BFD
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Product	BFD
Developer	FXpansion
Primary Type	Acoustic Drum Module
Price (MSRP)	$399 / €299


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BFD2 is an acoustic drum production environment for your computer with power and flexibility. Extreme realism and sound quality, fast and easy set up, total plug-in integration to your digital audio workstation.

Customized 10, 18 or 32 piece kits are at your fingertips, with full control over tuning, damping, ambience levels, velocity response and more. Layer parts of the kit for powerful hybrid sounds perfect for modern productions and flick through preset kit-piece profiles for quick access to dry, damped and other useful settings. BFD2 lets you configure your sounds like a real drum kit instead of pushing buttons on a sampler.

You can even import your own stereo sample-sets with multiple velocity layers so you can mix and layer your own sounds with BFD2's for experimental kits and 'drum-replacement' production tricks.

BFD2 Highlights:

10 full kits, extra snares, cymbals, and more.
Incredible detail: Multiple mic positions, expressive articulations, up to 96 velocity layers.
User stereo multi-velocity layer sample import.
EQ and FX suite containing everything from flanger, bitcrusher and delay effects to circuit-modelled dynamics, filtering and distortion.
Great-sounding presets let you concentrate on writing and playing instead of engineering.
5000+ Grooves ready to use in your projects.
Built-in multi-channel audio export.
Better management of kits, instruments, Grooves and other files.
Easy mapping for keyboard/pad controllers and automation.
Electronic drum triggering support including expressive hihats and snare positional sensing.
A huge range of powerful new features and workflow enhancements.

All KVR Audio news items relating to BFD.

FXpansion announces BFD Nano	14th January 2010
Sonic Reality announces 'Neil Peart Drums Vol 1: The Kit'	14th January 2010
Muse Research & Development Expands Virtual Instrument Support with RECEPTOR OS 1.8	9th October 2009
FXpansion releases BFD Cocktail Expansion Kit	8th October 2009
Platinum Samples releases Real Jazz MIDI Groove Pack [BFD\|GM]	8th October 2009
FXpansion releases BFD Signature Snares Vol.1 Expansion Pack	11th September 2009
FXpansion introduces Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute Expansion Kit for BFD2	4th August 2009
Groove Monkee releases 'Rock 3: Contemporary' MIDI Beats Library	3rd July 2009
FXpansion releases BFD Oak Custom Expansion Kit	28th April 2009
Groove Monkee releases Punk Rock MIDI Beats Library	3rd April 2009
Overloud announces Breverb BFD to Breverb Upgrade Offer	19th January 2009
FXpansion announces BFD v2.1	16th January 2009
FXpansion announces Japanese Taiko Percussion for BFD2.1	9th December 2008
FXpansion releases 8 Bit Kit for BFD2	12th November 2008
FXpansion updates BFD to v2.0.5.10	3rd October 2008
FXpansion releases BFD2 JEX Expansion Kit	29th August 2008
Groove Monkee releases Power Rock MIDI Beats Library	29th August 2008
FXpansion updates BFD to v2.0.4.17 and releases Demo Versions	27th June 2008
FXpansion updates BFD2 to v2.0.3.15	23rd April 2008
FXpansion releases BFD B.O.M.B (Big Orchestral & Marching Band) expansion pack for BFD (1.5 & 2.0)	17th April 2008
Groove Monkee releases Fusion MIDI Beats Library [BFD\|DFH\|AD]	10th March 2008
ChocolateAudio announces Imperial Drums BFD2 expansion library	19th January 2008
Muse Research announces New Software Running on Receptor	17th January 2008
FXpansion releases BFD2	20th December 2007
Groove Monkee releases Blues MIDI library for BFD and EZDrummer	12th April 2007
Platinum Samples releases Andy Johns Classic Drums BFD Expansion Pack	21st February 2007
FXpansion updates BFD to v1.5.46	7th February 2007
WaveMachine Labs releases Drumagog Platinum and Drumagog BFD	7th February 2007
Future Technology Presents releases 1.5 X-RAYted BFD Tutorial DVD	22nd November 2006
FXpansion releases BFD Percussion	2nd November 2006
FXpansion releases 'Mixing With BFD' - free guide	7th August 2006
BFD now on Receptor	21st July 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.45 J beta	11th July 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.45 H (beta)	6th July 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.45 demo version	28th June 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.45 (beta)	26th May 2006
FXpansion releases BFD Converter	17th May 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.0.43 (beta)	8th May 2006
Groove Monkee releases Producer Packs 3 and 4	28th April 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.0.42 (beta)	28th April 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.0.41 (beta)	26th April 2006
FXpansion announces BFD and Guru Universal Binaries	31st March 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.0.39 (beta)	8th March 2006
FXpansion releases BFD Jazz & Funk Collection	1st March 2006
FXpansion updates BFD to v1.5.0.38 (OSX Beta)	20th February 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.0.37 (Beta / Win)	13th February 2006
FXpansion updates BFD to v1.5.0.34 (Win)	17th January 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.0.33 (OSX)	12th January 2006
Groove Monkee releases BFD Country Beats	12th January 2006
FXpansion releases BFD v1.5.0.31	12th December 2005
FXpansion BFD v1.5.0.29 now available	24th November 2005
BFD Lite for Receptor now available	19th October 2005
Groove Monkee releases BFD Metal Beats	14th October 2005
FXpansion releases BFD Deluxe Collection	10th October 2005
Muse Research @ AES (More plug-ins & Receptor v1.4)	7th October 2005
Groove Monkee releases Electronic for BFD	15th September 2005
Groove Monkee releases Funk, Hip Hop and R&B MIDI Beats for BFD	18th August 2005
Groove Monkee releases MIDI Beats for BFD and DFHS	1st April 2005
FXpansion updates BFD to v1.0.10.20	30th March 2005
Drumagog 4 and Drumagog BFD announced	21st January 2005
FXpansion releases BFD 8 Bit Kit Expansion Pack	26th October 2004
FXpansion BFD XFL now shipping	13th July 2004
FXpansion BFD XFL open for pre-orders	3rd July 2004
FXpansion BFD XFL info	21st April 2004
FXpansion VST-RTAS Adapter v1.0.5 & BFD v1.0.8.2 released	23rd March 2004
FXpansion BFD v1.0.7.2 released	11th December 2003
FXpansion BFD v1.0.5 (Windows) released	21st November 2003
FXpansion BFD updated to v1.0.3	7th November 2003
FXpansion BFD - Premium Acoustic Drum Module released	27th September 2003

