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USING BFD<br />
If you’re not familiar with using plugin instruments in your host, please make sure<br />
to read the Host Quickstart guides in the previous chapter. During the tutorial,<br />
there are references to opening various panels, which should be fairly intuitive.<br />
If you are in any doubt at any stage during the tutorial, please consult the<br />
Reference section later in the manual.<br />
Part One: FIRST STEPS…<br />
When you try to launch BFD as a plugin instrument in your sequencer, you will<br />
notice that there are three different versions of the plugin: BFD Stereo, BFD<br />
Groups and BFD All. Each of these is essentially identical in functionality, with<br />
the crucial difference between them being the output bus configuration. To start<br />
with, load BFD Stereo, which mixes all buses to one stereo output pair.<br />
When the BFD plugin is first initiated, it won’t make any sound! Loading a kit<br />
takes a while so it’s only done when you want it done.<br />
To load a drumkit click the Kit Selector button. This brings up a<br />
projected panel showing the various supplied drumkits, along<br />
with useful information about each one, which is displayed<br />
when you move the mouse over any kit.<br />
After you click on a kit in order to load it, you will notice that the<br />
indicator is displayed to the left of the status window. You may also notice that,<br />
gradually, the little red lights, underneath the red (Solo) buttons in the Kit-Piece<br />
area of the mixer section, begin to each turn orange, yellow, then a stable green.<br />
These lights indicate the loading status of each Kit-Piece (i.e. the kick, snare,<br />
hihat, floor, medium and high toms, and cymbals 1-3). If there is nothing loaded<br />
into a Kit-Piece ‘slot’, the indicator light is red. When a light turns orange, BFD is<br />
queueing up the samples to be loaded, while a yellow light shows that the Kit-<br />
Piece is in the process of being loaded. After a Kit-Piece has finished loading, its<br />
light will turn green. When the entire kit (i.e. all the Kit-Pieces contained within it)<br />
is fully loaded, the indicator disappears, and all of the kit indicator<br />
lights will have turned green.<br />
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