FXpansion BFD Converter - Manual (Page 4)

Kit-Piece and Hit type translation
There are several significant differences between the drum mapping system
used in BFD and that in the Toontrack products. This means that an exact
translation is not possible. However, we have tried to ensure that converted
Kit-Pieces are logically mapped.
In most cases, the Toontrack sounds are mapped to the corresponding Kit-
Piece type in BFD (such as snare
snare). However, in certain cases (most
notably in the DFHS Percussionist library), some sounds are mapped to Kit-
Pieces which contain the maximum number of Hit types (articulations), even
though this mapping may seem illogical. A good example of this is the conga,
which is mapped to the snare Kit-Piece type.
In some cases, the Toontrack sounds provide more articulations than the
BFD system can support. When BFD Converter encounters this, these extra
articulations are placed in sub-folders with the same name as the Toontrack
articulation (for example, ‘Crescendo’).
To use these sounds, you need to rename their folders to names recognised
by BFD, such as Hit, Flam, Drag etc. A full list of all DFHS Percussionist
remappings is provided below.
Unsupported articulation folders that require renaming to use within BFD are
shown in
red :
• DFHS Percussionist remapping
• Shaker Percussion
o ShakerOnBeat Hit
o ShakerOffBeat Alt
o Beat Hit2
o Shakings Shakings
• Tambourine Percussion
o OpenHit Hit
o MutedHit Alt
o Crescendo Crescendo
o OnBeat OnBeat
o OffBeat OffBeat