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By Beardedone
On 10th April 2006
Version: 1.5.39

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I have been a fan of FXpansion’s Dr008 drum sampler/synthesizer plug-in for years. Dr008 combined with Musiclab’s Drumtools: Slicy&Fillin-Drummer plugins made my initial forays into computer music making fun and productive. I then invested in BFD and my world of drum sounds expanded exponentially. BFD’s huge multilayer kits with microphone placement variations, bleed-through mixing and unprecedented hithat control allow production of drum tracks that I bet even Omar Hakim couldn’t distinguish as being sampled. BFD put me in drum heaven. The only thing I was missing was a brush kit of comparable quality to the deep, spacious kits supplied with BFD.
Along came BFD Jazz and Funk. Brush kits as well as mallet, stick, rod and hand struck Jazz kits. Recorded by John Emrich on Gretsch, Yamaha, Slingerland toms and kicks. The snares: let’s see : Ludwig Super Sensitive, Pearl Free-Floating, Greg McDonald 6x14 inch and an incredible sounding 60’s era Rogers Powertone snare. The latter alone is worth the price of admission. Kit pieces (except the kicks of course) are all available as brush and stick wth sekected rod, mallet and hand hits. I won’t go into the cymbals except to say – Thank you for filling every hihat and cymbal possibility I can think of! Installation was easy but be prepared to patient as there are five (5) DVDs to load. There is, thankfully, the option to install in three formats, 20, 48 or 128 velocity-dependent multilayers. This permits those of us with less than bleeding-edge machines to load kits playable at reasonable latencies. My main DAW PC has a dedicated hard drive for BFD that is rather tiny at 80 GB, so I opted for the intermediate multilayer kits. With the stock BFD plus 48 layer J&F compltet kits this drive is nearly maxed out at 75% though it plays smoothly at 3-6 ms through my RME Multiface II. One thing I should mention is that users can install selected kit pieces and can choose to deselect kit piece they may not use or do not have HD space to install. This came in handy on my laptop system drive (80 GB) where I only installed the brush kits. Even though it is a 5400 rpm Seagate drive with an 8MB buffer I can play BFD at less than 10 ms.

Bravo FXpansion!

