3:9 Mic tools panel
Click the Mic Tools button at the top of the Utility panel to dis-
play the Mic Tools panel.
This panel offers some additional ways to control BFD2’s mic
channels and buses.
Direct controls
Level & Meter
This fader controls the level of all direct channels together. It
is a pre-mixer control – it alters the level of all mic channels
before they enter their direct channels on the mixer. The meter
provides a visual representation of the level.
Mute & Solo
These buttons allow you to mute and solo all direct channels in
the mixer.
Ambience bus controls
The following controls are available for each ambience bus:
Overhead, Room and Amb3:
Width
Using the Width control, you can change the width of the ambi-
ence bus’s stereo field. Settings range from mono to fully enhanced stereo.
As you move this control, the mic display visually represents the movement of mics in relation to the kit.
The Width control applies to ambience signals even if you have routed them to custom aux destinations.
Distance
The Distance control offers a virtual control over the distance of each set of ambience mic channels from the kit.
Effectively it puts a short delay between the ambience channels and the direct mics. It has a similar effect to the ambience as a
‘pre-delay’ control has over the wet signal on an artificial reverb unit.
As you move this control, the mic display visually represents the movement of mics in relation 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 kit. The mics move in response to adjustment of the
Width and Distance controls for each set of ambient mics.
The display is representative rather than being totally accurate, especially as BFD2’s sounds contain an M/S pair for the Room
mics – changing the width for an M/S pair has nothing to do with moving a pair of mics apart. It is therefore intended to be used
as a rough visual indicator of the perceived width, rather than an accurate display of the mics used in BFD2 recordings.
Master bleed controls
The Master bleed controls allow you to change the overall levels of bleed signals. These operate relative to the individual kit-piece
kick and snare bleed levels set in the kit-piece inspector.
Master Kick Bleed level
This control sets the overall level of kick mic bleed.
Snare Bleed level
This control sets the overall level of snare mic bleed.
Other Bleed level
Some expansion pack libraries contain bleed in direct channels other than the kick and snare channels. For example, some BFD
XFL kicks and snares possess an additional bleed signal in the hihat direct mic channel. This bleed appears in the hihat slot direct
mic channel if one of these kit-pieces is used.
Use this control to set the bleed levels in all other direct mics except kicks and snares.
If you are not using any such kit-pieces, this control does not have any effect.
Mic display
Master bleed
controls
Ambience bus
controls
Direct
controls
