify which kit piece slots are replaced by new sounds and settings from the...

Page 29: ...ouched if you want to delete these to recoup hard disk space you must go into BFD2 s audio folder and delete the relevant folders Sticky button Enabling the Sticky button results in the kit chooser pa...

Page 30: ...format and added into the database so that they can be loaded in the kit chooser If you specify that you are a BFD1 x user during the BFD2 setup wizard BFD2 automatically imports any BFD1 x kit files...

Page 31: ...the Connect kit and slot setting Kit piece event indicators When a kit piece receives a MIDI Groove or preview event its surface flashes in the kit display to indicate that it has been played Kit pie...

Page 32: ...e level of the kit piece at the start of the signal path before any routing and mixing features are applied This control is duplicated in the kit piece inspector Direct pan The pan control sets the pa...

Page 33: ...iece type If you try to load a kit piece into the Ride 1 slot for example Type is set to Cym bal and Ride is used as the Search criteria However you can load any type of kit piece into any slot Simply...

Page 34: ...iece from database Clicking this button removes the selected kit piece from the BFD2 database Please note that the kit piece s audio files remain untouched This feature is provided if you find you hav...

Page 35: ...o star rating The large kit piece photo is especially useful if you are using the List or Details views Above the photo is the star rating control with which you can rate the kit piece by clicking on...

Page 36: ...you can create discrepancies between the kit and the key map If you load a snare into a tom slot for instance the slot contains 5 articulations instead of 1 These extra articulations need to be keyma...

Page 37: ...it piece Sample Import panel In order to create a kit piece from a set of one or more samples you must open the Sample Import panel First open the kit piece chooser panel for any kit piece slot Click...

Page 38: ...nally across the velocity range as normal Any amplitude scal ing needs to be dialled in manually with the Vel to Amp control after the kit piece is loaded Remove Layer s With a sample selected click t...

Page 39: ...mall indicator arrow is shown on its slot When you trigger the source kit piece the linked destination kit piece is triggered If it is the same kit piece type the corresponding articulation is trigger...

Page 40: ...e Kit piece selector Click the kit piece name to display a drop down selector menu featuring all available kit piec es for the intended slot type Click on the desired kit piece to load it Next Previou...

Page 41: ...l is duplicated in the individual kit piece slot windows Pan The pan control sets the pan position of the kit piece within the direct bus It does not affect the stereo position of the kit piece in its...

Page 42: ...the mixer first before you can route signals to them Note that these settings can lead to issues when using mixer presets see the subsection entitled Varying channels between mixer presets in section...

Page 43: ...ttings for all articulations in the kit piece select All in the menu Audition strip The Audition strip plays the selected articulation when clicked The velocity of the audition depends on where the st...

Page 44: ...ion to vary depending on the incoming note velocity There are a lot of uses for this control from extreme creative effects to very subtle changes which can give some extra character to the sound of th...

Page 45: ...er controls Level fader This fader sets the gain of the channel It includes momentary peak level indicators as well as red clip indicators click these to clear their status Meter The stereo meters pro...

Page 46: ...e next articulation if one exists If there are no more articulations and no more kit pieces loaded in subsequent slots if using Next Slot mode the Next button is replaced by the Done button click it t...

Page 47: ...ticulation when in Next slot mode and there are no more articulations in the current kit piece but there are kit pieces loaded into slots after the current slot in the kit the Next button is replaced...

Page 48: ...leed control not covered by mixer channels section 3 9 Mixer preset panel allows you to document and quickly browse through mixer presets section 3 10 Audio export settings section 3 11 Kit piece insp...

Page 49: ...ouble click any kit in the listing in order to load it View size This drop down menu selects the size of mixer presets shown in the chooser panel A range of settings are available including text only...

Page 50: ...he Cancel button to return to the Mixer page Keyboard operation You can navigate around the available mixer presets with the cursor arrow keys The selected preset can be deleted from the database by p...

Page 51: ...own Once a kit piece is loaded into the slot it becomes active again The kit piece quick load controls in the Utility panel s kit piece inspector provide an easy way of doing this without needing to s...

Page 52: ...ar To reveal them again activate the button Primary Direct mic channels Kick and snare kit pieces are special within BFD Whenever a kick is loaded into a slot it is represented by 2 primary direct cha...

Page 53: ...n the Kit Piece Setup inspector The difference is that the ambience is not generated by a reverb proces sor at all instead it is real recorded room ambience This means that you cannot change the chara...

