Contents
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chapter 01: INTRODUCING BFD2
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1:1 An introduction to BFD2
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• Welcome to BFD2
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• Credits
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1:2 BFD2 Architecture
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• How BFD2 works
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• Anatomy of a kit-piece
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• Articulations
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• Mic channels
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• Microphone buses
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1:3 Recording notes
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• Personnel
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• Kit preparation and tuning
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• Recording path
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• Microphones
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1:4 Introduction to the BFD2 interface
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• Control conventions
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• Interface overview
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1:5 Control bar
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• Page buttons
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• Preset indicator
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• Load menu
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• Save menu
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• Gain
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• Help menu
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1:6 Status Bar
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• MIDI Log
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• Audio stream indicator
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• MIDI stream indicator
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• RAM indicator
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• CPU and hard disk performance meters
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• Offline switch
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• Controller learn
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• Context info display
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• Transport
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• Rude Solo light
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• Beat light
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• Tempo
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• Time signature
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• Playback position
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1:7 Loading BFD2 Presets
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1:8 Saving BFD2 Presets
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• Elements saved with Presets
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1:9 BFD2 Help functions
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• Context info display
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• Tool-tips
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• Help menu
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• Getting further help with BFD2
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chapter 02: KIT PAGE
building and adjusting your kit
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2:1 Kit page overview
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2:2 Kit Size
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• 10-piece kit
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• 18-piece kit
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• 32-piece kit
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• Switching kit sizes
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2:3 Loading and saving in the Kit page
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• Loading in the Kit page
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• Saving in the Kit page
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2:4 Loading and saving kits
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• Loading kits – overview
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• Controls in the kit chooser panel
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• Saving kits
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2:5 Kit display and kit-piece slot windows
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• Kit display
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• Kit-Piece Slot windows
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2:6 Loading Kit-Pieces
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• Overview
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• Controls in the kit-piece chooser panel
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• Possible problems when loading
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• Building unorthodox kits
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2:7 Importing your own sounds into BFD2
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• Sample Import panel
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• Import settings
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• Photo settings
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• Velocity layers
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• Import & Cancel
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• Progress bar
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2:8 Kit page toolbar
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• Select
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• Link
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• Note Learn
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• Clear Kit
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2:9 Kit-piece inspector
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• Photo & star rating
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• Kit-piece quick-load controls
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• Kit-piece presets
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• Basic kit-piece controls
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• Ambience sends
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• Advanced kit-piece controls
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• Kit-piece bleed controls
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• Articulation controls
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2:10 Mini-mixer
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• Mixer
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• Master Dynamics
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• Master Tuning
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• Humanize
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2:11 MIDI Note Learn wizard
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• Initializing the MIDI learn wizard
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• Next slot mode
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• Wait mode
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chapter 03: MIXER PAGE
engineering your drum sound
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3:1 Mixer page overview
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• How to approach mixing
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3:2 Loading and Saving in the Mixer page
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• Loading mixer presets
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• Saving Mixer presets
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• Varying channels between mixer presets
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• Loading/saving channel presets
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• Loading/saving effect presets
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3:3 Introduction to BFD2 mixer channels
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• Channel views
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• Types of channel strips in BFD2
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