GAS: BFD3

Clarky · May 2014

I've got the itch pretty bad now...

looks like I'll be upgrading BFD2 to BFD3 within the next few weeks..

PolarityMan · May 2014

Im bound to upgrade sooner or later too

Lodious · May 2014

Drew_fx....this is where you come in with a cracking discount to all FB members :-)

Clarky · May 2014

good call....

get all the Fretboard community up on BFD3..

we all love it and sing it's praises...

more people by BFD3 cos they listen to us because we are such a highly respect source of wisdom

johnnyurq · May 2014

Quite a lot of companies are open to a group buy giving price breaks at various levels of definite buyers.

A couple other communities I frequent do this from time to time and the deals are very keen indeed, just need someone with brass cojones to ask.

BFD3 is very good though.

Deijavoo · May 2014

I'll join a co-op purchase.

Clarky · May 2014

I reckon that by this time next week…..

my BFD2 will be BFD3…

can't wait ! !

ThePrettyDamned · May 2014

Clarky said:

I reckon that by this time next week…..
my BFD2 will be BFD3…

can't wait ! !

I've decided to go for broke and just save for BFD3. Once I worked out how to program my own grooves, it became pretty intuitive to just record a song's worth of decent sounding drums, and I hardly even looked at changing how the drums themselves sound, just upped the gain a bit on the kick!

And that was just the demo...

Drew_TNBD · May 2014

Hey chaps,

Been asking at the office about group-buys and it seems we can't really do it I'm afraid. Sorry!

Deijavoo · May 2014

Sniff sniff. Worth a shot though.

Cheers dude.

littlegreenman · May 2014

Now that my next holiday is paid for, 3 is definitely on the DAS list

Clarky · May 2014

it's official… Clarky's GAS kitty has the dosh…

I reckon I'll be upgrading in the next few days..

yaaaayyyy ! ! !

Clarky · June 2014

BFD3 library content is downloading…. Yaaaaayyyyy!!!

Drew_TNBD · June 2014

Let me know how you get on!

Clarky · June 2014

went to see Edge of Tomorrow whilst the content was being downloaded..

installing now.. really looking forward to this..

Clarky · June 2014

it's working….

I've not had much chance to have a serious play with it..

but I will do later in the week..

from the little noodle I've had with it so far, it sounds superb..

Clarky · June 2014

looks like I'm going to have to get to know BFD3 sooner than I thought..

I have two main music projects on the go right now.. one is recording the next DC Band album.. the other is working with a movie trailer consortium..

I've just been asked to add some choirs, orchestral brass and some rockin'-an'rollin' [kinda metal style] to a trailer..

so here goes.. my BFD3 maiden voyage starts tomorrow...

Drew_TNBD · June 2014

Awesome!

Clarky · June 2014

my roll with this trailer crew is mainly the orchestral, choral, guitars and drum kit parts.. so for the drums before I was using BFD2.. but now I have a nice new toy..

for my "trailer drums / percussion" I'm using Native Instruments Action Strikes. trailer drums are a whole different world.. and a completely different ethos to BFD.. it's more about being 'huge' than authentic.. thing is... most trailer writers have instruments like Strikes. so in addition to conventional rock drum parts, I reckon it'd be cool to on blend BFD3 with Strikes [the fat Ludwig floor toms].. that'll mean I can bring something a little different whilst remaining within trailer context..

seriously.. I had no idea trailer music was soooo fkn difficult to create..

Clarky · June 2014

@Drew_fx is it possible to import a BFD2 MIDI map into BFD3

because my BFD2 hit is huge and I had to add quite a lot to the basic map.. so I'm wondering if I have to set that all up again from scratch, or can I save loads of time and import??

Drew_TNBD · June 2014

Yeah you can import.

Keymap window. File menu. Choose "Import Key Maps". Navigate to the folder where the keymap file is stored. Import.

(if you didn't save your BFD2 keymap out as a file, then do that first)

Clarky · June 2014

awesome.... I have several maps saved..

I'll try this later.. it'll be a major 'pain in the ass' saver..

can I do the same with the mixer too? cos I have individual outputs all built for logic [in Logic I have 16 channel strips for BFD]

Drew_TNBD · June 2014

No, we ditched the mixer preset file format in BFD3. But you can easily route the channels back out into Logic and save it as a default preset.

Clarky · June 2014

k thanks.. and of course, compared to key mapping, assigning kit pieces to outs is a much smaller / easier job

Drew_TNBD · June 2014

Yeah should be a piece o' pisssssss!

Clarky · June 2014

maps imported…. yeah baby ! ! ! took all of 20 secs..

BFD3 sounds like it really has a coat of polish.. liking it so far..

as with all new toys… I'm sure I'll get the best out of it when I've build my own kits etc…

I'm going to take my time learning this.. it looks awesome..

Clarky · June 2014

fkn love the BFD3 kick drum processing... all fat and splatty.. awesome...

Drew_TNBD · June 2014

It's mostly tuning. The samples aren't processed that much, we leave that up to le user!

Clarky · June 2014

I clearly need to play around with all this..

BFD3 does seem a bit different to BFD2, so it'll take a little time for me to get familiar with..

in my spare time [between recording stuff for the DCB and the trailers] I'm going to build a nice new drum kit from scratch.. a nice propper prog rock big boy kit with a million toms..

there was one tone I never quite managed to get from BFD2 [prob cos I never have the right toms] that I adore.. it's the really high / small toms Neil Peart uses on tracks like Tom Sawyer and YYZ.. I'm guessing that they're 8" or maybe even smaller..?? I got close in BFD2 with the small Tamburo toms pitched up a bit..

my BFD2 kit has 8 toms [I used the 2nd kick slot to mount the highest tom]

two small Tamuburo's, then the next 4 are the DW hi and lo mid's, then the Ludwig small and large floor toms.. the tuning takes a bit of getting right.. and cos I split them out in Logic I can EQ them so that they have a similar enough voicing that they don't sound too different..

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