FXpansion BFD Premium Acoustic Drum Module - Manual (Page 32)

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TWEAKING THE KIT
The Kit-Piece Inspector
As well as its Mixer controls, BFD contains further ways of shaping the sound of the Kit.
6:1 Different ways of tweaking the Kit
Kit-Piece Inspector
The Kit-Piece Inspector allows you to apply virtual damping to your Kit. You can also link
two Kit-Pieces together, and remove a Kit-Piece from the current Kit. Any settings you
make here are saved with the host song, or in a BFD Program fi le. They are not saved
with a Kit fi le, although the Unload Kit-Piece setting can affect any subsequently saved
Kit fi le. See section 6:2 for more details.
Hit Options panel
This houses the Hit trim and Unload controls for individual Hit types (giving you, for
example, the ability to tweak the relative volumes of the various hihat Hit types), and a
number of parameters specifi c to the hihat, including the ability to ‘tighten’ the hihat in the
closed position. The Advanced tab of the panel also includes numerous detailed options
to further creatively alter the Kit. See chapter 7 for more details.
Options panel
The Choke Fade times within BFD can be adjusted within the Options panel. These
settings control how BFD fades out any older event of the same Kit-Piece still playing
when a new event is received. In particular, it is very important to adjust hihat choking to
your own taste. These settings are not saved with each song (or BFD Programs): they are
global settings for BFD and apply all the time. See section 9:1 for more details.
Play Options panel
This panel contains the Anti-machinegun mode and Disable sidestick tuning options.
These settings are saved with the song (and in a BFD program), and whenever you make
a change in the panel, they will be saved to the registry (Windows) or to a preferences
fi le (MacOSX). See section 9:2 for more details.
Humanize Velocity panel
You can use the Humanize Velocity panel to add controlled randomization to the velocity
response of the Kit as an alternative or an addition to the Anti-machinegun mode in the
Play Options panel. Please see section 8:10 for more details on the Humanize Velocity
panel.