Last edited by Beardedone on 11th April 2006

By multree
On 12th November 2004
Version: 1

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Did you think that Battery or DR008 have been the answer to your question for a good drum sampler? Well guess what - you asked the wrong question! This VST/RTAS/AU/ReWire/DXi/Standalone instrument from fxpansion takes Steinberg’s concept of a virtual drummer (groove agent) to a professional level. The superb sounding 9 GB big, sample content was recorded by Steve Duda (engineer/producer for e.g. NIN & A Perfect Circle) and includes 7 drum kits (from DW, Ayotte, Lucite, Ludwig, Slingerland, Pearl & Leedy) and additional kit pieces (from e.g. Premier, Radio King, Porkpie, Tama, Noble/Cooley & even stuff from unknown manufacturers) with up to 46 velocity layers per hit. Every hit was recorded simultaneously through eleven high class microphones.

Now to have full access to this sample library fxpansion created BFD which is able to adjust the volume of direct-, overhead-, room- & pcm-mics separately. The first sample library to offer control over the room sound was Toontrack's 'Drum kit from hell' (with direct and room mics), but BFD goes way beyond that. You can even move the stereo ambient mics around and spread them. Furthermore you're able to adjust the balance between the snares' top or bottom mic, or the bass drums' inside and outside mic (only the DW bass drum has no second mic - but Steve promised to look into this and maybe add this if possible).

With BFD it's very easy to (re)compile new kits - you just need to click the button corresponding to the kit piece you want to change and choose from a variety of drums or cymbals. While it's not possible, and due to BFD's paradigm of multimiced drums senseless to load your own samples, fxpansion will release expansion packs for BFD in the near future. So, this way even kit pieces that are still missing, like drums played with brushes or mallets, or simply more drum kits to choose from will be available soon.

A feature unique to the BFD is the ability to change the velocity correspondence of each kit piece, so even if you simply create your rhythm tracks in your host's piano roll (midi editor) you can decide at which velocity 'the drum is hit' without changing the velocity of each drawn note. BFD is even smart enough to handle humanization in both timing and velocity, while a relaxed, French looking guy and some kind of robot dude will help you to achieve your aims.

When you're host supports multiple outs you can either use the BFD Stereo (Stereo Master output only), BFD Groups (four stereo outputs - Direct Master, Overhead, Room and PZM) or BFD All (mono out for every kit piece and stereo outs for Overhead, Room and PZM). The last one gives you the freedom to process every kit piece separately, which may become very handy during the mix.

Last but not least BFD offers you an integrated Drummer (the Groove Librarian) who's capable of almost every style you could imagine (again - even if you might find a groove the BFD is not [yet] capable of you can go to the fxpansion forum on www.kvr-vst.com and request it). You can either tell the drummer, by pressing the corresponding key on your midi keyboard, what to play or when; or simply set some guidelines (e.g. a break every fourth bar) and let BFD do the rest. You're of course still able to play it like any other drum sampler via midi notes.

Since BFD uses disk streaming technology you should have a fast computer with enough RAM and an even faster hard drive to benefit from all the features it has to offer. But still it's possible to tweak it that it runs on Laptops with slower hard drives, when using the 'RAM only' option. This way you'll only hear the first seconds of each hit (depending on how much RAM you're able to assign to BFD). I've tested BFD on a Dell Latitude with 1,6 GHz pentium m, 512MB of RAM and a 5.600rpm hard drive - and while composing I used the 'RAM only' function and whenever I was ready to render the track, I just clicked on the 'bounce' button and had a wonderful sounding drum track. Still I think that an option to listen to the Direct Out only, or to reduce the amount of velocity layers in order to lower the disk load while composing, would have been very cool.

All in all this is the best acoustic drum module I've seen. I'm blown away by the sound and the possibilities this monster has to offer. Sadly you can't test it, for its sample library is simply too big to make a downloadable demo possible. But if this got you interested you can go to www.fxpansion.com and download some of the audio demos and maybe take a look at the shockwave demonstration, or you can go to fxpansion's forum on www.kvr-vst.com in order to ask some users about their opinion or maybe listen to songs they've made using the BFD. I am a user and I am addicted. BFD ROCKS !!!

By derek
On 25th October 2004
Version: 1.0

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great plugin! it basically comes down to two things:

1. detailed sampling of drums. its not like BFD invented that, but the sampling is *really* detailed and makes the drum sounds come alive in a way i havent heard in a while.

2. the much more important point: it splits the samples into direct signal and crosstalk on the other microphones. i have done this myself with a few drumkits and it is *the* key to realistic drum sampling, but its such a lot of work, oh my...

