FXpansion BFD Premium Acoustic Drum Module - Manual (Page 39)

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When using a hihat with less than the maximum amount of position Hit types, BFD intel-
ligently remaps triggers to Hits which are present.
All hihats variable
When enabled, this option causes any hihat note received (i.e. all of the ‘regular’ tip and
shank notes as well as the variable tip and shank notes) to act as a variable tip or shank
note. The actual hihat position Hit type played will depend on the value of the Hihat pedal
position.
Auto pedal event
This is to be used when using a variable hihat technique with an e-drum brain which
does not send out a pedal note automatically when the hihat pedal is fully depressed.
When enabled, this option causes BFD to generate and play a pedal note whenever the
hihat pedal is fully depressed (in other words, whenever it receives a maximum value of
127 from the hihat pedal position MIDI CC).
If your e-drum brain sends out a pedal/foot-chick note when the hihat pedal is fully
depressed (D-Drum and V-Drum brains fall into this category), then you should disable
this setting.
Tighten amount (tip / shank)
As these controls are increased from 0 towards 1, they ‘tighten’ the hihat when playing
the variable tip and variable shank Hit types, while the variable hihat pedal controller
is in the closed position. The tightening involves subtle adjustments in decay time and
tuning in order to simulate what would happen in reality.
The amount of tightening is proportional to the value of the Hihat pedal position CC:
at the start of the closed position zone, there will be no tightening, while higher pedal
controller values result in more tightening.
For example, if the closed zone is between pedal controller values 80-127, there will be
no tightening when the pedal is at 80, with maximum tightening (as defi ned by the tighten
amount) at 127. There will be a gradual increase of the tighten amount between these
pedal controller values.
A Tighten amount is provided for both closed tip and closed shank Hit types, as the
amount of tightening required for shank notes may be greater. This is because shank
notes tend to sound more ‘splashy’, and generally have a longer decay.
Tighten default
This option allows you to set a default tighten value, between 0 and 1, at the beginning of
the closed position zone.
Using the above example, increasing the Tighten default sets a tightening amount at
controller position 80, instead of it being zero.
This is especially useful when not using a hihat controller pedal, while wanting to make
all your closed hats sound tighter.
Chapter 7: Controlling BFD