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fxpansion BFD2 advanced acoustic drum owner manual
6 chapter 01: INTRODUCING BFD2
6 1:1 An introduction to BFD2
6 Welcome to BFD2
6 Credits
7 1:2 BFD2 Architecture
7 How BFD2 works
7 Anatomy of a kit-piece
8 Articulations
8 Mic channels
10 Microphone buses
11 1:3 Recording notes
11 Personnel
11 Kit preparation and tuning
11 Recording path
12 Microphones
13 1:4 Introduction to the BFD2 interface
13 Control conventions
14 Interface overview
14 1:5 Control bar
14 Page buttons
14 Preset indicator
15 Load menu
15 Save menu
15 Gain
15 Help menu
16 1:6 Status Bar
16 MIDI Log
16 Audio stream indicator
16 MIDI stream indicator
16 RAM indicator
16 CPU and hard disk performance meters
16 Offline switch
17 Controller learn
17 Context info display
17 Transport
18 Rude Solo light
18 Beat light
18 Tempo
18 Time signature
18 Playback position
19 1:7 Loading BFD2 Presets
21 1:8 Saving BFD2 Presets
21 Elements saved with Presets
22 1:9 BFD2 Help functions
22 Context info display
22 Tool-tips
22 Help menu
23 Getting further help with BFD2
24 chapter 02: KIT PAGE
building and adjusting your kit
24 2:1 Kit page overview
25 2:2 Kit Size
25 10-piece kit
25 18-piece kit
26 32-piece kit
26 Switching kit sizes
27 2:3 Loading and saving in the Kit page
27 Loading in the 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 display
32 Kit-Piece Slot windows
33 2:6 Loading Kit-Pieces
33 Overview
33 Controls in the kit-piece chooser panel
36 Possible problems when loading
36 Building unorthodox kits
37 2:7 Importing your own sounds into BFD2
37 Sample Import panel
37 Import settings
38 Photo settings
38 Velocity layers
38 Import & Cancel
38 Progress bar
39 2:8 Kit page toolbar
39 Select
39 Link
39 Note Learn
39 Clear Kit
40 2:9 Kit-piece inspector
40 Photo & star rating
40 Kit-piece quick-load controls
40 Kit-piece presets
41 Basic kit-piece controls
42 Ambience sends
42 Advanced kit-piece controls
43 Kit-piece bleed controls
43 Articulation controls
45 2:10 Mini-mixer
45 Mixer
45 Master Dynamics
45 Master Tuning
45 Humanize
46 2:11 MIDI Note Learn wizard
46 Initializing the MIDI learn wizard
47 Next slot mode
47 Wait mode
48 chapter 03: MIXER PAGE
engineering your drum sound
48 3:1 Mixer page overview
48 How to approach mixing
49 3:2 Loading and Saving in the Mixer page
49 Loading mixer presets
51 Saving Mixer presets
51 Varying channels between mixer presets
51 Loading/saving channel presets
51 Loading/saving effect presets
52 3:3 Introduction to BFD2 mixer channels
52 Channel views
52 Types of channel strips in BFD2
and a lot more in 180 pages
6 chapter 01: INTRODUCING BFD2
6 1:1 An introduction to BFD2
6 Welcome to BFD2
6 Credits
7 1:2 BFD2 Architecture
7 How BFD2 works
7 Anatomy of a kit-piece
8 Articulations
8 Mic channels
10 Microphone buses
11 1:3 Recording notes
11 Personnel
11 Kit preparation and tuning
11 Recording path
12 Microphones
13 1:4 Introduction to the BFD2 interface
13 Control conventions
14 Interface overview
14 1:5 Control bar
14 Page buttons
14 Preset indicator
15 Load menu
15 Save menu
15 Gain
15 Help menu
16 1:6 Status Bar
16 MIDI Log
16 Audio stream indicator
16 MIDI stream indicator
16 RAM indicator
16 CPU and hard disk performance meters
16 Offline switch
17 Controller learn
17 Context info display
17 Transport
18 Rude Solo light
18 Beat light
18 Tempo
18 Time signature
18 Playback position
19 1:7 Loading BFD2 Presets
