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55 3:4 Mixer toolbar and utility panel
55 Reset Mixer
55 Add Aux
55 Remove Aux
55 FX Power
55 Mixer view switches
56 Utility Panel
57 3:5 Mixer channel controls and indicators
57 Controls/indicators in Regular and FX/Sends views
59 Controls/indicators available in Regular view only
59 Controls/indicators available in FX/Send view only
61 3:6 Using the mixer
61 Selecting channels
61 Rearranging channels on the mixer
61 Channel processing order
62 Keyboard shortcuts for mixer operation
62 Channel context menu
63 Signal Routing indicators
64 3:7 Using FX
64 The FX rack
64 Basic FX controls
65 Managing FX with the Effect context menu
65 Swapping and copying FX between slots
66 3:8 Using Sends and Sidechains
66 Sends panel
66 Send indicators
67 Using sends for parallel processing
67 Using Sidechaining
68 3:9 Mic tools panel
68 Direct controls
68 Ambience bus controls
68 Master bleed controls
69 3:10 Mixer preset panel
70 3:11 Audio Export panel
72 chapter 04: GROOVES PAGE - overview
an introduction to BFD2’s groove engine
72 4:1 Introduction
72 Key concepts
72 BFD 1.x users
73 4:2 Grooves page interface
74 4:3 Loading and saving in the Groove page
75 4:4 Undo function
75 4:5 Transport, tempo and time signature
75 Transport
76 Beat light
76 Tempo
76 Time signature
76 Playback position
76 4:6 Using the Groove Engine
77 chapter 05: GROOVES PAGE part 1
palettes, grooves and fills
77 5:1 An Introduction to the Palette
77 MIDI channels and key ranges
77 Palette and info inspectors visibility
78 5:2 Loading Palettes
78 Palette chooser
80 Loading BFD 1.0 and 1.5 Bundles
81 5:3 Loading Grooves
81 Using the Groove chooser panel to load Grooves
83 5:4 Playing Grooves in the Palette
83 Triggering Grooves with MIDI notes
84 Triggering Grooves with Preview buttons
84 Auto-Play and transport controls
85 5:5 Working with Grooves in the Palette
85 Selecting Grooves
85 Operations on Grooves in the Palette
86 Blending elements of other Grooves in the editor
86 Slot context menu
87 5:6 Groove Actions
88 Summary of available Groove Actions
88 Start Actions for Grooves and Fills
89 End Actions for Grooves
89 Slot End Actions for Fills
90 5:7 Importing BFD 1.x Grooves and MIDI files
90 Importing BFD 1.x Grooves and Bundles
91 Importing MIDI files into the Palette
91 MIDI Import panel
92 5:8 Groove and Palette Info Inspectors
92 Documenting Grooves and Palettes
92 Palette and Info inspector visibility
92 Groove Info Inspector
93 Palette Info inspector
94 5:9 Saving and exporting Grooves
94 Saving Grooves
94 Exporting Grooves as MIDI
95 Export Groove as Audio
96 5:10 Saving Palettes
97 chapter 06: GROOVES PAGE part 2
editing, recording and groove FX
97 6:1 Introduction to the Editor
97 Editor interface overview
97 Other topics covered in this chapter
98 Playing the currently selected Groove
99 6:2 Editor Grid
99 Kit-piece and Articulation lanes
100 Events
100 Ruler and Groove length
101 Velocity lane
101 View controls
102 Zoom and scroll controls
103 6:3 Grooves toolbar
103 Left and right mouse button tools
103 Hearing events during editing
103 Select tool
103 Draw tool
104 Erase tool
104 Mute tool
104 Velocity tool
104 Undo button
105 6:4 Other Editor functions
105 Editor display settings
105 Metronome
105 Grid controls
105 Grid-based destructive processes
106 Edit menu
106 Keyboard shortcuts
107 6:5 Combining elements of other Grooves