Page 54: ...couple of extra controls for the overall level of incoming input sig nals and sidechain signals These are useful if you have several sources fed into a single input and need to adjust their overall le...

Page 55: ...into the mixer s channels It operates in addi tion to the power buttons on each FX slot Therefore after turning the FX Power off and on again any Power settings that previously existed remain untouch...

Page 56: ...the currently selected mixer channel Mixer preset panel This panel allows you to flick through mixer presets quickly without bringing up the mixer preset chooser It also al lows you to set a picture...

Page 57: ...llows you to set the pan position of all the kit piece s direct mic channels This control is duplicated in the Kit page slot windows as well as in the kit piece inspector available on the Kit page and...

Page 58: ...rt features Enabling this button for a channel means that the channel is exported as a discrete audio file when performing any export audio Click the button to record enable a mixer channel Click it a...

Page 59: ...f the channel s 4 FX slots left bank and 4 sends right bank Controls indicators available in FX Send view only The FX Sends mixer view contains all the displays and con trols available in Easy view al...

Page 60: ...he ALT key cycles through the three possible send from settings to set the source point of the send from the channel Pre FX pre fader Post FX pre fader Post fader Send Level The main part of each send...

Page 61: ...r mute solo functions record enable phase invert and the channel output routing selector Adjusting a control on one of the selected channels results in the control being changed for all selected chann...

Page 62: ...ins settings that are inappropriate for the destination channel they are ignored Save channel preset Using this function you can save the contents of a channel strip to a preset for future use via a s...

Page 63: ...row from it to the destina tion channel Additionally the send s controls in the Sends inspector are highlighted If a sidechain is routed to a channel moving the mouse cursor over the sidechain send di...

Page 64: ...x channel it s recommended to leave this control alone and use the send level on each channel being sent to the aux unless you have a specific requirement that requires adjusting the control While it...

Page 65: ...ettings from the clipboard to the current effect slot Reset effect Clicking this function resets the current effect to its default settings Clear effect This function removes the effect from the slot...

Page 66: ...whole channel the FX slots and the level fader This is the default setting for the Send From parameter Send To Select the send destination from this drop down menu You can cre ate a send to any availa...

Page 67: ...dition the sidechain is also available to feed the filter FM function in the Filter effect Setting up a sidechain To set up a channel as a sidechain source for a com pressor on another channel first s...

Page 68: ...tion to the kit If you custom route ambience signals to aux channels the Distance control is not applied on them Mic display This display represents the location of the ambient mics in relation to the...

Page 69: ...as the imported kit piece s photo The file must have a resolution of 180x150 pixels Clear button Clicking this button removes the photo currently specified for the mixer preset Star rating You can se...

Page 70: ...along with this optional file prefix Resulting files are named in the following format FilePrefix_MixerChannel WAV Bit depth This setting dictates the resolution of the exported audio files 16 and 24...

Page 71: ...st first arm the Export function by clicking the Export button Host When Host mode is selected the Export function commences when the host or BFD2 transport is started Use the BFD2 trans port when run...

Page 72: ...gine Grooves contain events these are not MIDI notes but triggers for specific kit piece articulations Therefore Grooves always play the correct articulations no matter what mapping you set up Fill On...

Page 73: ...pplied to the currently selected Groove or all Grooves in the Palette 4 Auto Play controls and Drum Track chapter 7 When using BFD2 as a plugin in a host the Auto Play functions provide a way of autom...

Page 74: ...ity is disabled by default due to BFD2 ship ping with the entire BFD 1 x library converted to BFD2 format If you have additional BFD1 x Bundles see section 5 7 for details on using them Save Groove Th...

Page 75: ...tton is primarily used with the Auto Play functions in BFD2 it is used to start playback of either the Drum Track or a Groove in the Palette It is also used in conjunction with the Record button when...

Page 76: ...any of the follow ing When using BFD2 as a plugin in a host The current song position of the host When using BFD2 as a standalone application The current position in the current Groove when using any...

Page 77: ...omation to separate MIDI channels Unless you change the MIDI channel settings it is recom mended that you use C5 and above for Grooves so as not to interfere with the default key assignments for the s...

Page 78: ...ts left in order to reveal its constituent Grooves You can select and view information about a Groove within a Palette as well as audition it before loading However the par ent Palette always stays se...

Page 79: ...the BFD2 preferences audition previews cause BFD2 to stop playing any other Grooves that may already be loaded and playing in the Groove engine The Hold mouse button to preview setting in the BFD2 Gro...

