Manual

Editor Preferences
MIDI export Mode
This setting specifies the track structure of exported MIDI files in BFD2. You can choose between 3 settings:
• One track for all kit-pieces
• One track per kit-piece
• One track per articulation
Record lead-in (bars)
You can set a lead-in time in bars for BFD2’s Groove recording functions. Recording only starts after this time when hitting the
Play button while MIDI recording is armed. Simply enter a number of bars to use as a lead-in. Enter 0 if you do not want a lead-in
when you record.
Groove record commit mode
This setting determines if Loop Commit mode is used, in which a ‘commit point’ is set at the end of each Groove cycle when
recording in Loop record mode. See section 6:6 for more details.
Each commit point can be considered as an ‘undo point’ – by using the Undo function you can undo each cycle of recording.
Off
No record commits are made during the recording. Pressing Undo after recording would undo the whole take.
On
Recorded events are committed at the end of each loop cycle, forming an ‘undo point’ for each loop cycle during the take.
During or after recording, you can keep clicking the Undo button to regressively undo the notes played during each loop cycle in
the take. A commit is only performed at the end of a loop cycle if events are received within it.
Maximum undo steps
Here you can set the maximum number of undo steps in the Groove Editor’s unlimited undo function. More steps use more RAM!
Export tail length (seconds)
This preference allows you to specify the size of the tail retained at the end of an audio export. The length of the tail is set in
seconds.
Retaining a tail at the end of exports makes sure that any lingering decays are captured. However, if you are trying to create audio
files that are an exact number of bars long (for example with the Export Groove Audio feature), leave this setting at 0.
Preview/load tempo/time sig if possible
If this setting is enabled, Grooves are previewed at their original tempo in the Groove and Palette choosers when using BFD2 as
standalone, or while the host is stopped when using BFD2 as a plugin.
Additionally, when running BFD2 in standalone mode, the current tempo is changed to the original tempo of a Groove or Palette
when it is loaded.
When the setting is disabled, Grooves are always auditioned and loaded at the current tempo.
Max Drum Track length (bars)
Here you can set up the maximum length the Drum Track, in bars. The default is 1000: if you require longer drum tracks, increase
this value.
Hold mouse button to preview
This setting changes the behaviour of preview buttons in the Palette and Groove & Palette choosers.
With the setting enabled, Groove previews play while the mouse button is held down on its preview button.
When disabled, clicking a preview button starts playing the Groove, and clicking it again stops it.
Preview events during editing
With this setting enabled, events are heard when being edited in the Groove editor. This occurs during the following operations:
• drawing an event
• selecting an event
• moving an event to a different articulation lane
• changing an event’s velocity.
Show BFD1 Bundles
BFD2 is capable of loading the MIDI files Grooves used in BFD 1.x, as well as its own new proprietary format. However, BFD1.
x Grooves are not visible by default since BFD2 ships with the entire BFD1.5 Groove library converted into the new format. If you
have additional BFD1.x Grooves, see section 5:7 for further details on loading them in BFD2.
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