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108 6:6 Recording Grooves via MIDI
108 MIDI Mappings
108 Initiating recording
108 Recording modes
108 Metronome button
108 Record lead-in
109 6:7 Groove FX panel
109 Show/Hide advanced Groove FX
109 Groove FX power
109 Apply: Groove
109 Apply: All
110 Quantize effect
110 Double/Half time effect
110 Simplify effect
110 Dynamics effect
111 Swing effect
111 Humanize effects
111 Humanize Velocity
111 Humanize Timing
112 chapter 07: GROOVES PAGE part 3
auto-play, drum track and other ways of
using grooves
112 7:1 Auto-Play mode
112 Auto-Play vs. MIDI triggering
112 Auto-Play modes
114 7:2 Drum Track Introduction
114 Enabling the Drum Track
114 Drum Track synchronization
115 7:3 Drum Track display
116 7:4 Working with the Drum Track
116 Adding parts to the Drum Track
116 Manipulating Parts on the Drum Track
117 Part context menu
118 7:5 Loading, saving and exporting the Drum Track
118 Saving and loading Drum Track contents
118 Exporting the Drum track as MIDI
118 Exporting the Drum track as audio
118 7:6 Combining playback methods
118 Groove playback and MIDI triggering of articulations
119 7:7 Using BFD2’s MIDI Out
119 Setting up the MIDI output function
119 Using the MIDI output as a MIDI input in your host
119 Latency of the MIDI Out
120 chapter 08: MAPPING PAGE
key and automation mapping
120 8:1 Overview
120 Loading and saving maps
120 Key mapping view
120 Automation mapping view
120 Switching between views
121 8:2 Loading in the Mapping page
121 Loading key maps
122 Key map loaded when BFD2 is launched
123 Loading Automation maps
123 Automation map loaded when BFD2 is launched
124 8:3 Saving in the Mapping page
124 Save Key Map
124 Save Automation Map
124 Save Key + Automation maps
124 Save MIDI Event Log
125 8:4 Key mapping view
125 Kit-piece listing
125 Keyboard layout and keyrange selector
125 Mapping inspector
125 Clear all keys
126 Key labelling
127 Single-articulation previews
127 Key context menu
127 MIDI event log
127 External MIDI Log
128 8:5 Working with the key mapper
128 Mapping an articulation to a MIDI key
128 Mapping multiple articulations to neighbouring keys
129 Layering multiple articulations on a single key
129 Special articulations
130 8:6 Mapping inspector
130 Articulation list
130 Low & High velocity
130 Velocity Curve
130 Delete articulation
130 Variable articulation controls
131 8:7 Introduction to BFD2 automation
131 Overview
131 MIDI CCs and host automation
131 MIDI note automation
131 Parameter MIDI learn function in the status bar
131 Automation mapping page
131 Multiple mappings
131 Setting a unique MIDI channel for MIDI automation
132 Automation view interface
134 8:8 Mapping MIDI CCs to BFD2 controls
134 Automation source table in MIDI CC view
134 Mapping indication in BFD2 parameter table
134 Mapping an already-mapped BFD2 parameter
135 8:9 Mapping MIDI notes to BFD2 controls
135 Automation parameters table in MIDI note view
135 Creating a MIDI note mapping
135 Mapping indication in BFD2 parameter table
135 Mapping an already-mapped BFD2 parameter
136 8:10 Mapping host automation to BFD2 controls
136 Automation parameters table in host automation view
136 Creating a host automation mapping
136 Mapping indication in BFD2 parameter table
136 Mapping an already-mapped BFD2 parameter
137 chapter 09: ELECTRONIC DRUMS & BFD2
137 9:1 Intoduction to using electronic kits with BFD2
137 How electronic drumkits work
137 Cross-talk between triggers and zones
137 Double-triggering: setting the Retrigger threshold
137 Latency
138 9:2 Simple hihat control
138 Advantages and disadvantages of non-variable hihat
control
139 9:3 Variable hihat control
139 Overview
139 Assigning variable tip and variable shank articulations
140 Assigning the hihat height pedal MIDI CC
140 Customizing hihat pedal response
141 All Hihats variable setting
142 9:4 Other settings related to hihat control
142 Preferences
143 Kit-piece Inspector