Page 80: ...a preferences Load from File Clicking this button brings up a system file open dialog allowing you to browse to and select a Pal ette from any location that may not already exist in the database You m...

Page 81: ...al Grooves Use the scrollbar to browse through all available Grooves in the listing To load a Groove to the current slot first select it by clicking on it in the listing and click the Load button Alte...

Page 82: ...D2 database See section 5 8 for details of the information fields Delete Groove from Database This button replaces the Delete Palette from database button It functions in the same way except it deals...

Page 83: ...t changed You can set up default behaviours for all slots Start and End Groove Actions and customize individual slots to behave differently See section 5 6 for more details Latching mode By default pl...

Page 84: ...er another You can expand each Groove in the Palette to show its kit piece elements as indi vidual Groove elements in the Palette by clicking the expand collapse button to its left These kit piece Gro...

Page 85: ...ove the Grooves are swapped between slots When you move multiple Grooves they are placed on sequential Groove slots going up from the slot on which they were dropped If any other Grooves already exist...

Page 86: ...to the current slot and as many subsequent empty slots going up the keyboard as necessary depending on how many Grooves are in the clipboard New Groove Creates a new empty 1 bar Groove on the slot Th...

Page 87: ...t ends or alternatively you may want to trigger another Groove at random or simply stop playing altogether Fill button The Slot Groove Actions area includes the Fill button with which you define a slo...

Page 88: ...r End of Groove Play in Sync Immediate Default End Grooves Random Groove Random Groove Fill Loop Move Up Move Down Stop Default End Fills Previous Groove default Random Groove Stop Start Actions for G...

Page 89: ...t End Action menu for Grooves When selected the Groove s End behaviour follows the Default End Action setting Slot End Actions for Fills Previous Groove When the Fill ends the Groove that was playing...

Page 90: ...oves preferences 2 Make sure the bundles and their constituent MIDI grooves are contained within a BFD 1 5 data path BFD2 looks for Groove Bundles in BFD Grooves and for Fill Bundles in BFD Fills A Bu...

Page 91: ...anel simply click the Import but ton to import the MIDI file as a Groove onto the destination slot If you change your mind click the Cancel button to return to the Groove page without importing anythi...

Page 92: ...on the field If no name is entered the Groove s filename is shown BPM This shows the recommended tempo of the Groove in beats per minute BPM and can be edited by clicking on the field Please note tha...

Page 93: ...uthor The name of the Palette s author is shown here and can be edited by clicking on the field Genre Choose the Genre of the current Palette by clicking on this field and selecting the genre from the...

Page 94: ...properly is important for relo cating Grooves in future BFD2 s Groove format When you save a Groove in this way it is saved in BFD2 s proprietary Groove format this is not a MIDI file The reason for...

Page 95: ...tation or technical support services to determine how it reacts to drag drop of MIDI files Export Groove as Audio The Export Audio function performs an audio export of the current Groove selection The...

Page 96: ...ette file The current name of the Palette as defined in the Palette info inspector is the default filename shown Either stick with this or type a different filename then hit ENTER or click the Save bu...

Page 97: ...itors before The toolbar also includes the Undo button which allows you to undo any operation in the Grooves page 3 Other editor functions 6 4 Across the top of the editor grid are a number of additio...

Page 98: ...alette If this is the case firstly set the Auto Play mode to Palette and set the Palette Auto play mode to Current in the BFD2 Session preferences this is the default setting in case you haven t touch...

Page 99: ...The kit piece lane shows all events for the kit piece in the current Groove Expanding a kit piece lane to show its articulation lanes To the left of the kit piece name is the expand collapse button I...

Page 100: ...each articulation lane these are one shot triggers There is no way of controlling the duration of events triggered sounds play until they decay naturally However manual choke events or other articulat...

Page 101: ...n in the Editor This is the most compact view and saves having to scroll through a large number of event lanes when editing If you are using this mode and require a kit piece articulation which hasn t...

Page 102: ...Editor grid use the horizontal scrollbar to change the visible area If there are too many kit pieces or articulations to be visible at once use the vertical scrollbar to change the visible area Addit...

Page 103: ...useful in applying other tools to several events at once You can select all events in the current Groove using the Edit menu or the CTRL A Windows or COMMAND A Mac keyboard shortcut See section 6 4 f...

Page 104: ...selection contains both muted and unmuted notes their state becomes inverted Velocity tool To use the Velocity tool click on an event or selection of events hold the mouse button down and drag vertica...

