Tried yet again.
Removed ALL expansion registry entries after uninstalling ALL expansions.
Deactivated ALL expansions.
Start BFD 3.5.
Core Library is fine but it still shows the other expansions as blank presets.
So when I download,extract,install and activate an expansion,these blank presets still show up but HALF or MOre of the Drums for a preset are not loaded.
It's that shitty InMusic App.
It must load settings from a server.
I want all these blank presets and empty drum /cymbal slots gone.
Please get rid of InMusic download Centre.
It IS RUBBISH!!!
Get rid of it!
BFD 3.5 is frustrating
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- KVRist
- 402 posts since 4 Jun, 2010
Wooden Snares has blank kit pieces and the same with London Sessions (blank presets and kit pieces and grooves not working)
The other expansions I have now work after alot of stuffing around.
The other expansions I have now work after alot of stuffing around.
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- KVRAF
- 2314 posts since 11 Mar, 2003
That policy was crappy tbh, but honestly, it's better to pay a bit more for something that works and causes less frustration than to keep pouring money into anything inMusic.Smasha wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 4:29 am Not buying SD3 because of the no upgrade for SD2 users and it is incredibly expensive.
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- KVRian
- 614 posts since 1 May, 2009
I hard passed at $40. BFD was always on the buggy side, from what I remember, but it could have been improved. Too bad it became an InMusic trash heap instead. They're practically trying to give it away, and users are warning to stay away. At this point they should just provide the option to buy the samples and MIDI at the same price, because the headaches of the software doesn't look worth installing for free.
And I agree that SD has become overly expensive, as well as underwhelming (at least for e-drums), being bloated in unneeded ways and anemic in needed ways.
Addictive seems to have been left to rot on the vine. But it was always on the too light side, samples wise, anyway.
There is definitely still room in the market for someone to step things up. Same goes for many other fronts in audio plugins, not just acoustic drum samplers.
And I agree that SD has become overly expensive, as well as underwhelming (at least for e-drums), being bloated in unneeded ways and anemic in needed ways.
Addictive seems to have been left to rot on the vine. But it was always on the too light side, samples wise, anyway.
There is definitely still room in the market for someone to step things up. Same goes for many other fronts in audio plugins, not just acoustic drum samplers.
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- KVRist
- 202 posts since 20 May, 2020
It's a sh*t show for sure. A real shame, nothing else quite nails the raw vibe of it. SD3 is much more hi-fi, AD2 is way too processed.
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- KVRist
- 402 posts since 4 Jun, 2010
Absolute Shit show now.
Even presets that used to work ,no longer are shown.
In Music get your act together.
Sabian Cymbal Vault for example is showing White blank presets even when everything is active in BFD's loader.
What a joke.
Even presets that used to work ,no longer are shown.
In Music get your act together.
Sabian Cymbal Vault for example is showing White blank presets even when everything is active in BFD's loader.
What a joke.
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- KVRist
- 202 posts since 20 May, 2020
Yeah, it's a disaster now. The sound is still the best, but everything else about it is abysmal unfortunately.
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
It's odd then that in my experience using it, it exhibits none of these problems other than the authorization. I don't know what it does with the groove engine, I've never used it.
I might test it on my Sonoma OS (MacOS 14) machine at some point just to see if this is still true, but at the time that one was connected to an external drive (and the large display) I could just turn wifi off and it skipped the whole thing except for initial launch where it took a fraction of a second before it had no way to do the rest; with a project deactivated and returned to it ran like anything else. Quit Cubase, the next launch it tries to run it, fails, skips it. That machine is relegated to bedside internet stuff now.
On my Sequoia (OS 15) machine the current version won't run with wifi off. However what used to take 20 to 40 seconds (appx) takes a couple of seconds now.
I was loading it in Cubase and the sequencing "master" machine had but 8GB, it didn't use memory like I'm seeing here.
The libraries live on an external with plenty of space for the things.
more than one report of horrible issues here are on Windows 11.
I might test it on my Sonoma OS (MacOS 14) machine at some point just to see if this is still true, but at the time that one was connected to an external drive (and the large display) I could just turn wifi off and it skipped the whole thing except for initial launch where it took a fraction of a second before it had no way to do the rest; with a project deactivated and returned to it ran like anything else. Quit Cubase, the next launch it tries to run it, fails, skips it. That machine is relegated to bedside internet stuff now.
On my Sequoia (OS 15) machine the current version won't run with wifi off. However what used to take 20 to 40 seconds (appx) takes a couple of seconds now.
I was loading it in Cubase and the sequencing "master" machine had but 8GB, it didn't use memory like I'm seeing here.
The libraries live on an external with plenty of space for the things.
more than one report of horrible issues here are on Windows 11.
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
I'll reiterate this again: BFD has never tolerated libraries strewn about and having to find shit. It actually has a set 'should do' going back to BFD "1". In fairness this information seems obscure, it should be on top of everything. the manual, what-have-you; I've never seen it. I don't remember how/where I encountered it but it was during the life of BFD 1, maybe "1.5".
You have one top directory, may as well call it BFD Drums, the name of the thing; and all of your libraries in sub-folders below it. Create this directory FIRST. At the final stage of the installation, just click install, do not create a new folder or look for one: it will inform you there is no folder by that name (the expansion name etc), do you want to create it. Yes you do, and your library will be in the correct location. If you do not follow this structure, there'll tend to be problems directly following ("I had to keep reinstalling and reconnecting authorizations").
You have one top directory, may as well call it BFD Drums, the name of the thing; and all of your libraries in sub-folders below it. Create this directory FIRST. At the final stage of the installation, just click install, do not create a new folder or look for one: it will inform you there is no folder by that name (the expansion name etc), do you want to create it. Yes you do, and your library will be in the correct location. If you do not follow this structure, there'll tend to be problems directly following ("I had to keep reinstalling and reconnecting authorizations").