...fxpansion has done all that work for us, and it shows. pressing the solo button on the basedrum channel and hearing the crosstalk from the other instruments is not only a cool jawdropper (in the traditional "look what this thing does" way) but helps the sound enourmously. being able to process only the overheads, or using an overcompressed basedrum mic as sole sound source for some fun lofi stuff, thats the way its gotta be.

so far so good. i dont know any other sampleset that does this, so that leaves BFD without any competition (asides from my own samplesets as competition for me personally ;-)

things i would like to see in the future:

1. random changing of samples. sample a full velocity hit on the snare drum 8 times and make them randomly chance. that makes it even more realistic and would be a very logical addition for the whole BFD concept

2. even though its hard on RAM: include the crosstalk on tom mics in future samplesets. let the user choose to load them or not load them. it might seem unimportant at first, but i.e. the low tom mic usually is one of the coolest SFX or pseudo-drumloop sources of them all :-)

3. make the bell samples of the ride cymbal accessible also via the keyboard (just put them on some other key) and not just switching. allthough maybe i just havent found that or my version is outdated.

4. some onboard effects, especially compression. it would be nice to have some good compression settings load as part of the instrument

5. on a somewhat similar note, it would be great if one had a way to rise the level of the "soft" samples with a knob somewhere in the UI. that may go against the ultra-relalism approach of BFD, but in todays ultra-stylized low-dynamic pop world it would be very helpful. right now i find myself mostly using the high velocity samples or adding another instance of BFD for the softer samples (thus killing my RAM of course ;-)

that may seem like a lot of complaints for an instrument i recommend, but thats only because its so inspiring and goes new ways. its the best plugin ive bought in a long time and outside of the KVR rating system i would give it a 10 out of 10, with my remarks being understood as BFD having the potential to go to eleven :-)

all in all, its the best in its category. its the only one in its category. the quality and detail of sampling are awesome, the UI is very clever (and beatiful! love the pictures in the panel to load drum sounds...not only eye candy but also useful to remember which drum was which).

a true masterpiece. i look forward for many more drum libraries. theres no such thing as a too big library of realistic real drum sounds.

By x_bruce
On 24th March 2004
Version: 1.0

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BFD is the cumulation of what a sample based drum VST instruments can be.

fxpansion has created an organic drum machine that can be played/programmed, and is the first serious drum synth to address programmed grooves that aren't hackneyed.

A drum kit is pictured in the upper middle part of the interface. Click on it and you see the kit outline you will design. You have choices, tons of them. The easiest is to load one of 7 preset 'kits'. These kits contain a typical studio drum setup with layered, ultra-high quality drum samples. You can make your own kits by selecting each drum/cymbal. When loaded, the included kit samples are astonishingly detailed with hundreds of samples. Each drum has enormous sound potential with samples cross layered using velocity maps. Any given drum can contain four or five musical techniques. This provides for extreme realism. BFD offers total control with stero, all drum tracks and all mikes for each drum. Nothing comes close to BFD's attention to detail.

There is a section for microphone settings including direct, overhead, room, pzm and master sliders. These settings enhance realism and sound shaping. On each side of the interface there are icon buttons. The left has icons of various drums such as hi-hat, snare, bass, toms, cymbals (3 including either ride or crash). It's important to emphasize BFD's character demonstrated in these individual drums. You can play selected drum to hear it's timbral changes. Pan, pitch, dynamics, trim and tune controlss are available per drum.

To the right are many options for control of drum kits including key mapping, system options, play options, quantizing and humanizing for velocity and timing. The options are stylishly graphic and at times fun (a beatnick turns into an alien as you change velocity/timing). And for automated use you can select grooves, fills and shuffle...and this is just setting up the drum kit and how it will play. If you have drum pads or a kit like V-Drums you get an even better feel for the quality of BFD's multisamples. Playing live, the articulations have a 'real' feel to them. Add that you can save your own kits and we've covered only half of what BFD does.

There are hundreds of grooves and fills in all kinds of musical styles. You drag and drop, program or edit grooves too. While pre-programmed grooves may sound like the cheesy drum machines of old, BFD is vastly different. You can use these grooves as is or create your own gooves and fills which save as midi files.