Page 105: ...or Here you can set different grid resolutions for quantizing and snapping Straight triplet and dotted note grid resolutions are available Swing control If a straight grid type is chosen the Swing con...

Page 106: ...nu are also provided as keyboard shortcuts Additionally a shortcut for erasing the selected events rather than cutting them to the clipboard is provided on the DELETE key please be aware this is not t...

Page 107: ...by clicking their preview buttons this is done without changing the currently selected Groove Replacing elements To replace the events for any kit piece in the current Groove destination with a kit pi...

Page 108: ...e position reaches the end of the defined Groove length recording continues with the length of the Groove increasing until the Stop button is pressed When recording is stopped the Groove length is set...

Page 109: ...or destructively applies the current Groove FX settings to the currently selected Groove Once this function has been applied BFD2 asks you if you want to power off the Groove FX section This is becau...

Page 110: ...ime half the current tempo Simplify effect The Simplify control dials in an algorithm that selectively mutes events in terms of importance to the Groove It s something of a complexity gate with the co...

Page 111: ...ngTemplates Swing The Amount control varies the intensity of the swing No swing is applied with this control at the centre position If you increase the control events are swung towards the previous or...

Page 112: ...5 4 5 5 and 5 6 for more details on using Grooves in the above ways Auto Play BFD2 s Groove engine features several Auto Play modes which allow you to use BFD2 as more of a tradi tional drum machine o...

Page 113: ...rooves within BFD2 itself and play it back in sync with your host when running BFD2 as a plugin This feature is very useful if you use the standalone version of BFD2 as a live drum accompaniment tool...

Page 114: ...nature controls in BFD2 s status bar to control playback You cannot create tempo or time signature changes in the BFD2 Drum Track If you need such functionality you must use a host that is capable of...

Page 115: ...ck position to jump to the insert marker without interrupting playback When running BFD2 as a plugin in a host the Drum Track playback position always starts in sync with the host position You can cli...

Page 116: ...he slot If you load a new Groove into the C5 slot the new Groove is played by the part that still exists on the Drum Track Default and Slot Groove Actions are ignored Parts on the Drum Track do not fo...

Page 117: ...he cursor changes to reflect the fact that you can click and drag from this point towards the right in order to change the start point of the Part A indicator appears at the left of the part to indica...

Page 118: ...itiate an export before a valid export path has been set an error message appears to inform you of this fact and the operation is cancelled Set a record path in the Export panel in order to successful...

Page 119: ...s This can be changed using the MIDI Out channel setting also in the BFD2 Session preferences Using the MIDI output as a MIDI input in your host Once the BFD2 MIDI output is enabled it becomes availab...

Page 120: ...lations See section 2 11 for a guide to this function The key map view in the Mapping page is especially useful if you have an electronic drumkit you want to layer individual articulations on a single...

Page 121: ...ng is returned to the default Standard size Search The key map chooser panel includes a search facility in order to narrow down the amount of kit pieces shown in the listing Delete key map from databa...

Page 122: ...gs are unchanged Load Cancel buttons To load the currently selected key map click the Load button You can also load any key map in the listing by double clicking it If you change your mind and decide...

Page 123: ...fault BFD2 automation map is indicated Similarly to the key Map chooser if the current automation map has been modified since it was loaded an asterisk is shown next to its name The Load Auto Map Too...

Page 124: ...s into this folder in order for them to be visible in the keymap chooser pan el Wherever you save a map it is added to the BFD2 database It is very important to remember however that if it is removed...

Page 125: ...access the entire keyboard range The currently displayed region is shown as a shaded overlay on the keyboard range Click and drag the shaded region up or down to change the displayed keyboard region Y...

Page 126: ...ot the following would be displayed on the key S2 4 Tom Hit If you now map any other articulation to the key without deleting the current mapping the label would change to read as follows Multiple 2 O...

Page 127: ...event log The MIDI event log displays a list of all MIDI events received by BFD2 It is very useful for troubleshooting and making advanced mapping tasks easier Log display The log displays incoming M...

Page 128: ...keyrange selector select the desired part of the keyboard 2 Drag drop the kit piece to a key Remember that you are also mapping to keys above or below the note on which you drag drop the exact number...

Page 129: ...t choke key This stops the decay of any kit piece according to its fade settings in the BFD2 Engine preferences Please note that you cannot layer a slot choke note with any other articulation placing...

Page 130: ...ng velocity of 16 produces an output velolcity of 72 and so on Velocity Curve This parameter controls the velocity curve of triggered note events Clicking and dragging the parameter causes a small gra...

