FXpansion BFD2 Manual - Manual (Page 40)

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2:9 Kit-piece inspector
The kit-piece inspector on the right hand side of the Kit
panel allows you to tweak each part of the kit just like
you would in a real-world drum recording environment.
It operates on the currently selected kit-piece.
With the exception of the Articulation controls, the
kit-piece inspector is also available in the Mixer page
Utility panel, when selecting kit-piece direct channels
in the mixer.
Photo & star rating
The photo indicates the currently selected kit-piece.
The star rating control allows you to rate the kit-piece.
This is used as a ‘favourites’ system in the kit-piece
chooser panels when the ‘Sorting’ method is set to
‘Star rating’.
When a kit-piece is rated in this way, the rating is
saved in the BFD2 database immediately.
Kit-piece quick-load controls
The kit-piece quick-load controls provide an alternative
to the kit-piece choosers for loading kit-pieces into the
currently selected slot.
When the slot is empty, the available kit-pieces cor-
respond to the suggested use for the slot. However, if
you load a different type of kit-piece into the slot, the
quick-load controls allow access to this type.
Kit-piece selector
Click the kit-piece name to display a drop-down selector menu featuring all available kit-piec-
es for the intended slot type. Click on the desired kit-piece to load it.
Next/Previous buttons
Clicking these buttons steps through to the next or previous available kit-piece. They offer a
quick way of cycling through available kit-pieces with the minimum of effort.
Kit-piece presets
Kit-piece presets allow you to save kit-piece inspector settings for future use. They are
saved on the basis of a kit-piece’s type. Therefore all kicks access the same set of presets,
all snares access another set of presets, and so on.
This functionality is very useful in saving commonly needed setups, so that you don’t need
to tweak the same kit-piece settings whenever you create a new kit.
A number of presets are provided, giving quick access to damped and dry kicks, snares
and toms for example.
Preset selector
Click the browser to display a drop-down selector menu showing all available presets for
the type of kit-piece loaded into the slot. Click on the desired preset to load its settings.
Star rating
Photo
Kit-piece
quick-load
Kit-piece pre-
sets
Basic kit-piece
controls
Ambience
sends
Advanced kit-
piece controls
Kit-piece bleed
controls
Articulation
controls
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browser
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