FXpansion BFD Eco - Manual (Page 12)

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Delete
This button is used for removing unwanted presets or kit-pieces from the database, which can make it easier to find the ones you need. You are
asked for confirmation before you can continue.
When removing a user preset from the database, BFD Eco also asks if you want to remove its files from disk. Clicking ‘Yes’ removes the files from
the relevant user preset location. If you click ‘No’, the preset’s files remain untouched, and they are found during the next rebuild of the database.
BFD Eco never prompts to delete factory-installed preset files or kit-pieces.
Load from disk (Preset, kit and mixer browsers only)
Clicking this button displays a system file open dialog for navigating to a specific preset. When you attempt to load it, BFD Eco asks if you would
also like to import it into the database. This function is intended for loading new files without having to place them in the correct location and
rebuild the database.
Above: the Search function
Below: the Quick-search drop-down
Search
Allows you to narrow down the amount of items shown in the listing by clicking inside the Search box and
entering one or more search keywords.
Quick-search
Useful search terms are stored in the Quick-search drop-down menu to the left of the Search text-box.
Recent searches are shown in the menu, along with other useful terms.
Sticky
With the Sticky button enabled, the browser stays open after a preset/kit-piece is loaded – you can play
BFD Eco via MIDI and change between presets without reopening the browser.
Image / Rating
You can rate presets with the Rating control above the large image. Ratings can be used as a ‘favourites’
system when Sorting is set to ‘Star Rating’.
Info display
The Info display varies depending on which type of preset you are currently loading.
Presets/kits: The display shows a list of the kit-pieces within each slot.
Mixers: The display is blank.
Kit-pieces: The display shows audition preview strips for each articulation within the kit-piece, along
with additional background information.
Kit-piece articulation audition strips (kit-piece browser only)
The display features an audition strip for each articulation within the selected kit-piece. Click towards the
left of the strip to hear lower velocity layers, and to the right for higher layers.
Target slot information (kit-piece browser only)
Displays the following information about the destination kit-piece channel:
Target Slot (slot number and name)
The name/number of the slot to which the kit-piece will be loaded.
Currently in Slot
The name of the kit-piece currently loaded into the target slot.
Drum Shop (kit-piece browser only)
This button launches the FXpansion Drum Shop in your web browser, where you can
purchase additional sounds for use with BFD Eco.