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10:4 Session preferences Session preferences are settings that are not needed often enough to merit a place on the main interface, but which are useful to save on a session-by-session basis. If you want any settings in this category to be applied when BFD2 is launched, you need to create a suitable startup preset with BFD2 set up the way you want it. To do so, proceed as follows: 1. set BFD2’s parameters as you want them 2. set up BFD2’s session preferences as desired 3. save a BFD2 preset 4. go to the Data category in the Preferences page 5. set the BFD2 preset you just saved as the startup preset Session MIDI prefereces Reset to factory default values Clicking this button reverts to the factory default settings for Session MIDI preferences. Notes MIDI channel Grooves MIDI channel Controller MIDI channel These settings specify the MIDI channels on which BFD2 receives MIDI data for the following purposes: • triggering articulations with MIDI notes • playing Grooves with MIDI notes • automating BFD2 controls with MIDI CCs and MIDI notes By default, all of these are set to Omni, which means that articulation keymaps, Groove notes and MIDI automation receive on all MIDI channels. It is very likely that you will start to run out of MIDI notes in particular if you have large, complex kits, lots of Grooves or lots of MIDI note automation. If this is the case, you can make BFD2 receive MIDI data on different channels for each of these purposes. If you want to change any of these 3 settings, it is not advisable to leave any others with an Omni setting. You should set each to a specific MIDI channel, even if you want two of them to share a channel. Send MIDI Out MIDI Out channel These settings relate to BFD2’s MIDI Out function, which outputs events from the Groove engine (see section 7:7 for further details of using this feature). 1 0
Session Playback preferences Revert to factory defaults Clicking this button reverts to the factory defaults for MIDI session preferences. Auto-fill period This setting defines how often fills are triggered when using the Auto-fill function. Set the number of bars you want between fills here. Palette Auto-Play mode If you’re using the Palette Auto-Play mode, this setting allows you to choose between 3 behaviours when BFD2’s transport is started (either using the Play button on BFD2’s transport, or by starting the host transport when using BFD2 as a plugin). Current (factory default) When BFD2’s transport is started, it starts playing the currently selected Groove. This mode is particularly useful when working in the editor, while setting the edited Groove’s End Action to ‘Loop’. Groove When BFD2’s transport is started, a specific Groove from the Palette is played. This Groove is specified using the Palette Auto- Play Groove setting. Random When BFD2’s transport is started, it plays a random Groove from the Palette. Palette Auto-Play Groove If you’re using the ‘Groove’ Palette Auto-Play mode, this setting lets you specify the MIDI note of the Groove you want to start playing when BFD2’s transport is started. Groove engine active You can switch off the Groove functions in BFD2 entirely if you wish by disabling this setting. The Groove functions do not work at all with this setting disabled. Latching mode When this mode is enabled, Groove are started and stopped with a MIDI note on message, instead of keeping a key held down to keep it playing (note on to start, note off to stop). When the Groove ends, its behaviour follows its defined Groove Actions. Therefore, when using this mode, play a Groove’s MIDI key once to start it and again to stop it. Polyphonic mode Ordinarily, BFD2 allows you to play more than one Groove at once. When Polyphonic mode is enabled, multiple Grooves may be played simultaneously. A newly triggered Groove doesn’t stop any other Grooves currently playing. This is useful for layering Grooves. See section 7:6 for hints on using Polyphonic mode. 1 1
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