FXpansion BFD Premium Acoustic Drum Module - Manual (Page 12)

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2:2 Installation
BFD comes on two DVD’s. The fi rst DVD contains the stand alone program, plugins,
presets and several drum kits. The second DVD con tains only drum kits.
Before installing from the DVD, always check to see if there is a newer version available
on our website. Please see the following webpage for full details on obtaining updates, or
if you are encountering problems during installation:
http://www.fxpansion.com/support
• Please note that the BFD data needs to be installed on a hard disk with around 9 GB of
free space. Ideally, you should not be using this drive for your operating system, or for
streaming other audio data.
If you intend to use a host which does not support multiple outputs from a plugin, you
should install the ReWire version, See ‘ReWire installation’ below for help on setting your
ReWire options.
Windows installation
1. Insert the fi rst DVD (or extract the archive if installing from an update), examine the
contents and run the BFD Windows Setup.exe program. After you click through the
Welcome screen, you will need to select the components you wish to install – each
plugin version, the kit data and Auxiliary data such as presets can be selected or
deselected in the ‘Select Components’ stage of the installation.
• Please note that the VST version must be
installed regardless of which formats you intend to
use.
• You do not need to install the kit data again if it
already exists on your hard drive from a previous
install. If this is the case, de-select the checkboxes
for the Kits (and Extras).
• Even if you already have the data installed, it is
recommended to keep Auxiliary data checked,
although you may want to back up your own Kits,
Programs and other presets before you do this.
2. After you click Next, depending on your choices in the Select Components stage, you
will be prompted for folders for each of the following:
• BFD Data (It is recommended to install the data to a fast, dedicated hard drive).
• VST plugin fi les
• DXi plugin fi les
• Standalone application fi les
• RTAS plugin fi les
• ReWire fi les
3. Once you’ve fi nished specifying folders, you will see the
Start Installation message – Click Next to install. Please
be patient when installing kit data, as it can take a long
time!
Chapter 2: Installation