CONCLUSION
The drum kits are beautifully sampled with many noted drummers playing or programming the grooves. Think of a style/kit and you'll find it. There are several ways to create performances. Play them, use grooves or a mix of both. Even if you are rhythm challenged BFD delivers with great sounding drums and styles that work better than any drum solution available. It is a must have if you take you drum tracks seriously. BFD offers many features found nowhere else.

Last edited by x_bruce on 24th March 2004

By Ned Bouhalassa
On 26th November 2003
Version: 1.0.3

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Friends, this one's going to be short, because I just can't find the time to write a long review. I'm sure there will be many more though, as this is one killer instrument. First of all, installation was pretty painless, but only because I read the OS-X-related posts on FXpansion's forum. If you're on OS-X, do take the time to read them. I did have a few minor problems at first in Logic, but Angus, always the consumate pro, replied within... 10 minutes! The manual is clear, the interface as well.

The sound is fantastic. This is THE drum machine to beat, as it has 7 very-multi-layered drums to offer. They all have their particular characteristics (some are dark and woody, others bright and more metallic), and it's easy to load up different ones with the same groove to compare them. Auditioning individual kit parts is very user-friendly, as you can click on different parts of the images of the parts and hear the individual velocity layers. Sophisticated, I tell you. Keep in mind, though, that it does not have any percussion other than the standard drum set. You'll have to add your own tambourine or John Bonham gong!

Speaking of grooves, BFD offers a good variety, from rock to progressive funk to latin, and even throws in some 3/4 for good measure. You can have BFD randomly shuffle through related grooves, and have it add fills from a very useful collection. Of course, quantization is offered, as is a very interesting control over the 'humanization' of the playing. The drums are layed out in General MIDI format, allowing you to use other popular grooves as well. The exciting news is that FXpansion will be offering kit and groove updates in the near future.

My favourite part, however, is playing around with the mix of dry and the miced sound. It's a breeze to add room, overhead, and PZM mics (for extra body), and believe me, once you start playing with this kind of mixing, it's hard to go back to using drum loops and other drum machines. Oh, and these and other parameters are also fully automate-able, at least in Logic.

There are lots of easy-to-get-to controls over things like pitch, trim, panning, etc. The layout of the interface is really well thought out.

I did not experience any streaming problems with the audio, but I'm using a dual G5 with 2 gigs of RAM.

This is one fantastic virtual instrument, that comes with great support. Yes, it's a little pricy, but it comes on 2 dvds; that should tell you all about the amount of wonderfully recorded content. This, IMV, is a perfect complement to Stylus (which is grittier, more street-level) or Groove Agent (which has more of a wide-ranging/period groove set).

... and I said I was going to keep this short...

Last edited by Ned Bouhalassa on 6th December 2003

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The VST to Audio Unit Adapter for Mac OS X is a highly-integrated plug-in wrapper that allows users of Audio Unit-compatible applications such as Apple's Logic and MOTU's Digital Performer to integrate VST plug-ins and instruments seamlessly in to their working environment. Once installed and configured, the wrapper creates "virtual Audio Units" for each of your VST plug-ins, which behave exactly the same as true Audio Units in every respect. ... [more]

VST-RTAS Adapter


Product:	VST-RTAS Adapter
Developer:	FXpansion
Type:	Format Adapter
Price:	$99 / €75 / £55
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The VST to RTAS Adapter enables VST effect and instrument plug-ins to be used seamlessly and transparently as RTAS plug-ins in your Pro Tools session (Pro Tools and Pro Tools LE versions 6.0 and higher). It uses virtually no CPU power or memory and makes a vast range of VST plug-ins available directly within Pro Tools. The adapter supports all the latest VST2 features, such as sample accurate timing, parameter automation, automatic tempo synchronization, easy preset browsing, and patch/preset interchange with other VST hosts such as Steinberg's Cubase VST, Cubase SX and Nuendo series. ... [more]

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Drumagog


Product:	Drumagog
Developer:	WaveMachine Labs
Type:	Drum Replacer
Price:	$199 - $379
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Drumagog automatically replaces drum tracks with a vast array of other samples. Features: Automatically replaces drum tracks with a variety of samples. Compatible with WAV, AIF, and SDII samples and libraries. MIDI Input and Output Capability. Advanced Visual Triggering feature. Sophisticated sample management. Auto sample-rate conversion. New triggering engine for the ultimate in accurate triggering. Works with Pro Tools, Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase, Nuendo and more. Comes with a massive 4GB drum sample collection including: Rock Drums Drumagog Edition. Purrrfect Drums. Pur... [more]

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