Page 131: ...ob to a MIDI note the note toggles the control between minimum and maximum values Parameter MIDI learn function in the status bar Virtually all BFD2 faders knobs and buttons can be assigned to MIDI qu...

Page 132: ...ber of global parameters are shown along with further param eters for the Kit Mixer and Grooves pages which are arranged in a tree view list Depending on the current automation type any parameters tha...

Page 133: ...or note to become se lected in the automation source table The automation type must be set to the relevant type of control for this function to work in other words if the automation type is set to MID...

Page 134: ...mode for a MIDI CC to note assignment the MIDI CC range is divided in two with each half of the range setting the state of the assigned button MIDI CC value 0 63 64 127 BFD2 button state off on Creat...

Page 135: ...age a control and play release the note again to return it to its off state Momentary In this mode the assigned BFD2 control is engaged when the MIDI note is held down when it sends a MIDI note on mes...

Page 136: ...e sure that Host automation is selected as the automation type 2 Find the BFD2 parameter you want to assign in the BFD2 parameters column 3 In the automation source table find the host automation para...

Page 137: ...multi zone pads In practice this is often not a major problem as it reflects what would happen with real drumkit to some extent However when using BFD2 it can cause problems Excess disk streaming due...

Page 138: ...drum brain and then afterwards route the recorded MIDI to BFD2 s sounds 9 2 Simple hihat control The easiest way to control BFD2 hihats with an electronic kit is by ignoring the MIDI CC transmitted by...

Page 139: ...p and variable shank articulations Any hihat note that your electronic drumkit brain transmits should be assigned to either a variable tip or variable shank articulation with one important exception A...

Page 140: ...t height MIDI CC value at which the transition occurs Drag the points up and down to adjust them For example let s say that the points for the variable tip control are set at values of 10 50 80 and 11...

Page 141: ...lations into a variable hihat setup It works by changing all hihat articulation mappings with the exception of the pedal articulation to variable equivalents using a single preference check box To ill...

Page 142: ...threshold As mentioned in section 9 1 the Retrig Threshold setting exists to combat double triggering problems Hihats can be especially prone to spewing out lots of notes especially dual zone trigger...

Page 143: ...unde sired closed tip notes If this is the case try increasing the Hihat closed tip choke fade setting to a larger value Please also note that since the closed shank articulation is quite a splashy so...

Page 144: ...down to set the CC number You can also define this MIDI CC in the MIDI page Automation view by mapping the relevant kit piece slot s Position parameter to the desired MIDI CC On Roland kits this MIDI...

Page 145: ...reset and with your host project when running BFD2 as a plugin The Session preferences category is accessed using the Session button in the Preferences toolbar or via shortcut buttons in the MIDI and...

Page 146: ...is function rescans any items that have been removed from the database but which have not been deleted Remove unreferenced info from database If you have deleted any kit files presets Grooves or other...

Page 147: ...lets you specify a MIDI key map to use in several circumstances within BFD2 1 It is used for mapping notes in imported MIDI files 2 It is used for mapping notes in imported BFD 1 x Bundles and Grooves...

Page 148: ...l at the end of exports makes sure that any lingering decays are captured However if you are trying to create au dio files that are an exact number of bars long for example with the Export Groove Audi...

Page 149: ...ronome type There are a selection of metronomes included with BFD2 Select the one which suits you best Metronome volume This setting allows you to specify a volume level for the metronome and ranges b...

Page 150: ...se settings specify the MIDI channels on which BFD2 re ceives MIDI data for the following purposes triggering articulations with MIDI notes playing Grooves with MIDI notes automating BFD2 controls wit...

Page 151: ...g Random When BFD2 s transport is started it plays a random Groove from the Palette Palette Auto Play Groove If you re using the Groove Palette Auto Play mode this setting lets you specify the MIDI no...

Page 152: ...zone slider for the Variable Tip articulation see section 9 3 If your drum brain sends out a pedal note when the hihat pedal is fully depressed D Drum and V Drum brains fall into this cat egory then...

Page 153: ...s setting determines whether Wait mode is enabled by default It is enabled in factory default settings Only learn 1 note per articulation When this setting is enabled the MIDI note learn wizard does n...

Page 154: ...uired by BFD2 Preview RAM audio only This setting makes BFD2 play only the initial part of the sounds which are held in RAM with no disk streaming taking place It can be useful as a preview mode while...

Page 155: ...at least 1 cache buffer per voice Max voices The Max voices setting dictates the maximum number of voices BFD2 can play simultaneously If the voice limit is exceeded BFD2 implements an intelligent vo...

