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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 Credits 3 WHAT IS BFD? 4 The BFD concept 4 Multiple microphone positions 4 Hyper-realistic kits 5 Easy compilation of new kits 6 Flexible play modes: introducing the Groove Librarian 6 Endless variety of sound and feel 6 Potential uses for BFD 6 A note about the manual 7 Technical Support and Updates 7 INSTALLATION AND GETTING STARTED 9 System Requirements 9 Installation 9 Using BFD in Your Sequencer or Host 11 Using BFD in Steinberg Cubase SX and Cubase VST 11 Using BFD in Emagic Logic Audio 11 Using BFD in Digidesign Pro Tools 12 Using BFD in MOTU Digital Performer 4 12 Using BFD in Image-Line FL Studio 13 Using BFD in Sonic Foundry Acid 4.0 14 Using BFD in Cakewalk Project 5 14 Using BFD in Cakewalk Sonar 14 Using BFD with ReWire 15 USING BFD 16 Part One: FIRST STEPS… 16 Part Two: IN THE MIX… 20 Part Three: INTRODUCING THE GROOVE LIBRARIAN… 23 Part Four : USING YOUR HOST’S MIXING CAPABILITIES 30 1
REFERENCE 32 Introduction To BFD’s Interface 32 Loading Kits and Kit-Pieces 32 Kit Display 36 Mixer Section 37 Groove Librarian 41 Humanization Functions 45 Quantization Panel 45 Humanization Panels 46 Play Options Panel 48 Auto Groove Repeat Buttons 51 Options Panel 53 Hit Options Panel 56 Tempo Display 58 Loading and Saving Presets 59 Other File Types Used in BFD 60 Miscellaneous Functions 61 Drum Recording Notes 63 BFD’s Library of Grooves 65 APPENDIX 66 Host-specific issues 66 Troubleshooting 66 2
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Page 10 and 11: INSTALLATION AND GETTING STARTED Sy
Page 12 and 13: USING BFD IN YOUR SEQUENCER OR HOST
Page 14 and 15: At this time, Digital Performer doe
Page 16 and 17: • Insert BFD as a DXi plugin. To
Page 18 and 19: In order to make sure all Kit-Piece
Page 20 and 21: • note: If you save your kit file
Page 22 and 23: The finer points of mixing… BFD a
Page 24 and 25: Part Three: INTRODUCING THE GROOVE
Page 26 and 27: Different ways of playing Grooves
Page 28 and 29: with a wide array of working method
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Page 34 and 35: Kit Selector panel Clicking on this
Page 36 and 37: • Cymbals Each Cymbal Kit-Piece h
Page 38 and 39: MIXER SECTION A note on the control
Page 40 and 41: BFD Stereo or BFD Groups, and are g
Page 42 and 43: GROOVE LIBRARIAN To open the Groove
Page 44 and 45: Auditioning Grooves Grooves or Fill
Page 46 and 47: HUMANIZATION FUNCTIONS • QUANTIZA
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Page 50 and 51: • Next Bar: This mode works in a
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AUTO GROOVE REPEAT BUTTONS The two
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OPTIONS PANEL This icon activates t
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hard disk. Specifying a lower numbe
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use a variable hihat controller to
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LOADING AND SAVING PRESETS BFD has
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MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS Bounce Swit
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DRUM RECORDING NOTES BFD’s high-q
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BFD’s LIBRARY OF GROOVES Most of
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• There is a noticeable delay bet
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