User manual FXPANSION BFD

[. . . ] 4 The BFD concept: 4 Multiple microphone positions 5 Hyper-realistic kits 6 Easy compilation of new kits 6 Flexible play modes: introducing the Groove Librarian 6 Endless variety of sound and feel 7 Potential uses for BFD 7 A note about the manual 7 Technical Support and Updates 8 3. INSTALLATION AND GETTING STARTED 9 System Requirements 9 Installation 10 USING BFD IN YOUR SEQUENCER OR HOST 11 Using BFD in Steinberg Cubase SX and Cubase VST 11 Using BFD in Emagic Logic Audio 12 Using BFD in Digidesign Pro Tools 13 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 15 Using BFD with ReWire 16 4. 20 Part Three: INTRODUCING THE GROOVE LIBRARIAN. . . 24 Part Four : USING YOUR HOST'S MIXING CAPABILITIES 31 5. [. . . ] Now move the Swing slider (there is always a Swing Template loaded by default). You will notice that the timing becomes more syncopated again, but in a more uniform way compared to the original timing of the Groove, somewhat reminiscent of a 'shuffle' parameter on a drum machine. Now vary the Hard Quantize to allow more of the original feel, and move the Swing slider. . . now, the Swing Template is being applied in addition to the original timing, resulting in a different type of feel again. There are a number of different Swing Templates, which you access using the Template pull-down menu. Each has a different set of 'rules' to modify the feel of the Groove, which result in a different character to the timing. The funky opposing 'Groove Dudes' are a graphical representation of the two quantization parameters. In addition to the versatile Quantization panel, BFD offers a further two functions to vary the expressive character of its output. The Humanize Timing panel allows you to introduce a controlled amount of variation to the timing of the Grooves. When you click on the icon, a popup graph panel is displayed, which represents the probability distribution of random timing variations: the x-axis represents the deviation from the original timing, while the y-axis indicates the probability that a certain time deviation will occur. 30 Move the mouse over the graph to see how it reacts. You will find that the curve changes shape according to mouse movements, while clicking the mouse button 'sets' the shape. With a graphical shape similar to that shown in here, the randomization is quite extreme. Effectively, the graph is showing you that there is the highest probability of large timing displacements. With the graph shape shown here, there will be a reasonable amount of randomization: most notes will have a slight timing deviation, but there will be the odd note which is displaced to a more extreme degree. When the graph looks like that shown here, there will be no randomization of timing: the graph is showing that there is an equal probability of no timing deviations occurring. The Humanize Velocity panel, works in the same way except that, this time, the x-axis represents velocity. The randomization causes changes in velocity which emulate the non-linear way in which a drummer would play. 31 · important note : The Humanize Velocity panel is unique among BFD's humanization functions in that it not only applies to the Groove Librarian, but also when using the plugin as a sound module: in other words, using the host's sequencing functions to trigger BFD's sounds as single hits. Part Four : USING YOUR HOST'S MIXING CAPABILITIES As mentioned at the beginning of the tutorial, there are three different versions of the BFD plugin: BFD Stereo: Stereo Master output only. This version mixes all microphone buses together with the Direct signals inside the plugin, outputting a stereo pair. The Master output fader controls the overall output volume of the plugin. This version outputs each stereo microphone group as an independent stereo output. Therefore, output pair 1-2 is the Direct Master bus, 3-4 is the Overhead bus, 5-6 is the Room bus and 7-8 is the PZM bus. The Master output fader affects the volume of all buses in a relative manner. This is the same as BFD Groups but, instead of a stereo mix of the Direct signals, each individual Kit-Piece has its own output. Therefore, kick in, kick out, snare bottom, snare top, hihat, low, medium and high toms, and cymbals 1-3 each have an independent output, starting at output 7. [. . . ] Latency also depends upon the speed of your computer processor: even if your soundcard supports very low latencies (for example RME cards are capable of going down to 1. 5ms, lower than the latency of many hardware synths) it takes a heavy amount of processing power in order to actually achieve this. 64 · I'm getting clicks and pops!First of all, please verify if you are only getting this behaviour with BFD. Clicks and pops are usually a result of interruptions to the computer, caused by conflicting IRQs and substandard motherboards (such as those with a VIA chipset). These symptoms are also very common when using very low latencies on a computer which cannot handle them. [. . . ]