Page 156: ...rum sound s amplitude scales down to silence over the velocity range This is especially true if you re used to the sounds used in electronic drumkit brains However this isn t really how real drums res...

Page 157: ...s percussion The minimum fade time for the hihat slot The maximum fade time for the hihat slot The choke fade time applied to previous hihat sounds when a closed tip hihat is triggered The choke fade...

Page 158: ...panel or a Groove Palette in the Groove page s Palette Info inspector results in the author s website being launched in your system s default web browser If you are not connected to the internet or si...

Page 159: ...kit piece in the loaded kit are unaffected By enabling this setting the entire previous kit is cleared before the new kit is loaded Default kit size This setting allows you to specify the kit size whe...

Page 160: ...to remember that intelligent use of different velocities and accenting is an important element of groove and can contribute to swing like effects even with tightly quantized patterns Try making a str...

Page 161: ...velocity pedal hits in the appropriate place after an open position for choking 11 3 Damping tuning and tightening Damping kicks snares and toms The damping controls in the Kit Piece Inspector act as...

Page 162: ...ecialized drum replacement sample libraries Layering individual articulations in the Mapping page You may want to layer specific articulations for example Snare1 s main hit with an imported kit piece...

Page 163: ...PadKontrol Akai MPD 16 24 etc or an electronic drum kit Transcribe study and edit existing drum parts Try to transcribe the drum parts from your favourite records If you find it difficult to program d...

Page 164: ...2 FX guide The BFD2 FX all contain a number of common controls located at the top of each effect s interface See section 3 7 for more details about these controls as well as for information on launchi...

Page 165: ...for one or more kit pieces is provided in the Kit Piece Inspector If you re not interested in bleed at all and are only concerned with achieving separation of the different kit pieces you can eradi c...

Page 166: ...estricting their frequency range if they clash with each other What might sound great solo d doesn t always work in the mix it can often be overbearing in the mix context If you properly EQ elements i...

Page 167: ...Display control You can change EQ curves by clicking and dragging the graphical display in the EQ effect interface To edit a band in this way move the mouse cursor over the display The display is divi...

Page 168: ...lter can give phaser like results In drive This control sets the amount of signal gain before the non linearities of the filter As well as increasing the gain using more drive results in a rich and co...

Page 169: ...level coming into the compressor the output level rises by 1dB Advanced features in BFD2 s dynamics processors SC The BFD2 Comp Bus and the NoiseGate feature a sidechain function By enabling the SC S...

Page 170: ...pli fier design It results in a particularly brutal type of compression Comp Bus This compressor is based on a classic bus compressor design from the centre section of a well known British large forma...

Page 171: ...which the gate closes at the end of the hold time Threshold This control allows you to set the level at which the gate starts to open When the input signal amplitude exceeds the level speci fied by t...

Page 172: ...Rectifier This type of distortion allows through the top half of the input signal s waveform It shapes the input signal s amplitude as shown in fig 4 fig 3 OpAmp fig 4 HalfRect Drive This control set...

Page 173: ...ample rates result in an aliasing effect on the processed audio Drive This is an OTA type distortion stage after the crossover filters enabling you to add gain and colour to the signal before it is pr...

Page 174: ...tions of the input signal Settings of 100 lead to in definite regenerations until the value is reduced and with good use of the built in filtering can result in classic psychedelic dubby analog delay...

Page 175: ...treme comb filter type effects Spread stereo only This control allows you to adjust the panning of the left and right channel processed signals Phase stereo only The Phase control offsets the phase of...

Page 176: ...u can shift the input signal s frequencies up or down by up to 36 semitones 3 octaves Amp The Amp control adjusts the level of the output signal TinCanVerb This effect is a recreation of a cheap sound...

Page 177: ...ly This is a common solution to situa tions where a bassline and kick are not sitting nicely together Snares EQ The low end thump of a snare is usually around 100 140 Hz depending on its size and tuni...

Page 178: ...acing the high tom with a mid tom is often a good idea as many high toms are too small and therefore high pitched for some applica tions Damping Using BFD2 s damping controls on toms is a great altern...

Page 179: ...x and route this channel to the appropriate output There are no rules about how you should set up your routing everything depends on your creative needs and what you want to achieve Once you have sepa...

Page 180: ...mping the drums for example Route a channel via an Aux set to its own output to a mic d up guitar bass amp or small PA speaker and record it back into your host You could even try some headphones hi f...

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