21 1:8 Saving BFD2 Presets
21 Elements saved with Presets
22 1:9 BFD2 Help functions
22 Context info display
22 Tool-tips
22 Help menu
23 Getting further help with BFD2
24 chapter 02: KIT PAGE
building and adjusting your kit
24 2:1 Kit page overview
25 2:2 Kit Size
25 10-piece kit
25 18-piece kit
26 32-piece kit
26 Switching kit sizes
27 2:3 Loading and saving in the Kit page
27 Loading in the 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 display
32 Kit-Piece Slot windows
33 2:6 Loading Kit-Pieces
33 Overview
33 Controls in the kit-piece chooser panel
36 Possible problems when loading
36 Building unorthodox kits
37 2:7 Importing your own sounds into BFD2
37 Sample Import panel
37 Import settings
38 Photo settings
38 Velocity layers
38 Import & Cancel
38 Progress bar
39 2:8 Kit page toolbar
39 Select
39 Link
39 Note Learn
39 Clear Kit
40 2:9 Kit-piece inspector
40 Photo & star rating
40 Kit-piece quick-load controls
40 Kit-piece presets
41 Basic kit-piece controls
42 Ambience sends
42 Advanced kit-piece controls
43 Kit-piece bleed controls
43 Articulation controls
45 2:10 Mini-mixer
45 Mixer
45 Master Dynamics
45 Master Tuning
45 Humanize
46 2:11 MIDI Note Learn wizard
46 Initializing the MIDI learn wizard
47 Next slot mode
47 Wait mode
48 chapter 03: MIXER PAGE
engineering your drum sound
48 3:1 Mixer page overview
48 How to approach mixing
49 3:2 Loading and Saving in the Mixer page
49 Loading mixer presets
51 Saving Mixer presets
51 Varying channels between mixer presets
51 Loading/saving channel presets
51 Loading/saving effect presets
52 3:3 Introduction to BFD2 mixer channels
52 Channel views
52 Types of channel strips in BFD2
and a lot more in 180 pages
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108 108 108 108 108 108 6:6 Recording Grooves via MIDI · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · MIDIMappings Initiatingrecording Recordingmodes Metronomebutton Recordlead-in 125 125 125 125 125 126 127 127 127 127 8:4 Key mapping view · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Kit-piecelisting Keyboardlayoutandkeyrangeselector Mappinginspector Clearallkeys Keylabelling Single-articulationpreviews Keycontextmenu MIDIeventlog ExternalMIDILog MappinganarticulationtoaMIDIkey Mappingmultiplearticulationstoneighbouringkeys Layeringmultiplearticulationsonasinglekey Specialarticulations Articulationlist Low&Highvelocity VelocityCurve Deletearticulation Variablearticulationcontrols Overview MIDICCsandhostautomation MIDInoteautomation ParameterMIDIlearnfunctioninthestatusbar Automationmappingpage Multiplemappings SettingauniqueMIDIchannelforMIDIautomation Automationviewinterface 109 109 109 109 109 110 110 110 110 111 111 111 111 6:7 Groove FX panel Show/HideadvancedGrooveFX GrooveFXpower Apply:Groove Apply:All Quantizeeffect Double/Halftimeeffect Simplifyeffect Dynamicseffect Swingeffect Humanizeeffects HumanizeVelocity HumanizeTiming 128 128 128 129 129 8:5 Working with the key mapper 130 130 130 130 130 130 8:6 Mapping inspector 112 chapter 07: GROOVES PAGE part 3 auto-play, drum track and other ways of using grooves 7:1 Auto-Play mode · Auto-Playvs.MIDItriggering · Auto-Playmodes 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 131 132 8:7 Introduction to BFD2 automation 112 112 112 114 114 114 7:2 Drum Track Introduction · EnablingtheDrumTrack · DrumTracksynchronization 115 116 116 116 117 7:3 Drum Track display 7:4 