FXpansion BFD2 Manual - Manual (Page 14)

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Interface overview
1:5 Control bar
Page buttons
Clicking these large buttons switches to one of the five Pages, each covering a different aspect of BFD2’s operation. Only one
Page can be active at any one time.
Kit page – chapter 2
The Kit page is used for building and tweaking the kit, as well as providing very simple mixing functions.
Mixer page – chapters 3 and 12
BFD2’s advanced and full-featured mixer gives you access to virtually unlimited routing, mixing and effects
processing. The built-in EQ, compression and other effects can be accessed here, as well as advanced mic ma-
nipulation and audio export functions. If you’re more of a writer than an engineer, a variety of professional mixer
presets are at your fingertips.
Grooves page – chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7
The Grooves page is an advanced drum sequencing environment allowing you to preview, load and play BFD2’s
library of ready-made Grooves. It also includes an advanced Groove editor, humanization effects and a number
of ways of varying Grooves over time, such as the Drum Track, which allows you to sequence a whole track of
individual Grooves.
Mapping page – chapters 8 and 9
BFD2 features powerful mapping for playing its drum sounds and automating its parameters.
Preferences page – chapter 10
The Preferences Page allows you to customize BFD2 to your needs by changing a number of settings.
Preset indicator
The Preset indicator displays the name of the last loaded BFD2 Preset. You can also click it to manually
type a new name for the current session, which is also used as the suggested filename when you next
save a BFD2 Preset.
Page buttons Preset
indicator
Load
menu
Gain
Save
menu
Help
menu
Control bar:
Features the Load,
Save and Help
menus, the Page
buttons and other
functions.
See section 1:.
Page buttons:
These change
the contents of
the main inter-
face.
See section 1:.
Main interface:
This changes
according to
the currently
selected page. Status bar:
Contains various
displays and rea-
douts, and several
important func-
tional controls.
See section 1:.