User Guide

Part Four : USING YOUR HOST’S MIXING CAPABILITIES

As mentioned at the beginning of the tutorial, there are three different versions of

the BFD plugin:

• BFD Stereo: Stereo Master output only. This version mixes all microphone

buses together with the Direct signals inside the plugin, outputting a stereo pair.

The Master output fader controls the overall output volume of the plugin.

• BFD Groups: Stereo Groups version. This version outputs each stereo micro-

phone group as an independent stereo output. Therefore, output pair 1-2 is the

Direct Master bus, 3-4 is the Overhead bus, 5-6 is the Room bus and 7-8 is the

PZM bus. The Master output fader affects the volume of all buses in a relative

manner.

• BFD All: All output version. This is the same as BFD Groups but, instead of a

stereo mix of the Direct signals, each individual Kit-Piece has its own output.

Therefore, kick in, kick out, snare bottom, snare top, hihat, low, medium and

high toms, and cymbals 1-3 each have an independent output, starting at

output 7. The Master output fader affects the volume of all buses in a relative

manner. If you are using Logic Audio, please see the Logic Quickstart guide, as

the BFD All plugin works slightly differently when it detects Logic as the host.

So far, you have been working with the Master output version, which mixes all sig-

nals together. This version is obviously very limited if you want to fully utilize your

sequencer’s multi-output mixing capabilities, if it has them, which are vital for pro-

cessing each part of the drumkit with unique EQ, dynamics and effects settings in

real time.

Save your kit changes if you have made any modiﬁcations you would like to use

again, and load the BFD All plugin in place of the BFD Stereo you have been

using, and reload a kit. This version of the BFD plugin offers the most versatility

over the ﬁnal mix. Please refer to the Host-speciﬁc Quickstarts if you don’t know

how to use your host’s multi-output facilities, or if you are not sure if it supports

them. You will see that you now have three stereo pairs (the ambient buses) and

eleven mono outputs available to you. When using a multiple output conﬁguration,

BFD is operated in exactly the same way, except that each Direct Kit-Piece is