FXpansion BFD2 8BK - Manual (Page 5)

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Exotic Kit-Pieces and Percussion
8 Bit Kit provides many unique, custom and modified drums and cymbals/hihats.
Highlights include custom-built snares and stainless steel cymbals, as well
as warped hihats, roto-toms and frame-drums used as toms. The percussion
selection, in particular, features such esoteric delights as cooking pan lids and
steel bowls, as well as ethnic percussion such as bongos, African hand drums
and darbukas.
Vintage analog drum machines
One of the highlights of 8 Bit Kit is the inclusion of classic analog drum machine
sounds, recorded dry and with room ambience while played out over a high quality
Vocalmaster P.A. system. Rather than using samples, the original machines were
sourced and recorded at selected settings. These sounds are great for layering
with acoustic kit-pieces.
USAGE TIPS
• The Amb channel can be quite extreme when using the 8BK sounds. Unless
you’re in an experimental mood, it’s recommended to turn down the Amb send
from the Kit-piece Inspector, or use one of the supplied kit-piece presets that do
this for you (‘8BK Dry’ for example).
• The same applies to the processed channels of 8BK kicks and snares. Simply
turn down the Kick In and Snare Bottom channels to tame the sound.
• In most cases, the processed channels should be used at low levels. Using them
in this way, perhaps while rolling off the high-frequencies, can give you similar
results to re-amping or overdriving your sounds in parallel for extra bite.
• Some drum machine claps, normally classified as Percussion, are also included
as an extra articulation for the corresponding drum machine’s snare. In such
cases, the clap is heard independently through the Snare Top channel.