Fxpansion BFD Eco User Manual

10Ch.3 Loading and saving in BFD Eco3:1 Preset types and kit-piecesPreset pickers Kit picker Mixer pickerLock buttonsPreset pickerBFDEcofeatur

113:4 Lock buttonsLockbuttonsexistfortheKit,Mixer,Grooves and Key/MIDI (keymapandMIDICCassignmentsmadeinLearnmode).Enablinganyofth

12DeleteThisbuttonisusedforremovingunwantedpresetsorkit-piecesfromthedatabase,whichcanmakeiteasiertondtheonesyouneed.Youare

13Ch.4 Kit Page and Mixer4:1 Kit pageTheKitpage,shownwhentheKitpagebuttonisactive,featuresavisualrepresentationoftheBFDEcokitlayou

14Selecting channelsSelectachannelbyclickinganywherewithinit.ChannelpageinspectorandEQ/FXoperationsareperformedonthecurrentlyselect

15Setting the Snare channel outputOutput selectorThe Output selectoratthebottomofeachchannelallowsyoutorouteitssignaltothekit-piece’sd

16Ch.5 Channel pageClicktheChannelpagebuttontodisplaytheChannelpage.Thispagefeaturescontrolsthatapplytothecurrently selectedmixerc

17Inspector display for Hihat channelTighten (hihat only)‘Tightens’thesoundofclosedhihats.Thecontrolsimulatespressingdownhardonahihatcl

18MixThe Mixcontrol,whichblendsbetweentheprocessed(wet)andunprocessed(dry)signals,existsonallBFDEcoFX.Bydefault,allFXaresetto

19Ch.6 Grooves6:1 Introduction to GroovesTheGroovespageisshownwhentheGroovesbuttonisactive,andprovidesrealisticdrumpatterns(Grooves)i

2Contents4 Ch.1 Introduction to BFD Eco4 1:1 BFD Eco basics4 Launching BFD Eco4 1. As a standalone application4 2. As an instrument plugin within

20Auto-Preview and individual Preview buttonsWith the Auto-Previewbuttonenabled,selectinganyGrooveinthebrowserresultsinitautomaticallybei

216:4 Drum TrackTheDrumTrackletsyoubuildadrumpartforafullsongbydraggingGroovesfromthebrowserontoatimeline.RulerScrollbar / zoomTr

226:6 Manipulating Parts on the Drum TrackSelecting PartsClickonaParttoselectit.SeveraladjacentPartscanbeselectedbyclickingonthesong

236:7 Additional Drum Track controlsLoopCausesplaybacktorepeatbetweentheLoop indicatorsintheDrumTrack.When the Loopbuttonisenabled,twoL

24Ch.7 Global controlsDisk activity meterRAM meterContext infoTransport controlsMIDI activity indicatorAudio stream indicatorBleedAdjuststhelevelof

25MIDICCassignmentsareloadedandsavedwithBFDEcoPresetsandinhostprojectscontainingtheBFDEcoplugin.When the Key/MIDI Lockbuttonisac

26Ch.8 Key Map panelVertical keyboardKeyrange selectorArticulationsHihat & additional controlsKey map pickerMIDI LogTheKeyMappanelallowsyout

278:3 Key context menuRight-click(orCTRL-clickonMac)onanyoftheverticalkeystodisplaythekeycontextmenu.Thismenu contains functions to

28Ch.9 Options and Help menus9:1 Options menuWhenBFDEcoislaunched,thepreferencesettingsfromthelasttimeyouusedthesoftwareareused. When

29Ifyoucanlivewiththeapproximatedaudiothersttimealayeristriggered,LoadondemandcansavealotofRAM–evenifyoueventuallyplaya

322 CopyselectedParts22 Pastebeforeselection/Pasteafterselection22 PastePartsatMarker22 RepeatselectedParts22 SplitPartatmarker

30Ch.10 FX devicesGainThis effect is a simple tool for increasing or decreasing a channel’s gain. The Gaincontrolsetsthechannel’sgainbetween-in

31BitCrusherThiseffectemulatesthedigitaldistortionthatoccurswhenloweringthebit-depthorsample-rateofanaudiosignal.Adjustthebit-dept

32Ch.11 Standalone application and plugin usageUsing the BFD Eco Standalone applicationTheBFDEcostandaloneapplicationisprovidedsothatyoucan

33Using BFD Eco as an RTAS plugin in Digidesign Pro Tools 7.x or laterBFDEcorequiresProTools7orlater.Forbestperformance,version7.1orlate

34Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin or an AU plugin in Ableton LiveOnMac,AbletonLivesupportsbothVSTandAUplugins.WhenusingtheVSTplugin,itis

35Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin in Cubase SXLaunching BFD Eco1.Withaprojectopen,bringuptheVSTInstrumentspanel.2.Clickonaninstrumentslo

36Using BFD Eco as a VST plugin in FL StudioLaunching BFD Eco1.BFDEcoisnotdisplayedinthepluginlistbydefault.Tomakeitpartofthelists

4Ch.1 Introduction to BFD Eco1:1 BFD Eco basicsBFDEcoisanacousticdrumsoftwareinstrumentwhichprovidesmultisampleddrums,playedinavariety

5Grooves page (chapter 6)TheGroovesengineislocatedinthispage,allowingyoutoplaybackalibraryofprofessionally-produceddrumpatternsthat

61:2 Loading soundsOnceyou’velaunchedBFDEcoandfamiliarisedyourselfwithitsinterface,you’rereadytoloadsomesounds.Seechapter3formore

71:4 Default MIDI key assignmentsThefollowingtableshowsthedefaultMIDIkeysfortheallarticulationswithinBFDEco.MIDInotenumbersarealso

8Ch.2 BFD Eco audio architecture2:1 Kits, kit-pieces and articulationsKitsInBFDEco,akitisacombinationofkit-pieces,alongwithChannelinspect

92:2 Velocity layers and mic channelsEachvelocitylayerisalecontainingmultipleaudiochannels.Thesechannelsarerecordingsfromseveralsets