Instruction Manual
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Contents
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
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