Working with the Drum Track · AddingpartstotheDrumTrack · ManipulatingPartsontheDrumTrack · Partcontextmenu 134 134 134 134 8:8 Mapping MIDI CCs to BFD2 controls · AutomationsourcetableinMIDICCview · MappingindicationinBFD2parametertable · Mappinganalready-mappedBFD2parameter 135 135 135 135 135 8:9 Mapping MIDI notes to BFD2 controls · · · · · · · · Automationparameterstablein MIDInoteview CreatingaMIDInotemapping MappingindicationinBFD2parametertable Mappinganalready-mappedBFD2parameter Automationparameterstablein hostautomationview Creatingahostautomationmapping MappingindicationinBFD2parametertable Mappinganalready-mappedBFD2parameter 118 118 118 118 7:5 Loading, saving and exporting the Drum Track · SavingandloadingDrumTrackcontents · ExportingtheDrumtrackasMIDI · ExportingtheDrumtrackasaudio 136 136 136 136 136 8:10 Mapping host automation to BFD2 controls 118 118 7:6 Combining playback methods · GrooveplaybackandMIDItriggeringofarticulations 119 119 119 119 7:7 Using BFD2's MIDI Out · SettinguptheMIDIoutputfunction · UsingtheMIDIoutputasaMIDIinputinyourhost · LatencyoftheMIDIOut 137 137 137 137 137 137 chapter 09: ELECTRONIC DRUMS & BFD2 9:1 Intoduction to using electronic kits with BFD2 · · · · Howelectronicdrumkitswork Cross-talkbetweentriggersandzones Double-triggering:settingtheRetriggerthreshold Latency 120 120 120 120 120 120 chapter 08: MAPPING PAGE key and automation mapping 8:1 Overview · · · · · · · · · · · · Loadingandsavingmaps Keymappingview Automationmappingview Switchingbetweenviews Loadingkeymaps KeymaploadedwhenBFD2islaunched LoadingAutomationmaps AutomationmaploadedwhenBFD2islaunched SaveKeyMap SaveAutomationMap SaveKey+Automationmaps SaveMIDIEventLog 138 138 9:2 Simple hihat control · dvantagesanddisadvantagesofnon-variablehihat A control 121 121 122 123 123 8:2 Loading in the Mapping page 139 139 139 140 140 141 9:3 Variable hihat control · · · · · Overview Assigningvariabletipandvariableshankarticulations AssigningthehihatheightpedalMIDICC Customizinghihatpedalresponse AllHihatsvariablesetting 124 124 124 124 124 8:3 Saving in the Mapping page 142 142 143 9:4 Other settings related to hihat control · Preferences · Kit-pieceInspector 144 144 9:5 Positional snare control · Variablesnarecontrols 164 164 164 chapter 12: MIXING AND EFFECTS USAGE · Overview · D.CAMFX 144 9:6 Controlling cymbals 145 145 146 146 146 146 chapter 10: BFD2 PREFERENCES customizing BFD2 10:1 Preferences page overview 10:2 Data preferences · PreferenceOptions · DataPath · Startup 165 165 165 165 166 12:1 Mixing basics · · · · Micchannelusage Panning Gainlevels ApproachingEQandcompression 167 167 167 168 12:2 EQ and filtering · EQ · Filter · FilterMod · · · · · 147 147 147 148 149 10:3 Groove preferences · · · · ShowGrooveSessionpreferences MIDIImport EditorPreferences Metronome 169 169 169 170 170 171 12:3 Dynamics processing Commoncompressionparameters AdvancedfeaturesinBFD2'sdynamicsprocessors CompChan CompBus NoiseGate 150 150 151 10:4 Session preferences · SessionMIDIprefereces · SessionPlaybackpreferences 172 172 173 12:4 Distortion · Drive · BitCrusher 152 152 152 152 153 153 10:5 MIDI preferences · · · · · · · · · · · · · MIDIChannels MIDIInputTransformations MIDIdisplay KeyMappingpreferences MIDILearnNoteWizardpreferences StreamingEngine Synthoptions Fadepreferences Detail Controlbehaviour MixerGUIOptions KitPage KeyboardShortcuts 174 174 174 175 175 176 