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Session Playback preferences
Revert to factory defaults
Clicking this button reverts to the factory defaults for MIDI session preferences.
Auto-fill period
This setting defines how often fills are triggered when using the Auto-fill function. Set the number of bars you want between fills
here.
Palette Auto-Play mode
If you’re using the Palette Auto-Play mode, this setting allows you to choose between 3 behaviours when BFD2’s transport is
started (either using the Play button on BFD2’s transport, or by starting the host transport when using BFD2 as a plugin).
Current (factory default)
When BFD2’s transport is started, it starts playing the currently selected Groove.
This mode is particularly useful when working in the editor, while setting the edited Groove’s End Action to ‘Loop’.
Groove
When BFD2’s transport is started, a specific Groove from the Palette is played. This Groove is specified using the Palette Auto-
Play Groove setting.
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 note of the Groove you want to start
playing when BFD2’s transport is started.
Groove engine active
You can switch off the Groove functions in BFD2 entirely if you wish by disabling this setting. The Groove functions do not work at
all with this setting disabled.
Latching mode
When this mode is enabled, Groove are started and stopped with a MIDI note on message, instead of keeping a key held down to
keep it playing (note on to start, note off to stop). When the Groove ends, its behaviour follows its defined Groove Actions.
Therefore, when using this mode, play a Groove’s MIDI key once to start it and again to stop it.
Polyphonic mode
Ordinarily, BFD2 allows you to play more than one Groove at once. When Polyphonic mode is enabled, multiple Grooves may
be played simultaneously. A newly triggered Groove doesn’t stop any other Grooves currently playing. This is useful for layering
Grooves. See section 7:6 for hints on using Polyphonic mode.
