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FXpansion BFD2 Manual User Manual

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6:6 Recording Grooves via MIDI

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• MIDI Mappings

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• Initiating recording

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• Recording modes

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• Metronome button

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• Record lead-in

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6:7 Groove FX panel

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• Show/Hide advanced Groove FX

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• Groove FX power

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• Apply: Groove

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• Apply: All

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• Quantize effect

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• Double/Half time effect

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• Simplify effect

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• Dynamics effect

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• Swing effect

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• Humanize effects

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• Humanize Velocity

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• Humanize Timing

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chapter 07: GROOVES PAGE part 3

auto-play, drum track and other ways of

using grooves

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7:1 Auto-Play mode

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• Auto-Play vs. MIDI triggering

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• Auto-Play modes

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7:2 Drum Track Introduction

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• Enabling the Drum Track

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• Drum Track synchronization

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7:3 Drum Track display

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7:4 Working with the Drum Track

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• Adding parts to the Drum Track

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• Manipulating Parts on the Drum Track

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• Part context menu

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7:5 Loading, saving and exporting the Drum Track

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• Saving and loading Drum Track contents

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• Exporting the Drum track as MIDI

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• Exporting the Drum track as audio

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7:6 Combining playback methods

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• Groove playback and MIDI triggering of articulations

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7:7 Using BFD2’s MIDI Out

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• Setting up the MIDI output function

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• Using the MIDI output as a MIDI input in your host

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• Latency of the MIDI Out

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chapter 08: MAPPING PAGE

key and automation mapping

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8:1 Overview

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• Loading and saving maps

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• Key mapping view

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• Automation mapping view

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• Switching between views

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8:2 Loading in the Mapping page

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• Loading key maps

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• Key map loaded when BFD2 is launched

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• Loading Automation maps

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• Automation map loaded when BFD2 is launched

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8:3 Saving in the Mapping page

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• Save Key Map

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• Save Automation Map

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• Save Key + Automation maps

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• Save MIDI Event Log

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8:4 Key mapping view

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• Kit-piece listing

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• Keyboard layout and keyrange selector

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• Mapping inspector

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• Clear all keys

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• Key labelling

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• Single-articulation previews

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• Key context menu

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• MIDI event log

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• External MIDI Log

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8:5 Working with the key mapper

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• Mapping an articulation to a MIDI key

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• Mapping multiple articulations to neighbouring keys

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• Layering multiple articulations on a single key

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• Special articulations

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8:6 Mapping inspector

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• Articulation list

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• Low & High velocity

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• Velocity Curve

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• Delete articulation

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• Variable articulation controls

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8:7 Introduction to BFD2 automation

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• Overview

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• MIDI CCs and host automation

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• MIDI note automation

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• Parameter MIDI learn function in the status bar

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• Automation mapping page

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• Multiple mappings

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• Setting a unique MIDI channel for MIDI automation

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• Automation view interface

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8:8 Mapping MIDI CCs to BFD2 controls

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• Automation source table in MIDI CC view

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• Mapping indication in BFD2 parameter table

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• Mapping an already-mapped BFD2 parameter

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8:9 Mapping MIDI notes to BFD2 controls

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• Automation parameters table in MIDI note view

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• Creating a MIDI note mapping

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• Mapping indication in BFD2 parameter table

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• Mapping an already-mapped BFD2 parameter

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8:10 Mapping host automation to BFD2 controls

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• Automation parameters table in host automation view

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• Creating a host automation mapping

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• Mapping indication in BFD2 parameter table

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• Mapping an already-mapped BFD2 parameter

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chapter 09: ELECTRONIC DRUMS & BFD2

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9:1 Intoduction to using electronic kits with BFD2

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• How electronic drumkits work

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• Cross-talk between triggers and zones

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• Double-triggering: setting the Retrigger threshold

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• Latency

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9:2 Simple hihat control

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• Advantages and disadvantages of non-variable hihat

control

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9:3 Variable hihat control

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• Overview

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• Assigning variable tip and variable shank articulations

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• Assigning the hihat height pedal MIDI CC

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• Customizing hihat pedal response

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• All Hihats variable setting

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9:4 Other settings related to hihat control

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• Preferences

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• Kit-piece Inspector