176 176 12:5 Other effects · · · · · · · · · · · · Gain Delay Flanger Chorus RingMod Frequencyshifter TinCanVerb Kicks Snares Hihats Toms Cymbals 154 154 155 156 157 10:6 Engine preferences 177 177 177 177 178 178 12:6 Mixing each part of the kit 158 158 159 159 159 10:7 GUI preferences 179 179 179 179 12:7 Routing scenarios · reatingsub-mixesforprocessingmicchannels C together · Micchannelseparation · Creatingsendstoanexternalreverb 160 160 160 160 160 160 Chapter 11: PROGRAMMING TIPS 11:1 Building the kit 11:2 Using Velocity layers · TheimportanceofutilisingBFD2'svelocitylayers · Deployingvelocitylayerseffectively · Dynamicscontrols 180 180 180 180 180 12:8 External processing · · · · Artificialreverb Distortionandre-amping Noise Resamplingandre-sequencing 161 161 161 161 161 11:3 Using articulations effectively 11:3 Damping, tuning and tightening · Dampingkicks,snaresandtoms · Tighteningclosedhihats · Tuningthekit 162 162 162 162 162 11:4 Layering · · · · Introductiontolayering SimplelayeringusingtheLinkfunction LayeringindividualarticulationsintheMappingpage Creativeandexperimentallayering 163 163 163 163 11:5 Programming patterns · Drummingfundamentals · Transcribe,studyandeditexistingdrumparts · Physicalinterfacingwiththecomputer 2.0.1 Dec 2007 manual revision 2 chapter 01 1:1 An introduction to BFD2 Welcome to BFD2 ThankyouforpurchasingBFD2! INTRODUCING BFD2 Welcometothemostadvancedacousticdrumproductionenvironmentever.Asyoubegintoexplorethesoftwareandmanual you'llstarttorealisethesheerpoweryouhaveatyourfingertips. About this manual ThereisahugeamountoffunctionalityinBFD2,sopleasetakethetimetostudythismanualasyoudelveintothesoftware.We realiseit'saratherlargemanual,butitisbrokendownintofairlyeasilydigestiblesections,logicallystructuredforeachpartofthe software. RemembertousethePDFbookmarksintegratedintothedocumenttomakenavigationthroughthemanualquickandeasy. Credits SKoTMcDonald PaulChana SteveBaker AndySimper AngusHewlett AndreasSchnetzler GarethGreen AlexAkers RusBrockman MayurMaha RobBantin RhiannonBankston-Thomas JuliaTitchfield EmreRamazanoglu DarrinMooney KevinHay BenFerns RyanSellers AlexVolmer SteveDuda&HuskyHoskulds JohnEmrich BFD2Grooves: BFD1Grooves: BFD8BKAudioContent(Electronic) BFDPERAudioContent(Percussion) JacquesMathias,PatchenPreston,MikaelAdle,JessySchmidt,DerikWhite,KevinHay ChrisDagley,MayurMaha Projectlead,Programming(synthesisengineandmixer) Programming(kitpage,panelsandInstaller) Programming(Grooveengine) Programming(effectDSP&circuitmodelling) Programming(adapters,licensing) Programming(website) Leadaudioengineering,production,editing Graphicdesign(interface,3Dmodelling) Graphicdesign(packaging) Documentation Qualityassuranceengineering Marketing&Sales Artistrelations&Publicity Sessiondrumming Sessiondrumming Assistantaudioengineering Photographyandvideo Technicalsupport Technicalsupport RecordedatAIRStudiosLyndhurstHall,London Thankstoallthebetatesters,especiallyRailJonRogut,RobertSfeir,RalfSteyrer,JordanL.Chilcott,ChristopherReis,Oliver Kauert,AndrewCordani,MikaelAdle,MurrayMcDowallandHiroakiHonshuku! AdditionalthankstoApostrophe,BLT,CayTre,Karma,allpizzaplacesinamileforkeepinguscaffeinatedandfed...tothe Foundry,CharlieWright's,BarMusicHall,Poolbar,BricklayersandeveryboozeemporiuminShoreditchforkeepingussane... ...toallourfamiliesandfriends....cheers! ©2007FXpansionAudioUKLtd. |
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