FXpansion BFD Premium Acoustic Drum Module - Manual (Page 54)

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A-B Link
Also located near the Auto Repeat Groove buttons is the A-B Link func tion. When
this is activated, any Groove note which is routed to Bank A will be also routed to the
corresponding Groove slot in Bank B, and vice versa.
This is useful when using the Kit-Piece Note Filters for example – you can use mutually
exclusive Kit-Pieces in each Bank, then use one note to trigger a Groove from each
Bank, making new Groove styles quickly and easily.
8:8 MIDI out and drag & drop export/import
MIDI out
When using BFD as a VST Instrument, the output of the Groove Librarian can be routed
back to the host as a MIDI input by switching on the Enable MIDI out option in the Play
Options panel.
Any Groove Librarian processing which is being used, such as the Auto Repeat and
Humanization functions (see section 8:10), is also recorded in the MIDI output stream.
Please note that, currently, VST is the only plugin format which supports this functionality,
and only certain hosts, such as Cubase and Nuendo, support this aspect of the VST
format. The BFD MIDI output will be available as a MIDI input source for MIDI tracks in
your sequencer if it supports this feature.
Drag & drop export & import
If your host supports drag & drop import of MIDI fi les, you can drag Grooves straight to
a MIDI track in its arrange page. Simply drag & drop the Groove while holding down the
[CTRL] key.
On hosts that support drag & drop export of MIDI sequences, you can drag & drop a
MIDI clip straight from your sequencer’s arrange page into a Bank slot on BFD.
Please note that not all sequencers support these features.
Chapter 8: The Groove Librarian