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6 chapter 01: INTRODUCING BFD2<br />
6 1:1 An introduction to BFD2<br />
6 • Welcome to BFD2<br />
6 • Credits<br />
7 1:2 BFD2 Architecture<br />
7 • How BFD2 works<br />
7 • Anatomy of a kit-piece<br />
8 • Articulations<br />
8 • Mic channels<br />
10 • Microphone buses<br />
11 1:3 Recording notes<br />
11 • Personnel<br />
11 • Kit preparation and tuning<br />
11 • Recording path<br />
12 • Microphones<br />
13 1:4 Introduction to the BFD2 interface<br />
13 • Control conventions<br />
14 • Interface overview<br />
14 1:5 Control bar<br />
14 • Page buttons<br />
14 • Preset indicator<br />
15 • Load menu<br />
15 • Save menu<br />
15 • Gain<br />
15 • Help menu<br />
16 1:6 Status Bar<br />
16 • MIDI Log<br />
16 • Audio stream indicator<br />
16 • MIDI stream indicator<br />
16 • RAM indicator<br />
16 • CPU and hard disk performance meters<br />
16 • Offline switch<br />
17 • Controller learn<br />
17 • Context info display<br />
17 • Transport<br />
18 • Rude Solo light<br />
18 • Beat light<br />
18 • Tempo<br />
18 • Time signature<br />
18 • Playback position<br />
19 1:7 Loading BFD2 Presets<br />
21 1:8 Saving BFD2 Presets<br />
21 • Elements saved with Presets<br />
22 1:9 BFD2 Help functions<br />
22 • Context info display<br />
22 • Tool-tips<br />
22 • Help menu<br />
23 • Getting further help with BFD2<br />
24 chapter 02: KIT PAGE<br />
building and adjusting your kit<br />
24 2:1 Kit page overview<br />
25 2:2 Kit Size<br />
25 • 10-piece kit<br />
25 • 18-piece kit<br />
26 • 32-piece kit<br />
26 • Switching kit sizes<br />
.MANUAL<br />
Contents<br />
27 2:3 Loading and saving in the Kit page<br />
27 • Loading in the Kit page<br />
27 • Saving in the Kit page<br />
28 2:4 Loading and saving kits<br />
28 • Loading kits – overview<br />
28 • Controls in the kit chooser panel<br />
30 • Saving kits<br />
31 2:5 Kit display and kit-piece slot windows<br />
31 • Kit display<br />
32 • Kit-Piece Slot windows<br />
33 2:6 Loading Kit-Pieces<br />
33 • Overview<br />
33 • Controls in the kit-piece chooser panel<br />
36 • Possible problems when loading<br />
36 • Building unorthodox kits<br />
37 2:7 Importing your own sounds into BFD2<br />
37 • Sample Import panel<br />
37 • Import settings<br />
38 • Photo settings<br />
38 • Velocity layers<br />
38 • Import & Cancel<br />
38 • Progress bar<br />
39 2:8 Kit page toolbar<br />
39 • Select<br />
39 • Link<br />
39 • Note Learn<br />
39 • Clear Kit<br />
40 2:9 Kit-piece inspector<br />
40 • Photo & star rating<br />
40 • Kit-piece quick-load controls<br />
40 • Kit-piece presets<br />
41 • Basic kit-piece controls<br />
42 • Ambience sends<br />
42 • Advanced kit-piece controls<br />
43 • Kit-piece bleed controls<br />
43 • Articulation controls<br />
45 2:10 Mini-mixer<br />
45 • Mixer<br />
45 • Master Dynamics<br />
45 • Master Tuning<br />
45 • Humanize<br />
46 2:11 MIDI Note Learn wizard<br />
46 • Initializing the MIDI learn wizard<br />
47 • Next slot mode<br />
47 • Wait mode<br />
48 chapter 03: MIXER PAGE<br />
engineering your drum sound<br />
48 3:1 Mixer page overview<br />
48 • How to approach mixing<br />
49 3:2 Loading and Saving in the Mixer page<br />
49 • Loading mixer presets<br />
51 • Saving Mixer presets<br />
51 • Varying channels between mixer presets<br />
51 • Loading/saving channel presets<br />
51 • Loading/saving effect presets<br />
52 3:3 Introduction to BFD2 mixer channels<br />
52 • Channel views<br />
52 • Types of channel strips in BFD2
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