FXpansion BFD Eco User Manual

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Contents

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Ch.1 Introduction to BFD Eco

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1:1 BFD Eco basics

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Launching BFD Eco

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1. As a standalone application

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2. As an instrument plugin within a host

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BFD Eco’s interface

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1:2 Loading sounds

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• Loading a BFD Eco Preset

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• Loading a kit

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• Loading a kit-piece

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1:3 Playing sounds

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• via MIDI

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• from the Grooves page

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• previewing sounds

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1:4 Default MIDI key assignments

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Ch.2 BFD Eco audio architecture

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2:1 Kits, kit-pieces and articulations

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2:2 Velocity layers and mic channels

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2:3 Using expansion packs with BFD Eco

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Ch.3 Loading and saving in BFD Eco

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3:1 Preset types and kit-pieces

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Preset pickers

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Loading Kit-pieces

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3:2 Other preset types used in BFD Eco

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Kit-piece presets

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Key map

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3:3 Using the Preset pickers

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3:4 Lock buttons

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3:5 Using preset browsers

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Preset listing, Load and Cancel

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View Size / Sorting

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Type (kit-piece browser for Percussion slots only)

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Delete

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Load from disk (Preset, kit and mixer browsers only)

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Search

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Quick-search

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Sticky

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Image / Rating

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Info display

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Target slot information (kit-piece browser only)

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Drum Shop (kit-piece browser only)

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Ch.4 Kit Page and Mixer

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4:1 Kit page

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4:2 Mixer

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Kit-piece channels

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Ambience channels: OH and Room

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Aux channels

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Master channel

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Mixer visibility

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Selecting channels

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Selecting multiple channels

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4:3 Mixer channel controls

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Channel image

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FX1 / FX2 Power

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Pan (kit-piece channels only)

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Mute / Solo

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Level fader / meter

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Output selector

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4:4 Channel context menu

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Load Kit-piece

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Clear Kit-piece

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Copy Channel, Paste Channel

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Reset Channel

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Clear Channel FX

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Clear Aux Sends

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Ch.5 Channel page

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5:1 Kit-piece preset picker

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5:2 Inspector

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Large channel image

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Tune

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Dyn (Dynamics)

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In/Out (kick only)

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Bot/Top (snare only)

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Damp

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Tighten (hihat only)

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Width (ambience channels only)

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Distance (ambience channels only)

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Ambience controls

(kit-piece channels only)

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Flip LR

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OH/Room Amount

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Aux sends

(kit-piece and ambience channels only)

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Aux1/Aux2 Send

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5:3 EQ and FX slots

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EQ

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FX slots

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Power

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Input meter

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Mix

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Effect picker

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Effect preset picker

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Tools menu

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Ch.6 Grooves

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6:1 Introduction to Grooves

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6:2 Groove browser

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Groove list

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Auto-Preview and individual Preview buttons

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Category filters

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Search

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6:3 Grooves Mode

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Grooves Mode

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Off

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Single

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Track

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6:4 Drum Track

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Ruler

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Track

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Scrollbar / Zoom

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Drum Track markers

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Position marker (blue)

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Insert marker (red)

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Start marker (white)

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6:5 Adding parts to the Drum Track

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6:6 Manipulating Parts on the Drum Track

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Selecting Parts

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Moving selected Parts

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Copying selected Parts

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Changing the size of Parts

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Track context menu

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Cut selected Parts

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